Jon Hicks
@hicks.design
Gentleman Graphic Designer/Artist who wears many hats. Shoegazer, Birder and over-eater of eggs. Works on the Troika music podcast and Supernatural Detective's Field Guide in his spare time.
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
Don't recognise the band?
January 14, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Don't recognise the band?
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We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
blog.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
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Oh cool. I was happy to find a place in the neighborhood where I can get Gb Lfaurkteeee, NY-style.
January 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Oh cool. I was happy to find a place in the neighborhood where I can get Gb Lfaurkteeee, NY-style.
I missed out on this album last year (and have never taken the time to listen to These New Puritans before) but this would’ve definitely been on my end of year list if I had:
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album.link/i/1795082574
Crooked Wing by These New Puritans
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January 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I missed out on this album last year (and have never taken the time to listen to These New Puritans before) but this would’ve definitely been on my end of year list if I had:
album.link/i/1795082574
album.link/i/1795082574
Finally found a shop that sells Ctfnooaenb 🙌
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Finally found a shop that sells Ctfnooaenb 🙌
Post a picture of the venue where you attended your first concert and the band...
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Post a picture of the venue where you attended your first concert and the band...
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Jago soothes Quentin's head
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Jago soothes Quentin's head
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If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
Finished ‘Chasing the Dark' by Ben Machell - a fascinating biography of the life of rationalist and sceptic Tony Cornell of the Society for Psychical Research. He was as much a social worker, sensitive to the lives of the people he investigated. Utterly fascinating!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chas...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chas...
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the supernatural
Encounters with the supernatural
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January 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Finished ‘Chasing the Dark' by Ben Machell - a fascinating biography of the life of rationalist and sceptic Tony Cornell of the Society for Psychical Research. He was as much a social worker, sensitive to the lives of the people he investigated. Utterly fascinating!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chas...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chas...
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Don’t you just hate it when Christmas is barely over and already the Valentine’s Day stuff comes out and … and … *buys his Easter egg*
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Don’t you just hate it when Christmas is barely over and already the Valentine’s Day stuff comes out and … and … *buys his Easter egg*
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Brand new on Dirty Feed:
I absolutely guarantee that you have not read this fact about The Peter Serafinowicz Show and The Butterfield Detective Agency sketch ANYWHERE else.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/01/ever...
I absolutely guarantee that you have not read this fact about The Peter Serafinowicz Show and The Butterfield Detective Agency sketch ANYWHERE else.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/01/ever...
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Brand new on Dirty Feed:
I absolutely guarantee that you have not read this fact about The Peter Serafinowicz Show and The Butterfield Detective Agency sketch ANYWHERE else.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/01/ever...
I absolutely guarantee that you have not read this fact about The Peter Serafinowicz Show and The Butterfield Detective Agency sketch ANYWHERE else.
www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/01/ever...
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Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬
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After reading Louie Mantia's blog post "And Stay Out", some of my thoughts about Alan Dye leaving Apple, Jony Ive's influence on Apple's interface and hardware design before Dye, and the general lack of playfulness in everything Apple makes these days. karbonbased.io/posts/2025/12/...
Karbon Based — And Stay Out
Karbon Based is the internet home of Garrett Murray. Garrett is the Founder & Managing Director of Karbon, a mobile apps design and development agency. His current interests include mechanical keyboards, video games, technology and photography.
karbonbased.io
December 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
After reading Louie Mantia's blog post "And Stay Out", some of my thoughts about Alan Dye leaving Apple, Jony Ive's influence on Apple's interface and hardware design before Dye, and the general lack of playfulness in everything Apple makes these days. karbonbased.io/posts/2025/12/...
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My favorite advice for blogging remains that you should hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and never publishing anything at all
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
My favorite advice for blogging remains that you should hit publish while you are still actively unhappy with what you have written, because the only alternative is a huge folder full of drafts and never publishing anything at all
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Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.
Watched this again last night. Such a timeless TV adaptation, so well cast.
I think The Signalman (1976) remains an immortal ghost story (for Christmas) because every second of its chilling dreaminess is in service of a resonant ache of loneliness. We have, at one point of another, all felt this helplessly alone and fraying at the edges with an eerie drone.
December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Watched this again last night. Such a timeless TV adaptation, so well cast.
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I think The Signalman (1976) remains an immortal ghost story (for Christmas) because every second of its chilling dreaminess is in service of a resonant ache of loneliness. We have, at one point of another, all felt this helplessly alone and fraying at the edges with an eerie drone.
December 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I think The Signalman (1976) remains an immortal ghost story (for Christmas) because every second of its chilling dreaminess is in service of a resonant ache of loneliness. We have, at one point of another, all felt this helplessly alone and fraying at the edges with an eerie drone.
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Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Second anniversary of our Apple TV’s spectacular attempt to understand me asking for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas”
It seems that in trying to work out why descriptions weren’t showing up, I’ve messed up my whole podcast feed.
It’s hand rolled, and maybe it’s time to to use some sort of service?
It’s hand rolled, and maybe it’s time to to use some sort of service?
December 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It seems that in trying to work out why descriptions weren’t showing up, I’ve messed up my whole podcast feed.
It’s hand rolled, and maybe it’s time to to use some sort of service?
It’s hand rolled, and maybe it’s time to to use some sort of service?
An extra slice of ho, ho, ho to you all! I decided to do a quick Troika episode this afternoon, so Episode #58, Hickensian Christmas III. I features alternative festive tunes, from artists on Sonic Cathedral: Deary, Pye Corner Audio and Dawn Chorus & the Infallible Sea.
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Troika #58: Hickensian Christmas III - Hicks.design
An extra slice of ho, ho, ho to you all! I've chosen three alternative festive tunes, all from bands on the Sonic Cathedral label. Featuring Deary, Pye Corner Audio and Dawn Chorus & the Infallible Se...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
An extra slice of ho, ho, ho to you all! I decided to do a quick Troika episode this afternoon, so Episode #58, Hickensian Christmas III. I features alternative festive tunes, from artists on Sonic Cathedral: Deary, Pye Corner Audio and Dawn Chorus & the Infallible Sea.
hicks.design/troika/troik...
hicks.design/troika/troik...
Good call, there was a password for a another service that looked likely 🤞
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Good call, there was a password for a another service that looked likely 🤞
Just in the last week, my Mastodon posts have been reposted to Bluesky (other than the manual cross posting I do), presumably by some service I once signed up for? I've unfollowed bridgyfed, so it's not that 🤷
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Just in the last week, my Mastodon posts have been reposted to Bluesky (other than the manual cross posting I do), presumably by some service I once signed up for? I've unfollowed bridgyfed, so it's not that 🤷
The sage was beautiful, and even with the higher expectations that come with the high price (£15!) it comes out on top. Winner!
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The sage was beautiful, and even with the higher expectations that come with the high price (£15!) it comes out on top. Winner!
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
Edge Eatery Witney: The Frank Clause
🥪 A sausage patty, crispy bacon, melted Emmental, cranberry sauce, marmite mayo, fried egg, and crispy sage, on an English muffin with hash browns on the side
❄︎ 5/5 🙌 (See alt description for review)
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🥪 A sausage patty, crispy bacon, melted Emmental, cranberry sauce, marmite mayo, fried egg, and crispy sage, on an English muffin with hash browns on the side
❄︎ 5/5 🙌 (See alt description for review)
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Edge Eatery Witney: The Frank Clause
🥪 A sausage patty, crispy bacon, melted Emmental, cranberry sauce, marmite mayo, fried egg, and crispy sage, on an English muffin with hash browns on the side
❄︎ 5/5 🙌 (See alt description for review)
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025
🥪 A sausage patty, crispy bacon, melted Emmental, cranberry sauce, marmite mayo, fried egg, and crispy sage, on an English muffin with hash browns on the side
❄︎ 5/5 🙌 (See alt description for review)
#festivesandwichreviews #festivesandwichreviews2025