Cultural Crackdown in China Shuts Comedy and Music Shows Alarming developments in China. “China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, has made arts and culture a central arena for ideological crackdowns, demanding that artists align their creative ambitions with Chinese Communist Party goals and promote a nationalist vision of Chinese identity.”
dubbatrubba:
Inhailer Radio: Listen to the Modern Rock 500 Now playing: inhailer.com/modernrock500 I’ve been looking forward to this since it was announced in March. I’m reading her excellent book about 97X WOXY (chapter four is up next for me), and in her newsletter from last week, Robin James makes “the case that you should listen to … Read more
Before 97X, There Was WOXR An interesting look at the history of WOXR, the 3,000 Watt radio station in Oxford, Ohio that preceded WOXY 97X at 97.7 on the FM dial. Of particular interest are Chuck Cowdery’s personal recollections from the period of approximately 1972 to 1974, including details about who was at the station, … Read more
The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok A lot of good observations, context, connection-making, and generally clear thinking in this piece about social media and platforms in general and how they inevitably (?) destroy themselves through their “business models.” Or rather, perhaps, how “montetization” destroys digital “products” built around or for online coomunities. This is enshittification: Surpluses are … Read more