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@riccie.bsky.social

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Invite request | Freq A place to find music with friends.

Ok... who wants to try out my social media site for community-centered music discovery?

It's a fun place to hang out and talk about music, but it's also a pretty unique attempt to develop software *with* the actual communities who are going to be using it.

www.freq.social/welcome/invi...

12.03.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
On purple background in white text: "The Prince Estate and Netflix have come a mutual agreement that will allow the estate to develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince's archive. As a result, the Netflix documentary will not be released," plus the Prince symbol.

On purple background in white text: "The Prince Estate and Netflix have come a mutual agreement that will allow the estate to develop and produce a new documentary featuring exclusive content from Prince's archive. As a result, the Netflix documentary will not be released," plus the Prince symbol.

The official Prince estate account on FB posted this an hour back. This sadly clearly means that Ezra Edelman's nine-hour documentary, which would have provided a truly all around portrait of him rather than a gloss, will never surface. And that's a damn shame.

07.02.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 54

now that it’s over… not one word about climate change at the grammys.

despite it doubling as a benefit for los angeles fire victims.

nothing even from people who will usually take any opportunity to talk about climate change, like billie eilish.

a missed opportunity.

03.02.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 338    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

So frustrating to see the camera cut to her reaction to pretty much everything

03.02.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chappell Roan is completely correct! Musicians are workers, and we deserve fair payment & dignity in our workplace. UMAW introduced the Living Wage for Musicians Act with Rep. Rashida Tlaib to build a fairer music industry and increase wages for musicians. We need your help to make it happen!

03.02.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 811    πŸ” 209    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8

if anyone heard chappell call for a liveable wage for performing musical artists and songwriters at the grammys and thought

β€œwhat is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that”

that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social

03.02.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1559    πŸ” 471    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

Je t’aime

03.02.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Chappell Roan for speaking up for all musicians - music workers, join @umaw.bsky.social in demanding passage of the Living Wage for Musicians Act to make streaming pay musicians directly and fairly. We deserve it!!

03.02.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

and Robin Carolan would be perfect to do soundtrack for that too

24.01.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of many reasons that going to shows is so important

24.01.2025 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if you’re feeling a bit depressed right now (can’t blame you!) and you love live music, can i recommend going out to see a show? has mild-to-moderate restorative effects on one’s faith in humanity

24.01.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

If you work in the arts, letters, or education, your work is inherently political.

15.12.2024 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music From The Motion Picture), by Q Lazzarus 21 track album

Goddamn, this took forever but glad to see it: a proper full length album of work by the mighty and sadly departed Q Lazzarus.

12.12.2024 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Introducing Low Frequency Moments in the history of music community online

Officially ending my nearly decade long blogging hiatus.

Low Frequency is where I'll be digging deep into the history of music community online, plus other stuff I've researched.

Like a teenage bride with a baby inside, let's get high on information.

low-frequency.beehiiv.com/p/introducin...

09.05.2024 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Death by Audio closed ten years ago today. πŸ”₯

24.11.2024 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Literally adhoc post-altered zones

24.11.2024 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post punk bands LOVE closeups of eyeballs

23.11.2024 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our plan moving forward is to treat selftitledmag.substack.com like a living archive β€” a survey of our first 16 years β€” with new content split between free and paid subscribers. πŸ™ in advance to all of our early supporters!

17.11.2024 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the DOGE agency will not have the authority to reallocate funds (nor would that be constitutional), it is a PR tool to create the impression that government spending is inherently wasteful and build political momentum for spending cuts

15.11.2024 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5046    πŸ” 689    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 52

A thing that a lot of musicians from TikTok do todayβ€” their fans don’t seem to mind??

15.11.2024 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

going to tell my kids it’s Jandek

15.11.2024 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

blue sky aka slowed and reverb twitter

15.11.2024 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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michael kelly would be great as james carville

15.11.2024 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

horsegiirl exceeding all equestations, really raising the barn, etc

14.11.2024 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Christmas In New York store is absolutely cursed

14.11.2024 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are polarized times, but we can't cede the idea of "government efficiency" to the cynical right. What would efficiency that really helps people look like?

Public healthcare and college, no means testing. No humiliating red tape for SNAP, FEMA, debt relief. Websites for UI that actually work.

14.11.2024 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

bump

14.11.2024 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

only a matter of time

08.07.2023 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

these circled items are all data the US govt admitted last month to purchasing in bulk to circumvent the need to go to a judge for a warrant.

06.07.2023 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 833    πŸ” 425    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

is anyone on 90 day fiancΓ© on here yet

06.07.2023 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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