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Boston (day 2, part 1)
There were SO many mailboxes in Boston. I may have spent more time pointing them out that I ought to have, but really, there were a lot. In addition, the trash cans look like mailboxes. I’m not sure what this … Continue reading
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Tagged american dream, cemeteries, massachusetts, paul revere, statues, usps
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movie trailers and American culture
an anthropological study of changes in American culture citing only changes in movie trailer monologues/voice overs or “They Don’t Make ’em Like They Used To” Some Came Running trailer: “Look forward to a new dramatic experience” “This is Parkman the … Continue reading
Central Ave.
on the way to the Jazz Festival: an old McDonalds why it looks like a ship, i don’t know (and you can’t really tell from this photo), but: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. 1334 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Posted in art/architecture, los angeles
Tagged american dream, california, downtown los angeles
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On the Mall
Joan Didion’s essay “On the Mall” in Part IV of The White Album (1979) Malls of America blog of “Vintage photos of lost Shopping Malls of the ’50s, ’60s & ’70s” City X Radiolab podcast about the impact of the … Continue reading
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Tagged american dream, didion, mallrats, radiolab, the mall
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The Selling of the President
by Joe McGinniss (1969) McGinniss’ non-fiction account of the 1968 election (Nixon/Humphrey/Wallace) focuses on Nixon’s campaign and his use of the new medium of television to “sell” himself, or rather “be sold” by his advisers. illusions people live by: “The … Continue reading
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Tagged agnew, american dream, cointelpro, nixon, the other, the press, the voter, weathermen
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