http://www.metafilter.com/tags/RhodriMarsden Posts tagged with 'RhodriMarsden' at MetaFilter. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:58:52 -0800 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:58:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74483/The%2DFutility%2Dof%2DFlogging%2DMusic <a href="http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/please-buy-my-record-the-futility-of-flogging-music.html">The Futility of Flogging Music</a> "I was pondering the other day whether I actually have a field of expertise. I thought for ages, and couldn't come up with anything, and then in a blinding flash I realised, with a slight sense of despondency, what it might be: being in bands that people have never heard of." Actually you may have heard of <a href="http://www.rhodri.biz">Rhodri Marsden</a> if you're caught the current Scritti Politti line-up in action, if you've ever followed the broadcasts of the late DJ John Peel, or if you've read Rhodri's technology column in UK newspaper the Independent. This week, in a speech to the <a href="http://oxford.geeknights.net/2008/aug-27th/">Oxford Geek Night</a>, Marsden shared his caustic yet heartfelt observations on DIY music from the early 90s through to the digital age, sighing "I can think of nothing more soul destroying" than social networking and quoting post-punk icon of Pere Ubu as saying musicians should "screw the audience". tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74483 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:58:52 -0800 Digital Distribution DIY JohnPeel Music PereUbu RhodriMarsden skylar