retro gets everywhere

no respite

even on an Air New Zealand flight

listen for Reni's comments on the weirdness of reforming and "ghostly presences"

next big thing watch: Ukrabilly, or Ukrainian psychobilly









the godfathers

some more Retromania interviews off the back of the Italy and West Coast tours


interview with Sentire Ascoltare

http://www.sentireascoltare.com/articolo/1479/simon-reynolds-retromania.html

(Italian translation first, then English text follows)


Q and A for Rock Town Hall

http://www.rocktownhall.com/blogs/index.php/simon-says-simon-reynolds-answers-rock-town-hall-questions/#comment-63349


netradio interview with John Huston for Silver Machine

http://www.kusf-archives.com/2011/10/kusf-in-exile-101411-6-9-am-silver.html

jesus what a concatenation of cliches



and i'm not even talking about the music, just the talking-head soundbites





did no one learn anything from all those remix-CDs piled up in the basement of Music and Video Exchange?

from all those resold and unsellable U.N.K.L.E. albums?

did we go through the Nineties for nothing?

more info on Re:Generation here

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/remaining-doors-members-record-with-skrillex-for-new-documentary-20111006

some more overseas coverage of Retromania


interview for Vogue Italia (in English)

http://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/people/2011/10/simon-reynolds


review by Lynden Barber in The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/no-future-in-pops-oldies-shuffle/story-e6frg8nf-1226161373183

snippets of the Retromania event in Rome

Incontro con Simon Reynolds/1 from videodrome-XL on Vimeo.

Incontro con Simon Reynolds/2 from videodrome-XL on Vimeo.

Incontro con Simon Reynolds/3 from videodrome-XL on Vimeo.

Incontro con Simon Reynolds/4 from videodrome-XL on Vimeo.

Incontro con Simon Reynolds/5 from videodrome-XL on Vimeo.

and a short interview with GQ Italia

http://www.gqitalia.it/gqtv/show/SimoReynolds/player

further Retromania press, radio, interviews, etc


extensive chat with The Daily Swarm's Matt Diehl

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/daily-swarm-interview-simon-reynolds-retromania-keha-and-beyond/

interview with Straight.com in Vancouver

http://www.straight.com/article-480766/vancouver/qa-simon-reynoldss-retromania-tries-rescue-pop-culture-its-own-past

interview with KCRW's Michael Silverblatt for his show Bookworm

http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw110915simon_reynolds_retro


transcript of radio interview (audio version downloadable) with The Sound of Young America's Jesse Thorn

http://www.maximumfun.org/sound-young-america/retromania-simon-reynolds-interview-sound-young-america

interview with To the Best of Our Knowledge's Steve Paulson

http://www.ttbook.org/book/simon-reynolds-retromania-pop-cultures-addiction-its-own-past-0


promising new blogger Tendezroman did this post

http://tendenzroman.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/kill-yr-idols-notes-on-retromania-and-hauntology/

and then we had a chat which he's posted here

http://tendenzroman.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/new-blog-bags-interview-with-simon-reynolds-or-lazy-email-copy-pasting/

(he still hasn't read the book!)