Archive for the 'pop culture' Tag

Sex For Sale

02 Dec 2008

i can’t tell you you’re oppressed without asking your opinion on it. -Fatemeh Fakhraie I’ve written before on the subject of sex and authorship and believe in the virtues of Neo Burlesque and Suicide Girls as a potential source of empowerment. Yet what still struck me in this clip from Sundance’s Pleasure For Sale is […]


The World According to James

01 Dec 2008

The popcorn, jokes, and testosterone zing around the room with all the patience of an electron. Across town the same scene is amplified in a crowded bar, long and skinny, the popcorn substituted with beer. In both rooms the flicker of television screens — rhythm — and the dance between sports and advertising provides the […]


Slang

08 Nov 2008

I’m outspoken, my language is broken into a slang / But it’s just a dialect that I select when I hang. -Special Ed I’ve been thinking about the use of slang and LOLspeak in advertising and have deduced a simple rule. The logic is as follows: Standard language is a strategy for communication. Slang is […]


Fred Flare

27 Oct 2008

Etailer Fred Flare just opened their first storefront round the corner from my house. The folks at Zeus Jones have been looking at this trend of click-to-brick and how to discern what should stay DIY and what should be sleek. Following the lead of NYC venues Grand Opening or Kiosk, which change their content every […]


Gay Navy

12 Oct 2008

The US military has a long history of helping the entertainment industry with props and narrative consulting. This includes The Village People’s music video for the song In The Navy. And the Navy even used the song in recruiting efforts, until they realized that the VP were quite gay. What I find curious is the […]