Mastodawn

An interesting development in CNRS - changing from metrics to review researchers
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science

The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

CNRS

SteveRuss Feb 22

@CellySally @steveroyle - the kazoo solo was a highlight.........😎

SteveRuss Feb 12

@steveroyle @CellySally recent purchases I am enjoying:
https://blackwaterholylight.bandcamp.com/album/not-here-not-gone
https://lostmap.bandcamp.com/album/arikomban-space
https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings
https://bloodyhead.bandcamp.com/album/bend-down-and-kiss-the-ground
https://ivanthetolerable.bandcamp.com/album/chromophobia-2lp-riot-season-2026
https://julieshaircut.bandcamp.com/album/radiance-opposition

Not Here Not Gone, by Blackwater Holylight

10 track album

Blackwater Holylight

SteveRuss Jan 26

That's sad - I played a couple of Sly & Robbie LP's on Saturday ☹️ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/26/sly-dunbar-reggae-drummer-and-producer-with-sly-and-robbie-dies-aged-73

Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer and producer with Sly and Robbie, dies aged 73

Drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones

The Guardian

SteveRuss Jan 17

Jon Hicks Jan 16

“In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.”

https://musically.com/2026/01/15/5-1tn-annual-music-streams-but-120-5m-tracks-had-10-or-fewer/

5.1tn annual music streams… but 120.5m tracks had 10 or fewer

Music-biz number-cruncher Luminate has published its year-end report for 2025, with plenty of stats for the industry to chew over.

Music Ally

SteveRuss Jan 14

a writer Jan 13

Bandcamp bans AI-regurgitated "music."

EDIT: Link updated to official blog.

https://blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/keeping-bandcamp-human/

Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI

We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.

Bandcamp Updates

SteveRuss Jan 6

The Tonearm Jan 6

"The images and symbolism were familiar to any Hawkwind fan raised on a pop-occult diet of Dr Who, Timothy Leary, New Worlds, Arthur C Clarke, and NASA. But combined then with rock’n’roll, they broke virgin ground."

How Hawkwind boldly went where no band had gone before on psychedelic masterpiece 'In Search Of Space':

https://www.loudersound.com/features/hawkwind-in-search-of-space-album-interview

“We were the belt-and-braces Pink Floyd – basic yobbos”: how Hawkwind boldly went where no band had gone before on psychedelic masterpiece In Search Of Space

America had hippies and Woodstock – the UK had greasy, gritty space-heads Hawkwind and their cosmic epic In Search Of Space

Louder

SteveRuss Dec 31

Show thread

Sashin Dec 31

@adredish The ideal is to buy music directly from indie artists

SteveRuss Dec 29

Albert Cardona Dec 28

On nuclear power: the stories swept under the rug.
https://substack.com/inbox/post/182743659

"Witnessing such scorched-earth containment makes the modern definition of nuclear power as the ‘cleanest energy’ completely incomprehensible to me."

#NuclearPower #nuclearIndustry

Error 404: Life in a Secret Chinese Nuclear City That Was Never on the Map

A memoir of growing up in China’s classified atomic bomb base in the Gobi Desert.

SteveRuss Dec 7

Last nights dinner.