tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post5134528886787355399..comments2024-03-28T02:53:44.198-07:00Comments on RETROMANIA: so this is the afterlife...SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-18327145681974031082022-04-21T11:39:01.255-07:002022-04-21T11:39:01.255-07:00is that you Phil?is that you Phil?SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505022452508665567.post-52416202186122196822022-04-21T08:16:34.140-07:002022-04-21T08:16:34.140-07:00The "rise and fall of the pop/rock star"...The "rise and fall of the pop/rock star" phenomenon is the modern-day secular equivalent of the sacrifice of the priest-king, described by James Frazer in The Golden Bough. And nowhere was this more apparent than in the golden era of the Inkies, which ritually hyped up a band's cult status only in order to tear it down a few years later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com