Fascinating video essay on the origins and philosophy of post-punk

It's no accident that the efflorescence of cultural invention in London and New York in the late 1970s and early 80s (in the punk and postpunk scenes) coincided with the availability of squatted and cheap property in those cities. Since then, the decline of social housing, the attacks on squatting, and the delirious rise in property prices have meant that the amount of time and energy available for cultural production has massively diminished

Mark Fisher, The Slow Cancellation of the Future

Killing Joke, Fad Gadget, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gang of Four, et al were products of a unique cultural moment that resulted in some of the most inventive music to ever grace popular radio. — Read the rest

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