Disco recidivist. xtramagazine.com/culture/i-feel…
The man. The myth. The mustache. He was on tour as he turned 80. I don't even know what is new and what is old. 
The Stones are still out there. Elton is out there. Paul is going strong. It's like the 70's refuse to die. theguardian.com/music/2020/nov…
McCartney has a book of lyrics. Stones are on tour despite being picked off by the Grim Reaper. Beatles have a doc by Peter Jackson. Culture is an odd thing. Now separated into a million playlists and events, none of which are the same. vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021…
Your point Pelton? Music has been one of the few areas that has not been politicized or manipulated in society or on social media. Yes. There are political songs but music remains an interesting way to measure minds and understand personality types. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
There are attempts to codify songs by political affiliation. They try, but they fail. People like music for various reasons. bigthink.com/politics-curre…
An interesting wide net exercise called Gamified Studies (uh oh, you know where I going) came from Cambridge University: Short Test of Musical Preferences (STOMP). They encourage masses to take fun forms. What the hell huh? Its only a game. psd.psychol.cam.ac.uk/projects-measu…
It was this "Gamified" approach to personality studies that nailed down pathological traits. When combined with purloined Facebook data bad people dug out the psychotic triggers among the population. Leading partly to the current mess America is in. researchgate.net/publication/31…
Although marketing gurus like me knew that gamifying is the lazy mans way to finding consumer hot buttons, it took big data guru Zuckerburg until 2018 to figure out he was being gamed. about.fb.com/news/2018/03/s…
So remember that every time you make a public choice there are data scientists scurrying around to analyze, buttonhole and target you as a specific type of person. Defy them. Think and act independently. Here is proof that liberals drink lattes. ndg.asc.upenn.edu/wp-content/upl…
The bright future is the idea of "aesthetic engagements" the sum of unique experiential choices we make that weaves together what makes us unique. This requires a creative discipline and and earnest attempt to learn new things. And it defies categorization by data predators.
Diversity in thought and experience is not really taught anymore. We have famous examples of multi faceted geniuses but we are all essentially creators of our own unique universe and can resist attempts to label us into groups. And it is healthy. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
The discipline is simple. Pick new articles, songs, books, or find new people to have conversations to have. Repeat often and as randomly as you like. Suddenly things make more sense, tension reduces, understanding increases. The positive use of social media. Calm you will be.
Ah the old people music intro? It's an example of a simple marketing peg to determine age. theverge.com/2018/2/12/1700…
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