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Tumblr nostalgia

Have been thinking recently about how thoroughly Tumblr's value and uniqueness was destroyed by Yahoo (and ultimately, Automattic, its current/also WordPress owner).  Back in the day, there was a group of four music industry friends all living in Manhattan who would play a game called "Music War!" when they had been out all night sloshing around Max Fish and other LES dives -- you'd stumble to someone's apartment (everyone lived in the same East Village 'hood) and they'd play you a track they thought you'd never heard before, essentially "stump the experts." This drinking game moved to Tumblr as Music War! and thus begat a really cool site -- post single tracks of music you love, explain why, pass the baton to the next person. Membership in this little rotating musical book club came and went but basically pivoted around three key players (Mize, Witz and CB) who were there at the creation. I joined later, after the gang had all scattered from NYC and a "Meet Me in the Bathroom"-era scenester DJ had also been part of their mix for a year.  Occasionally one of these posts would strike gold among the Tumblr cognoscenti (I linked to Leslie Gore's "You Don't Own Me" and the LGBTQ community lit it up for a minute) but for the most part it was just a lovely little online extension/expression of our slumming-it-Saturdays game.  I miss the old Tumblr. 💔 I also miss the gang. Music War! was the virtual bar where we met for drinks and a listen.

@coreydubrowa

Feb 20, 2024

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@amyarlesa

Feb 7, 2024

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the wayback machine

i know it’s kind of a circular response but literally putting in any url is so fascinating . i forgot what youtube used to look like in the early 2000s and it was a delightfully fun little nostalgia tour:)

@mayaa

Mar 6, 2025

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My last.fm is a time capsule of my music listening from 2008-2012

i had NO idea people were still on this????? just relinked my spotify and I guess I'll see where this goes??? only sharing this bc this app is still small enough but I have no idea what this is going to tell you about me 🥴. I'm a lil sad we've missed out on 14 years of data but onwards and upwards!

@julie

Jan 29, 2024

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Unclenching your jaw and unfurrowing your eyebrows

Everyone do it now

@julie

Jan 28, 2024

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Doing favors for friends, no strings attached

Just do nice things for your friends bc you love them and have the means/time/connections/etc to do so!

@julie

May 24, 2024