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Archives for April 2023

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Guess who’s back?

Us, after a long holiday weekend, but also Billy McFarland, the tech bro influencer / fraudster behind Fyre Festival, aka one of the worst pop culture moments that you’d maybe just started to forget about.

McFarland was released last fall after serving a few years in prison and is apparently ready to sell people on another dream to pay off the millions in restitution he still owes for the old one — a disaster big enough that it made our lists for worst pop culture moments of 2017 and tech flops from the last decade.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
It is, once again, Bandcamp Friday.

Yes, I checked. Before you log off, remember that today you can buy some music and put a few more coins into artists’ pockets than you do by streaming.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died at age 71.

Summing up Sakamoto’s long career seems impossible; he was a force in electronic music, classical, soundtracks, and was constantly experimenting with new sounds. His improvisational style and varied interests made him hard to classify, but even if you don’t know the name, there’s a good chance you’ve heard his work.

In a statement about his death, Sakamoto’s record label included one of his favorite quotes: “ars longa vita brevis.” Translated it means “art is long, life is short.”