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New excerpt from @lizpelly.bsky.social’s book just dropped via @theguardian.com wherein we argue that Spotify’s Discovery Mode payola scheme constitutes a violation of the FTC Act www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

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forget vocal fry. why are podcast men always screaming

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Austin, TX people of Bluesky: I will be in town next week for two events. First is the "Music Theory/Genre Theory" conference at the UT Austin Feb 27-28. It's free & open to the public. I will speak Friday afternoon, but the whole schedule looks really interesting: music.utexas.edu/academics/ce...

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send me your files!!

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Providence people of Bluesky: I'll be in town this Thursday for a Mood Machine book talk at Lost Bag, 7pm! The evening will also include the collective creation of a hyperlocal music streaming server only accessible at Lost Bag & populated by local artists. To submit tracks emaill [email protected]

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People debate how to do populism — “big ass trucks” I’m hearing? — but it ain’t much deeper than paying attention to where people are hurting and finding ways to serve. From MOOD MACHINE, here’s how Rashida Tlaib involved herself in the fight for musician pay. shoutout @lizpelly.bsky.social

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Finishing @astra.bsky.social 's The People's Platform after @lizpelly.bsky.social referenced in Mood Music. Blown away by this right here: "Where the first Reformation transformed our relationship to commodities, this one has commodified or relationship to ourselves."

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can't stop listening to the song where mj lenderman is listing some stuff an apple watch does and it's somehow extremely devastating

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My newest comic is up today! It's a review of @lizpelly.bsky.social 's Mood Machine which I have been talking about non-stop since I read it. You can read the whole thing here: midbrow.org/reasons-why-...

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Interviewing @lizpelly.bsky.social on THURSDAY. Call it PERFECT FIT C*NTENT 😤

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Corporate Coup in Global Context Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, & @keeanga.bsky.social for an emergency town hall on the accelerating corporate dominance of our societies Mon., Feb. 17 at 5:00 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

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merci !

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an excerpt from chapter 5 of mood machine translated into french. merci !

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"The story of streaming is as much about what's changed as what stayed the same." Arielle Gordon talks the future of music streaming with Liz Pelly for her new book "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist." lareviewofbooks.org/article/bad-...

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thank you so much damon. a real honor for mood machine to be the subject of a dada drummer almanach entry, and doubly exciting for the occasion to inspire reflection on the significance of music criticism in the broader project of revaluing music, with connections to my genius sister's body of work

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I spent 2022 interviewing the likes of Denzel Curry, Adrianne Lenker, Santigold, Courtney Barnett, and Jeff Tweedy for this story that explored the need for record label-funded mental healthcare for musicians pitchfork.com/features/art...

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if anyone heard chappell call for a liveable wage for performing musical artists and songwriters at the grammys and thought “what is the best organization i could support that’s fighting for that” that organization is called @umaw.bsky.social

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we actually do have to keep saying this -- the grammys are boring and embarrassing

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i'm doing a mood machine event in patchogue, ny tomorrow -- i'll be talking about the book with a group of music writers, and then there will be a bunch of music, including a set by cal fish, v excited for this. 5pm at moca LI calsfish.bandcamp.com/album/indeci...

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Friday Morning Radio PSA! With @lizpelly.bsky.social for @thelotradio.com

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While the future of libraries is currently unknown, make sure you have as many library cards as possible and use them regularly. Libraries need active patrons. Books that get checked out are more likely to stay in the library system. Purchase requests also play a role in what books are available.

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i've got a book for you

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new blog jennpelly.substack.com/p/gone-with-...

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i'm late to stating the obvious here but this record is really good thisislorelei.bandcamp.com/album/box-fo...

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this Friday 10am est: very excited to be the guest on @dadastrain.bsky.social's Lot Radio show that celebrates "rhythm, improvisation and community". working on a mix of music in this spirit & will talk about the book a little bit too @thelotradio.com

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merci

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If you missed the book launch of Mood Machine by @lizpelly.bsky.social earlier this month, you can read our conversation from the event here, thanks again to @thebaffler.com for the honor of hosting this talk

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In “Mood Machine,” @lizpelly.bsky.social tracks how Spotify came to conquer the music industry. @peretsky.bsky.social talks with the author about the antisocial ramifications of the streaming giant.

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people making fun of my vocal fry on the internet cannot hurt me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q01_...

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this song literally goes so hard

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𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 My first piece for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social ❗ A short essay on one of my favorite songs of all time, Annette Peacock's visionary jam "I'm the One" www.hearingthings.co/annette-peac...

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