As saw with Crowdstrike's outage in July, AT&T's massive data breach , and Amazon Web Services breaking , robust systems can fail. How would we act if our music libraries fail? Will we google how to fix it? Will we hope it fixes itself? Will we switch to a different streaming service? Will we rebuild?  You are stranded on an internet-less island. What do you have?

For KUT News in Austin, Texas. Karen Hernandez and Emily Bazaldia pose for a portrait at the ACL Festival. Shunya Carroll / KUT News The Austin City Limits Music Festival wouldn't exist without the fans. And whether it was a love of Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii or Luke Combs that brought them to Zilker Park, they all had their own style. In addition to the music fans, there were also the bartenders and security guards behind the show. The people of ACL were kind, hard-working, music-loving...

What can we learn from music in 1976? In the Billboard Hot 100 we can find John Sebastian’s “Welcome Back” at no. 1, Diana Ross’s “Love Hangover” at no. 7 and Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” sitting at no. 11. Nowhere in the charts you will find Earth’s most beloved Rastafarian. His eight studio album continues as a voice for peace while naming humanity’s turmoil. In 1976 we were electing the first president after Nixon’s resignation, recovering from the Vietnam War and fighting another on...