if jazz is boring, listening to elites criticize it is catatonic.

Speaking of boring...

Middle East authorities are cracking down on audio that gets you “high” – Quartz

http://qz.com/293069/middle-east-authorities-are-cracking-down-on-audio-that-gets-you-high/

What Happened to All the Music Blogs?

http://www.bkmag.com/2014/12/01/what-happened-to-all-the-music-blogs/

Not directly about music, but I don't give a fuck.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck http://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck

A friend posted that on Facebook yesterday. I thought it was fantastic.

Russ Terrana: Chief Engineer of Motown

The True Life Confessions of Fleetwood Mac

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-true-life-confessions-of-fleetwood-mac-19770324

The Shaggs 'Philosophy of the World' http://www.susanorlean.com/articles/meet_shaggs.html

The mystery of soul legend Mingering Mike

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/11/-sp-mystery-of-mingering-mike-the-soul-legend-who-never-existed-jon-ronson

Awesome article Ric!

Only in America,..

"... Reed's anger only proved that Christgau's grades did matter: He's not a part of the industry, he's not currying anybody's favor, and he's disdainful of hype. When it comes down to it, who do you trust to tell you the truth about a new album? The label? The artist? Or the cranky dude who has made it his mission to be purely, aggressively honest about everything he's ever listened to for almost half a century?"

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/almost-famous-the-b-adventures-of-robert-christgau-1687452336

Edited February 26, 201511 yr by blessingx

Good read, thanks.

Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

Desperate to get their music on the radio at all costs, record labels are employing powerful software to artificially sweeten it, polish it, make it louder— squeezing out the last drops of its individuality
 
https://medium.com/cuepoint/why-do-all-records-sound-the-same-830ba863203

Jazz was not meant for the dinner table.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ts-monk/jazz-was-not-meant-for-the-dinner-table_b_6751282.html'>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ts-monk/jazz-was-not-meant-for-the-dinner-table_b_6751282.html

Edited February 27, 201511 yr by dreamwhisper

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/science/the-waves-of-the-future-may-bend-around-metamaterials.html

Interesting early Janis Joplin recordings and a story of when she first made the scene in the Bay Area (I dig the songs with the jazz bands).

 

http://jazzhotbigstep.com/428723.html

The dawn of online piracy.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business

 

(The irony of the digital version being freely available before the paid for print version is fitting)

How Indie Rock Changed the World

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/06/how-indie-rock-changed-the-world/392057

Dudley Moore – from film scores to funk

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/apr/17/dudley-moore-from-film-scores-to-funk

What the hell am I (and who the hell cares)? by Neko Case

http://nekocase.com/neko-marks-the-anniversary-of-dont-peggy-olsen-me-with-a-long-form-essay-on-women-in/

F'ed up The Runaways story - http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/

A little Dead nostalgia; 

 

Tapers Section     http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/arts/music/tapers-at-the-grateful-dead-concerts-spread-the-audio-sacrament.html?hpw&rref=arts&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

 

Wall of Sound      http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-wall-of-sound?utm_source=howtogeek&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

The Subversive Science Fiction of Hip-Hop http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-subversive-science-fiction-of-hip-hop

Rolling Stone has a minute to minute breakdown on perhaps the most important 12 minutes of U2's career, their performance of "Bad" at Live Aid.

 

Edited July 13, 201510 yr by TMoney

Alex Steinweiss, The Man Who Invented Album Cover Art http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remcovart.html

Edited July 25, 201510 yr by blessingx