{"id":8839,"date":"2023-04-09T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2023-04-11T06:42:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T05:42:48","slug":"misc-art-advanced-capitalism-tat-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8839","title":{"rendered":"MiSC: Art, Advanced Capitalism, Tat, & Choice\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bosch\u2019s Garden of Earthly Delights<\/em>\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I recently read something on radio DJ Ken Bruce going from the BBC to Hits Radio. The \u2018key note\u2019, or take-away (eugh!) point was money. Bruce is just the biggest shiniest cog in the wheel of what is essentially a money-making machine, built on advertising and listener spending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point the article says words to the effect of \u2018the main purpose of such radio stations is to generate money through advertising\u2019, or something similar. Well, yes. That\u2019s so transparently obvious. It\u2019s part of what makes so much \u2018mainstream culture\u2019 so utterly shite, and lacking in, um, well\u2026 culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a model for how to live \u2018the good life\u2018, such a state of affairs sums up, for me, the malaise <\/em>of \u2018advanced capitalism\u2019. It has no soul. Indeed, if it has any spirit it\u2019s the avaricious spirit of piracy. In such a society, or rather \u2018marketplace\u2019, culture is just an arbitrary interchangeable \u2018token\u2019, to be used to extract more cash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not sure who the artist is here\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u2026 but I do<\/em> love the shirt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With such cheery thoughts in mind, the constant assault of advertising via social media (and elsewhere) takes on a darker more forbidding aspect. And yet, despite my loathing and aversion, I\u2019m often suckered. For example, the artsy shirts pictured in this post, <\/em>which appeared in my FB feed, are<\/em> very tempting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many more designs than the two I\u2019ve shown here. Some modern (Kandinsky), some older (Caravaggio). Some I like, some I don\u2019t. But just take a look at some of the other stuff that comes up via Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u2018ISAKOK Penis Prank\u2019!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Want a bigger willy? Very few men don\u2019t <\/em>wish they had a bigger cock. Howzabout 2\u20196\u201d? Maybe the ISAKOK Penis Prank is for you? Or perhaps you don\u2019t have enough hands\/digits to tell everyone to fuck right off simultaneously? No problem. There\u2019s the Fucktopussy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u2018Fucktopussy\u2026 I kid you not! Fo\u2019 real!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Walk through a busy British town centre nowadays, and you\u2019ll be hard pressed to find any free amenities. But you\u2019ll be relentlessly assaulted by messages urging you to purchase tat you really don\u2019t need. That\u2019s the sort of \u2018choice\u2019 delivered by Thatcherite Toryism. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently read something on radio DJ Ken Bruce going from the BBC to Hits Radio. The \u2018key note\u2019, or take-away (eugh!) point was money. Bruce is just the biggest shiniest cog in the wheel of what is essentially a money-making machine, built on advertising and listener spending. At one point the article says words … <\/p>\n

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