Tag Archives: Joshua Glenn

Paradox: searches for paradise

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Dave

Where would you rather be? On a spacecraft heading towards a lifeless moon or planet or aboard a bouncing raft constructed as in ancient times? An unabashed romantic. But, complete escape is impossible though the very attempt has its infectious … Continue reading →

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hustling those creepy patriarchal fantasies

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Dave

The packaging of male ego and sexual conquest.How its peddled , this male libido as sublimated women hatred is often a matter of status. Whether its through the latest Stieg Larrson, or Hustler magazine, the ingenuity or lack of subtlety … Continue reading →

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wearing a mask that grins and lies

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Dave

We often have a sometimes contradictory and ambiguous relationship to popular culture. In one way, its potentially powerful means to share knowledge and criticize consumer society across different boundaries in an oppositional and sometimes subversive manner. However, against this backdrop, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Allan Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Bell Hooks, Frantz Fanon, franz fanon, Grace Lee Boggs, jane campion, jean michel basquiet, jodie foster, joseph heath, Joshua Glenn, Julian Schnabel, norman kelley, Norman Mailer, Robert Hughes, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, zora neale hurston | Leave a comment

hallmark of a fake authenticity

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Art

There are just some things more important than money. That may be a heresy in America, but its truth… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ): A while back I wrote about ‘fake psych’ (or as i like to call it, “hallmark … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Ang Lee, art blog, art chantry, Consumerism, fake authenticity, hallmark psychedelic, joseph heath, Joshua Glenn, mercedes hippie commercial, psychedelic graphic design, saiman chow, samuel z. arkoff, Taking Woodstock, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler, Thomas Gainsborough, volkswagen beetle hippie commercial | Leave a comment

breaking the rules: puffs of dissent

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dave

Although Edward Bernays ingeniously transformed a part of cigarette advertising into a feminist symbol with his “torches of freedom” campaign, cigarettes have always been a man’s prerogative, an inexpensive privilege to help the male define his identity. Where for women … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged a.a. brill, cigarette advertising, Edward Bernays, ellsworth vines, Gil Scott-Heron, Iggy Pop, joseph heath, Joshua Glenn, Ken Kesey, Leo Burnett, matt weiland, Thomas Frank, thomas frank the baffler | Leave a comment

those a-ha! moments: fetish for the pathologically creative

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dave

There is an element of intentional controversy. He just happened to have a infant’s skull tucked away in the corner of the workshop and bingo! he found the right context to use it. It was one of those a-ha moments, … Continue reading →