I’m thinking of making a forum at dollarcountry.org for chatting about record and music nerd stuff and cool finds and all sorts of other stuff. I want an option to connect with others not on a billionaire owned platform that makes someone else money. Would anyone be interested in that kind of thing?

Spotify’s new co-CEO Gustav Söderström claims that they have “pretty much the whole industry” behind their use of AI. Artists do NOT want AI on streaming services. Spotify is purposefully ignoring the most important voice: the artists who make streaming services possible.

Every “great man” remembered by history was a “that f*ing guy” to a significant number of his contemporaries.

“Great Man” theories of history may have been wrong but “That F*ing Guy” theory looks increasingly plausible.

Hotel Rosita, Puerto Vallarta. MX.

I'm thinking RFK Jr. declaring that lead is actually good for you should be on the bingo card.

I think this is the joy of collecting. Those that do it are scratching some itch that is deeper than our thinking brain. Those that don’t aren’t missing out either because they don’t have the itch.

#CountrySky #countrymusic #music #musicsky #NowPlaying Lance Roark is a captivating, high energy singer-songwriter from the hills of Oklahoma. His sound? A perfect storm of twang, grit, and soul. He released two albums with Tenkiller records: Better Man in 2023 and Bad Reputation in 2025.

#CountrySky #countrymusic #music #musicsky

I doubt I will ever see a more inspired bit of upcycling.

How could you not grab a record with this title? Listen to it at the website. dollarcountry.org/items/show/3...

The biggest barriers to solving the climate crisis are political, not technological. We don't need an AI to help us because we already know what we need to do. We just lack the political will to do it. (And one of those things we need to do is turn off AI data centers that run on fossil fuels.)

Google just added Lyria, an AI music tool, to Gemini. There is no information on whether Lyria was trained on copyrighted music without a license. When asked, a Google rep evaded the question. AI EXPLOITS MUSICIANS.

You know it smells awful in there

This weeks episode of dollar country will be all Carolinas. North and South. theres so much great music from both of them.

Far too many interviews with artists about how they wrote their songs are just about how they wrote the lyrics. I want to know why you chose that rhythm, that chord, that timbre! At least talk to me about lyrical *structure*.

#CountrySky #countrymusic #music #musicsky #NowPlaying Something to light up a rainy day.

Drop everything and listen to the new Muchacho Sanchez album. It's great classic sounding country and western, emphasis on western. Here's a nice love song for Valentine's: youtu.be/eFrcJRBpsE0?...

On the latest Hurtin For Real - all songs about Hank Williams. Paying tribute are @willienelsonmusic.bsky.social @casualdriftermusic.bsky.social #TimHus #JohnnyCash #TheMavericks and a whole lot more... Drop by any time at hurtinforreal.com #HurtinForReal #HankWilliams

A large portion of the male figure skaters this year look like long-lost Hanson brothers.

Interesting interview with Rob Sheldon, a co-founder of eyesoffeugene.org, on how they went about canceling #Flock and their current challenges trying to work on state legislation for Oregon. Doing some great work down there! 🫡 #deflock #surveillance #alpr

Among all the excellent Friday releases, The Lowdown Drifters's new single, "Get Up", is particularly brilliant. Listen to this gem, y'all! 🔥🔥🔥

Alt. Country Specialty Chart for 02/11/26. ‘Lucinda Williams - World's Gone Wrong’ at #1. In at #2, ‘Sophie Gault – Unhinged’. Rounding out the top 5, The Waymores, a rare appearance by a single in the top 5 from Bruce Springsteen, and Big Richard. Getcha Some! altcountrychart.com/alt-country-...

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Before bluegrass had a name—before the sound crystallized into a defined genre—it lived in experimentation, family harmony, and the restless energy of musicians

Please share and/or fill this out if it applies to you: forms.gle/6TuZYUzhAznR... "Female identifying metal fans- I need your input for my university research! I am currently gathering some stats around misogyny in metal music scenes…All reponses will be recorded as anonymous.”

People asking me a lot these (book link in bio) what made Chicago such a haven for #altcountry in the 90s. Cuz shit like THIS happened all the time. On MONDAYS! Check out that stacked lineup. Good grief. #chicagoflyers #chicagomusichistory #buckowens #schubas @stevedawsonmusic.bsky.social

Apple Music pays around $50 million annually to sponsor the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The NFL pays the performers $1,246 for the performance, the minimum allowable SAG rate for theatrical performances. I love how that's considered peak success in the music industry. 🫠

On the left, Casey Wasserman, CEO of Wasserman talent agency, who was recently damningly exposed in the Epstein files. Wasserman represents hundreds of musicians. On the right, genocidaire Netanyahu, the war criminal who has overseen the murder of 400,000 Palestinians.

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

Putting an AirTag in your instrument is such a good idea.

Jimi Hendrix filming Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company backstage at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, 1968. 📸 by Jim Marshall

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

We're doing a reddit AMA! right now! come! www.reddit.com/r/technology...

Nothing like praising AI surveillance at a press conference for an unsolved case of a missing person disappearing under millions of dollars of AI surveillance.

When your headline starts with "two top podcasters" I'm going to ignore the story unless the next word is explode.

I'm very late for this last post about the 2025 recap, but here's Country Music France's 2025 Top 50 Songs. If you love real country and red dirt music, check it out, y'all! 🎶 countrymusicfrance.fr/2026/02/03/c...

Country Music France's 2025 recap is now complete. - Best album: Luke Bell's "The King Is Back" - Artist of the Year: Turnpike Troubadours - Best song: Presley Hailes' "Sunny Day" - Best EP: CWG's "Lonely Mountain Town" - Best Live Album: CWG's "Live From The Steel City"

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Jesus fucking Christ I DM with a few people on here and apparently last night I sent an absolutely horrifying and very long message about the Epstein files to a completely unsuspecting random person instead of the person I meant to. God damn phones and their little screens

a veritable who’s that

In a normal news environment, we’d be talking about a certain electric car company that just decided to stop making cars and sink all its money into revenge porn.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

Underneath basically every Nirvana music video on YouTube is an "Event Tickets" section. But this isn't for a Nirvana reunion tour or something, these are for the "Smells like Nirvana" cover band. Why on earth is this a good idea?