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Lennon and McCartney go head-to-head yet again. Ram was McCartney’s second solo album, released in 1971, and is a prime example of how popular music, on its release, is adjudged by so many factors other than music. Macca was in disfavour in 1971, regarded, wrongly, as the man who broke up The Beatles and also as the politico-spiritual lightweight of the quartet (Ringo has always been given a pass on these matters!). 50 years later, disconnected from all such blather, Ram is a jolly thing, scrappy but fun, with an unpretentious thrown-together quality, songs such as lo-fi Beach Boys pastic...

JR Moores , April 19th, 2021 08:26 The algorithmic writer-replicant branded "JR Moores" by his egghead manufacturers analyses the latest psych and noise-rock releases. Home page artwork: The Boys Cosmic by Deep Hum As somebody who valued authenticity to the point of disaster, Kurt Cobain would have been delighted to learn that artificial intelligence has come up with a new Nirvana song. He was, after all, the author of such grunge-era hits as 'Come As You R2-D2' and 'Pennyroyal T2: Judgment Day'. The song in question, 'Drowned In The Sun', was created using Google's Magenta program which lear...

Not Fun at Parties And a prototype of something different... Share Apparently 88,000 people read the last post here. It went to the top of HackerNews, was featured in Morning Brew, Startup Digest, and most amusingly, Money Stuff. Basically, it was a bit crazy. Also, more than 100 people decided to subscribe, which feels like a pretty big vote of confidence after just 1 post. So I guess the pressure’s on for this one… Last weekend I was recommending books to 3 million strangers on the internet. It’s not a situation I’ve been in before. Setting it up, while definitely easier than sell...

*Note: schedule is displayed in Eastern Daylight Time 12:00 PM Sin Eaters - Have you ever seen something on the internet that you wish you could unsee? Theatre Exile's world-wide debut of Sin Eaters by Anna Moench follows Mary, one of the unseen people who scrub our social media feeds. The play examines how social media can transform perceptions of reality and of ourselves and those around us. Sin Eaters is the second production of Theatre Exile's 2020/21 season and features two actors who live together in real life, allowing for them to be filmed in the same space safely. The intimate settin...

There are many more musicians out there than the ones on record shelves in big box stores. As such, there is a great deal of underheard and underappreciated music — and much of it is on Bandcamp. Founded in 2008, the music company has made it easier than ever for independent musicians to release their music and find an audience. Artists can simply create an account on Bandcamp, then upload and sell their releases. Recently, the site also debuted a live streaming program where artists can sell tickets to their own virtual shows. To help musicians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bandcam...