The Story of Rockism

How much influence do music critics really have?

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

The Cultural Shale Revolution

Maybe you've been fracking, too.

Aug 1 • 

jaime brooks

14

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May 2025

Thoughts on "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams

What can we learn from a new tell-all memoir by Facebook's former Director of Global Public Policy?

May 9 • 

jaime brooks

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5

April 2025

Notes on the Canzukian Schism

Is America ghosting the rest of the anglosphere?

Apr 7 • 

jaime brooks

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May 2023

The Last Recording Artist

A comprehensive guide to ghostwriters, virtual pop stars, and the world to come.

May 16, 2023 • 

jaime brooks

93

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The Summer of Love and the Holy Fair

My new piece about the history of the American music festival for The New Inquiry.

May 9, 2023 • 

jaime brooks

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April 2023

The Base Determines The Superstructure

A story about songs that predicted the future, and what we can learn from them.

Apr 14, 2023 • 

jaime brooks

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March 2023

What is Prestige?

The highest possible compliment you could ever pay to a lie without going over the line and believing it.

Mar 6, 2023 • 

jaime brooks

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February 2023

This Is What You'll Pay For

The Menace of Generative Music

Feb 22, 2023 • 

jaime brooks

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