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A Brief Note On Spotify Economics and The Cessation of the Penny
In a recent segment on Bill Maher’s Real Time, Maher joked that Spotify will no longer be able to pay artists after the penny has ceased to be minted. While the clever remark gained a respectable laugh from the crowd and panel, I am not certain that it shouldn’t have a provoked a groan instead. — read more
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🔷🌕 Blue Moon
My decision to watch Blue Moon stemmed entirely from my admiration for Ethan Hawke, whose work has the rare and enviable ability to command my time (and money) without any pre-qualifications. I knew very little about the film going in and even less about the the superstar lyricist and primary subject of the film, Lorenz — read more
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Streamers Are Clowns
Last night I attended the book launch of Cas Holman’s first release, Playful, which I am excited to have arrive via USPS in the next few days. I’ve followed Cas’ work closely over the last seven years or so—ever since I saw Netflix’s ABSTRACT episode which covered aspects of her astounding career. Her unique expression — read more
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The Housekeeper and the Professor
I recently wrote about how I was given a book by a stranger in a coffee shop. I sped read through the other novel I was reading in order to get to the new one— titled The Housekeeper and the Professor. Admittedly, the circumstances through which I received this new book makes me a very — read more
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The Kindest Man In The Coffee Shop
“Excuse me… Would you mind terribly if I sat here? I promise not to harass you.“ It was the weekend and, per usual, my favorite coffee shop was crowded til overflowing. I could tell that this wasn’t the usual run club taking up seats, as they usually dress quite distinctly and rarely sit inside the — read more
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Interesting is a lazy word.
A child’s first steps… A train wreck… Hot air balloons… Gary Busey’s face… All very interesting. But why are they interesting? What do these things do for me? In fact, what is interesting? What does that word even mean? I understand that it’s an expression to signify that a subject is slightly sticky when it — read more
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The Anti-Laws of Luxury Marketing + Notes
From the book The Luxury Strategy. I am posting the full laws and some quotes from the book here for reference as I am using this book as the basis for Dispatch #002 on Mercury’s Playbook. Select Quotes: 1 – Luxury is a culture, which means you have to understand it to be able to — read more
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There’s No Such Thing as ‘F**k You Money’
I read a phenomenal post today which hit my radar after being circulated on micro.blog. The post felt, to me, a poignant critique of Silicone Valley’s baffling capitulation to the current administration. It’s one of the best things I’ve read in recent memory and it earned an immediate ‘subscribe’ about halfway through. I highly recommend you — read more
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To The Man (Or Woman) Who Stole My Shoes At Last Night’s Party
Dear Man (or Woman) Who Stole My Shoes At Last Night’s Party, I don’t know who you are, but I have one question. What happened? When I dusted off my garden brown Blundstones (you are familiar with them) to carry me through last night’s rain, I wish I had known that it would be the — read more
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Conversations With Dead People—Who’s On Your Mt. Rushmore?
Isn’t it curious how a “personal favorites” list is a distinctly different list from a “greatest of all time” list? In hip-hop or basketball, for instance, there is only a small handful of people who can be placed in the G.O.A.T. list if you expect to be taken seriously. For hip-hop, it’s Pac, Biggie, Jay-Z, — read more
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