[lbo-talk] Postpunk 1978-1984

[B.]

I think Michael Pugliese forwarded a post-punk special
from the NY Times website that included bits of this
book and audio files of bands from the era. There's a
huge amount of Joy Division worship going on these
days, and post-punk's pretty much the "it" thing
though it's arguably getting as played out as, uh,
"emo," etc., or "New Rock" (Vines, Strokes, Hives,
White Stripes).

One music critic -- can't remember who -- said we're
in the "throwback" era of music, where modern bands
are judged in terms of who they're a "throwback" to
(She Wants Revenge = Joy Division, Arctic Monkeys =
The Jam, or whatever), and bands consciously TRY to
present themselves as a "throwback" to something that
came before.

I'm pretty anti-nostalgia in this regard, and do not
think really great, exciting punk or post-punk (or
plain ol' rock 'n roll) quit being made in 1985, or
1990, or whatever, the way many seem to. Not saying
you think this, Michael :)

-B.

Michael Hoover wrote:


>Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
>by  Simon Reynolds
>
>The Art of (Postpunk) Noise
>	A review by Gerry Donaghy
>