For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Natalie Crüe is a cultural producer, consultant, and activist leveraging arts, culture and emergent technologies for social change. She co-founded #CultureFix, a global network fostering civic engagement through creative initiatives. Natalie's work spans blockchain technology, including co-developing the Metaverse Music Festival (MVMF) and stewarding numerous grants and communities across the blockchain landscape. As founder of Web3Uncut, she leads a consultancy exploring and interrogating decentralized technologies, and recently founded a creative crowdfunding platform.

Music Mentions

• Too Short
• The Friends of Distinction
• Star Search (TV show)
• The Web
• Con Funk Shun
• DJ Kool Herc
• Frank Sinatra
• Black Dave
• Vandal
• DJ Lethal Skills

Q&A

• Tower Records
• Columbia House Records
• “The Elephant Man’s Bones” by Roc Marciano
• Janis Joplin

Discovering music today (23:20):

• Soulseek
• YouTube
• Awesome Tapes From Africa

First album ever purchased (26:38):

• “The Chronic” by Dr. Dre

Most recent music purchase (27.34):

• “Little Girl Blue” by Janis Joplin

Favorite artists discovered in the past year (28:19):

• The Armed

Desert Island Discs(29:36):

• “Blue and Green (Kind of Blue)” by Miles Davis
• “Ultimate Collection” by Dennis Brown
• “The Elephant Man’s Bones” by Roc Marciano & The Alchemist

Recommended future guests (32:13):

• Dart Adams
• Kane Mayfield