21 Dog Years, doing time at Amazon.com by Mike Daisey Free Press – June 2002, 224 pgs, $23.00 (US) Adventures in Webland “The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.” – E. B. White, One Man’s Meat “Things are entirely what [...]
Written on June 15, 2002 | Posted in
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Volunteer fire departments, especially rural ones, often have to resort to some creative fund raising activities. Turkey shoots are a real popular cash cow. No, they don’t actually shoot birds, they compete for accuracy shooting at targets. Winner gets a cash prize. And there are fish fries and pig pickin’s (barbeque). Dinner goes for about [...]
Written on June 6, 2002 | Posted in
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“I struggle to be brief, and I become obscure.”
— Horace, Ars Poetica
For ten years Martin Eberle filmed Berlin’s infamous club scene. These clubs, known as the “international benchmark for improvised coolness”, provide an incredibly rich palate for Eberle’s stark and revealing photographs. By [...]
Written on June 5, 2002 | Posted in
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