http://anthemmagazine.com/rss/story/221 Content view for all categories en http://anthemmagazine.com/story/221 <!--paging_filter--><p>Is 2007 in America the Year of Living Uneasily? Though we might be in the midst of unexpected placidity, something keeps causing us to revert backwards. Artistically, nostalgia has become a bit too pervasive, whether it’s musicians like Chromeo harkening to a “simpler” time or an ironist such as Ian Whitmore pasting modernity over scenes from American history. When even sci-fi legend William Gibson starts looking to the recent past—as he did in his most recent novel, <em>Spook Country</em>—that’s probably our cue to wonder what the hell is going on around here. </p> <p><a href="http://anthemmagazine.com/node/221">read more</a></p> http://anthemmagazine.com/node/221#comments Fashion fashion Shipley &amp; Halmos Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:18:12 -0800 nik.mercer 221 at http://anthemmagazine.com