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

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. Simon Reynolds, -”Retromania: Pop culture's addiction to its own past”-, a must to follow in case you have never heard of him. I've done a (rather edited) review of Simon Reynolds's new book Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past for Oxonian Review (click here to see it). In his latest book 'Retromania; Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past', the music critic Simon Reynolds argues that pop culture in general has become obsessed with recycling from history. Writer Simon Reynolds embraces the past in his new book, “Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past.” The Victorian's were known for their copies of earlier furniture styles: Gothic, Roccoco, Baroque. Heads up on the eve of Faber's publishing (in June) the latest book by RBP contributor Reynolds, which boasts the apt subtitle “Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past”. Simon Reynolds' Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past is that rare thing, a brainy joyride. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds review. Are today?s bands simply recycling the past to produce music without any originality? (Faber and Faber) (GUEST REVIEW by THE RENEGADE TIME LORD [as told to THE SOUL REBEL]). Bullseye His new book is Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past. Jesse Thorn hosts in-depth interviews with brilliant creators, culture picks from The AV Club and Boing Boing and irreverent original comedy. 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? Retromania-Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynold. Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past by Simon Reynolds My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Simon Reynolds reflects on the current mania for nostalgia. Retromania by Simon Reynolds Faber & Faber, 496 pp., $18.00. Music journalist Simon Reynolds examines mainstream pop music's seemingly relentless revivals and revisitations of past eras.