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Yancey Strickler
Metalabel Director
Podcast
New Creative Era Episode 02: How to tell the story of your work
A conversation about how to have a conversation about what you creatively do
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Be the timeline where you follow through (Editor's Picks — Feb 19, 2025)
(Editor's Picks — Feb 19, 2025)
Podcast
New Creative Era Episode 01: How to create context and release your work
The first episode of a new podcast from Joshua Citarella, Yancey Strickler, and Metalabel
Creative practices
The economics of self-publishing a book on Metalabel
A deep dive into the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
Q&As
Q&A: Collector Seb Chan on supporting creative networks
COLLECTORS WHO GET IT Collector: Seb Chan Metalabel Collection Size: 11 and counting Latest Collect: LORE by Future Commerce THE STORY From running underground electronic music events in Sydney to leading major cultural institutions like ACMI and the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt, Seb Chan has dedicated his career to supporting creative
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Is it a rose or an arrow? (Editor's Picks — Feb 5, 2025)
Editor's Picks (Feb 5, 2025)
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Chappell Roan’s Grammy speech and the need for creative agency
The right comment from the right person in the right venue can completely change a conversation. That’s what’s happened this week when pop star Chappell Roan did something unexpected during her Grammy’s speech on Sunday: she told an uncomfortable truth. I told myself if I ever won
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A phone of the artist as a young brutalist (Editor's Picks — Jan 29, 2025)
Editor's Picks (Jan 29, 2025)
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Ceiling cat surprises you. You are now paralyzed. (Editor's Picks — Jan 22, 2025)
Editor's Picks (Jan 22, 2025)
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In praise of wet-book e-angels
Editor's Picks (Jan 15, 2025)
Creative practices
Stop posting, start releasing: The 2025 Creative Playbook
In December, an artist on Metalabel sold out an entire collection of NYC garbage — literal trash from the streets of NYC packaged in glass cubes for $100 each — in under an hour. No viral TikTok. No paid ads. Just by following a different way of releasing creative work. The internet