Even if you don't use Spotify, the streaming platform's anti-labor orientation means it's affecting musicians and thus, the music you listen to, which Liz Pelly covers in depth in her new book, "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist." Discussed this episode: Spotify's in-house "fake"/ghost artists, how it uses a "payola-like" system to charge artists to get discovered, Walter Benjamin's "aura loss," and more.
Liz's website
https://lizpelly.info
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S93C6719844
Critical Listening (Liz's new podcast with Max Alper)
https://www.patreon.com/criticallistening
Bay Beats - SF Public Library's music streaming service
https://baybeats.sfpl.org
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