It has become increasingly clear that 1979-80, the years with which the group will always be identified, was a threshold moment – the time when a whole world (social democratic, Fordist, industrial) became obsolete, and the contours of a new world (neoliberal, consumerist, informatic) began to show themselves. 越来越清楚的是,1979-80年……是一个门槛时刻——在那时,整个旧世界(社会民主主义、福特主义、工业化)变得过时,而新世界(新自由主义、消费主义、信息化)的轮廓开始显现。--------------By the end of 2012, the 70s was returning, no longer as some bittersweet nostalgia trip, but as a trauma. 到2012年底,70年代正在回归,不再是某种苦乐参半的怀旧之旅,而是作为一种创伤。--------------Life On Mars is symptomatic enough to be interesting. Symptomatic of what? ... Life On Mars suggests that one of the chief resources of recent British culture – the past – is reaching the point of exhaustion. 《火星生...