Retromania. Gothic high-tech. Favela chic. Steampunk. Collective intelligence. Revival cults. Frankenstein mash-ups. Hauntology. The shock of the old: past, present and future in the first decade of the 21st-first century.

Thursday night, Art Center’s “Visionary in Residence” Bruce Sterling plays host to music critic and blogger Simon Reynolds, author of Energy Flash and Bring the Noise. The evening’s goal: to confront the implications of Simon’s latest book, Retromania: Pop Culture’s Addiction to Its Own Past.

Cyberpunk vs. Rock Critic: Bruce Sterling and Simon Reynolds
Thursday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Times Media Center
Hillside Campus