"The building of Stonehenge was not a single event but a series of interventions in the site, beginning in 3000BC with the first earthworks and spanning 1,500 years – or 90 truncated human generations." - The Observer (UK)
Well, it's not Yeats, after "a somewhat cack-handed, though reasonably successful, conspiracy ... involving a local pathologist, a number of French (and probably Irish) diplomats, certain member of the Yeats family, and god knows how many bemused gravediggers and customs officials." - LitHub
Musicians aren't getting paid well, but Spotify "pays most of its revenues from songs back to labels and artists and has rarely turned a profit. In 2019, the company announced a new focus on 'audio,' meaning recorded books, live chats, and the booming medium of podcasts." - The Atlantic
Meanwhile, "officials in New Mexico are still examining how a live bullet got on set and then into the gun that Baldwin was practicing with and whether anyone should be held criminally responsible." - The New York Times
Something about another wave, the seeming impossibility of it all - and a family pulling together, maybe? Or, well, a lot of repeat watchings and non-stop soundtrack listens, driven by at-home kids - The Guardian (UK)
First, of course, you could just buy music. But if you're a streaming fan, there are a lot of other options, some of which even seem to pay musicians in a half-decent way. - Los Angeles Times
Matos, who has died at 53, and his colleagues reinvigorated and made famous the Afro-Puerto Rican music plena and bomba "by infusing them with jazz textures, exuberant horn sections and Cuban batá rhythms." - The New York Times
This is not great. "It’s a fine line that creators have to walk. You can be a creator and true to yourself and true to your opinions, but that may come at the risk of your creator business." - Los Angeles Times
Probably things very similar to crimes offline - assault, murder, torture, etc. Unfortunately, the so-called Web3.0 isn't missing any of that, or the racism, transphobia, sexism, and homophobia that drives so much of offline violence. - Wired
"Over the decades of its enduring popularity among Black people, street lit has consistently been treated like second-class literature" – at least by the Big Five publishers. But small indie publishers know what their audiences want. - Vice
That's 7500 workers - plumbers, electricians, drivers, animal trainers, etc. - without whom Hollywood would have a very hard time pumping out content. - Variety
Much more than a kerfuffle - it's about skill, rehearsal, and money. The half-time dancers "frame the action. And in a space as vast as a football stadium, that’s paramount. They bring structure to the stage; like a corps de ballet, they complete the picture." - The New York Times
"The world’s three biggest music companies: Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music, control about three-quarters of the UK recording market, allowing them to strike increasingly advantageous deals with streaming companies." That's not good for smaller artists - or maybe consumers. - The Guardian (UK)
The libraries are steadfastly refusing to do such a thing, and the mayor is on thin - if any - legal grounds, but there's a fundraiser for the library just in case. - LitHub
