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The modern dismissal of genius
In an article for Slate, Simon Reynolds explores the concept of "genius" in the internet age, discussing how DJ culture and the idea of the remix underpins a movement of "recreativity" and pondering whether genius can ever really exist.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/10/against_recreativity_..
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Published / Friday, 05 October 2012 08:04 PM
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Dusk1983wrote
Tue, 09 Oct 2012Electronic music journalism is full of jumped up tossers assuaging their self loathing for not being able to actually create art of any value by writing self-indulgent twaddle in an overly-stylised ersatz 'artistic' tone, mistakenly believing that this somehow elevates them to the creative peerage of the people they are discussing.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2012What a load of fucking shit.

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