> But advertising was always a method of domesticated,
> detoxified subversion, as part of capitalism. "All that is
> solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned" and all
> that -- certainly advertising played its part, profaning the
> solid, sacred washtub with with visions of washing machines.
True.
> Culture jamming -- which began long ago with the now clicheed
> transgression of gender-code jerking by the drawing of elegant
> moustaches on improbably pretty poster girls -- is a way of
> _celebrating_, of _participating_ in advertising. One can
> hardly be surprised if the savvier early players adopt some
> of the moves of the second or third or ninth wave, or if the
> ninth wavers find themselves led by the nose. It all shows
> the great vitality of the art form; one will miss it when the
> circus goes down the tubes. Until then, I predict that the
> more vigorous culture-jammers will up the ante and the industry
> will respond in kind.
Yup, the Second Annual Steal Something Day is happening at the end of November.
> As for broken windows, if they became popular, would not
> businesses adopt pre-broken, Safetee-Smashed pseudo-broken
> plate glass?
You mean like at Urban Outfitters? ;-)
> You can't have a dialog with capitalism. It eats, it grows,
> and the more it grows the more it eats.
Destroy capitalism before is destroys you.
Chuck0 "part of the anti-New Economy elite"