the big kapowski

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[Branden @A3Branden]

Rest in peace, Anthony Stewart Head 🕊️. Here’s a clip of him as Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer performing a cover of Behind Blue Eyes by The Who. A beautiful performance that fans will never forget. 💙

[DOJA CAT @DojaCat]

hey elon if u see this please put the audio post feature back on here. Thanks, u frog build looking bitch. Barrel chested ewok u look like u eat sand.

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Thom Yorke used his speech at the 2026 Ivor Novello Awards to deliver a blunt warning to the music industry: stop treating new artists like disposable content.

"To use music and song to tell the story of what it truly means to grow up in their mode and go stylistically wherever the fuck they want, because they can. This is the pumping heart of music. This is how music stays relevant.

"For this to happen, the industry itself has to have faith in these people. They're fragile, usually kind of fucked up like me, and they need support. And the industry needs the wisdom to allow them to develop, and be able to take risks with them and make mistakes with them. That is literally their job, in my opinion.

"I'm very aware, and so are my band, [of] how lucky we were in our formative years, thanks to our managers Brian, Chris, Bryce and Jules. They fought really hard for us guys. And weirdly, our old record company, the old school EMI, cut us a lot of slack back in the old days. It all paid off.

"We watched a lot of other artists not be so lucky, get chewed up and spat out. It takes time for artists to find their voice, to learn their craft and where it will take them. That is when the good shit occurs.

"I worry that our business is becoming risk-averse and unable to help. It makes zero sense to me. The same is true in a lot of the creative industries: art, film, theatre – they’re all going through this weird, myopic self-destruction.

"Instead, I picked up the FT [Financial Times] and read about the exciting share price of streaming services and the insane value placed on the catalogues of a few artists of the previous generation, and the financial frenzy around them.

"That's nice for them. But it is not, as they would like to call it, investment in the music sector. Quite the opposite.

"I wonder if those people appreciate what went into the making of those records. Maybe you should read some biographies of the music you're buying and hoarding, and some of the history about that subject.

"I wonder why no one questions this insane flow of money upwards that leaves nothing but dust for new artists.

"Those heads of our industry are not asking what happens for the future generation, when the musical well dries up – which it will, guys.

"Instead, a lot of lip service is paid to new music with self-serving playlists, and to the idea of a vital music scene. But there is a refusal to offer even a semblance of a sustainable revenue source for the majority of musicians.

"And they continue the nasty fucking opaque accounting tricks that major labels were doing in the '90s.

"So I guess I'd like to provide a quick reminder to the top of the industry and streaming services: pull your finger out. Where are you gonna get your next juicy back catalogues from, eh?

"This industry will die and arseholes with it, if all you do is devalue the next generation of artists and their fans. Just remember: without us, you ain't shit!"

📸: The Ivors With Amazon Music 2026, Dave Bennett Agency

[Stereogum @stereogum]

In a new guest essay, @LosCampesinos frontman Gareth David breaks down exactly how much it costs to tour North America https://t.co/25s1kbNybC

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Pizza Hut is reviving its classic BOOK IT! summer reading program, giving a new generation of kids the chance to turn their reading goals into free pizza.

https://t.co/Yns8DXz2Ga

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

It's been almost one year since @fordnation mandated that most supervised consumption sites close down. Since then, he's also quietly shut down overdose prevention sites inside of shelters.

People are dying because of this government's ideologically-driven approach.

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

@Hollaaaay Deeply unsettling is the best description lol

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

@Hollaaaay My body is also rejecting this weird romance.

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

And again. We are so fucked.

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

Here we go again.

[chart data @chartdata]

46% of all songs uploaded in 2024 earned under 10 streams (ISRCs; via Luminate).

1.3% earned at least 1 million streams.

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

How dare the concert overloads book a 20th anniv Stars ‘Set Yourself on Fire’ show 🔥 AND a 25th anniv Get Up Kids ‘Something To Write Home About’ show 🤖 ON THE SAME NIGHT

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

@cassandraamo Umm yes please!!! 💖

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

@cassandraamo I MISS YOU 🫶🏻

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

Funding reduced by 84%. Shame on you @JustinTrudeau. This country is so fucking embarrassing.

[Anishinabek Nation @AnishNation]

A statement from Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief @LindaDebassige on Federal Government Reducing Funding:

A link to a template letter that can be sent to the Prime Minister can be found here:
https://t.co/TzqhkPLpu2

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

PSA: Local scumbag and sexual predator Ji*n Gh*m*shi is back out and about casually hanging in bars & venues in the west end. Seen last night in a bar in the Junction (was asked to leave). Be safe y’all. Cover your drinks. Warn your pals.

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

At the elder emo reunion / DCFC & Postal Service show. Also Slow Pulp rule.

[B L A K E L E Y™℠©® LLC @_iamblakeley]

Since Shaun King is trending but he’s blocked me so I don’t know for (I’d imagine it’s another scam) here is a video I made a little while back with the receipts. 🧾 #scamiam

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

Anne Murray. Absolute legend. #JUNOS

[the big kapowski @whitneysays_]

🥹cc @mrpeens

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

BREAKING: The first teaser for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice sequel has arrived.

The film, starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Catherine O'Hara, Willem Dafoe, and Monica Bellucci, opens in theaters on September 6th.