Neil Young (and the Spotify/Joe Rogan controversy)

[Yossarian]

Another big drop for Spotify on Wednesday, though it seems to have a lot more to do with the release of weak subscriber growth numbers than with Crosby, Stills, and Nash announcing they also want to get their music off the platform.

 

[kabbes]

Another big drop for Spotify on Wednesday, though it seems to have a lot more to do with the release of weak subscriber growth numbers than with Crosby, Stills, and Nash announcing they also want to get their music off the platform.

It seems to me to all be on the back of advertising and subscriber revenue being hit for online platforms across the board. Facebook is about to sink by 25% later today and PayPal dropped 25% yesterday.

 

[8ball]

Another big drop for Spotify on Wednesday, though it seems to have a lot more to do with the release of weak subscriber growth numbers than with Crosby, Stills, and Nash announcing they also want to get their music off the platform.

If they don’t play their cards right I can see Elvis wading into the fray!

 

[Idris2002]

I kept one step ahead by never paying for Spotify in the first place. I had the free version and it was too much of a pain in the arse.

I'd never heard a Joe Rogan show, but I listened to one he did with Louis Theroux about Scientology this morning, and he seems like a straight-down-the-middle bog-standard Normal Person. Not some raving alt-right loon.

 

[8ball]

I kept one step ahead by never paying for Spotify in the first place. I had the free version and it was too much of a pain in the arse.

I'd never heard a Joe Rogan show, but I listened to one he did with Louis Theroux about Scientology this morning, and he seems like a straight-down-the-middle bog-standard Normal Person. Not some raving alt-right loon.

Yeah, I’m guessing this was a few years back? He morphed over time.

He’s not alt-right (unless you give it really wide boundaries) but he has had some dodgy guests. They became more and more frequent as time passed.

 

[Idris2002]

Yeah, I’m guessing this was a few years back?

From the time of the 2016 election, going on internal evidence. 'twas on the auld tube of you.

 

[8ball]

From the time of the 2016 election, going on internal evidence. 'twas on the auld tube of you.

He was quite relatable back then. I think that’s why the podcast took off. That and how he was interested enough to ask good questions and give guests time to speak in some depth.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Listening to this. Seems fairly balanced so far.

Can Joe Rogan change?

The freewheeling, inquisitive style that made Joe Rogan so influential turned into a liability during the Covid pandemic. What’s next for the world’s most famous podcaster?

www.theguardian.com

 

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[Karl Masks]

Listening to this. Seems fairly balanced so far.

Can Joe Rogan change?

The freewheeling, inquisitive style that made Joe Rogan so influential turned into a liability during the Covid pandemic. What’s next for the world’s most famous podcaster?

www.theguardian.com

Not when you're chowing down on a hundred million bucks a year.

He needs removing. He's a credulous moron who platforms utter cranks and stochastic terrorists. We really don't need these cunts given more platforms.

 

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[Johnny Vodka]

Not when you're chowing down on a hundred million bucks a year.

He needs removing. He's a credulous moron who platforms utter cranks and stochastic terrorists. We really don't need these cunts given more platforms.

I was still willing to give him a chance (if he had a decent guest on), but stopped listening completely after the cosying up to Trump.

 

[Sasaferrato]

BBC Four - When Rock Goes Acoustic

The cliché of classic rock guitar is one of riffs, solos and noise. But write a list of great guitarists and their finest moments and a quieter, more intense playing comes to the fore. The acoustic guitar is the secret weapon in the armoury of the guitar hero, when paradoxically they get more attention by playing quietly than being loud.


This documentary takes an insightful and occasionally irreverent look at the love affair between rock and the humble acoustic guitar. Exploring a much less celebrated, yet crucial part of the rock musician's arsenal, contributors including Johnny Marr, Keith Richards, Ray Davies, James Dean Bradfield, Biffy Clyro, Joan Armatrading, Donovan and Roger McGuinn discuss why an instrument favoured by medieval minstrels and singing nuns is as important to rock 'n' roll as the drums, bass and its noisy sister, the electric guitar

Wish you were here - Floyd.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Thanks for posting this