Link Digest: 4/21/26

Defector extols the virtues of Brazilian funk;

Offline Crush exhorts us to clean our digital junk drawers;

Rax King begs to be left out of the AI-"assisted" future;

Digital Garden laments the impact that AI bullshit is having on our beloved Wayback Machine;

I Enjoy Music conducts a thoughtful, poignant interview with musician Kabir Kumar about the professional and emotional challenges of navigating an entertainment career on the internet;

Kristi York Wooten delves into the Hungarian history of Queen's "We Are the Champions";

Record Lung explores the fascinating geography of record stores and excavates the fascinating history of unjustly obscure singer-songwriter Tony Kosinec;

Hi-Fi Amateur takes us through the Church in ten tracks and revisits Booth and the Bad Angel;

404 Media shares the sad saga of Space Force's bumbling efforts to adopt their official song;

For Flaming Hydra, Lindsey Adler posts a poignant and inspiring interview with Ben Collins of The Onion regarding his successful quest to buy InfoWars;

and Ned Raggett bemoans the wearying nature of the Beatles Industrial Complex.