Ted Gioia
@tedgioia.bsky.social
Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
If you're puzzled or disturbed by the response to the United Healthcare shooting, let me share these 6 observations on this new phase in cultural conflict (THREAD...) These come from an analysis I published just 22 days ago.
New study predicts that AI will steal almost a quarter of musicians’ income within the next 4 years (Source: CISAC). The gaslighting is over. Artists now fully grasp the AI business model—which is to destroy their livelihood and replace human music with bot slop.
A lot of people are arguing about the influence of Joe Rogan, but the issue is much bigger than him. He's a symptom, not a cause. Communication styles are changing EVERYWHERE. Here's what is happening (in politics, media, business, education, etc.) More at: www.honest-broker.com/p/the-6-new-...
I share a story from my brother Dana about our unusual childhood. www.honest-broker.com/p/how-to-sur...
How to Survive as the Only Opera Fan in Elementary School
My brother Dana shares a story about his unusual childhood
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Journalist Séamas O'Reilly published an article criticizing Twitter—and his account was suspended a few hours later. But he is also at Bluesky, where you can folllow him at seamas.bsky.social. I just did that—because I oppose the censorship of journalists.
In my latest article, I try to draw wisdom from Tracy Chapman, Roman chariot races, politics, René Girard, Marie Antoinette, and the Texas A&M Aggies. www.honest-broker.com/p/how-to-tel...
How to Tell If You're Living in a Binary Crisis
I try to draw wisdom from Tracy Chapman, Roman chariot races, politics, René Girard, Marie Antoinette, and the Texas A&M Aggies
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How Condé Nast bought and destroyed Pitchfork. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
How Condé Nast bought and destroyed America's iconic music publication
What happened to Pitchfork
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Nine ugly truths about copyrights for artists (and five predictions). www.honest-broker.com/p/nine-ugly-...
Nine Ugly Truths about Copyright
...and five predictions about its future
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More layoffs in music journalism—Pitchfork will be merged into GQ. I write about it here: www.honest-broker.com/p/why-is-mus...
Why Is Music Journalism Collapsing?
This is a bigger problem that you can fix with a Pitchfork
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You can read about Bill Evans's 15-year-old pianist grandson (and many other things) at this link. www.honest-broker.com/p/a-look-at-...
A Look at Bill Evans's 15-Year-Old Pianist Grandson
And other updates on previous posts
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I share a list of my favorite articles and essays of the year. www.honest-broker.com/p/the-best-o...
The Best Online Essays & Articles of 2023
Longform journalism is coming back (and deserves our support)
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How Bing Crosby made Silicon Valley possible (my latest). www.honest-broker.com/p/how-bing-c...
How Bing Crosby Made Silicon Valley Possible
The singer who popularized "White Christmas" was also a visionary tech innovator
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How African Musicians Came to Medieval and Renaissance Europe (my latest). www.honest-broker.com/p/how-africa...
How African Musicians Came to Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Western music has always been multicultural
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I've just published an update on dangerous and transgressive music around the world. www.honest-broker.com/p/car-driver...
Car Drivers Torment a City with Celine Dion Songs
An update on dangerous music
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This new lifestyle, now spreading everywhere, must self-destruct sooner or later. But when? www.honest-broker.com/p/18-warning...
18 Warning Signs of a Deadly New Lifestyle
Here are the symptoms of a peculiar and self-destructive syndrome in our culture—it doesn't even have a name (yet)
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I'm sharing my ultimate Texas songwriter playlist—56 tracks and three hours of music! www.honest-broker.com/p/my-ultimat...
My Ultimate Texas Songwriter Playlist
I've handpicked 56 tracks from the Lone Star State (3 hours of music)
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Here are links to my survey of the best recordings of the year. Part 1 (A through L): tinyurl.com/26shj44n Part 2 (M through Z): tinyurl.com/286ry3x8 Honorable Mention list: tinyurl.com/4h7t9bzk
The 100 Best Recordings of 2023 (Part 1 of 2)
All styles, all genres
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I often get undeserved credit for the writing of my talented nephew (who shares my name). He has just published a revealing and amusing memoir about self-driving taxis in New York magazine—linked below. But the credit here definitely goes to "Ted the Younger" not "Ted the Elder."
A Postcard From Driverless San Francisco
Unexplained stops. Incensed firefighters. Cars named Oregano. The robotaxis are officially here.
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I'll share my 100 favorite recordings of 2023 later this week with subscribers to my newsletter. In the meantime, I'm releasing my honorable mention list. www.honest-broker.com/p/the-best-r...
The Best Recordings of 2023 (Honorable Mention List)
I'll soon share my 100 favorite albums of the year—meanwhile here are 50 honorable mention records of exceptional merit
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I'm sharing my brother Dana's stoic recollections from our LA childhood. www.honest-broker.com/p/stoicism-i...
Two hundred years ago, people began a resistance movement against algorithmic thinking and technocratic dominance. Their actions transformed the creative culture and larger society. Could it happen again?
Notes Toward a New Romanticism
Or why it's 1800 all over again
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What happens when you ask a blues legend to give you a music lesson (from Adam Gussow).
I'm picking my 50 favorite albums from Capitol Records' glory years (1950-1968). Today I publish part 2 (of 3) in this survey of the most innovative popular music label of the era—a business founded and run by musicians.
My 50 Favorite Albums from the Golden Age of Capitol Records (Part 2 of 3)
From Frank Sinatra to the Beatles, Capitol stood at the forefront of creative popular music for two amazing decades
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Hollywood is now canceling franchise films before they're released—but can this possibly be a smart strategy? www.honest-broker.com/p/how-to-kil...
How To Kill a Superhero
Hollywood embraces a desperate strategy—canceling franchise films before they're released
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I write about my gripe with Madonna (and other assorted aggravations). www.honest-broker.com/p/hey-madonn...
Hey Madonna, Let Me Bring My Band to Your Concert
My latest briefing paper on culture, arts & society
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