
The Vader Paradox

Even when the Internet appears to be nostalgically churning through the cultural past, it’s still hunting for “old newness.” A familiar video clip from 1986 does not possess virility; what the medium desires is an obscure clip from 1985 that recontextualizes the familiar one. The result is a perpetual sense of now.
Chuck Klosterman • But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
The New Porn
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