Riley Walz hid a solar powered Android phone in the Mission and set it to run Shazan all day, every day. The result is Bop Spotter, a site listing all of the songs that have been detected.
This is culture surveillance. No one notices, no one consents. But it’s not about catching criminals. It’s about catching vibes. A constant feed of what’s popping off in real-time.
Culture Surveillance is a newsletter to which I would happily subscribe.