Archive for Culture Jamming
The Yes Men Fix the World
Posted by: | CommentsJust doing our part in getting this brilliant documentary distributed.
If you’re a BitTorrent user, go here for the .torrent file and seed it. There are links for direct downloads as well.
Cage Match
Posted by: | CommentsGot a mailing this week from Al Franken’s Midwest Values PAC. There’s not a lot on the site about what constitute “midwest values.” Then again, I’ve never been clear on just what constitute “mountain values,” either.
A cage match to decide whose values are superior:
In this corner, Sen. Al “Midwest Values” Franken. And in this corner, Rep. Heath “Mountain Values” Shuler.
Are you ready to rumble?
Young Cons
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Bought and Paid For
Posted by: | Comments“It’s our democracy. We bought it, we paid for it, and we’re going to keep it.” – Vote Murray Hill Incorporated for Congress! Murray Hill, Inc. adds,
“Until now,†Murray Hill Inc. said in a statement, “corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence peddling to achieve their goals in Washington. But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves.â€
Murray Hill, Inc. wants to run in the Republican congressional primary in Maryland’s 8th district. “Clearly, I don’t know how much more Republican a corporation can be,” Murray Hill Inc., designated human spokesperson, Eric Hensal, told Thom Hartmann in an interview here.
[h/t Crooks and Liars]
Today is Buy Nothing Day
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Not Exactly the Mercury Theatre on the Air
Posted by: | CommentsAt least the damage was minimal, Frank Rich suggests in this morning’s New York Times. It’s not as if the “balloon boy†fraud led the country into invading a sovereign country in search of nonexistent WMDs, or into investing in dot-coms with no business plans, or into buying oversized homes with no-income no-asset loans.
But “balloon boy†is this generation’s “War of the Worlds†hoax, Rich believes, “the inevitable product of this reigning culture, where ‘news,’ ‘reality’ television and reality itself are hopelessly scrambled†— a culture in which media snake oil salesmen are as likely to be suckered as their audiences, if not more so.
Rich observes,
As “balloon boy†played out, the White House opened fire on one purveyor of fictional news, Fox News, where “tea party†protests are inflated into a national rebellion rivaling the Civil War and where Glenn Beck routinely claims Obama is perpetrating a conspiracy to bring fascism to America. But the White House’s argument is diluted by the different, if less malevolently partisan, fictions that turn up on Fox’s competitors. On CNN, for instance, Lou Dobbs provided a platform for the nuts questioning Obama’s citizenship. When an ABC News correspondent insisted that Fox was “one of our sister organizations†in an exchange with the president’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, last week, he wasn’t joking.
Not that anyone around him would have gotten it if he were.
Something else to celebrate.
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Palinistas, Protesters and Zombies (Oh, my!)
Posted by: | CommentsA montage of some of the footage I was able to shoot yesterday.
(The zombies start about halfway through, fyi)
Scenes from the Civic Center
Posted by: | CommentsI took a few pictures last night.
I’ll have some audio and video up later today, time and internet connection allowing. Stay tuned…
Sarah Palin and World Zombie Day
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Governor Sarah Palin was prayed over by an Alaskan preacher to protect her from witches, but he ought to have thought of zombies as well. World Zombie Day:
“World Zombie Dayâ„¢ is the day that all ghouls from Kentucky to Kokomo, from Atlanta to Afghanistan, from Washington to Wales, and from Pittsburgh to Puerto Rico can celebrate together in a near orgy of blood covered bliss!!
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World Zombie Dayâ„¢ will be a day when all fans of zombie culture can join together. There will be an international charity event done throughout the cities involved to help alleviate world hunger, and this will be a first.
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The participating living dead are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to each zombie walk starting point. A mass effort will be taken on worldwide to prove that charity, goodwill, and zombie love can flourish in every nation regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, or religion, and that no matter where or how we die…WE WILL COME BACK!!!“
{Click here to see Ashvegas’ photos from last year’s Zombie Walk}
Ashtoberfest’s Third Annual Zombie Walk begins in Montford Park with music and then shambles through downtown on their way to a party at the Coxe Ave. Asheville Brewing Company. When Dan Burrello heard that Sarah Palin was coming to town, he wisely got out in front of it:
