The best thing about this book is the title. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to learn about how to stop parasites? Especially when they are digital!…
It’s the end of the year and time for one of my favorite annual book purchases, the DeCapo Best Music Writing series. It’s a great…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gdw1KiIs_8] Today, the BBC posted an article entitled The Dark Side of Korean Pop Music. Interestingly, this is only a couple of months after the…
Kembrew McLeod & PeterDiCola’s recent book, Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling is a truly excellent overview of the complicated aspects of…
Among music fans/geeks, the news circulated quickly (mostly on Twitter)`that the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – the folks that run the Grammys…
One of my go-to book purchases at the end of the year is the DeCapo Best Music Writing anthology. There’s no way for me to…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtIhedSMQXA”] Interesting news for both fans of NIN and followers of fan culture, fan-works and ownership. The grassroots fan organized video production collective This One…
Last week I (Keidra) participated in Heavy Metal 101, part of a monthly series organized by Chicago creative collectives Homeroom and You, Me Them, Everybody….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFGs6U6Bnb4] Fandoms, like any type of subculture, have different shorthand ways of discussing things that only make sense within the group — such as frequently…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH01RKvKUNs] Of our very diverse blog posts, some of the most popular are about hallyu, the export of Korean pop culture. While still very much…