In celebration of the beloved-by-me journal of capitalism critique The Baffler resuming publication after a too-long hiatus, why not take some time to reread “The Problem With Music,” Steve Albini’s 1993 piece on the folly of the record industry? It ran in the fifth issue of the magazine, and coined the ever-memorable phrase “Some of your friends are probably already this fucked.” [Negativland; HT Whatever Nevermind]
I still haven’t figured out how to commodify my dissent. GRUMBLE.