Trans Music Archive opens, dedicated to physical preservation

Trans communities are organizing and acting, building on an ongoing long-term struggle. And it’s time to go physical. Trans Music Archive is working on physical editions of some terrific music, and they’re asking for your support.

Years of MySpace music deleted; Internet weeps

It’s not so much that anyone expected MySpace to be alive at this point, let alone a safe place for music uploads. The demise of years of MySpace music is more like a sad reminder of the direction of the Internet.

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2019

The first generation of CDs is already rotting and dying

Digital media is a double-edged sword. Digital data itself can be duplicated an unlimited number of times without any generational loss – meaning it can theoretically last forever. But digital storage on physical media is subject to failure – and that failure can render the data inaccessible. In other words, archivists (including you) have to […]

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2017

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