{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 54: The Lost Library of Flavorphonia","description":"After a long and unanticipated hiatus from podcasting, Alec and Nick return to take a long hard look in the mirror \u2026 only to inquire why exactly they possess the impulse to use music as an aesthetic, philosophical, social, cultural, and political measure of the world. The conversation uses the metaphor of the library to chart an interrogation into where music culture, discourse, and practice is at at the dawn of 2024. The episode questions contemporary music culture\u2019s relationship to the history of 20th century experimental music, the legacy of John Cage and Sylvere Lotringer\u2019s view of him as \u201cThe American Philosopher,\u201d historically \u201clegitimatizing\u201d the disparate internet music culture of the 2010s, music culture\u2019s production of \u201creliable disappointments,\u201d year end list-making, holy and sacred music, and more.&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Flavortone","author_url":"http:\/\/flavortone.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/29349998\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ff0000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/193166865"}