“My assessment … suggests that the blues has very old roots, originating with
performers who found new ways of playing African-inflected music in the New
World — but typically in rural areas where they could remain immune to many of
the influences linked to commercial trends in American music.”
posted 9/15/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Record labels are digging their own grave. They finally have achieved their
dream — which is to make money while doing as little work as possible. But the
end result is a world in which they add so little value that no successful
musician will want them any longer.”
posted 9/18/2022 8:00pm ∞
“They also found that, in general, the size of the birds’ repertoire decreased
as anthropogenic noise increased, especially when the birds were exposed to
levels of anthropogenic noise that were above the usual noise to which they were
accustomed.”
Alejandro Portilla Navarro ,
City birds are changing their tune
(Knowable Magazine November 14, 2022 ,
via Ars Technica )
posted 11/25/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Looking back, what I had actually done is uncover evidence of the video’s
supposed legacy, rather than evidence of the inciting incident. I assumed that
because multiple people independently told me the same thing, that thing was
true.”
posted 10/25/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Both stars of the video had been telling opposite sides of the same funny
anecdote for more than 25 years, unaware of who to thank for their respective
brushes with fame.”
posted 10/23/2022 8:00pm ∞