Jadey and I are in this, more or less summarising our book on hooks before analysing the hooks in ‘Cuff It’ by Beyoncé and ‘bad idea, right?’ by Olivia Rodrigo. Looking forward to reading some of the other chapters!
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
Final call for papers! 📣
🗣 More info here: amps.org.au/call-for-pap...
🗓 Important Dates
Extended abstract submission deadline – 6 May 2026
Abstract notifications – 29 May 2026
Conference: 9-11 December 2026
Jadey and I got interviewed for this one!
George Monbiot
www.rollingstone.com
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
Found this a pretty interesting piece about the machinery behind music industry hype and the writer‘s personal response to finding out that her new faves’ popularity may not be as organic as she hoped
www.wordsfromeliza.com/p/fake-fans
www.wordsfromeliza.com
into the digital marketing agency that creates your music taste
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
Tom Ewing
Australian Music & Psychology Society (AMPS)
Josh Shepperd
Tim Byron
Tim Byron
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
Circa 1999, pre Napster, I discovered you could download MP3s from usenet, and the random song I downloaded to see if it worked was ‘Hideway’ by Olivia Tremor Control. Which was great! On figuring out where that song came from, I bought a CD online for the very first time, from CDNow I think.
