The Ghost in the Machine
Video Killed the Radio Star
The Ghost in the Machine: From the Lunar Landing of MTV to the Algorithmic Abyss of 1984
I. The 12:01 AM Prophecy
On August 1, 1981, I was a six-month-old in County Kildare, Ireland, likely more concerned with the temperature of my bottle than the cultural temperature of the planet. But 3,000 miles away, at 12:01 AM, the world was being rewired. As the re…
