Mark Griffin, Contributor

"I have no interest in a world where everything I read, everything I listen to, everything I watch is generated not by a person, but by lines of code."

"I want whoever wins to fund the living sh*t out of music education in this country. That’s it. That’s my ask."

If no one tells you they don’t like your track, let alone why, how are you supposed to improve?

In our current age, that sense of analog authenticity, both in Chris’ photos and in grunge music, has an extra potency.

If these kinds of lawsuits had occurred 40, 50, or 60 years ago, then many classic artists would have been wiped out by litigation.

Another aspect of the ‘Is live music in Australia dead?’ argument should be considered. We must ask, “What do we mean by live music?”

Triple J has gotten kind of middle-aged, and it’s in a very different media landscape from the one it launched in. It needs to find its edge again.