After watching the Japanese manga Evangelion TV series ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’, the End of Evangelion film and the Rebuild saga of remake films — directed by the visionary Hideaki Anno — I perused YouTube videos blending Evangelion snippets with the music of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West. One comment struck me as … Continue reading Evangelion, Ye, and the tragedy of true artistry in modernity
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The market is a weapon
I have spoken a lot about capitalism, states, and conflict in the modern world. But I have also been talking about music, and the market of music. I have been dismissive of the values of liberalism as separate from the market. Liberalism is a form of market alienation, taking the structure of the market and … Continue reading The market is a weapon
Edmund Wilson 