Thu. 03/04 - Will NFTs Change How We Buy Music & Movies?

Will NFTs bring about an economic and creative revolution for artists and change the way we buy our media? Kings of Leon are willing to give it a shot. A small village in Iceland is making a big bid for Oscar glory. And another small town that just might be the job capital of the U.S.

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Links:

• Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT (Rolling Stone) 
• Unfortunately, We're Going to Talk About Blockchain Now (The Content Mines, Spotify) 
• NFTs Explained: Why They're Nifty and Terrible (FutureNow, YouTube)
• “BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?” (Everest Pipkin)
• "The next 10 years will be a total revolution..." (Raoul Pal, Twitter) 
• "Sounds like a gimmick until..." (Brian Hiatt, Twitter)
• Undeterred by “Jaja Ding Dong” snub, the town from Eurovision stumps for its Oscar (A/V Club)
• Óskar for Húsavík – My hometown
• the job capital of america (BNet)
• New York City woman finds hidden empty apartment behind her medicine cabinet (Boing Boing)
• Hidden basement TikTok: Ponder its unseen horrors (A/V Club)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter