Meet me in the bathroom? Nah, meet me in the BACK ROOM! We’re revisiting house parties and promoter guest lists, MySpace bulletins and Tumblr scenesters, YouTube wormholes and Soundcloud sub-genres, streaming algorithms and Boiler Room cameos, status anxiety at the club to social anxiety of digging with the heads. Our new favs are a lot like our old ones. It’s hard not to simp over artists who were your salvation. You really had to be there. †
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(00:00:00) House Tour: From The Couch To The Dining Room
(00:02:24) Review: The Barbie Movie
(00:12:32) The Barbenheimer Effect
(00:18:31) Automation & Self-serve Checkouts
(00:20:51) Rat Girl Summer: Passing The Crown From Mia To Hugsy
(00:26:09) RIP Angus Cloud, RIP Euphoria
(00:27:57) The EDM Era: Deadmau5 & His Purrari, Bloody Beetroots, Skrillex, Dillon Francis, TEED, Bitcoin, NFTs
(00:32:25) The Bloghaus Era: Blogging, Interviewing Artists, Twitter DMs, Subgenres
(00:33:45) The Streaming Era: Post-MySpace & Virality
(00:35:35) Behind The Scene Girl: Meme Culture & Curating The Internet
(00:37:47) The Simpathiser Era: George Clanton Album Review, Glaive, The 1975, Salem, Olivia Rodrigo
(00:41:13) The Angelfired Origin Story: Early Internet Gremlins & Self-Publishing
(00:42:43) Hot Boys Taking Ugly Press Pics
(00:43:09) The Simpathiser Era: The Dare & Turtlenecked
(00:50:29) Nostalgia VS Now VS The Future
(00:55:13) The Diminishing Returns Of Selflessness & Opportunity Cost Of Optimisation
(00:58:52) This Is Not A Hustle Bro Pod
(01:01:27) The Simpathiser Era: Baba Stiltz Album Review, Johnny Thunders, Lou Reed, Ethel Cain, Tyler The Creator, Wedidit, Rockstar Skaters & Baker 3
(01:07:55) Personal Brands
(01:10:00) The Art Of Podcasting
(01:13:20) The Simpathiser Era: Back To Baba Stiltz & The Dare, Electronic Labels: Public Possession, Steel City Dance Discs, Pelvis, Butter Sessions
