July 19, 2020

Playing music in public spaces again, as "don't disturb me" refractory phase wears off

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For the first time in years, I brought a portable music player to a public space to spread some good vibes. It lasted about an hour on Satur...
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July 16, 2020

Aimee Terese memorial song (Marina & the Diamonds tune)

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The radlibs who control social media banned the princess of the anti-woke Left, Aimee Terese, from Twitter for the second time this year. In...
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July 12, 2020

Dignified, autonomous posting before the rise of social media striving in the 2010s

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Social media -- with its focus on status-striving for likes, shares, followers, and paypig bux -- did not exist before around 2012. Before t...
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July 6, 2020

The mixtape concept, and implementing it in 2020

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I got nostalgic and started browsing through some old things, and found a "mixtape" on CD that a close friend from college sent me...
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July 1, 2020

Must-hear dance-rock revival: "Something I Can Dance To" by Alright Years

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First the song, then some remarks. Just heard this brand-new single tonight on college radio. Link to full song because it's not on You...
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June 29, 2020

Rent cathartic experiences, own addictive ones (theory and examples from media, arts, entertainment, sex)

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The discussion of ad-infested streaming entertainment made me seriously think about buying mp3s for the first time in my life, rather than ...
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June 27, 2020

Ads as mandatory patronage markers, not attempts to persuade consumers

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I won't be watching or linking to YouTube on my PC for the time being, since they've rolled out new anti-ad-blocker software. It rui...
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June 21, 2020

Naturalization of teen sexuality, including age gaps, during restless phase of excitement cycle

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I was planning to write this last year when I watched The Crush from 1993, but figured I'd wait until this year when we were solidly out...
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June 20, 2020

New York no longer cool or interesting enough to star in pop culture

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Watching Gossip Girl for the first time, to re-familiarize myself with the late 2000s, I'm struck by how New York-centric it is. Every r...
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