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Simon Reynolds is one of the most respected music journalists working today, and his writing is both influential and polarizing. He draws on an impressive range of knowledge, and writes with a fluid, engaging style. His books Rip it Up and Start Again and Generation Ecstasy are well-regarded works about their respective genres, and RETROMANIA may be his most broadly appealing book yet. It makes an argument about art, nostalgia, and technology that has implications for all readerswhether diehard music fans or not. Its an important and provocative look at the present and future of culture and innovation."

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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,396 ratings · 266 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Rip It Up and Start Again 4.06 avg rating — 1,505 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past 3.85 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Generation Ecstasy 3.77 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n' Roll by Simon Reynolds, Joy Press 3.84 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Energy Flash 4.17 avg rating — 69 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Totally Wired: Post Punk Interviews And Overviews 3.86 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Bring The Noise 3.64 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Blissed Out 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Beijar o Céu 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Better Than Chocolate: 50 Proven Ways to Feel Happier 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde.”
― Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past

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“...noise annoys...”
― Simon Reynolds, Blissed Out

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“Forget subversion. The point is self-subversion, overthrowing the power structure in your own head. The enemy is the mind's tendency to systematize, sew up experience, place a distance between itself and immediacy.”
― Simon Reynolds