NOTE: the thread– Robert Fink: How I Got OverJohn Halle: Pop Triumphalism Redux, a response to Robert Fink Prof. Fink concludes: Rather than prolong the back-and-forth over “pop triumphalism,” I’d simply note the difference of opinion between John Halle and myself probably has more to do… Read More
by John Halle NOTE: a longer version of this response appears at Professor Halle’s website, HERE. A central point of my piece “The Last Symphony” is that in its late, neoliberal form which we are now confronting, capitalism transcends its function as an economic system regulating the distribution… Read More
by Robert Fink A complicated skirmish over musical form under capitalism appears to have broken out recently amongst the leftist intelligentsia. The opening provocation, from The New Republic, was an attack by Mark Oppenheimer on the social-climbing strain of current arts education. Opposing the legions of Brooklyn Tiger Moms,… Read More
by Robert Fink The effect of “big data” on the humanities is a hot topic in intellectual circles these days, and every so often, the shifting sound of popular music is at the center of a big data story: the research results may seem counter-intuitive (is pop music getting… Read More