― Sterling Clover, Saturday, 14 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
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― Omar, Sunday, 15 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Geordie Racer, Monday, 16 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
the whole 'new machines/futurism' stuff in 'More brilliant...' feels a bit 'boys science fiction'. and there seemed to be long periods where he didn't really say anything.
― gareth, Monday, 16 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Emergent cliche about Kodwo Eshun containing strand of insight: he writes like the music he writes about sounds.
Um.
I love the book. Something I particularly love is the way he pays attention to the packaging, labels, mythology etc. Context context context.
A really interesting question would be about the idea of "afro- futurism" which Eshun likes but I'm struggling to phrase it the way I want to. On the one hand: afro-futurist ideas liberating 'black music' from endlessly referencing 'the street' and also containing lotsa exciting political ideas about liberation in general. On the other: afro-futurist ideas as a re-application of voodoo/witchdoctor/shaman/mystic stereotypes with technological gloss. Most likely a bit of both....
― Tom, Tuesday, 17 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I have a page on Black Science Fiction with some definitive pointers and sources here: http://www.jahsonic.com/BlackScienceFiction.html
YoursJan
― Jan Geerinck, Thursday, 31 October 2002 11:10 (twenty-two years ago) link