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

Although Simon Reynold's latest opus came out a few month ago, I have only decided to review it now for two reason. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction To Its Own Past, Simon Reynolds (Faber, 2011, £10.99). 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. 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. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past. What Reynolds, from his pop music historian perspective, misses to see in his much-discussed 2011 book on “Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past” is that the contemporary renaissance of vinyl and audio cassettes [10] have different cultural significance than, for example, a Motown or a punk revival. 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, -”Retromania: Pop culture's addiction to its own past”-, a must to follow in case you have never heard of him. Music critic Simon Reynolds joins us to talk the loop of re-creating old sounds, and more. Retromania: Pop culture's addiction to its own past Given all the band reunions, rock biopics, deluxe re-reissues, and whole-album concerts in the past decade, has popular music lost its way? Retromania: pop culture's addiction to its own past – simon reynolds. Larry Austin and Douglas Kahn (University of California Press, 2011, £24.95). His new book is Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past. Post-digitality, in a 2013 definition, can therefore overlap with what is otherwise called “retro media” or, to quote Simon Reynolds, “Retromania” [9]. Is cultural innovation at risk when we indulge in retromania?