Retromania tour Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Luxembourg

The German translation of Retromania is out now on Ventil Verlag. And next week I start a book tour taking in 11 cities in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg.

Lesetour zu Retromania

16. Oktober: Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg (Skalitzer Str. 130, www.festsaal-kreuzberg.de).

                                                           

17. Oktober: Hamburg, Golem (Grosse Elbstr. 14, www.golem.kr) 

18. Oktober: Köln, King Georg (Sudermannstr. 2, www.kinggeorg.de)  

                                        

19. Oktober: St. Gallen, Palace (Zwinglistr. 3, www.palace.sg) 

20. Oktober: München, Optimal-Records (Kolosseumstr. 6)

21. Oktober: Wien, Phil (Gumpendorfer Str. 10-12, www.phil.info) 

22. Oktober: Wels, Schlachthof, (Dragonerstr. 22, www.youki.at) 

23. Oktober: Nürnberg, Musikverein, (Königstr. 93, www.musikverein-concerts.de) 

24. Oktober: Marburg, Trauma (Affoellerwiesen 3a, www.cafetrauma.de) 

25. Oktober: Frankfurt, Orange Peel (Kaiserstr. 39, www.orange-peel.de) 

26. Oktober: Luxemburg, Exit07 (1, rue de l'Aciere, www.rotondes.lu)

The events take place in the evening (more info to follow). Most events involve a new talk + readings from the book + Q/A with the audience, but the Frankfurt event is an onstage dialogue with autor und DJ Klaus Walter. Retromania translator Chris Wilpert will be present for all but the last date of the tour.

In Slate today, a piece by me on  "recreativity" -  a critique of the emerging orthodoxy of "everything is a remix" / "originality is a myth" / "no such thing as genius", in terms of its relationship to digital culture and to dance music ideas that are frankly a bit stale at this point. 

(Reading some of the arguments being made these past few years from critics, academics, artists, etc you can't help wondering if these dudes heard a Girl Talk CD and had their minds blown.)

Or, old fashioned modernism versus what is now equally old fashioned postmodernism.