Document Type
Editorial
Abstract
[First paragraph]
When the idea of this issue’s theme came to me, I was standing in a crowd of my peers, members of my generation, listening to Godspeed You! Black Emperor. As with all concerts, the performers left the stage to signal their eventual encore, and when they returned, they returned with the announcement that the U.S. military had begun its bombing, and formal invasion, of Iraq. Whether the idea for the issue had come to me prior to this moment, or as a result of it, I am unsure; I had, however, earlier decided that the summer issue we had planned must be delayed, and in its stead a more politically relevant issue needed to be put together (not that “Science Fiction and Everyday Life” is an irrelevant theme, nor apolitical). When I returned home, I quickly drafted the call for papers and contacted the editorial board for their approval of the project, which was met with unanimous agreement. However, before turning to the explanation for this issue, of its title and its intent, I want to reflect momentary on the effect of music on politics, and how being an audience member mitigated a decision.
Repository Citation
Wolf-Meyer, Matthew. "Fixations/Solutions." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 3, no. 3, 2003, pp. 1–5. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol3/iss3/2