http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/mark_fisher en http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/07/hip-hop-record-rapper http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/07/hip-hop-record-rapper Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:18:45 GMT Mark Fisher In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister – and a rap record was a hit for the first time. Mark Fisher reflects on how for three decades hip-hop has provided the perfect soundtrack to the brutality of the neoliberal world-view

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/05/culture-technology-energy-rave http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/05/culture-technology-energy-rave Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:21:27 GMT Mark Fisher The lack of innovation in pop music suggests that we are experiencing an energy crisis in culture at large

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