[lbo-talk] Youth Culture

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

Also, music-wise there has been tons of subversive hiphop in the past
decade.  And far as capturing the zeitgeist of our time, I think Radiohead
did that pretty damn well with *OK Computer *and *Kid A*.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:08 AM, <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:


> On Tue, April 27, 2010 8:41 pm, Bhaskar Sunkara forwarded:
>
> > Chris Maisano, mastermind of the plot to ruin America through giving
> > undeserving minorities Medicare and editor of *The Activist*, offered his
> > own commentary on the review earlier today:
> > http://theactivist.org/blog/m-i-yay
>
> Wherein Maisano writes:
>
> > Early 21st century youth culture hasn’t been much better, mired as it is
> > in nostalgia, self-infantilization, and solipsism.
>
> (1) The videogame culture is a shining counter-example, and it's one of
> the biggest branches of the media around. (2) Youth culture across the
> rest of the planet is incredibly dynamic and exciting -- there's
> world-class hip hop from Brazil and Russia, music videos from West Africa,
> videogames from Helsinki and Zagreb, etc.
>
> -- DRR
>
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