Retromania
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What’s it about?
In an era where pop culture endlessly recycles the past, Simon Reynolds diagnoses our collective obsession with retro, arguing that the future of music has been replaced by a permanent, self-referential archive.
You’ll learn
- Why pop culture is stuck in a retro loop
- How the internet flattens musical history
- The difference between inspiration and simulation
- What 'the slow cancellation of the future' means