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Category: Rants / Essays / Thinkpieces

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Rants // On Owning (Tiny) Music Labels

by Ilya S.Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 21st December 202421st December 20241 comment

Words: John / Relaxed Machinery A while back someone asked me about my experiences owning (tiny) music labels. I think it was @mrfresh.bsky.social. I owned an ambient / electronic label called …

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Rants // The Tale of the Time Metallica Sued Me

by Ilya S.Misc, Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 10th October 202416th January 20250 comments

Words: Cheer Captain Maker of power pop. Maniac Cop 2 enthusiast. I play the guitar/bass and sing. They/Them Featured Image: Ed Shoothowdy Gather around youngsters and listen close and I’ll …

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Rants // This Eclipse is Bringing Out the Conspiracy Theorists in Droves

by Harmony WitteRants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 8th April 20245th October 20240 comments

The discourse around the solar eclipse this year has reached a fever pitch with the celestial event expected to take place this afternoon. Conspiracy theories abound. I was told recently …

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Rants / MA is for Lovers

by Harmony WitteRants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 20th September 20230 comments

Why I Don’t Love Massachusetts is For Lovers Something confounding and downright irritating happened in the last week with the Massachusetts is For Lovers Festival. The festival was scheduled to …

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Rants // Bluegrass, Fudge Rounds, Folding Chairs, and Populist Music

by Harmony WitteRants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 22nd August 20230 comments

Lately, as evidenced by the popularity on the charts and YouTube views, plenty of people find themselves drawn to the faux-populist country and folk music by the likes of Oliver …

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Rants // The Great Spotify Debate

by Ilya S.Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 7th December 202122nd September 20240 comments

Along with Christmas/New Year’s Eve we now seem to have another widely celebrated holiday tradition – Spotify Unwrapped. Yes, the streaming giant welcomes artists (and everyone else) to share the …

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Rants // On Social Media Metrics and Their Meaning (Or Lack of Thereof)

by Ilya S.Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 16th September 202118th September 20210 comments

In this rant inspired by recent tweets from Alex Kapranos and Dr. Charlotte Rodricks, yours truly will try to grapple with a complex subject that is social media metrics. After …

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Re: Why Doesn’t Everybody Agree With Me Always About Everything?

by Ilya S.Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 20th April 202121st April 20210 comments

Response to a recent essay by Abundant Living / Zachary Lipez and the questions asked within  I don’t understand how anyone is signed, how anyone gets coverage, or how anyone …

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! // Radiomancy Museum on Great Scott

by Ilya S.Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 25th June 202025th June 20200 comments

Some thoughts on the situation surrounding an institution that is Great Scott Allston – courtesy of our friend/associate Radiomancy Museum. Live videos by The Mystery / Ka Baird / Body/Head …

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The Art of Cassettes: 5 More Tape Labels That Get It Right

by Ilya S.Rants / Essays / ThinkpiecesPosted on 22nd September 201724th January 20211 comment

Photo Credit: Designs by DG This September marks an important milestone – a year age Pitchfork published its exposé of tape labels that get their graphic design right. Here’s a …

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