The rise of the internet, and especially social media, has democratized music discourse and criticism. But is true discourse dead?
The launch of the Rolling Stone music charts meant to rival Billboard has been delayed and that could be serious cause for concern.
We talk about the possible demise of Rolling Stone as it's going up for sale for the first time since it's start in 1967. We talk about how we think they've lost their true identity as the counterculture bible and how they could possibly get it back. We finish things by talking about new albums we've been listening to like Jhené Aiko, Rapsody, Queens of the Stone Age, and the Foo Fighters.
Jann Wenner had some controversial comments regarding black and female artists that led to his immediate removal from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board of directors.
In 1972, journalist Hunter S. Thompson provided characteristically unique insight into why the Democrats lost the election against Nixon. In 2016, we learned that the DNC didn't learn from their past mistakes.
