
So what exactly is a �zeitgeist�? Literally translated, it means �spirit of the age� (cue a thousand Hawkwind fans bursting into song) but that hasn�t stopped it being bandied about with alarming frequency these days, especially when describing �lost classics� or �cultural artefacts� that the cyber-stuffalanche of the last decade has enabled us to familiarise ourselves with. �Such-and-such captures the zeitgeist of the era better than half its more well-known contemporaries� we might say, and … [Read more...]