Bruce Sterling apparently has a thing for Simon Reynolds. He's gushing about Simon's latest artic...
| Bruce Sterling apparently has a thing for Simon Reynolds. He's gushing about Simon's latest article. I do like his comment though. "No one has new cultural ideas in this decade. They cost too much." http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/10/against_recreativity_critics_and_artists_are_obsessed_with_remix_culture_.single.html The post-modern problem of the inability to break out of influences and create something new is a problem for us consumers and critics as much as for the artists. We seem unable to relate to new pieces of art without saying "that's just like that thing X did 10 years ago." Meanwhile, why doesn't Wired's comments system work? A Resident Advisor commenter has another view: http://www.residentadvisor.net/forum-read.aspx?id=208624 "What an absolute load of drivel. Masturbation with a thesaurus."   Musica Globalista: 'You are Not a Switch' by Simon Reynolds | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com >>*Boy this is good. All other music critics should just copy whatever Simon says. Hey wait! "Simon says!" I made a pun or something! If I was willing t [from: GPlus] |
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