Some would say that the best thing about music is that when it hits, you feel no pain. Some people would note that it hits different in that regard. We’re all familiar
Punk and its subsidiaries are all about being “real,” or they were, once. Whether it meant you were tougher than another guy or poorer or struggled more or hustled harder, it mattered that you suffered for your art in one way or another. We no longer value that. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing.
My tribute to terrestrial radio. This is what I’d play for a metro area of over 1,000,000 potential listeners if I got an hour of drive-time radio with no Spotify or Apple Music or Tidal or Pandora or podcasts.