here’s a story I’ve been working on for a few months, about how professional musicians who’ve chosen motherhood deal with an industry that’s poorly equipped to support them. we dug deep, but barely scratched the surface. pitchfork.com/features/artic…

This freak featured on the front cover is Shiva Bagheri. Shiva is a staple at these fascist rallies, spewing nonsense. Completely unidentified by Los Angeles Times in the fucking lead photo.

1/2) Sending tons of love , support and positive vibes to our good friend and incredible musician and songwriter Jesse Malin . Jesse is the kindest soul and the most giving friend you could ever have . If you can , please consider supporting Jesse : tinyurl.com/SupportJesse

“Squid Game” increased the value of Netflix by an estimated $900 million. It also made South Korean writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk famous — but not rich. In his contract, he had forfeited all intellectual property rights and received no residuals. latimes.com/world-nation/s…

“Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy | The New Yorker newyorker.com/culture/notes-…

SAG going on strike. Writers already on strike. Hotel workers in LA already on strike. UPS likely going on strike at the end of the month. Time to fuck shit up. #HotLaborSummer

Hot As Sun ask the doubled edged question "why is everybody obsessed with me?" - a vibey dip into the cures and hurts of social media"+ "Look at Me (Remix)" open.spotify.com/track/3hMBT3P8… #electronica #indiepop #altpop #hotAsSun #newmusic2023 #groove

Today we adjourned in memory of Lauri Carleton, who was murdered this weekend by a man who confronted her about the Pride flag she flew outside her store. I know that LA will honor Lauri's spirit and respond as she did: by standing up only more fiercely for those we love.

Why did y’all start a legislative renters caucus in California? Me:

WGA Strike Officially Ends at Midnight trib.al/b0EmBLR

Regarding composers and a union, the national Labor relations board ruled against us, fundamentally because the package deal makes us independent contractors. But what do we need? We need solidarity as a community.

Dear Taylor Swift if you made an album entirely produced, mixed, co-written, engineered, & mastered by Women & Non-Male Creators you would single handedly change the entire landscape for us and all women and non-male creators. #TaylorSwift Moving The Needle

New investigation just dropped: Gov. Tate Reeves’ top campaign contributors, since he took office in 2020, have netted $1.4 billion in state contracts or grants from agencies the governor directly oversees. mississippitoday.org/2023/10/31/tat…

"Gov. Parson must reverse his disgraceful decision not to stop this inhumane execution and act now to save Marcellus Williams' life," implored Congresswoman Cori Bush (Archived) in an 11th-hour plea. commondreams.org/news/marcellus…

The full soundtrack from the Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey is available now! #BadMonkey

The inimitable Bill Lawrence (creator of ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Shrinking’) in close collaboration with Music Supervisor Tony Von Pervieux have decided to bring the Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers catalog to life in their new show ‘Bad Monkey.’ We couldn’t be more grateful! The

Awesome + poignant finale tonight for what is hopefully the first of several seasons of BAD MONKEY. And next week we get the return of SHRINKING. Really hope Bill Lawrence and his collaborators are getting a very healthy discount at the Apple Store. They’ve earned it.

Vice President #donaldtrump