Lenin in Essen

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Feb 15 11:39:48 PST 2001


Michael Pugliese wrote:


> -- too irony-deficient, for instance -- and is about as removed from
>today's
>world and sensibility as, say, Che Guevera.
>
>Carl
>
>Aw, but, Che is a great icon for the culture industry.

True. There's a clip from Marie Claire up in the Verso office depicting a model in a Che t-shirt. Also, Swatch did a Che watch a few years ago. And, there's an entire website devoted to Che stuff: <http://www.thechestore.com>. There's a page on the Swatch: <http://www.thechestore.com/Watches.html>.

He's not ironic, but he's sexy.


>"Making Money Off Rebellion? Think It's Funny?"
>Who sang that?

You thinking of the Clash's "Turning rebellion into money"?

Doug



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