Retromania: Pop Culture

Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past Simon Reynolds
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Simon Reynolds, author of the new book "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past" speaks to Ethan all the way from LA about the book, new music's throwbacks to the past and the future of pop culture. So please excuse any self-congratulating you may encounter in the context of this review of Simon Reynold's superb examination of pop culture, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past. Reynolds' latest book – which arrives about a year after his move to Los Angeles – is Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past by Simon Reynolds – review Does it matter that pop music is stuck in the same old groove? In his new book Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction To Its Own Past (Faber and Faber 2011), Simon Reynolds argues that we have reached a tipping point. C95102gqhbom72oxv “Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past by Simon Reynolds. Music journalist Simon Reynolds examines mainstream pop music's seemingly relentless revivals and revisitations of past eras. Edition of this bestselling text takes a unique approach to the study of mass communication and cultural studies by examining. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Popular television shows like ”Gilmore Girls” and “Community” owe their cult-like followings to an audience fluent in the language of established pop culture, Church said. His provocative new book, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past, examines an era when we consistently sought out the comforts of nostalgia at the expense of true innovation. In Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past, Simon Reynolds says that the 2000s have become a time when nostalgia in pop culture, particularly music, has overcome the present. Simon Reynolds, the author of “Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to It's Own Past,” describes the entertainment content of the past decade as one reeking of unoriginality. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past [Paperback] . Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past: Amazon.it: Simon Reynolds: Libri in altre lingue. Even people that don't gravitate toward obvious retro trends have most likely participated.