DESEDO FILMS

Adbusters claims hipsters to be the Death of Western Civilization. Hyperbole, yes, but also navelgazing BS. Even though they may wear different clothes and sneer across lunch tables, Adbusters and Hipsters are cut from the same cloth. The culturejamming content the mag praises is lauded by the very hipsters they deride.

The thesis of the Adbusters argument is as follows: Ever since the end of WW2, Western subcultures have worked to subvert […]

Since seeing the Fiest/Sesame Street video, I’ve been moseying down a muppety memory lane. One of my faves were the Yip-Yips - cultural anthropologists from Mars, ever curious about our Earthling ways. Loved them, but often watched them whilst hiding behind the sofa, cause they scared me.

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So after watching the above clip, I was reminded of a Gallup phone poll in June that had McCain and Obama in a dead heat. While […]

So. From India to Italy, the world is rooting for Obama. What happens if he gets elected? Does Brand America go 180 overnight? Will we witness a trend of happiness amongst fine art, music and film? Will liberals wave flags with pride, reclaiming the symbol from the right? Methinks yes.

So. Anyone else out there see similarities between horse racing and dog fighting? At its root, both the horses and the dogs bear the burden of our desire for entertainment. And when they give their lives in the process, it’s in the name of sport. While I know that I cannot draw a straight parallel between the Michael Vick case and Eight Belles’ death at the Kentucky Derby, they look like kissing […]

I managed to visit the town of Chillicothe, Ohio about eighteen months ago. The visit was part of a solitary three-day road trip that I made on the old post road, route 50, from Cincinnati to Washington, DC. In my dispatch, I focussed more on the relationship between photography and deserted places. I had not, in my short time there, spoken to a soul or had time to dig deeper into the causes behind […]