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Shock and Awe 2

successor to Shock and Awe … the blog of the Simon Reynolds book about glam and artpop of the 1970s and its aftershocks and reflections to this day.

  • By Simon Reynolds
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly one post per week
  • First post on

Posts per month

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per month
Month starting Posts
Oct 2022 2
Nov 2022 0
Dec 2022 4
Jan 2023 2
Feb 2023 2
Mar 2023 0
Apr 2023 1
May 2023 5
Jun 2023 5
Jul 2023 6
Aug 2023 8
Sep 2023 6
Oct 2023 6
Nov 2023 4
Dec 2023 5
Jan 2024 1
Feb 2024 5
Mar 2024 7
Apr 2024 6
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 3
Jul 2024 4
Aug 2024 5
Sep 2024 8
Oct 2024 6
Nov 2024 1

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

anti-theatricality + politics (the finale?)
A wise person once said: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” Donald Trump is a clown. Let’s prevent the presidency from becoming his circus.- …
On , by SIMON REYNOLDS, 2,374 words
Magic Unrealism, or, The President of Ambrosia / the dangers of high self-esteem
Last of the Trump related posts, this one is from midway through his (first?) Presidency: Magic Unrealism, or, The President of AmbrosiaThe core of positive thinking - which is also the core of glam - …
On , by SIMON REYNOLDS, 1,602 words
anti-theatricality and politics (McJobsworth / That's Angertainment)
Perhaps no stunt in the history of U.S. politics deserves more ridicule than the grotesquely embarrassing mummery Trump put on at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s today. - Seth Abramson (bonus anti-theatricality points for use of the …
On , by SIMON REYNOLDS, 1,720 words