“The Soundtrack of the Doomscroll Generation? It’s Phonk. – YouTube Shorts and TikToks are often set to electronic dance music with rap roots that’s become the unconscious hum of vertical video while making its creators rich.” Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/arts/music/phonk-youtube-tiktok-music.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OlA.7QbZ.on5jgMtLH5jP&smid=url-share In a world where people can’t stop complaining about streaming payouts, where newbies keep saying the […]

“Money talks and we’re the living proof There ain’t no limit to what money can do” “Money Talks” The Kinks The only reason Casey Wasserman hasn’t lost his gig as the head of the L.A. Olympics in 2028 is there’s no deep pocketed money involved. No single source with assets at risk. Unlike his talent […]

I love the internet. After listening to my “Back Where I Come From” playlist six or seven times in a row (I can do that, actually I love to do that, to find a song I like so much that I can play it ad infinitum, locking into a mental groove, just me and my […]

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