The following post is likely to sound terribly self congratulatory. And to be fair, that’s because it partially is. Just over two weeks ago – 17 days ago, to be precise – this blog...
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Why ARE the dance music press so slow at reporting the news? Resident Advisor finally tell readers about Spotify’s Daniel Ek investing €100million in defence company – two weeks after a one-man blog did!
Traditionally, new editors are appointed to publications when the old one decides they’re leaving or the management think new energy or a different direction is needed. And having studied some sociology a very long...
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And they say it’s all bad news in the economy! Now Resident Advisor’s hiring spree creates yet another job as they look for an intern – but could a love of coffee be the REAL secret to getting a foot in the door?
Someone at Resident Advisor is trolling me. This sounds an outlandish claim, so please allow me to explain. Last Monday, this blog published an article talking about the job creation spree taking place at...
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Who’d have thought taking a cut from other people’s events would be so lucrative? Resident Advisor’s ticketing business made £1.5million in 2019 – and “strong growth” is predicted for 2022…
It’s safe to say the pandemic hasn’t exactly been good news for Resident Advisor. When it first hit, they were reduced to asking people not to ask for refunds on tickets – an act...
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Want to work for Resident Advisor? Jobs include a city manager based in Barcelona – with a less than tantalising FIVE hours per week available…
Time now for some employment related news on Amateur’s House. Unemployment here in the UK is currently running at 4.3% and the jobs market is undergoing something of a boom period after Covid related...
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Who approved THAT headline? Resident Advisor manage to conflate conservatism and the far right – and just end up looking very muddled indeed…
The dance music press is a very monotone world these days. It’s a great irony that in an era when they try to be as diverse as possible in their reporting of the scene,...
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How’s your campaign to raise the calibre of music journalism going again, Whitney? Resident Advisor has time to report on a fashion show in Detroit with a light installation from Carl Craig – but doesn’t have time to talk about Derrick May…
I haven’t taken much of a look at Resident Advisor lately – a quick look confirms the website is full of the usual content. Mostly of the variety designed to tick boxes and make...
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Has Chris Morris taken over as editor of Resident Advisor? Publication of a truly weird article about Medieval-themed “neofolk” raves leave readers wondering if they’ve walked into a (particularly highbrow) episode of Brass Eye…
Last year, Resident Advisor ended up in deep trouble. Infact, had they not received their £750k bailout from Arts Council England last year, chances are the company would no longer exist. And that would,...
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Resident Advisor are running a “journalism workshop” next week – so will avoiding difficult subjects and pinching stories be included in the course?
Now, this blog has been accused in the past of having some kind of personal vendetta against RA editor-in-chief Whitney Wei. Not guilty. Resident Advisor is a stale, boring brand which needs new blood...
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Resident Advisor are hosting free DJ workshops for “marginalised communities” – but no white men are welcome and they can’t promise you’ll get in if you’re disabled either…
Let’s get one thing out of the way here. I think diversity is, by and large, a thoroughly good thing. This blog has no time for misogyny – especially allegations invented by a journalist...
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Raising the calibre of music journalism by leaving details out of their reports – it’s Resident Advisor dealing with protests in the Netherlands…
Resident Advisor are a curious lot, aren’t they? Over their 20 years in existence, they’ve got to know the tactic of selective reporting very well. You see it all the time in their news...
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As Ash Lauryn’s latest EP gets a glowing review from Resident Advisor, a question – isn’t it a conflict of interest for them to write about music from their own contributors?
I made emphatically clear in the past few days that I will continue to cover things that go on inside the dance music press. Whilst I accepted a recent post on Resident Advisor’s editor...
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“Our contribution to the national and international reputation of the cultural sector could not be replaced” – Resident Advisor in their own less than humble words when seeking a bailout last year…
On Wednesday, someone was kind enough to send me a link to a file which contained the application form of Boiler Room for their bailout last year. I blogged about it then, much to...
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Whitney Wei wants to “raise the calibre of music journalism” – so how does she explain one of her writers pinching 5 Magazine stories on her watch?
Regular readers will no doubt be aware by now of my views on Whitney Wei, the new editor of Resident Advisor. If you don’t – I think she’s a terrible editor. The only thing...
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As Whitney Wei sets out on a mission to “raise the calibre of music journalism”, wouldn’t she do better to get her own house in order first?
Whitney Wei is keen to go down in history as someone who’s made things just a little bit better than they were before she came along. It appears that Resident Advisor’s new editor in...
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Scotland has been closed for the past two years? Either Resident Advisor has an exclusive not even the Scottish press could find, or their headline writer’s on a day off…
Resident Advisor have an amazing exclusive on their site today. It appears that Scotland has now reopened after being closed for almost two whole years. And somehow, no one in Scotland or indeed the...
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