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UNTHINKING WITH THE SUBTERRANEANS: “WE DIG IT ALL”

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Dave

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in … Continue reading →

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Cheerfully Yodeling In the Canyon

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Dave

The Tijuana Bibles. Likely more wholesome than a Calvin Klein billboard or American Apparel print ad, at least based on the theory that appealing to the prurient interest is a socially redeeming value. There’s a certain wacky innocence to them,in a … Continue reading →

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Expensive Satire

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Dave

American Apparel CEO Dov Charny claimed he was exercising his rights as specified under the first amendment. American Apparel  claimed that the use of comedian Woody Allen’s image on a billboard was merely satire which is protected as free speech. … Continue reading →

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Lolita as Art and Cultural Expression

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Dave

An American Apparel advertisement on the back cover of Vice magazine in the U.K. was recently banned by the Advertising Standards Association for allegedly sexualizing a model who appeared to be a child; that is, under 16 years old and … Continue reading →

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