Sam Howard-Spink
@samhs.bsky.social
Professor and Director of Music Business Program at NYU. London born, NYC for life, Rio next time. Shiny and chrome.
Sahara Desert at dawn.
January 10, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Sahara Desert at dawn.
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Woody Guthrie's New Year's Resolutions, 1942. I particularly like Nos. 19, 25, and 31. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Woody Guthrie's New Year's Resolutions, 1942. I particularly like Nos. 19, 25, and 31. Happy New Year!
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I remember all too little of the interviews I did with rock stars when I was briefly employed as the music critic for a national newspaper, but there is this.
December 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I remember all too little of the interviews I did with rock stars when I was briefly employed as the music critic for a national newspaper, but there is this.
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I have watched @pftompkins.bsky.social perform as Krampus many times and it is a great joy to behold! Now YOU can enjoy Krampus without even venturing to the Cape Cod Melody Tent! It’s a Christmas miracle!!!
Krampus Live!
YouTube video by Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
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December 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I have watched @pftompkins.bsky.social perform as Krampus many times and it is a great joy to behold! Now YOU can enjoy Krampus without even venturing to the Cape Cod Melody Tent! It’s a Christmas miracle!!!
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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'They can be pure ZZ Top-meets-Can charging down a freeway yelling their brains out, they can be halfway to a friendly hoedown if you squint perhaps, and they can be halfway to Mars too'
Butthole Surfers - Live At The Leather Fly is No 13 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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Butthole Surfers - Live At The Leather Fly is No 13 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
'They can be pure ZZ Top-meets-Can charging down a freeway yelling their brains out, they can be halfway to a friendly hoedown if you squint perhaps, and they can be halfway to Mars too'
Butthole Surfers - Live At The Leather Fly is No 13 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
buff.ly/PFJb866
Butthole Surfers - Live At The Leather Fly is No 13 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
buff.ly/PFJb866
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Two of the most famous screeches in music history are from House of Pain’s Jump Around and Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Brain. Which one of them was sampled from a horse (and not Prince)? [kottke.org]
Where Did These Famous Hip Hop Screeches Come From?
Two of the most famous screeches in music history are from House of Pain’s Jump Around and Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Brain — you likely heard both of them in your mind just reading the names of the songs. This short
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December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Two of the most famous screeches in music history are from House of Pain’s Jump Around and Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Brain. Which one of them was sampled from a horse (and not Prince)? [kottke.org]
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Japan’s anime, films and pop stars are feeling the freeze in China as canceled shows, postponed movie releases and uncertainty loom.
Culture caught in crossfire as Japan and China rift escalates
Beijing’s restrictions on Japanese entertainment have canceled concerts and postponed film releases, leaving artists and fans in limbo.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Japan’s anime, films and pop stars are feeling the freeze in China as canceled shows, postponed movie releases and uncertainty loom.
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Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
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i agree with this not just because of course i would, but because it is increasingly obvious to me that the generational shifts that happened with jazz, rock, and hip hop/electronic is now taking place with international music. yes, that's too diffuse a term to mean anything. so were the others.
For a publication, doing a year end songs list in the 2020s and having nothing on it that isn't in English is like doing a year end songs list in the 1980s and having no rap
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
i agree with this not just because of course i would, but because it is increasingly obvious to me that the generational shifts that happened with jazz, rock, and hip hop/electronic is now taking place with international music. yes, that's too diffuse a term to mean anything. so were the others.
Word.
For a publication, doing a year end songs list in the 2020s and having nothing on it that isn't in English is like doing a year end songs list in the 1980s and having no rap
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Word.
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"One widely beloved and blissfully psychedelic track stands tall, symbolizing the alchemical magic of sampling’s ability to collide disparate sounds from different worlds together to create something thrillingly new: The Orb’s 'Little Fluffy Clouds'."
"I've always thought that plagiarism is creative": How The Orb's Little Fluffy Clouds showed the world that sampling could be an art form
The story of the blissfully psychedelic bricolage that launched The Orb's career, introduced ambient house to the masses and even prompted a lawsuit from Rickie Lee Jones
www.musicradar.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"One widely beloved and blissfully psychedelic track stands tall, symbolizing the alchemical magic of sampling’s ability to collide disparate sounds from different worlds together to create something thrillingly new: The Orb’s 'Little Fluffy Clouds'."
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Look at this absolute professional just doing his job.
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Look at this absolute professional just doing his job.
Shouting an obscenity at an uncle, a drunk game of cards after dinner, long winded tales of a relative's youthful indiscretions at university... (etc...)
Withnail and I is a Thanksgiving movie, I’ve decided. It’s cold and rainy but clearly not the dead of winter, they go to a relative’s house, they have an unwanted visitor, they cook a bird…
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Shouting an obscenity at an uncle, a drunk game of cards after dinner, long winded tales of a relative's youthful indiscretions at university... (etc...)
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Honestly I fucking loathe the whole idea of "EdTech"
Pushers of technology into education couldn't give a flying fuck about students, educators, education itself, or any of their other so-called "use cases".
They care ONLY about profits. I really wish our execs could perceive this blinding light 😡
Pushers of technology into education couldn't give a flying fuck about students, educators, education itself, or any of their other so-called "use cases".
They care ONLY about profits. I really wish our execs could perceive this blinding light 😡
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Honestly I fucking loathe the whole idea of "EdTech"
Pushers of technology into education couldn't give a flying fuck about students, educators, education itself, or any of their other so-called "use cases".
They care ONLY about profits. I really wish our execs could perceive this blinding light 😡
Pushers of technology into education couldn't give a flying fuck about students, educators, education itself, or any of their other so-called "use cases".
They care ONLY about profits. I really wish our execs could perceive this blinding light 😡
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Beck released 'Midnite Vultures' 26 years ago on November 23, 1999 | Discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/BeckPoll
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Beck released 'Midnite Vultures' 26 years ago on November 23, 1999 | Discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/BeckPoll
Deus é um DJ.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Deus é um DJ.
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All three major label groups have now signed a deal to license their catalogs to the AI music startup Klay
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November 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
All three major label groups have now signed a deal to license their catalogs to the AI music startup Klay
stereogum.com/2480239/majo...
stereogum.com/2480239/majo...
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
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Many happy returns to Alan Moore - writer, artist and magician - 72 today.
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Many happy returns to Alan Moore - writer, artist and magician - 72 today.
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This week's Bitch Media reprint is so key to the archives we are trying to rebuild. Vanessa Willoughby writes on Black women's influence in punk culture--and the attempts to erase their influence over the years.
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Loud and Clear
There is no punk without Black women.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This week's Bitch Media reprint is so key to the archives we are trying to rebuild. Vanessa Willoughby writes on Black women's influence in punk culture--and the attempts to erase their influence over the years.
the-flytrap.ghost.io/loud-and-cle...
the-flytrap.ghost.io/loud-and-cle...
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The Pharcyde released their second studio album ‘Labcabincalifornia’ 30 years ago on November 14, 1995 | Listen to the album + read our anniversary tribute here: album.ink/PharcydeLabcab
The Pharcyde’s ‘Labcabincalifornia’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Relative to its precursor (1992’s ‘Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde’), the group’s second LP contains less jocularity and levity, in exchange for a more pronounced conscience and introspective vibe.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Pharcyde released their second studio album ‘Labcabincalifornia’ 30 years ago on November 14, 1995 | Listen to the album + read our anniversary tribute here: album.ink/PharcydeLabcab
Let's go crazy, let's get nuts.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Let's go crazy, let's get nuts.