DJ Culture
Political rhetoric is sampled like beats: unreflectively, out of context, for effect.
Radio
The first broadcast intimacy, still not superseded.
- 5
- in culture
- 8:59
- average
- 45 min
- in total
- 30
- across the network
All briefs
Uses and gratifications theory
People don’t consume media — they deploy it. UGT got that right. Everything else is retrofit.
Pirate radio
Pirate radio isn’t rebellion—it’s the first crack in the myth that airwaves can be owned.
Culture industry
The culture industry isn’t about bad taste—it’s about obedience built into the assembly line of entertainment.
John Peel
He didn’t define an era—he bypassed it entirely, playing what he liked while everyone else chased hits.