Mood Machine by Liz Pelly

 

Started this at a coffee shop this morning, finished it this evening at home. Well-written, -sourced, -researched; immensely informative--especially for someone like me, who never engaged with downloaded music, let alone streamed. I stopped bothering when finding media became a real pain in the ass. The recording industry has always been scum; streaming just makes that worse--it flattens markets and (sub)cultures while funneling money the artists earn into corporate coffers. Very worth reading, if eventually more angry-making and depressing than anything else.