Random Music Thoughts

Ojai Sam said:
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This action poses some interesting issues. Will Spotify pull Bill Cosby next? He draws nearly 18,000 listeners per month.
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"We are removing R. Kelly’s music from all Spotify owned and operated playlists and algorithmic recommendations such as Discover Weekly," Spotify told Billboard in a statement. "His music will still be available on the service, but Spotify will not actively promote it. We don’t censor content because of an artist’s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editorial decisions -- what we choose to program -- to reflect our values. When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful, it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator."
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I would doubt that Spotify is actively promoting Cosby via playlists and algorithmic recommendations at this point, but they could be. That's a lot of virtual cashflow.

It's also a slippery slope. At what point does one pull any rap or hip hop artist? Is Kanye that far down this road? I would doubt that Spotify wants to become entangled with describing political speech as hateful speech ...even though it can be.
 
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Nickyboy said:
Back in the day, you didn't always get proper compensation for your album cover art: https://theoutline.com/post/4490/jethro-tull-aqualung-cover-artist-burton-silverman?zd=1&zi=afmbil56
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Using his corporate stationary and in a haughty tone, Anderson said any dispute regarding royalties and the rights to the artwork were between dad and Ellis. He also doubted that Ellis would fail to spell out future rights in a written contract (he did), yet again insisted falsely that dad modeled the figure on the front and back cover after him, and suggested dad could not “legally hold copyrights in an artistic representation of a real person.”
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Approximately 22 hours prior to our scheduled conversation, the representative cancelled the interview. She passed along this statement from Anderson: “I had nothing whatsoever to do with the project other than posing for some photos taken for his father to work from.” (Anderson did not pose for any photos, per dad.)
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That could be said of any of us. It doesn’t matter if you’re a relic of rock’s boomer glory years or an aging artist — it’s unpleasant when a romanticized or fictionalized notion of self is revealed to be just that. When confronted with contradictory information, it only tightens our grip on a self-defining self-delusion, especially when there’s a financial incentive to do so. And on a long enough timeline and with enough enablers nodding in agreement, our memories can be hammered into a shape that resembles the truth, or in this case, rock and roll lore.

Legacies have been built on far less.
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A sad state of affairs - that.
 
^^^ I am such a Tull fan and this really bums me out. Especially if Ian is making $$ on the t-shirts and other merch.

^ Good read. Thanks for sharing, Axo.
 
You may remember my series of posts on Lost & Found, the bluegrass band., which ended on this sad note:

Allen Mills underwent back surgery in 2016 and a hip replacement last year. No new dates appear in their touring schedule since then and at age 80, his days on the road may be over. :(

Even if they never play another note, L&F leaves a legacy of more than five decades' worth of fine bluegrass music. :clap:

Turns out the group is still alive and kicking. They will perform at Lil' John's Mountain Music Festival on May 26 along with a number of other outstanding traditional bands.

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:cheer::clap::banana:
 
Just enough time for a random thought: I hate Wednesdays partially because it's so busy I can't listen to as much music as I'd like :(
Two hours into my work day - perhaps have heard 5 songs :thumbsdown:

Gotta run. Next patient. See you guys later
 
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