There I was, placidly watching my weekly ration of network TV (Boston Legal, if you must know) when a commercial for Fidelity Investments came on. While the announcer smoothly made his case for entrusting my millions to them, Peter Max style Yellow Submarine-ish flowers danced across the screen as Inna Gadda Da Vida played in the background.
The whipsawing cultural dissonance rose quickly to such a roar that my head exploded with little or no effort on my part.
The whipsawing cultural dissonance rose quickly to such a roar that my head exploded with little or no effort on my part.
I mean if a stoner song as incomprehensible as IGDV is being used as cultural code for taking care of business, I guess that means the Revolution is officially over.
What's next, using Where Have All the Flowers Gone in a Hummer commercial?
What's next, using Where Have All the Flowers Gone in a Hummer commercial?
It seems that I am no longer a member of what passes for the dominant culture on this planet, which now that I think about it may not be such not a bad thing.
Either that, or I slipped thru the dimensional door in my sleep again. I really hate when that happens. Just don't tell me that I'm stuck back in that bizarro version of America that elected a chimpanzee as President....
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A new one that's been playing this week on a commercial is "Bang the Gong." Not 60's music, but I was nevertheless sickened by it. Rock and roll is now the official soundtrack of television commercials.
I think my worst moment may have been when I was standing in a department store and the Muzak was playing "Watching the Detectives."
Hey...you still have my old blog "American Regression" on your blog-roll...I now post on the blog "American Agenda."
Just an FYI!
Diane:
It's really sad to see pieces of your childhood being sold to pay the bills, isn't it? Kind of like stumbling on a rummage sale and realizing that it's your grandparents' estate that being sold.
Gary:
Fixed. And nice job at the new digs. I've been visiting there without realizing it was you.
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