April 17, 2012
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On The Rise Of Cultural Populism: We’re All Musical Experts Now
“Obscure knowledge was once a kind of currency.” – Alexandra Molotkow I recently came across a resonant NYTimes article by Alexandra Molotkow titled “Why the Old-School Music Snob Is the Least Cool Kid on Twitter.” The article describes how file-sharing, first introduced in the late 1990s with Napster, made Molotkow and her friends’ esoteric insider… Continue reading
