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Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Luther Blissett

By Adam Mastroianni Source: Experimental History You may have noticed that every popular movie these days is a remake, reboot, sequel, spinoff, or cinematic universe expansion. In 2021, only one of the ten top-grossing films––the Ryan Reynolds vehicle Free Guy––was an … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Punk: Attitude

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Luther Blissett

“Punk: Attitude” (2005) is a documentary tracing the roots, meaning and enduring influence of the punk movement of the late 70s and early 80s. Directed by Don Letts, the film offers an insider’s perspective because Letts was a catalyzing agent … Continue reading →

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Inventing the Future: The Collective Joy of Mark Fisher’s ‘k-punk’

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Luther Blissett

By Michael Grasso Source: We Are the Mutants k-punk By Mark Fisher Foreword by Simon Reynolds, Edited by Darren Ambrose Repeater Books, 2018 A little over two years ago, theorist and cultural critic Mark Fisher took his own life at … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Pessimism

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Luther Blissett

By Eugene Thacker Source: continent. We’re Doomed. Pessimism is the night-side of thought, a melodrama of the futility of the brain, a poetry written in the graveyard of philosophy. Pessimism is a lyrical failure of philosophical thinking, each attempt at … Continue reading →

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Soul Resonance and Music

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Luther Blissett

Many interesting insights on the nature and power of music in a recent article posted at Montalk.net. Tom’s writings on his site are steeped in knowledge on physics, spirituality, and multidisciplinary research on a number of academic and esoteric fields of … Continue reading →

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Why Does the Music Industry Keep “Underground Hip-Hop” Underground?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Luther Blissett

Timothy Alexander Guzman of Silent Crow News just posted an excellent analysis of the modern music industry (currently monopolized by a cartel of just a few dominant entertainment corporations) and their effect on society. Highlights from the article: The Corporate … Continue reading →

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Two For Tuesday

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Luther Blissett

Street Sweeper Social Club Dead Prez

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