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posted April 24, 2018 #

Pluto 1994 | 2018 https://t.co/00mJwy1c87

posted April 24, 2018 #

Made a new zine. Posting it for sale. https://t.co/n0BsNSvoSf

posted April 24, 2018 #

SO excited to announce that “Parade of Youth” is finally coming out on vinyl! The album has been fully remastered, and starting today you can preorder at our website. We also have a brand new T-shirt! Release/reunion show announcement coming soon! >>>https://t.co/BXGFVB97Rn https://t.co/CYuEExcFce

posted April 24, 2018 #

which pink floyd album is this https://t.co/a0uQx6rsNp

Introducing Fan/Fiction

posted April 24, 2018 #

Happy to introduce a new show to We Own This Town called Fan/Fiction w/ Andrew/Zach. Yea, the title is a mouthful but that's part of the charm. Here's the synopsis:
Two longtime collaborators take a deep-dive into the world of fan/fiction to dissect the why of creativity.
What's that mean? It means that the hosts, Andrew Gumm and Zach Duensing, are going to spend a good bit of time parsing through actual submissions on the FanFiction.net site and ponder just what the heck is going on.
The first teaser for the show is up now and all episodes will be released on May 1st. I'll be sure to let you know.

The Ghost Of Big Freedia

posted April 24, 2018 #

Great piece over on Noisey about The Ghost of Big Freedia. No, she hasn't passed away but the piece covers the fact that huge artists like Drake and Beyonce sample her work and then eschew showcasing her in any additional materials. It doesn't stop with those two either, Freedia makes Bounce music and the genre is influencing the likes of N.E.R.D., as broken down in this Earworm episode.

My knee jerk reaction to this was to say "sampling a musician does not equal a responsibility to literally show them in any subsequent materials." I mean, there are a million songs out there sample a million other songs and you don't expect to see the original artist in the video. Paying for the sample is really the only requirement.

But that's a shortsighted view. This except from the piece explains it well:
This is not an uncommon circumstance for queer black artists to find themselves. It is more metaphorical. Queer black artists have often been siphoned for their creativity and erased visually as to not offend the heteronormative, often white public. Viewing the white blonde female taking up the screen as Big Freedia's voice boomed reminded me of how it must have felt to see Madonna perform her hit song "Vogue" at the 1990 MTV Music Awards. She took this dance and culture that was birthed by queer black and latinx people and made her blonde, white body the vehicle of delivering it to the mainstream. It is not uncommon for divas like Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga to mostly work with black queer artists for their makeup, wardrobe, choreography, and overall creative direction. It is rare to see black queer artists invited to be on the stage in a significant way.
If that Madonna reference falls on deaf ears, go watch Paris is Burning to comprehend the cultural appropriation taking place there.

I won't claim to be articulate enough to properly comment on this but it's an article worth reading and giving proper consideration. No one owes Freedia anything but there's a massive missed opportunity by not doing more.

Four Finger Press

posted April 24, 2018 #

Zak Parsons, aka Four Finger Press, is a talented illustrator and hilarious individual living in New Orleans making short run prints, koozies and other ephemera. The Fake Nudes print is what initially caught my eye but I'm having a hard time denying the appeal of these Gator pennants or this Cool Butt. Lots of good stuff throughout, go feast with your eyes and maybe even buy one or two.

posted April 23, 2018 #

The fact-checkers at @nytimes let this one through so it MUST BE TRUE, thank you @MargaretRenkl, I am genuinely honored (was trying to be cool but lol, why?) https://t.co/PD10CsWrV1 https://t.co/ajpbmag2PD

We Own This Town: Volume 106

posted April 23, 2018 #

New episode of We Own This Town Music up for your enjoyment. It's 35 minutes of music you've never heard that spans a bunch of genres. This particular installment has some melancholy pop, some noodley guitar rock, some math rock / emo, some tropicalia inspired beach songs and some chiptune. It's a good listen!
It's on iTunes, Overcast, Stitcher, etc and, of course, I implore you to subscribe.

Solis

posted April 23, 2018 #

Every few years, a new app is released that seems to promise a massive reprieve from the workflow hardships you've been experiencing. Maybe it's Neonto's React Studio or Arcivr photo collaboration or PhoneGap or The Hype. The list is long.

The latest to come my way is this Solis app, which allows you to create a variety of canvas sizes and preview your markup in realtime across different sizes. The demo is impressive and best of all, it integrates with whatever code editor you're already using. That's the clincher I think to this being something that takes off as it requires no real change to your existing setup.

Maybe it's a flash in the pan! Maybe it's all hype! Regardless, it's a good idea and I hope they're able to find their way into the engineering zeitgeist.

Ready Player One Is The Roadmap To Digital Dystopia

posted April 23, 2018 #

I have strong opinions on Ready Player One, the Ernest Cline novel turned Speilberg blockbuster. I excitedly read the book and begrudgingly finished it. On the surface, it felt like a YA version of Snow Crash but without any of the actual depth or compelling writing. But I wasn't really able to articulate what it is about it that bothered me so much.

Fortunately, there are many great writers out in the world that do a much better job of thinking and expressing those thoughts than I do. This Verge piece from Laura Hudson - If you want to know how we ended up in a Cyber Dystopia, Read Ready Player One - nails it. There are lots of online sentiments that speak to The Internet not being the utopia it was promised to be at its inception (an understandable result of growth) but the constant drive for us all to "be connected" as some sort of level playing field has reached new levels of absurd.

TDLR: good article about how The Internet has a lot of work to do beyond it's initial promise and how Ready Player One is a crap book that doesn't get it. Do Read.

via Andy Baio

posted April 22, 2018 #

Hey, today's my 41st birthday, and all I want is yᴏᴜʀ ᴄʟɪᴩʙᴏᴀʀᴅ! Hit reply and paste—NO EDITING! ✂?

posted April 21, 2018 #

In the early heady dreamy days of @NashvilleCream we’d often make it a point to describe what Dude Bands wore on stage and it drove them FURIOUS, like they took to the comments to call us shallow (whores) all the time https://t.co/ZQbm4BYxEH

posted April 21, 2018 #

I have to disagree with @yewknee, I think letting Ernest Cline (ready player one) punch up the dialogue on the new Avengers movie was a bad idea https://t.co/Z7mtL0L4sf

posted April 20, 2018 #

I’ve have yet to finish watering my plants ? https://t.co/UikjA9UPzH

posted April 20, 2018 #

#RSD18 is coming up Saturday, and independent record stores all over Nashville are celebrating with exclusive releases, sales and free concerts. Here's a rundown of all the happenings. https://t.co/keJrUfMTaE https://t.co/AwaXDJJXN7

posted April 20, 2018 #

TOMORROW is #recordstoreday2018 and I’ll be @thirdmanrecords to help y’all register to vote! Or update your registration address! Or just to say hello! Come out & see me! https://t.co/Hv0kOrAx8W

posted April 20, 2018 #

Two weeks ago I had a table for two reserved for me in a “no reservations” restaurant and when I walked in Larry David was waiting for a table and questioning why mine was being held and I left my body and haven’t fully recovered.

posted April 20, 2018 #

"Can we stop our meeting right at 3 so I can watch the man dressed like a cookie repel down the building?" - a real thing I just said at my job.
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