The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde. — Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde. — Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde. — Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde. — Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde. — Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
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The avant-garde is now an arrière-garde.

— Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past
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