Hypnagogic Pop and the New Pop Culture Mutations

In an article David Keenan wrote in The Wire magazine Issue #306, he coined the term “hypnagogic pop” in reference to an underground music movement that utilized the concept of memory and revisionist nostalgia as a launching point for an entire sub-genre.  Hypnagogic is defined as “Inducing sleep” or “Of, relating to, or occurring in […]

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Teenage Internet Fameland

Teen ephemera via Tavi Gevinson’s new online magazine Rookie For the majority of teens and the Millennial generation that has grown up online the concept of Internet fame has become such a normal and conventional idea that it’s almost become part of their collective identity.  Beyond their intended practical use, social media platforms are now […]

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