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Government arts funding’s going away. It’s our job now.

January 20, 2017 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

We knew it would happen someday. Back in 1989, Andres Serrano busted open a simmering debate over whether it’s right (or even effective) for tax dollars to support arts. As a high school student at the time, I got worried about whether the theatre, films, and music I was absorbing like a sponge could ever […]

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Fighting for the freedom to make music, art, and words worth sharing

January 16, 2017 Joe Taylor Jr. Leave a Comment

spinme.com turns twenty this year. Our mission, when we first launched this thing, was to try to expose the work of artists who weren’t getting enough attention from mainstream radio and television. Today, it seems like radio’s the last place you’d turn to hear about new music. It’s easier than ever to publish your work, […]

Announcements, Grow Your Audience

Surviving the squeaky-clean NACA convention

August 11, 2015 Joe Taylor Jr.

I caught a little bit of the dust-up on Twitter today about this article in the Atlantic that targets the—shall we say—sanitized nature of the National Association of Campus Activities conventions. Today’s college students can’t seem to take a joke — .@CaitlinPacific http://t.co/AbKcNSvwZQ pic.twitter.com/rkqeCfsaz0 — TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlanticEDU) August 11, 2015 On one hand, we’ve got […]

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Solving donor fatigue with doner kebab

February 10, 2015 Joe Taylor Jr.

Fancy chandelier.

Here in Philadelphia, a core collection of 160 “arts and cultural groups” has issued an urgent plea for $1.4 billion in philanthropic funding. This, only five years after a report noted the challenges of making significant social impact when creative professionals struggle to break even. “Donor fatigue,” as reporters and consultants suggest, could wipe out […]

Editorial, Grow Your Audience

Coconut man, moon heads, and pee?

March 19, 2011 Joe Taylor Jr. 12 Comments

Ways to make me feel like an old geezer, #142. What is Jessie J talking about at the top of “Price Tag?” Are these shout outs to people? Is this part of some Illuminati code? Has a sleeper cell been activated? UPDATE: Thanks to Danielle in the comments, I now know that the line goes: […]

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