The Internet Is a Gigantic Archive

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by Simon Reynolds

«The internet is a gigantic archive, a collectively assembled and chaotic audio-video library that contains every form of popular (and unpopular) culture imaginable. Thanks to ‹whole album› blogs and YouTube, there is no financial disincentive to trying out stuff, and precious little exertion required beyond the expenditure of one’s time and attention.»

The quote is taken from the article «Xenomania: Nothing is Foreign in an Internet Age» by Simon Reynolds, published 2011 in «MTV Iggy». Last accessed on November 17, 2020.

Biography

Simon Reynolds is an English music journalist and author who began his professional career on the staff of Melody Maker in the mid-1980s, and has since gone on to freelance and publish a number of full-length books on music and popular culture, ranging from historical tomes on rave music, glam rock, and the post-punk era to critical works such as «Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past». Follow him on X.

Published on June 11, 2011

Last updated on June 27, 2022

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