Next Friday I will be in London to deliver the third annual Mark Fisher Memorial Lecture at Goldsmiths.
It's at 6 pm at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre - and it's free, open to the public, with no booking required.
If you can't make it down, there's a livestream https://www.gold.ac.uk/live-
Here's a foretaste:
Bridging the Chasm: the Promise of Music
In this third annual Mark Fisher memorial lecture, Simon Reynolds looks at the centrality of music – specifically popular music - in the K-punk vision. Talking about the formative postpunk era that lastingly shaped his outlook and his expectations for pop, Fisher once declared: “Music wasn’t only about music.” Through the prism of Fisher’s thinking as it evolved over two decades, Reynolds explores changing ideas about the relationship between pop and politics: the power that music has held out for successive generations, and the challenge of activating music’s promise in the world beyond.
Later that night there is a post-lecture party at Goldsmiths Student Union, with bands and DJs - including Mark Leckey playing some tunes. Full line-up and event info at Xenogothic.
