In popular music, the "style of late capitalism" is NOTHING

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AI has being but it does not exist

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We're Through Being Cool

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Professional Philosophy in the Age of Neoreaction

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"A Bar Song" and the NY Bar: Shaboozey, Drake, and scalable value in a financialized music industry

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LAST SPLASH as the ür-text of 90s modern rock

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"Girl, So Confusing," femme cool, and resolution over resilience

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Is the alt- in alt rock the alt- in alt-right?

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What does affirmative action backlash have to do with 90s alt rock & today's alt right?

Robin James · ·Oct 12, 2024 · 17 min read