Geeked Up: Yesterday Is Tomorrow

Nostalgia gets strangled by regret and pride, “retro” is basically shorthand for unremarkable kitsch, “throwback” implies an appropriated style, and all of it can get boring or maudlin or shoved down your throat really fast. “Retro-future” as an Internet-era approach to music- or art-making seems totally obvious: Who could, or should, resist building off the...Read more »