Lenin in Essen

Lisa & Ian Murray seamus at accessone.com
Thu Feb 15 12:03:42 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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Bill Nelson's [ex Be Bop Deluxe] Red Noise "Turning Revolt into Style" got there "first"--first cyberpunk album.

Ian



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