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Streaming Killed The Gatekeepers

Every technological revolution changes the music. The invention of the 33 1/3 vinyl album allowed the creation of “Rubber Soul” and then “Sgt. Pepper.” Suddenly the album was a statement instead of a single and a bunch of filler. Then when you could no longer simulcast your AM stream on FM, we got free-form radio. […]

CNNi

Yazhou was in Hong Kong. Maybe you grew up with this technology, but for those of us who grew up in the twentieth century, it’s positively amazing. It’s kind of like asking my mother what it was like before television, I couldn’t fathom it. And now I’ve lived through a revolution myself, a technical revolution, […]

Virality Is History

Nothing catches fire anymore. Unless it’s Notre Dame Cathedral. Or to put it another way, we haven’t had that spirit here since 2012, with “Gangnam Style.” Of course there are exceptions, most notably with Mayor Pete. But that was based on substance, and the truth is politics/Washington D.C. is the internet of the era. As […]

History Of The Beach Boys Part Two-SiriusXM This Week

Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday April 16th, to Volume 106, 7 PM East, 4 PM West. Hear the episode live on SiriusXM VOLUME: HearLefsetzLive If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app: LefsetzLive