Cyberpunk vs. Rock Critic
Bruce Sterling and Simon Reynolds
Thursday, June 16th, 7:30pm
Los Angeles Times Media Center
Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
Retromania. Atemporality. Anachronesis. Hyperstasis. Gothic High-Tech. Favela Chic. The Hipster International. The Rock Curator. Steampunk. Network Society. Collective Intelligence. Revival Cults. Techno Sampladelica. Time-Warp Tribes. Frankenstein Mash-Ups. Piracy. Dead Media. Hauntology. The Shock of the Old: Past, Present and Future in the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century.
Art Center's "Visionary in Residence" Bruce Sterling plays host to music critic and blogger Simon Reynolds, author of "Energy Flash" and "Bring the Noise." The evening's goal: to confront the implications of Simon's latest book, "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past."
Simon Reynolds and Bruce Sterling live and work in New York, London, Austin, Belgrade, Turin and Los Angeles.
http://blissout.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-thursday-evening-ill-be-having.html
