Blog #7 | Cherilene Guzman

I think Krukowski was trying to hint at the idea that turning yourself more towards the marginalized (such as record stores or book stores) is a key to taking back power. Today in society, we use these apps run by large corporations that have an algorithm that gives us suggestions of music that is popular and will fit in with our tastes. Rarely will we find a song that is outside our comfort zone, because they only suggest what is familiar to us. As Krukowski says in his podcast, “They are replacing the freedom and chaos that is the internet at large with the control and predictability of their programs.” The only way we can take back the power to look for random music that is not manipulated is when we step into a record or CD store. In stores, you have to dig and sift through every single vinyl record or CD to find something to your liking. Through music, it shows how controlling the powerful (big corporations such as Spotify) is and how you gain back control through the marginalized.