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Last year, we found ourselves smitten with Moogfest; the 4-day, Durham-based, electronic music-centric festival. So it is without hesitation that we (your host, Lindsay Hogan and synth-literate contributor Alex Tebeleff) made plans to return and report on this year’s festival. But before we dive into the avant-garde sets, artist lectures, activist workshops, and tech installation […]
everything is free now
In this episode of Talking Like a Jerk, I invite back my panel of journalists — Bryce Rudow and Marcus Dowling — to discuss the disruptions, for both artists and listeners, caused by the dominance of Spotify and other music streaming services. To do this, we peer reviewed Liz Pelly’s 2017 investigation into Spotify’s questionable […]
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For finally updating the “So You Want to Write for Random Nerds? Here’s How…” post with RN’s new editorial email address and submission guidelines, I get to reward myself with the tacking-up of an editorial bounty months in the making: our massive, meandering list of article ideas — which has admittedly gotten a bit backlogged, […]
to the beat of your own drum
This month, it is possible to have a fulfilling and crowded month of mind-opening music experiences without spending any money. This is all thanks to the Kennedy Center, who have flexed their relevant muscles to organize the impressively progressive and unexpectedly woke Direct Current festival: In their own words… Direct Current’s inaugural season traces an […]
