The Honest Broker • 10520 HN points • 01 Feb 23 Introducing the Slickest Con Artist of All Time Or 10 tweets about ChatGPT
The Honest Broker • 9887 HN points • 26 Jan 23 The Most Important City in the History of Music Isn't What You Think It Is We can learn from the Córdoba Miracle—and not just about music
The Honest Broker • 9718 HN points • 09 Jan 23 How I Got an AI Theme Song for My Substack Or why AI music in 2023 isn’t about innovation or creativity—it’s just a crude cost-cutting tool without a lot of heart.
The Honest Broker • 8239 HN points • 16 Jan 23 Why Was King Tut Buried with a Trumpet? "Whenever someone blows into it, a war occurs"
The Honest Broker • 6380 HN points • 20 Jan 23 The Bizarre 2,000-Year History of Impersonating Famous Musicians But nowadays it's done by corporations
The Honest Broker • 6126 HN points • 28 Jan 23 Every Prediction from My Teenage Years Turned Out Wrong Or why I distrust the conventional wisdom
The Honest Broker • 4901 HN points • 04 Jan 23 I'm Starting the New Year by Asking Your Advice It's Open Mic Day and I want your suggestions for The Honest Broker
The Honest Broker • 3844 HN points • 22 Jan 23 How to Make $100 Million Playing Clarinet And other oddities, oracles & opinions from The Honest Broker
The Honest Broker • 3295 HN points • 03 Feb 23 What Did Robert Johnson Encounter at the Crossroads? (Part 1 of 2) I share a section from my new book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
The Honest Broker • 2070 HN points • 11 Jan 23 The 50 Best Works of Non-Realist Fiction of the 21st Century (Part 4 of 5) I share my favorite works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, and alternate history since 2000
The Honest Broker • 248 HN points • 18 Jan 23 My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character These methods have helped me enormously—and can save you much heartache and anxiety HN comments
The Honest Broker • 40 HN points • 14 Jan 23 Did the Music Business Just Kill the Vinyl Revival? New data tells an ominous story HN comments
The Honest Broker • 3 HN points • 30 Jan 23 Why Did the Beatles Get So Many Bad Reviews? An inquiry into how critics stumble HN comments
The Honest Broker • 1 HN points • 24 Jan 23 How a Single Person Changes a Culture And what would happen if Miles Davis were a corporate CEO HN comments
The Honest Broker • 1 HN points • 06 Jan 23 The Woman Who Abandoned a Successful Recording Career to Play Music for the Dying I celebrate 50 years of end-of-life interventions by Therese Schroeder-Sheker. This is what a real music hero looks like. HN comments
