SIMPATHISER
Meet me in the bathroom? Nah, meet me in the BACK ROOM! We’re revisiting house parties and promoter guest lists, MySpace bulletins and Tumblr scenesters, YouTube wormholes and Soundcloud sub-genres, streaming algorithms and Boiler Room cameos, status anxiety at the club to social anxiety of digging with the heads. Our new favs are a lot like our old ones. It’s hard not to simp over artists who were your salvation. You really had to be there. †
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(00:00:00) House Tour: From The Couch To The Dining Room
(00:02:24) Review: The Barbie Movie
(00:12:32) The Barbenheimer Effect
Bleak VS Idealistic Escapism, The War On Streaming, The Death Of The Cinema VS The Birth Of The Cinematic Theme Park
(00:18:31) Automation & Self-serve Checkouts
(00:20:51) Rat Girl Summer: Passing The Crown From Mia To Huggsy
(00:26:09) RIP Angus Cloud, RIP Euphoria
(00:27:57) The EDM Era: Deadmau5 & His Purrari, Bloody Beetroots, Skrillex, Dillon Francis, TEED, Bitcoin, NFTs
(00:32:25) The Bloghaus Era: Blogging, Interviewing Artists, Twitter DMs, Subgenres
(00:33:45) The Streaming Era: Post-MySpace & Virality
(00:35:35) Behind The Scene Girl: Meme Culture & Curating The Internet
(00:37:47) The Simpathiser Era: George Clanton Album Review, Glaive, The 1975, Salem, Olivia Rodrigo
(00:41:13) The Angelfired Origin Story: Early Internet Gremlins & Self-Publishing
(00:42:43) Hot Boys Taking Ugly Press Pics
(00:43:09) The Simpathiser Era: The Dare & Turtlenecked
The Hype VS The Deep-dive (LCD Soundsystem, DFA Records, The Rapture, James White & The Blacks, James Chance & The Contortions, The Fire Engines, No Wave & No New York, Meet Me In The Bathroom)
(00:50:29) Nostalgia VS Now VS The Future
Ed Banger, Justice, Backroom VS Mainroom, Bloghaus, Nu-Rave, Electro, Soundcloud Rap, Hyperpop, The Club Church, Internet Hell
(00:55:13) The Diminishing Returns Of Selflessness & Opportunity Cost Of Optimisation
Health & Wellness, Athlete Mindsets, Activism, Burnout
(00:58:52) This Is Not A Hustle Bro Pod
Best practice, Industry Standards, Theory VS Action, Rules, Gary Vee
(01:01:27) The Simpathiser Era: Baba Stiltz Album Review, Johnny Thunders, Lou Reed, Tyler The Creator, Wedidit, Ethel Cain, Rockstar Skaters & Baker 3
The Fan Journey, Please Kill Me, Editorial & Hood By Air, City Bubbles, Salomon Samesies, Circularity Of Trends, Punk Attitudes & Pivoting From Your Fandom, The Artist’s Way
(01:07:55) Personal Brands
On-Brand VS Off-Brand, Be Your Brand Be Your Biggest Fan VS Don’t Be A Brand Be A Person, The Ion Pack Mantras
(01:10:00) The Art Of Podcasting
Freedom From Editors, Off The Dome VS Scripted, Feather Ruffling & Cancel Culture, Publishing Paralysis, Sociopaths VS Empaths
(01:13:20) The Simpathiser Era: Back To Baba Stiltz & The Dare, Electronic Labels: Public Possession, Steel City Dance Discs, Pelvis, Butter Sessions
A Homage To Rave Culture, Graphic Design & Typography, Merch As Fashion, Embracing Your Heritage
