Entries from mistersquid: a digital fiction tagged with 'mass_culture'
Q: Coincidence?
Devolution Explained A: I think not! Looking for non-fat organic milk produced by free-range cows and freshly-bunched and twist-tied cilantro, I discovered imprinted on the side of a carton of “Virgin Lemonade” a likeness of one of Jocko Homo’s...
What Bloggers Hate
Bloggers hate when a blogger whose blog they have to look down their cultured noses to see gets a low six-figure book advance....
Hello Corruption
1 Some do not understand how Mr. Pongpat Chayaphan's policy of issuing wayward Thai police officers Hello KItty armbands could serve as a deterrent to police corruption. The following video should clarify matters.2 Hello Kitty (Corrupted Mix) Clicking downloads...
Spider-Face
--> This morning between midnight and 02:00 Eastern, I saw Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3. 1 The film weaves together storylines from the Spider-Man comic book and graphic novel sagas (both largely unfamiliar to me).2 One story arc in the Spider-Man...
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They keep slipping through!
Clicking downloads a 7.5 MB file. Please be patient while the file loads Ctrl/Right-click here to “Save File As . . .”...
“Fresh as harvest day.”0
While notable for its pioneering visual effects, Michael Anderson's 1976 Logan’s Run has been relatively neglected as a result of its defiantly clumsy scriptwriting and remarkably bad plotting. After the film’s release, several attempts were made to build a...
Geographical Soma and Postfixing SPAM
Yesterday, I returned from my friend Jason's and his (then) bride-to-be Sarah's wedding in Indianapolis. The parts of Indianapolis I visited were incredibly clean and smoking is not allowed in public spaces, bars being an exception. The most interesting...
The Postmodern Challenge
Today I was challenged to define postmodernism in ten words or less. I offered, proudly and tautologically, “Postmodernism is what comes after Modernism.” Pride and tautologies aside, a succinct definition of postmodernity is something I was reluctant to provide...
A Valentine For You
Poppin’ in the Rain
This remix advert stuns me not only because the music, dancing, and digital superimposition are jaw-drop-on-the-floor amazing, but also because of the complex relationship between music and moving image which produces an irrevocable heartbreaking nostalgia. In this remix, the...
Object
The Smiley Face, perhaps one of the best known secular icons in the contemporary world, was originally created by Harvey R. Ball in 1963. He designed the Smiley Face to inspirit workers of two recently merged insurance companies. State...
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