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Favoriting 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"

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Listener comments!

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Handy Haversack:

Mark and all my Techyons! The Techgin is poured. VERY ready for some Techtonic!

And massive Marathongratulations to all!
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ultradamno:

Mark! Techtoncenters!
  6:01pm
Glistener MW:

was that the Nintenfo Wii menu music as Olivia’s outro? That was such a lovely segue into Mark’s opening
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Sonderangebot:

Good evening! Glad to hear all about that Bandcamp situation.
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Erin in TO:

Looking forward to the Bandcamp discussion tonight!
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DanFA:

We did it!
  6:02pm
Jack:

Greetings Thetans!
  6:02pm
Robm:

I want to know what will happen to bandcamp
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chris in the redwoods:

looking forward to the conversation. greetings, Mark and tonics.
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Erin in TO:

Was disappointed we didn't get a performance from you last night Mark! ;)
  6:02pm
Glistener MW:

Very looking forward to tonight’s conversation, Mark! as a longtime bandcamp user/consumer/lover, I’ve been so
unjazzed by that acquisition news.
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DanFA:

Mark didn't perform with the Hoof N Mouth because it was also being streamed on toxic YouTube.
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D Rok:

Glistener MW: I think that was Olivia's outro. I couldn't quite place it, but I'm pretty sure it's from an SNES game. One I've definitely played.
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Handy Haversack:

I have this childish desire and fantasy that Mark will tell us that everything is going to be OK, Bandcamp-wise. But that's not how things go, I know.
  6:03pm
Glistener MW:

as Erin said - ditto, Mark! your Talking Heads cover last year was a highlight
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tim from washington:

Hi Mark! Congrats on the Marathon success!

I'm eager for Damon K' interview.
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DanFA:

@Handy- that would be a quick show.
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Webhamster Henry:

Thanks to all you for purchasing WFMU NFTs over the past two weeks!
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Bimbus Bambus:

Not expecting any reassurance either, but I think as long as Bandcamp honors their Bandcamp Fridays hopefully that will still be good for artists?
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Handy Haversack:

DanFA, I don't think we're likely to run out of tech-capitalist nightmare scenarios to discuss any time soon. Maybe not till the lights go out for good.
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DanFA:

Has anyone else been watching The Dropout on Hulu? About Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.
  6:05pm
Glistener MW:

Just an hour ago in reading more about the Bandcamp acquisition, I saw Mark namechecked in this piece/proposal about the deal and where it may be heading: https://components.one/documentation/epic-bandcamp-acquisition
  6:06pm
Robm:

Bandcamp founders took the money and ran
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DanFA:

@Handy, wait until Boston Dynamics roll out the robots. Oh boy!
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Handy Haversack:

There are so many ways they could start monetizing engagement and offering "freemium" models perfected for massive amounts of micropurchases, though, Bimbus Bambus --the strategies of video-game companies. So ... well, yeah, not optimistic.
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Webhamster Henry:

On one hand, there may be more services developed for Bandcamp artists and customers, on the other hand, I'd expect the usual inter-company data buying and selling to commence.
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PaulRobeson1920:

Good evening all!
  6:07pm
Glistener MW:

“Corporate Happy Talk” is my favorite song by “CEO Sensible”!
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Hugo (NL):

Hi Mark, techies.
Was Just mentioning this to my friends. What a coincedence!.
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ultradamno:

@Dan I don't do Hulu but, as much as I like Seyfried, I was disappointed they didn't go with Janet Varney www.youtube.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Long ago now Techtonic (first?) among others have made me realize that what is required is a Bill of Digital Rights for the 'new' occupied territory of CyberSpace - where we've all been living for some time now. A prerequisite for this would be a Revolution deriving from the Citizen's outrage over their lack / loss of Rights here. Which could only derive from a general Awareness that this is so...
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Bimbus Bambus:

Yeah I can imagine a kind of subscription-based thing where you need to be a "member" to even have access to Bandcamp Fridays...
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DanFA:

@ ultradamno- pretty funny. She's got the thousand mile stare down.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Bimbus Bambus:

Like how the top level of Tidal is the only level where your membership fee is distributed proportionally to who you listen to.
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tim from washington:

I know absolutely nothing about substack. What is it?
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Mark Hurst:

Hi all, thanks for joining in!
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MarciB:

@Tim from Washington - Substack is a platform for both paid and free newsletters. But there are issues with it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Will the Sound Guy:

Hi Mark and all!!!
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B R M:

My kids play FORTNITE and it is a very robust console game (PS 4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch)... it has huge financial upside because it has its own in game currency - V-BUCKS- that cost actual cash, and are required not to play, but to acquire different characters and traits, none of which enhance how you perform in the game, all of which are purely cosmetic. My son, instead of collecting physical action figures, collects Fortnite characters (called "skins"). The game does live events, including live music concerts, in game, which were quite interesting.

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 🤷‍♂️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Mark Hurst:

@Erin in TO thanks - I was sorry to miss it - unfortunately I had a scheduling issue - but I very much hope I can make it to the next one!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...not that Marx becomes irrelevant in CyberSpace - on the contrary, the Tech Monopolies make him more relevant than perhaps he's ever been.
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...)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Handy Haversack:

Also, if it's not to presumptuous, I do think the slogan for Techtonic as long as the 2022 badges last might need to be

WE ARE THE ROBOTS
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Mark Hurst:

@BRM good observations, thanks
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ultradamno:

Well, that Tencent "clap for Winnie Xi" game is especially discouraging
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MarciB:

Ah yes all the bookstores that I used to love in Cambridge - esp Harvard Square. Gone and replaced, I imagine (haven't been there in at least a decade) with chain stores.
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Bas NL:

Hi Mark & Techions!
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Will the Sound Guy:

We are the robots!!!! 🎵🎶do do do do!
We are the robots!!!! 🎵🎶do do do do!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Mark Hurst:

@Handy that reminds me, I keep meaning to mention about the robot icon for Techtonic donors! Thanks to everyone who is sporting the robot-head emoji.
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Webhamster Henry:

I have a Substack .. among dozens of other services I don't send content to!
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Handy Haversack:

I see you, Will!

Hey, Bas!

ultradamno, I am going to pwn you in CLAP FOR CREAMO.
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ultradamno:

Oh...it's on, Haversack!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'NOT a Company based on Music'...
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*.
  6:17pm
yippie:

i know a great old smoke shop in harvard square where you can get a book of matches
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
Bimbus Bambus:

You've Got Mail-ification
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B R M:

Got to see Damon K open for Cocteau Twins back in the day with Galaxy 500... adore him and his music. He is also a must-follow on Twitter for me re: making the music industry sustainable for musicians.
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B R M:

* Galaxie
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

An Axiom from Techtonic :
'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.
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Will the Sound Guy:

Howdy Handy, BAS, ultradamno, MarciB, RRN63, B R M, tim, Bimbus, DanFA, Hugo, PR1920, Webhamster Harry, Robm Glistener MW, D Rok, Erin, chris, Jack, Sonderangelbot, yippee, and anyone I missed
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ultradamno:

Hiya Will!
  6:21pm
Boulder Tom:

I still have a book marker from Blackwater Books in Hoboken. Long gone.
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Mark Hurst:

What @Will the Sound Guy said... hi, everyone, and thanks for joining in!
  6:21pm
Robm:

Hey will howdy
  6:22pm
Jackie G:

Yeah, does it scale. Everything gotta get bigger and bigger. So sad.
  6:22pm
Dan:

Why don’t all musicians start a UNITED MUSICAL ARTISTS COOP
  6:22pm
tofuwife:

now jeff bezos
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Bas NL:

Hi Handy, hi Will!
  6:23pm
tofuwife:

whole foods is terrible now and so expensive
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Mark Hurst:

@Dan see UMAW - www.unionofmusicians.org
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Handy Haversack:

Ha, Mark, I was about to quote your quote of your current guest:

"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."
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Mark Hurst:

@Handy good quote. Here's the original Twitter post by Damon: twitter.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Goliath by Matt Stoller re 'Economies of Scale' :

www.facebook.com...

harryshearer.com...
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PaulRobeson1920:

Oh my
  6:25pm
Jackie G:

No bookstores. No record shops. That was my retirement goal: work at a book store. Or a record store.
Now I will be the cart boy at Whole Foods. No future for you!
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MarciB:

I recall Bread + Circus and when WF killed it. I loved that store - and now that ethos is everywhere. Here in NYC, Boston, Chicago, SF, LA and smaller cities as well.
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Webhamster Henry:

Payola-fy!
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Mark Hurst:

Spotify is 100% engaged in payola, WHICH IS ILLEGAL
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

No Future
...your future dream is a shopping scheme...
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Alvy Singer:

Whole Foods should change their name to Whole Paycheck.
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Bas NL:

I've had one shoe shop setting up an online account at the checkout to have my shoes sent to me at home.I said i'd rather walked them home.
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ultradamno:

The talk about the Holmes mini reminds me of Showtime's Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber. It does not soften that guy at all.
  6:27pm
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Honest to god, I wore a WFMU t-shirt in a Whole Foods. The person checking me out asked if it stood for Whole Foods Marketing University.
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Handy Haversack:

Illegal because the airwaves were held to belong to the people. And that commons has been eroded at every step. Digital TV, anyone?
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Webhamster Henry:

We used to call Park Slope's "Back To The Land" "Back To The Bank"!
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MarciB:

Sounds like the same sham argument Facebook uses - we're not publishers - argh!
  6:28pm
Dan:

Thanks mark. I meant something like how Charlie Chaplin and other actors formed United artists, but just for royalties, Spotify run by the artists themselves
  6:28pm
Robm:

? So sad that someone would think that
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Webhamster Henry:

Like Fox's "We are not news - We Are Entertainment!"
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Bas NL:

That's hilarious, questionmark!
  6:28pm
?:

Naw, was an opportunity to talk about the station!
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B R M:

@Webhamster Henry - and it is also gone now, but the Co-op was always there anyway... weird business, Back To The Land.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

No competition possible - no transparency - no accountability
...ALL the profit - all the power - all the choices...
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MarciB:

Damon is wonderful - thank you Mark, I look forward to his newsletter. I wish I had known him when I lived in Boston - I certainly went to enough shows !
  6:29pm
Glistener MW:

ha, “?” — that could be a future TechTonic marathon tee, methinks
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Webhamster Henry:

Back To The Land kind of drove traffic to the Co-op.
  6:29pm
Robm:

@? And the person you talked too would never listen to the station anyone
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ultradamno:

I think some people just don't know what radio letters are anymore.
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WR:

Side note: payola regulations gained lots of momentum from movement to "save" white children from African-American music.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hello, Mark and camp scamps.
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah, I had a checkout person at the food co-op in Woodstock say about my "classic Woof Moo" shirt, "Oh, I love that! What does it stand for? Is it ... an internet thing?"
  6:31pm
Robm:

@wR like listening to pat boone and his lousy music
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Handy Haversack:

(Like "well, fool my uvula"?)
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Mark Hurst:

@KfHP hi, welcome!
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Webhamster Henry:

How many WFMU Chat boarders have Bandcamp sites? ✋
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Handy Haversack:

We have one in the household, WHHenry.
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ultradamno:

When Ferrets Make Umbrellas
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Webhamster Henry:

Handy: I have one, my son has two.
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Bas NL:

Bandcamp reconnected me to old well loved labels that faded to me by increasing postal rates, disappearing mail..
  6:33pm
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@Robm: You're likely correct, but I have another contrary experience. I met over coffee a WFMU DJ visiting my state, After our visit, he dropped me off at my local Trader Joe's, where I saw a friend in line at a register. I told the friend I'd just spent a pleasant hour with a WFMU DJ. The woman in front of my friend in line turned around and asked, "A WFMU DJ is in town?!" She was utterly excited by the prospect.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Have had someone ask if WFMU was an abbreviation from something lewd ...does seem a bit like these Interwebz initials ...Explaining the FMU experience is an interesting challenge ! Just the Facts, Ma'am...
  6:33pm
Jack:

Me! look at my profile. I just revamp the page, and got on Soundcloud and The Free Music Archive...
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Mark Hurst:

We're building a machine-scale reality. It's not for us - people.
  6:34pm
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My state=California
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tim from washington:

Another dumb yet serious question... how the fuck does Spottify make 200 million dollars to pay Rogaine?
  6:34pm
Robm:

@? Cool with that lady
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Will the Sound Guy:

I have a BC profile Webhamster. I downloaded all the music I bought weeks ago.
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Sonderangebot:

Machine-scale reality, machine-scale real estate, machine-scale culture, I'm just waiting for class war to erupt at some point soon.
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Ike:

Venture-capital scamming @tim, right?
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tim from washington:

Got it, Ike. Now it makes sense.
  6:36pm
yippie:

this is all related to moores law, and now the rest of society cant keep up
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B R M:

@Mark Hurst absolutely ... hence the obsession with scale re: making things available globally. It has a true impact on how we personally conceive of the value of human life in general, alas. It is making human experience an abstraction.
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Handy Haversack:

Right, Ike. The VC thumb on the scale.
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Handy Haversack:

(That thumb is scaly, taloned, and clotted with human carrion, BTW.)
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TDK60:

Hi Mark.
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Mark Hurst:

@TDK60 welcome, nice to see you
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Dano59:

Form the People's Soylent Green Collective and

Eat the Rich
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Michael in Montclair:

I have a Bandcamp profile for purchasing and listening to music (humanmetronome). Furthermore, my band ,The Kimballs, also has a BC site. (thekimballs.bandcamp.com).
  6:38pm
Jackie G:

At least ball players don't make ridiculous amounts of money. Oh wait....
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Glistener MW:

!!! I'd been wondering how/why that new Pavement video came to be! I had no idea
  6:39pm
Tony:

@?: Ken talked about that once on Seven Second Delay. Something like Whole Foods had copyrighted the letters WFMU as the abbreviation for their "university" but then later let the station have it. Also, I don't think I have ever had a comment when I wear a WFMU T-shirt. I assume most people have no idea what it is.
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Dano59:

Is the algorithm the new iteration of the clueless record exec?
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B R M:

@tim from washington - Spotify is a paid subscription service and they make loads of money. They have 180 million monthly paid subscribers. $200M to drive paid subscription growth is completely doable.
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tim from washington:

Wow. That algorithm is pretty hip. Pushing a b-side and deep cut.
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Webhamster Henry:

Oh, why have creatives involved at all to make Music videos? Just use ML to generate them for all the long tail back catalog items!
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DanFA:

@Tony- you have got to be kidding me (I know you're not)
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Handy Haversack:

Ballplayers are exploited labor like the rest of us. They are the product and labor force of a massive industry that arrogates the preponderance of the money it generates to a tiny coterie of VS assholes. Ballplayers have carried the labor vanguard almost alone in the past thirty years. Hate team owners -- ballplayers are labor.
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Bas NL:

Must have been played on WFMU.. :)
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Handy Haversack:

*VC ^^

(And old money. And just plain dirty money.)
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PaulRobeson1920:

If Golden Filth was released today, The Fugs would be Trillionaires tomorrow. WholeFoods will truck in Records from New York City and Tofu from California
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Boulder Tom:

I have to say, I always felt Strange was their best song.
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ultradamno:

Is this have anything to do with how often Can's "Vitamin C" keeps showing up on TV show in recent years, for an example?
  6:41pm
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@Tony: I didn't know WFMU had a trademark dispute with Whole Foods! When I wear the t-shirts, I often get knowing comments about WFMU, but also remarks about the design even from folks who don't know the station.
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Glistener MW:

@Michael in Montclair - thanks for the bandcamp link! Just followed and joined your mailing list.
(Thanks as well to all WFMU DJs who put bands' bandcamp links in their playlists when applicable!)
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Tony:

@DanFA I may not be remembering Ken's story completely correctly, but that was the gist of it.
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tim from washington:

@BRM - thanks for the math. Definitely makes sense now.
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Carmichael:

Golden Filth is an incredible album. I played it (and still do) to scare my friends.
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Jackie G:

ballplayers are playing a game. a game they love. and have million dollar contracts. for playing a game.
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Dano59:

I just have Soundcloud and Mixcloud pages. I have an account at Bandcamp but never sold my music, so ...
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Webhamster Henry:

People just set songs on repeat and pump them up on Spotify. When I was developing bits of Stationhead, I'd use my own band's Spotify tracks for testing because, hey! streaming!
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Robm:

Someone should ask ken about it on his Wednesday morning show
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Dano59:

WFMU - Weasels & Ferrets Mewl & Ululate
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DanFA:

@Tony- if anyone asks me about my WFMU shirt they never bring up Whole Foods. Though I've only ever been asked once. I'm in Upstate New York.
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Webhamster Henry:

Mediocrity scales!
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Michael in Montclair:

@Glistener MW, you're welcome!
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Handy Haversack:

Definitely an internet thing, Dano59!
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Jackie G:

this last labor battle in mlb, billionaires fighting with millionaires. phooey
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Carmichael:

Ha ha, I'm in northern CA and no one has ever said a word about any of my 2 dozen or so T shirts.
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DanFA:

WFMU - Werewolf Freaks Meet Underground
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ultradamno:

So could someone hack the algorithm to boost Irving Kaufman's "Masculine Women! Feminine Men!" to the point we'll get a new video of it?
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MarciB:

@Jackie - yup!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Lowest Common Denominator
...McDonalds Menu for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner - my Citizens of the CyberMall of Society
...Numbers Don't Lie...
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Robm:

@Jackie j if there was no baseball this year I could care less
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Jack:

My BC page: jamusic6.bandcamp.com
Where Free Music Undulates
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dale:

ultra - delbarton industries can do that!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

(...apply to everything...)
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Bob in DC and/or Virginia:

Another way to interpret Galaxie 500's experience with Spotify is that the algorithm also rewards decades-old innovators whose music anticipated today's trend, isn't it?

Not to defend Spotify's business model, of course.
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Webhamster Henry:

W FM(radio) + Upsala College. W MFU << very frequent typo for WFMU. It used to be WGXC , and then Ken discovered that WMFU was available, and it was actually pretty cheap to change the call letters!
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B R M:

I just want to add on this point Damon is making about catalogue vs new releases which is true, but we often discount YouTube as a music delivery system for younger listeners... and there, relatively new release numbers DWARF Spotify/ Apple Music numbers. Spotify has 406 Million users, but YouTube is 2 Billion.
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MarciB:

This is why I loved Paul Jarvis's book "Company of One" - think he was a guest here
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Bimbus Bambus:

@ultradamno TikTok could conceivably make this happen
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Jackie G:

but WFMU just had a successful fundraiser, so that is heartwarming.
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Glistener MW:

thanks, Jack! - Followed!
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Ciggy:

No Streaming recommendations for me:
I download or stream my favorite songs (new or old)
from the DJs from WFMU.
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coelacanth∅:

so...Fuck the bandcamp people for selling.
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DanFA:

Mark is the new Andy Rooney, meets Howard Beale
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Glistener MW:

I laughed out loud while housecleaning at Mark's Andy Rooney impression and almost dropped a vase. XD
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Robm:

@Jackie G right on
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B R M:

GREAT INTERVIEW @Mark!
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Webhamster Henry:

I think I can work up a deep faked Andy Rooney.
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Bas NL:

Thanks for dropping by Damon Krukowski!
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Blobs:

Mark, that was an excellent interview... Thank you. Highlights why we need WFMU to survive.
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ultradamno:

Wendigos Feed on Men Usually
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Webhamster Henry:

That was so much fun from Damon K.
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coelacanth∅:

and spotify does not steer you in any direction at all if you choose for it not to.
i use it and receive absolutely no recommendations, no automatic anything, no algorithms.
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Glistener MW:

@coelacanth: even more irksomely, Bandcamp were doing fine / quite in the black for the better part of the past decade or more. So they didn't need a financial infusion, per se, as much as this new deal potentially just being a cashout. (Again though, I love the site and hope it stays fairly unchanged for artists and their royalties, but the cynic in me can't imagine that happening. :/ )
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The Oscar:

I used to work in one of the Harvard record stores Damon frequents (and can attest to his character!). About 10 years ago the store got a new landlord who hiked the rent. We moved down the road; the spot was vacant for a year, and is now a bong shop. Happy ending: the shop is still open in its new location!
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DanFA:

Substack: Mostly a bunch of "journalists" who publish newsletters complaining about free speech i.e. they can't use slurs.
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unix_:

are those the real figures? 1.5 million dollars?
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mr 6:

Sale of Bandcamp to a company not involved nor interested in helping musicians is nothing but bad news.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Where Freaks Meet Up
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MarciB:

@The Oscar - that is heartening :)
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Glistener MW:

thanks for the great interview, Mark+Damon! That was mega interesting about "Strange" becoming their biggest hit on there. (As OMC would say -- "How Bizarre".)
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tim from washington:

Thanks for the great interview with Damon, Mark. I definitely learned a lot from the interview.
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DanFA:

@KFHP- that's the best one
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Bas NL:

The bandcamp small print seemed OK. Only now all payments run through the Epic Games payment system.
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Blobs:

@The Oscar - which store would that be??
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coelacanth∅:

Glistener right that gets me the most.
just pigs, after all - after praising them so much all along!
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The Oscar:

@Blobs The venerable Planet Records!
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MarciB:

a good friend of ours runs an indie record label and this show crystalized every compliant he has about Spotify.
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Will the Sound Guy:

that means they can change the percentage with a few keystrokes
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Fredericks:

I do like the song "Strange."
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Webhamster Henry:

You can still pledge!
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WR:

LCD, Lowest Common Denominator.
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timbk:

Memberberries music model
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B R M:

@Fredericks ON FIRE is a masterpiece!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@WR: Zackly.
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solo mon:

Soundalike algorithm from Spotify made Weird Al a billionaire.
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coelacanth∅:

supposedly the former owners are still going to "run" bandcamp.
bullshit.
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ultradamno:

I like the Wire song Strange, can we make that a hit?
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DanFA:

No yacht? But what else am I going to spend my money on? Pay my employees more!? This isn't Stalinist China!
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unix_:

" $1,514,600 raised of $1,500,000 "

million and a half? is that how much has been raised in this marathon?
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B R M:

@ultradamno R.E.M. tried in 1987 😉
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?:

How does Howard Stern fit into the concept of scale?
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Webhamster Henry:

A fun story is that the absence of Neil Young on Spotify has made Neil Young song covers popular, probably because the algorithm was scrambling to fill in playlists with holes in them.
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Dano59:

It isn't rocket surgery - enough people get pissed off, things will have to change (or so I'd like to believe)
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Handy Haversack:

If there's one thing FMU is, it's human scaled.

Thanks, Mark, Damon! This was such clear-eyed and caring commentary. Long live FMU! And, you know, humanity.
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Blobs:

@ The Oscar... Nice. Of course! Had my fair share of good finds there when I lived in Boston. Glad it's still there.
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Dano59:

... too bad we are all slaves to our phones
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The true enemy:

Is Peter Thiel

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
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Handy Haversack:

B R M is nervous and the lights are bright!
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coelacanth∅:

the first mistake was shopping in whole foods.
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coelacanth∅:

Dano @656 not me.
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White
Fat
Men’s
Underwear
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DanFA:

Oh boy
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listener 126464:

Thanks Mark, thanks Damon.
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Bas NL:

We have been assimilated... (OO)
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Dano59:

that's a robot head? I thought: Cupcake!
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PaulRobeson1920:

Luxury goods as opposed to the public good… Neil Postman wrote Amusing Ourselves to Death: public discourse in the age of showbiz—- now we have Demographics rather than community in so many words… local tofu would be a good thing right
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chresti:

Thanks Mark and Damon!
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B R M:

Thanks @Mark Hurst for another great show
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Handy Haversack:

WE ARE THE ROBOTS

(doo doo doo doo)
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Jack:

Thanks Mark! great show! Keep on teckking...
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PaulRobeson1920:

Thanks Mark and Damon!!
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ParUbi:

Thanks!!!!
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Bas NL:

Thanks Mark!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks!~
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B R M:

Why's everybody acting funnnyyy
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DanFA:

@Handy- I'm going to see them in June. So excited!!
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Webhamster Henry:

"Live simply so that others may simply live" - Gandhi
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Fredericks:

It is a good one.
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TDK60:

I thought it meant FM from Upsala (college).
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Why
Fuck
My
Uncle
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Dano59:

We Are the Robots is also the anarcho-syndicalist punk band we should form
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WR:

Now we gotta figure out what Strange strange sounds like to thecthe thumbs 👍 up from the algorithm.
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listener 126464:

Have a very worn cassette of this.
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Fishtown Mike:

Thanks Mark! Great show! Strange is one of my favorite G500 songs, BTW.
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Andres:

Classic Song No. 4.
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Mark Hurst:

Thanks, everyone, great conversation this evening!
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Ciggy:

So what song(s) did the algorithm link to "Strange"
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Webhamster Henry:

@Handy I beg to differ: We are showroom dummies.
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Will the Sound Guy:

Thank you Mark, Damon, Pledgers, Commentors, and all!!!
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WR:

Thank you Mark!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always MarkHurst & also Mr.Krukowski ~
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Great show Mark.
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