always forget about this wretched place but i did a july music roundup on my music blog musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/july-tracks
July tracks
New music from U2 and Green Day and Snõõper and Mica Levi and more
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Live music creates over 400,000 tonnes of emissions a year, and transport is the biggest culprit. From green riders to print-on-demand merch, here's how independent artists and labels can build a greener concert industry.
How costume stores think we dressed in the '80s. I'm here for it, though.
McDonald’s Stranger Things Happy Meal and a Secret Menu Are Making 2026 Its Most Interesting Year in Decades zurl.co/4zktH
McDonald's Stranger Things Happy Meal and a Secret Menu Are Making 2026 Its Most Interesting Year in Decades - That Eric Alper
Nobody expected fast food to be this entertaining in 2026. But McDonald’s, the golden arches institution that has been selling Big Macs since 1968, is doing two things this year that are so perfectly timed and so smartly conceived that the industry is paying close attention. A secret menu that actually becomes official. A Stranger […]
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dunno if you fucking dweebs have been talking about geese on here too but i wrote about it musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/its-actual...
It’s actually your fault
None of stuff would happen if you’d just shut up and listen
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creators who use AI: steven soderbergh conner o'malley creators who don't use AI: woody allen louis ck idk guys, starting to think y'all on the wrong team 🤷♂️
hooray that Avi Lewis won and everything but i don’t love that his wife is one of the media’s most prominent anti-vaxxers
*peers over fence* any AI optimists on this app yet? no? still a bunch of primitive crybabies? *lowers head down and retreats*
did another round of Bandcamp roulette, where I just listen to Bandcamp artists at random. found some really scary stuff. musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/bandcamp-r...
Bandcamp roulette part 2
Another journey through Bandcamp, listening at random
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"[Techbros'] grindset mindset is one of optimization and efficiency, down to the very food they eat (in Nikita’s case, chewing is optional). In many ways, the new 'taste' is that by the time the techies discover and implement something, they instantly make it bad." this cooks
jos@josiahhughes.bsky.social · 7mo agoi wrote about techbros and taste and rick rubin and steely dan and marty supreme musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
Radio still matters. So does knowing which formats, programmers, and markets make sense for you. Get in touch Eric@ThatEricAlper.com
i wrote about techbros and taste and rick rubin and steely dan and marty supreme musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
i wrote about 10 artists i discovered via instagram ads musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/10-artists...
i'm way behind but i finally got to the YKS episode where @early90spants.com mentioned the Alf House. and i was repulsed by mike and jf's divaish green room demands.
i wrote about the phrase "music is my life" as it pertains to early Facebook memes, Globe Hell Warning, my own bands, and the word "the" musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/music-is-m...
Music fandom is learning the release dates, the lyrics, the lore, and the inside jokes.
wrote a long post about The Notwist, a band i love 😇 musicismylifeblog.substack.com/p/i-love-the...
I love The Notwist
A guide to my favourite German bleep bloop indie rock band.
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i hate how ppl have been pitting OBAA and EDDINGTON against one another when they both have essentially the same message: vote. vote like never before.
It is my mission to make streaming data usable and real. No inflated numbers—just honest growth by reaching actual people who want to hear your music. Let's start today: Eric@ThatEricAlper.com