Tag Archives: Kayne West

business is business: 20% solution

Balzac: Behind every great fortune is a great crime….Cornel West? No. Noam Chomsky? no. Slavoj Zizek? no. The single academic who has done the most to influence  the nascent movement of Occupy Wall Street  is someone almost completely under the … Continue reading

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99% percent proof: illusion of the target

The underclass is always more vital than the higher strata, unburdend by the baggage of bourgeois liberal morality, preachings of violence which justifies borrowing, exploiting, and finally cannibalizing all transgressive life into commodity kitsch and diluted into pablum. The American … Continue reading

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gender in the red zone: social engineering the winning drive

There is no doubt that Super Bowl is popular, and for many reasons, among which it represents an aspect of a free democratic society.And, most cleverly, how the products we consume are alleged to represent our “freedom”.   It reflects … Continue reading

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outnet: invited to the party late, but better than not at all

It doesn’t quite fit perfectly; the body it was made for and the desire behind the figure that purchased it may vary slightly. Its an idea that seems to have legs and some sizzle. Take last years very high end … Continue reading

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/b/:LET THEM EAT MARBLE CAKE

We have become accustomed to thinking about 4Chan as the breeding ground for memes as well as shaping the associated cultural reactions to such memes. There are other implications to 4Chan beside the obvious pop culture reading…. Alexis de Toqueville’s … Continue reading

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SHARE THE LOUD HAILER: If It Doesn’t Spread Its Dead.

Or, similarly, “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.” Fans reject the idea of a definitive version produced, authorized, and regulated by some media conglomerate. Instead, fans envision a world where all of us can participate … Continue reading

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