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Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

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Covers:  music, culture, media, film, literature, sports, parenting, health, anxiety - I'll interview >anyone< who has a compelling story
apostate music journalist. free speech/due process/informed consent = NON-NEGOTIABLE. scientific dissent ≠ extremism. www.youtube.com/@feedbackdef

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Saby Reyes-Kulkarni’s Biography

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My job is to get you closer to what >you< would think of the music I'm discussing. If you're intrigued to check out music I didn't like as a result of something I wrote, then I've done my job. My goal is to make a work of art about a work of art.

Saby Reyes-Kulkarni’s Journalist Portfolio

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Do we actually NEED pop culture?

Do we actually NEED pop culture?

We're all feeling like there are vanishingly few shared experiences anymore, but were we truly better off whe…

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Could Artificial Intelligence Help Us Become More Human? Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner Says Yes, ...

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Us Become More Human? Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner Says Yes, ...

It may sound counter-intuitive, but Mouse on Mars co-founder Jan St. Werner thinks artificial intelligence ca…

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Response to Ethan Iverson's response to André 3000

Response to Ethan Iverson's response to André 3000

"Just awful" is how Iverson describes André's new piano recordings. I agree, but still felt a rebuttal was in…

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Creation as a cross to bear. Does it have to be that way? (Maybe... but maybe that's okay.)

Creation as a cross to bear. Does it have to be that way? (Maybe... but maybe that's okay.)

André 3000 and The Dandy Warhols can teach us some very important lessons about how to carry that weight.

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Has music ever really been subversive?

Has music ever really been subversive?

What if "counterculture" actually preserves the status quo?

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INTERVIEW: John Oates

INTERVIEW: John Oates

When John Oates released the song “Pushin’ A Rock," it marked a return to the soulful pop style that has long…

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Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil Sounds Off

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A Screaming Life: Into The Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond William Morrow / HarperCollins If you browse YouTube for interview footage from Soundgarden’s heyday in the 1990s, it doesn’t take long to discern how uncomfortable the band looked answering questions back then. A 1991 clip, for example, shows the era-defining Seattle icons practically squirming in their seats as they’re questioned in the Chaplin screening room of what was then A&M Studios in Hollywood.
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Alice Cooper's 'Revenge' Resurrects a Classic Rock Ensemble " PopMatters

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The Revenge of Alice Cooper earMUSIC In the history of popular music, it is extremely rare to find cases of bands that break up for long periods and return with the same vitality they once displayed. The original members of Alice Cooper, having spent half a century apart, would appear to be the most unlikely candidates for a convincing comeback. Compounding matters, co-founding guitarist Glen Buxton, who stamped his signature all over the band’s classic catalog, has been dead since 1997.
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Black Sabbath's Farewell Show Is One of the Best Ever " PopMatters

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For more than half a century now, it’s been unnecessary to point out that Black Sabbath paved the way for heavy metal. Musicians, listeners, and music scribes alike have long understood that the Birmingham, England quartet’s self-titled debut from 1970 represents the primordial source for virtually every metallic note that’s come in its wake.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I've never had a "job" as a journalist. I believe the first piece I ever got published was on a local poster/postcard shop.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, a long time ago but I don't think I'd go back to one now.

How is social media changing news?

It's amplifying existing biases and fragmenting the news into competing, increasingly irreconcilable interpretations of reality.