A new Seattle social media startup site attempts to let fans act as PR reps for their favorite bands. Find out how it works.
Easy Street Records Founder On Theaster Gates SAM Exhibit From Seattle Met
I checked out the vinyl-based Theaster Gates: The Listening Room exhibit at Seattle Art Museum with Easy Street Records founder Matt Vaughan. He had some interesting insights as a guy who lives and breathes vinyl records. Check it out.
The Problem With Klosterman’s “Rock VORP”
A few weeks ago, Chuck Klosterman wrote a piece entitled “Rock VORP” for the new sports/pop culture website Grantland. Being a massive Klosterman and Grantland fan, I was excited by the prospect of Klosterman attempting to turn rock music into a measurable baseball-esque sabermetric statistic. Rather than try to explain his process in a convoluted [...]
Syracuse Game Day Music Piece from The Syracuse Post-Standard
Meet Roger Springfield: the man behind the music at Carrier Dome Another season of music has begun for one of Syracuse’s mainstays. But the sounds aren’t emanating from a concert hall — they’re echoing off the walls of the Carrier Dome. While music isn’t the reason that fans pour into the Carrier Dome to watch [...]
