Blindfold tests, critical archives, fungal finds, urban ruins, and the most comprehensive, wide-ranging and idiosyncratic year-by-year single-listener recorded music accounting on the planet.
A memoir of 25 years (1975-2000) spent working in the world of records & music in Seattle, with side trips into writings on Led Zeppelin and other adventures from my musical life.
I've needed to write stuff down all of my life. What you'll find here is a little bit of journalism thrown against life experience with a heaping dose of imagination and feeling. Please subscribe to support my efforts.
Since 1984, Matt Baron's been a news reporter, columnist, PR pro & journalism coach on topics ranging from reporting crisis stories to math literacy (numeracy). He covers subjects across life's spectrum, nearly always without any typos or misspellings.
Streaming, sales, attendance, charts, interviews, and more news tailored to the music industry's Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) side. By Ryan J. Downey, longtime journalist (Billboard, MTV, The Hollywood Reporter) and manager.
A newsletter about whatever John P. Strohm cares to write about, mostly music business, culture, technology, and stories from my career as a musician and music professional
Interviews and insights, about rock, blues, the Allman Brothers. expat life and sports from 3X New York Times best-selling author Alan Paul.
“A one-man music mag from rock’s finest narrative storyteller.” – Ted Drozdowski, Premier Guitar
A newsletter about the music industry, technology, marketing, and the intersection of all three, brought to you by the strategic marketing agency Motive Unknown.
Joshua Heath Scott is the creator and president of JHS Pedals. His YouTube series, The JHS Show, has garnered millions of views from audiences spanning the globe.
Memoiristic essays and meditations about my teen years hanging around The Second City theater in Chicago as well as tales of my chaotic life in NYC and Los Angeles.
Reflections on a piece of music that came to mind for Al Bellenchia or Jackie Ralston on a specific day. There are very few repeats, so exploring the archive is a good idea. Never any AI/LLM slop.
"The best music history writing online!" It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!
It'll corral my 50 years of music journalism and authoring books in one spot, often in original uncut form, with pics and memorabilia, plus current activities with Nina Walsh in the Cosmic Hutch.
