Greil Marcus on his book "The Shape of Things to Come"
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Fascinating conversation with renowned music journalist, cultural critic and author Greil Marcus on his new book "The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice". He has authored many previous books including "Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music" and "Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century". In this conversation, Greil discusses "The Shape of Things to Come" and its "kaleidoscopic investigation of American identity" -- he ruminates as only he can about what America actually is -- an idea -- and how this has impacted the country and its idea of itself since its founding to today. An extraordinary discussion with a master writer and storyteller on how he sees America and how America sees itself.
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You are entitled to your opinion on the interview - however if you characterize something you don't understand, you are the one lacking fact and reason - that's checkmate friend.
"The entertainment biz and Big Media have institutionalized
rebellion, nihilism, vulgarity, sybaritism, and social anomie to the point where it has become mainstream to spit in the face of 'The System.' Self-obsession has become the norm while community service is disparaged as the terrain belonging to naive fools, 'the uncool,' insufferable Pollyannas, and the unfashionably dull."
"We have reached a nadir where the true rebels today certainly are not the centi-millionaire celeb idols like Marilyn Manson, Eminem, etc., or their hordes of sheep-like followers, but rather those increasingly rare, beleaguered, nine to fivers who toil in the trenches, struggling to keep the machine running and prevent the lights from going out."
'Mystery Train': Greatest book ever written about American music.