Graffiti art is controversial. Attitudes vary as to the appropriateness of defacing/decorating (based on your point of view) public spaces. Personally I’m a huge supporter. If our public spaces (and lines of sight) are to be auctioned off to the highest bidders – inevitably the fat, sweaty inbred cheerleaders of consumerism like Starbucks and McDonalds – we need subversive graffiti art to provide a counter-argument.
Short Black
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Aug 07
Aug 07
Huzzah for the Delocator!
I’m disappointed to admit that since my vitriolic splutterings about Starbucks a few months back, I’ve done nothing to hasten the downfall of the filthy, brazen hound. Short, that is, of the odd lazy, evil eye when I amble past it’s unnaturally gleaming windows on the high street. Must try harder. Some people are doing their bit though, like the helpful folk at Delocator.
11
Aug 07
Aug 07
Get Your Raid Out
The US Military – via the DoD – is currently investigating the potential use of moths as the frontline in stealth surveillance. The idea is to plant "micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphisis" so that they become, essentially, remote-controlled. Recording devices would then be implanted and some lucky chap in a darkened room somewhere secret in the festy bowels of the US military would fly the poor bugger into…I dunno…caves in Afghanistan I guess…
21
Jul 07
Jul 07
Not-So-Tough Guys
For me, one of the starkest messages to contextualise the Iraq War was the juxtaposition of two images in an Adbusters issue last year. They placed, side-by-side, two photos. One was of a couple of bikini-clad girls taking in funnels of beer at Spring Break, surrounded by a tanned, cheering crowd. The other was of a group of American soliders street-side in Iraq, suffering an attack from an unidentified bomber, dwarfed by a fiery explosion.
14
Jun 07
Jun 07
The Magical Kingdom
Lord knows what this year has in store, but joining hands and skipping through the crowd with some seasoned old-timers like The Brackster, Savage and MC will make it super duper indeed. I’m endeavouring to pace my weeself this time after retiring to bed early in 2005 with a severe case of the whimpers, but if those three have anything to do with it I doubt I’ll be allowed…bring it on Genteel Men…