Comments on: Five minutes with… Simon Reynolds

By: zambo

zambo — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:45:00 +0000

re: that last paragraph, check http://killscreendaily.com/ if you want a more mature discourse on gaming.

By: Sbiddell

Sbiddell — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:36:00 +0000

There is, essentially, too much music – being produced and listened too. Artists need to ask themselves ‘why am I choosing music as a means of expression?’. I prescribe that no one listens to or makes any music for the next five years. Choice is not freedom; constraint sets you free.

By: Keithgmcd

Keithgmcd — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:38:00 +0000

For me, Comics have replaced Music as THE artform. (I mean graphic novels, art comics, alternative comix etc) They’re democratic, immersive, they have an ambitious discourse around them (see tcj.com), and they can be about anything. In the West they are still yet to reach the level of popularity and recognition they they’ve gained in Japan (despite all these superhero movies), but their perpetually “emerging” underground status only makes them more vital.

By: punkass

punkass — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:10:00 +0000

Great interview.

If you head down the East End though, you’ll see the Nineties revival is already starting. At the moment it seems to just be a revival of Shoegaze style & people pretending to be on The Word dancing to Haddaway, but perhaps someone will do something creative to it. Perhaps…

By: Andy R Petr

Andy R Petr — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:05:00 +0000

fantastic

By: C. murdgeon

C. murdgeon — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:06:00 +0000

30 minutes with simon reynolds. unless he types very fast. or speaks very quickly.

By: abcdefgh

abcdefgh — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:37:00 +0000

that can’t have been only 5 minutes…