Hauntology marks media palimpsests spooked by themselves out of sync

Evidence

On “Spectre Vs. Rector”, any vestigial rock presence subsides into hauntology. The original track is nothing of the sort — it is already a palimpsest, spooked by itself; at least two versions are playing, out of sync. The track — and it is very definitely a track, not a “song” — foregrounds both its own textuality and its texturality. … Like Joy Division, fellow modernists from Manchester, the Fall scramble the grammar of white rock by privileging rhythm over melody. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1107

Categorization

• XREF: ‘Spooked by itself, at least two versions playing out of sync’ is a precise mini-definition of hauntology, which recurs throughout the book (ch 61, ch 65). — connects to: Hauntology studies things that repeat without ever being present. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 513; Every echo implies a ghostly alter-ego hidden behind the reflecting surface — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 717; Ubiquitous taping destroys the illusion that an unmediated real exists — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 769 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Mainstream media commodities simulated emotion while Burial severs voices from biography #exemplifies (0.85) — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 223
• Ubiquitous taping destroys the illusion that an unmediated real exists #corroborates (0.82) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 769
• Every echo implies a ghostly alter-ego hidden behind the reflecting surface #expands (0.80) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 717
• The slimy haunts consciousness as its own feared dissolution into facticity #corroborates (0.78)
• The internet shifted from feared permanence to silent disappearance of content #exemplifies (0.75)
• The Other’s look makes the self haunt an unreflective consciousness #expands (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 727