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“binners” rich and poor
Its a revelation that is both personal and cultural. Some of them regard themselves as business people and entrepreneurs.The psychology is a bit morbid, teetering as it does between mild eccentricity and out and out madness. It’s the kingdom of … Continue reading
Posted in Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Abraham Maslow, Al Gore, Albert Einstein, bill gates giving pledge, brian howell, brian howell photography, carl rogers, Collyer Brothers, douglas coupland author, E.L. Doctorow, hoarders television show, Homer and Langley Collyer, jay leno car collection, joseph heath, Ray Bradbury, steve pyke, survivalist movement, suzanne gardner, Thorstein Veblen, Warren Buffet
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WEIMAR REPUBLIC and the UNCANNY “SECOND SIGHT”
“A member asked what was the ethos of German Expressionism, suggesting it was ‘cultural despair’. The speaker reiterated his title phrase: ‘an explosive cocktail of cultural despair and political instability’, adding that the German character seemed almost morbid in its … Continue reading
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Tagged Alma Mahler, Bauhaus Art, Bertolt Brecht, Carl Zuckermayer, Chris Hedges, Dr. Robert Blackburn, Emil Jannings, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Grosz, George J.W. Goodman, Heinrich Mann, Howard Buffet, James Turk, Josef Albers, Kurt Weill, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Louis Proyect, Lyonel Feininger, Marianne Faithfull, Marlene Dietrich, Max Beckmann, Noam Chomsky, Otto Dix, Paul Gough, Paul Klee, Peter Rex Valentine, Richard Nixon, Rosa Luxemburg, Seth Taylor, Walter Gropius, Warren Buffet, Wassily Kandinsky
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Gecko as Avatar to the All Consuming Self
Q What is your favourite current campaign? A GEICO. How can you not love its cheeky green spokes-gecko? He has helped the company rise to become the third-largest car insurance company in the U.S. His posh Down Under accent sets … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bernbach, BrainStorm Group, Edward Bernays, Gecko, Geico, Mark Jenkins, Ron Telpner, Warren Buffet
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