🧑 Joe Hardy (he/him) 📍 Eora
👇 writing and photography, mostly about music and culture
For work, I help teams be amazing. You can hire me.
I'm also the creator and co-founder of SydneyMusic.net
Interests: music, community, how people think, photography, social and environmental impact of tech
Pretty fucking electric debut show the other night for GIRLINEORA, a new supergroup featuring LILPIXIE, Annabel Scobie and Cherry Rype.
Respect to Likemind Society for putting their artist compilation out on CD also. The format's coming back!
Update 22/01: there are two more over on their Instagram
Pitchfork Is Being Folded Into GQ, as Condé Nast Seeks ‘Best Path Forward’ for Music Publication [Variety.com]
I'm hard pressed to think of any way that this isn't a disastrous moment for music journalism.
Welcome to Joe.Blog, the second time around.
Joe.Blog was a dumb little unoriginally-named blog that I had from around 2004 to 2010. At the time, it helped me find a voice online - such as it was - and I met a lot of people through it.
Blogging was incredible. I continue to be drawn to the idea of having your own self-managed space for your own musings and memories that isn't attached to someone else's platform. Somewhere you can share - in the most low-stakes manner possible - things that are in your mind. No vanity metrics and no temptation to perform to get reach. Just a simple space.
So I've brought this back. I've been gradually deleting all of my social media accounts and replacing them with disposable burner accounts. This is my only channel for chatter. It probably means nothing, but it's mine.
