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Re-David Macias/Spotify

Hi Bob- I really appreciate you saying nice things about my contribution to Rolling Stone. I was happy with the piece, and I understand that they have limitations to how long it could be, but I wrote a more detailed breakdown of the issue. I wasn’t expecting RS to just print what I wrote, but […]

David Macias On Spotify

Unfortunately, this “Rolling Stone” article is behind a paywall. But the issue is bigger than that. Today everybody knows more information, some inaccurate, but there is no single outlet that everybody reads, everybody pays attention to. Used to be “Rolling Stone.” Actually, there was a flourishing rock press in the pre-internet era. And despite all […]

Steely Dan Playlist

https://spoti.fi/34IItr2 Spotify is never going to get rid of Joe Rogan. The truth has now outed: “‘In 2019, our music and podcasting catalog was not that differentiated, and because of this we were locked out of deals with some critical hardware partners like Amazon, Google, and even Tesla,’ Ek said. ‘They had or were working […]

Today’s Fandom

Is not yesterday’s fandom. Every other day I have people attacking me for what I said about Taylor Swift’s performance at the Grammys over a decade ago. When I research further, I find that most of these people were barely born when this happened. But they need to defend their hero. But Taylor Swift was […]