03 December, 2005

Negative-Dialectic-Slinging Rebels

"I even thought about the unspeakable tragedy that Frank and Baffler co-founder Keith White say opened their eyes to the true evils of corporate culture and turned them into negative-dialectic-slinging rebels -- the fact that their favorite bands were prevented by 'a smug alliance of hippies and businessmen' from signing major-label contracts."

Intrigued? Read more here. Themes discussed include the 60s, corporate culture, hipness, countercultural movements, self-discovery, Machiavellian conceptions of cultural production and power, and more! You'll walk away hating yourself for everytime you reduced our complex world to the point of subjugation by polar master categories.

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