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*Unlocked* Riley's Commie Book Club: Mark Fisher

TRASHFUTURE

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Love Island

The Arctic Monkeys, Jack Johnson and other harmless, but critically acclaimed music with a plastic relationship to the rest of the world itself and one another. In effect, Fisher is hating on pop's capture by the boring smarm of the middle brow. I really think actually, if you want the ultimate in middle brow culture, you really have to look no further than Sherlock. The cold plays of the world were treated into the purely symbolic, mimetic forms of meaning that are meant to resonate with other middle class people looking to reassure their own middle classness.

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