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March 21, 2022: Damon Krukowski on the Bandcamp purchase
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Today: Damon Krukowski on the purchase of Bandcamp by Epic Games
Links:
• Dada Drummer Almanach, Damon Krukowski's blog
• Scaling Up, by Damon (March 8, 2022) about his walk through Harvard Square and the disappearance of bookstores and record stores – as a parallel to the Bandcamp purchase.
• And the Band Played On: The Algorithmic Push Toward the Past, by Damon Krukowski (March 15, 2022) - about the sudden popularity on Spotify of one particular Galaxie 500 song.
• Damon on Techtonic June 17, 2019 about his book and podcast "Ways of Hearing"
• Damon on Twitter: @dada_drummer
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Listener comments!
And massive Marathongratulations to all!
unjazzed by that acquisition news.
I'm eager for Damon K' interview.
Was Just mentioning this to my friends. What a coincedence!.
The thing to talk about, for me as a dad with boys in this culture, is the way in which YouTube culture supports interest in the game through game-funded "creators" who stream the games and generate perpetual interest in the game by creating rumors, theories about the game, live playing the game online with commentary, etc. These videos are truly the apex of ADVERTISING, as it is generated by content creators and appears to be authentic, and that relationship drives the "culture" of Epic Games.
My observations as a dad 🤷♂️
However, Aldous Huxley's lessons about Technocracy become ever more relevant. That is - they've made us like it here - a Territory they've stolen from us absolutely wholesale (the Internet & AI - paid for by Taxpayers originally in fact - were going to Decentralize & Democratize everything...)
WE ARE THE ROBOTS
We are the robots!!!! 🎵🎶do do do do!
Hey, Bas!
ultradamno, I am going to pwn you in CLAP FOR CREAMO.
THIS is the thing. If DocMartin shoes or Fender gittars or Motorcycles - or Whatever - are sold to a larger Corporation yet - it may look the same on the Outiside label...yet be completely different on the Inside. More & More is owned by Fewer & Fewer.
Yeah - Ahmet Ertegün wanted to have Hits & make Money
...but he damn well knew something about Music ...& about *Musicians* - & the *Audience* for it - & the *Culture* all this happened in...
Corporate Lawyers & BeanCounters *do not*.
'What are People *for* ?? (In an Era of Human History based on Artificial Intelligence & Tech.')
...It follows directly from this - what are Music, Art & Culture even *for* to these Oligarchs ??
These are the terms of this Conflict.
"All right friends the only solution is organize – join us at UMAW or gather under another umbrella if you prefer but the digital music industry isn’t going to fix itself, it’s up to all of us to find a way forward."
www.facebook.com...
harryshearer.com...
Now I will be the cart boy at Whole Foods. No future for you!
...your future dream is a shopping scheme...
...ALL the profit - all the power - all the choices...
Eat the Rich
(And old money. And just plain dirty money.)
(Thanks as well to all WFMU DJs who put bands' bandcamp links in their playlists when applicable!)
...McDonalds Menu for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner - my Citizens of the CyberMall of Society
...Numbers Don't Lie...
Where Free Music Undulates
Not to defend Spotify's business model, of course.
I download or stream my favorite songs (new or old)
from the DJs from WFMU.
i use it and receive absolutely no recommendations, no automatic anything, no algorithms.
just pigs, after all - after praising them so much all along!
bullshit.
million and a half? is that how much has been raised in this marathon?
Thanks, Mark, Damon! This was such clear-eyed and caring commentary. Long live FMU! And, you know, humanity.
Be afraid. No shitting around. He is the true dark lord of borderline and or fully blown on the spectrum evil pricks of our reality.
His personal grudge that destroyed Gawker et al. was fair warning. This year he has deep political plans. And going forward unless a just god does something to minimize his threat.
Just saying. There’s evil and there’s truly malignant Peter
Fat
Men’s
Underwear
(doo doo doo doo)
Fuck
My
Uncle