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As the weather warms up and Live Nation avoids a forced breakup with Ticketmaster, we connect the growing consolidation of the culture industries with a renewed interest in DIY, outsider music scenes and their associated anti-market mentalities. Andrea recounts attending a free, word-of-mouth gathering by Southern California’s Salton Sea called the Bomb…