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i fucking love Pile and this is a great interview
Back at it again with an interview with Rick Maguire from Pile. We talk creativity, playing the music industry game, and finding you still like a thing even after doing it for nearly two decades.
By now, it's well-documented that I'm a huge Pile fan. I've written about them a ton, interviewed the band's songwriter Rick Maguire several times, and just generally championed Pile whenever the oppo...
yes i will read this and yes i will see rick from pile tonight at siberia in new orleans
Back at it again with an interview with Rick Maguire from Pile. We talk creativity, playing the music industry game, and finding you still like a thing even after doing it for nearly two decades.
By now, it's well-documented that I'm a huge Pile fan. I've written about them a ton, interviewed the band's songwriter Rick Maguire several times, and just generally championed Pile whenever the oppo...
Back at it again with an interview with Rick Maguire from Pile. We talk creativity, playing the music industry game, and finding you still like a thing even after doing it for nearly two decades.
By now, it's well-documented that I'm a huge Pile fan. I've written about them a ton, interviewed the band's songwriter Rick Maguire several times, and just generally championed Pile whenever the oppo...
I never thought I'd have a chance to talk to either of these people, and getting to hear them discuss this history, and the work they've put into documenting it all these past few years, was a genuine thrill.
Talking to two hardcore legends about bringing history to the present.
My heart obviously breaks for the newborns and children killed but this kind of thing, the killing of an old man in cold blood, is no less horrific to me. x.com/muhammadsheh...
Currently feeling comforted by one of the best indie rock albums of the 2000s. A rare experience for me! phatnphunky.bandcamp.com/album/worstw...
12 track album
I spent a few months interviewing Discogs sellers and former employees about the site's decline, why it's flailing, and how the new fee increase is making it untenable for many longtime sellers. The piece is now live at Stereogum:
The online marketplace and database was a record collectors' paradise. What went wrong?
I spent weeks interviewing bands, venue owners, third-party sellers, and more about the rise in merch cuts for Pitchfork. When did it start? How much money do artists actually make? Why don't venues stop? Is Live Nation's new program actually real? And how can fans help?
Many live venues take percentages of performers’ merch sales. It’s an increasingly common practice being called into question by touring artists who are just trying to break even.