The whole music scene—it's not bulls*** anymore. It's the bull who ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and then ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and then ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and then ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and now it's that bulls***. | | | | Bikini Kill at Riot Fest, Chicago, Sept. 15, 2019.
(Daniel Boczarski/Redferns/Getty Images) | | | | | |  | "The whole music scene—it's not bulls*** anymore. It's the bull who ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and then ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and then ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and then ate that s*** and then s*** it out again, and now it's that bulls***."
| | | | | | rantnrave:// Only once in the past decade (hail hail, 2013!) has more than one black artist been voted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, and only twice in that span has more than one female artist made it through the nominating and voting process. "I don't think that's a real issue," the Hall's co-founder and outgoing chairman, JANN WENNER, said Wednesday when asked about his institution's record with women and people of color. "People are inducted for their achievements. Musical achievements have got to be race-neutral and gender-neutral in terms of judging them." Which sounds lovely until you remember that the world itself isn't race- and gender-neutral, and pop and rock never have been (and have you been watching KEN BURNS' COUNTRY MUSIC?), and, seriously, take another look at those results. Is that where color-blind and gender-blind judging gets us? Is it possible to walk into the Hall and look at all those plaques and not ask questions? Why TOM WAITS and why not CHAKA KHAN? Is it possible to not think about race and gender when selecting your nominating committee and your voters? Is it wise? Is the Hall not a curated experience anyway, and could it use a little more curating? Is it time for a change, and is that change at hand? Wenner, who became chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in 2006 (inductees his first full year: GRANDMASTER FLASH, the RONETTES, PATTI SMITH, REM, VAN HALEN, that was a good year), is stepping down in January. He'll be replaced by IHEARTMEDIA's JOHN SYKES, who I know and greatly admire, and who I don't expect to walk in and turn the Hall inside out but who I hope will begin to think about its culture in new and different ways. Congratulations, John. And, if I may, this is a particularly apt year to be thinking about the METERS. And any year is a good year to be thinking about these women. Just between you and me... LIZZO, who has released three albums and two mixtapes going back to 2013, has been declared eligible for a BEST NEW ARTIST GRAMMY nomination in 2020 and I am not complaining, not even a bit. My eyebrows are slightly raised, however, at the official eligibility of JUICE WRLD, who had a top-10 pop hit and a major label album eligible for the 2019 Grammy Awards (they seem to have forgotten to nominate him then) and CARLY PEARCE, whose debut album reached #4 on Billboard's country album chart two years ago when, apparently, no Grammy voters were looking... MARY HALVORSON gets a MACARTHUR FOUNDATION Genius Grant... The songs of BILLY JOEL get a TV series... More than three-quarters of US internet users stream music, while globally, about a quarter of music fans use stream-ripping apps to illegally copy music... The early stuff isn't always better... Sending good vibes to GINGER BAKER... RIP CHARTWELL DUTIRO and JO-AN ANDERSON FOX. | | | - Matty Karas, curator | | | |  | Medium | | Come for the music, stay for the… music? Think again. | | | |  | MSNBC | | Veteran music executives Kevin Liles and Lyor Cohen open up about their work running Def Jam and 300 Entertainment and working with a roster including Jay Z, Beastie Boys, RUN DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Ja Rule, Mariah Carey and Public Enemy. | | | |  | NPR Music | | Robert Hunter was more than another gear spinning within the perpetual motion machine of the Grateful Dead - his songwriting helped define the group's narratives and bloom its philosophies. | | | |  | Vulture | | These days, the singer spends most of her time at home, working on a new album. But that doesn't mean she's not paying attention. | | | |  | Chicago Reader | | Chicago's beat scene has to do without the attention the city's rappers get, but it's a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop. | | | |  | Billboard | | Reggaeton artists are protesting the lack of urban acts in the Latin Grammy nominations. | | | |  | GQ | | He had a front-row seat to Idol-mania, and then just like that, he was gone. Here's what happened to Dunkleman in his own words. | | | |  | Los Angeles Times | | Clark takes on racism and dabbles in hip-hop and R&B on his Grammy-touted album, "This Land." | | | |  | Vogue | | Rock icon Liam Gallagher answers 73 questions while taking a brisk stroll through London's Hampstead Heath. Garbed in his traditional dress, a black parka jacket, Liam cruises through the heath, petting dogs while talking about Oasis, John Lennon, his brother, Blur, and his children. | | | |  | Stereogum | | What's most striking about 6ix9ine's case is how avoidable it all was. 6ix9ine already had a rap career before he linked up with the Bloods. He would've been fine without them. | | | | | | | the idler wheel is wiser... | |  | The FADER | | In the 1980 short film "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe," Herzog insists that a lack of what he calls "adequate images" is a global threat to the world on par with climate change. To illustrate this point, glossy magazine ads are intercut with Herzog's face as he speaks. | | | |  | The Ringer | | After appearing on the new Gang Starr single, the Dreamville founder says he's done with guest spots. | | | |  | Atlas Obscura | | A professor in Texas collects and digitizes rare records from all across the country. | | | |  | MusicAlly | |  | The Washington Post | | "Losst and Founnd" is not Harry Nilsson's greatest work, but it's a fitting coda for one of music's most original characters. When | | | | | Vulture | | On many occasions, I have watched as the tenor Plácido Domingo, bellowing at full volume, grabbed a woman by the wrist and hurled her to the floor. Sometimes he jammed a knife in her gut. | | | |  | The Illusion of More | | With its latest scare-tactics, the EFF is telling people they're not smart enough to understand the relatively simple CASE Act. | | | | | Billboard | | Just ten days prior and bit further south from this year's Amsterdam Dance Event, shesaid.so -- a global organization of women in the music industry -- is hosting its first ever conference, Meetsss. | | | | | Stereogum | | Big Thief released one of 2019's most acclaimed albums with 'U.F.O.F.,' but they're already back with another. We talked to bandleader Adrianne Lenker about Big Thief's big year. | | | |  | Tape Op | | A young intern fresh out of Full Sail University gets a big break (and a nickname) from Missy Elliott, works alongside producers and engineers like Timbaland, Jimmy Douglass, Demacio Castellon, and Polow da Don, and ends up mixing hits for Keri Hilson, Britney Spears, Keyshia Cole, Meek Mill, M.I.A., Usher, Wiz Khalifa, and Madonna. | | | | |  | | YouTube | | | | | | | | | | | From her 2018 album "Code Girl." She was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant on Wednesday. | | | | | | | | © Copyright 2019, The REDEF Group | | |
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