By Kerry Bolton 1
Filippo Marinetti
Filippo Marinetti is unlike most of the post-nineteenth Century cultural avant-garde who were rebelling against the spirit of several centuries of liberalism, rationalism, the rise of the democratic mass, industrialism, and the rule of the moneyed elite. His revolt against the leveling impact of the democratic era was not to hark back to certain perceived ‘golden ages’...
Read MoreOliver Pendleton in Czech
Oliver Pendleton’s TOQ Online review essay “Volk Music” on Laibach’s Volk and Kunst der Fuge has been translated into Czech. Also, his review essay on Boyd Rice’s Standing in Two Circles, “Uneasy Listening” seems to have been heavily mined for another piece on the same site. Thank you to our Czech readers, and congratulations Dr....
Read MoreVolk Music
VolkLaibachLondon: Mute Records, 2006Kunst Der FugeLaibachLjubljana: Dallas Records, 2008Laibach is a Slovenian music group founded in 1980 in Communist Yugoslavia. Although Laibach’s music is often classified as “industrial,” that term does not begin to capture the band’s musical and conceptual versatility. Laibach’s releases run the gamut from a...
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