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Corto's Crash A tragic tale of cyber-warfare and betrayal, in a cold-war future that never happened. Had it run to plan, 'Operation Screaming Fist' would have crippled the Russian defense computers with a sophisicated virus. Instead, Colonel Willis Corto met his fiery doom high above the icy steppes of Siberia. A single line of William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' speaks volumes. Go on, read the rest. Available now at <a href="http://www.the-affair.com/products/ccs">the-affair</a>, the thinking man's brand.

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2009-06-15T09:53:09-04:00

2009-06-14T05:32:59-04:00

"But dear readers, you must think, at least a little. It helps." Zamyatin’s WE imagines a dystopian future of absolute control, numerical identity and the subjugation of free-will. In the good old free-market-capitalist crazy days, this concept seemed laughable.Now, with banks and auto-industries nationalised, the idea of living in One-State is a future we can all suddenly imagine. WE are all in this together now. Although wearing a T-shirt won't make you an individual, you should enjoy the privilege while you can, before WE are all wearing grey uniforms. Available now at <a href="http://www.the-affair.com/">the-affair</a>, the thinking man's brand.

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2009-06-15T22:14:30-04:00

2009-06-13T16:59:41-04:00

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." 1926: H.P. Lovecraft reveals the location of R’lyeh, resting place of the terrible Cthulu, at 47°S 126°W. 1997: Near this location, the U.S. National Oceanic Administration detects an ultra-low frequency sound, matching the audio profile of an enormous living creature. Its source remains unknown. Perhaps the humbling proof of one of Lovecraft’s cosmic-horros lurking beneath the black ocean is just what the world needs. In which case, stay hopeful. These are strange aeons we live in, sometimes stranger than fiction. Available now at <a href="http://www.the-affair.com/">the-affair</a>, the thinking man's brand.

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2009-09-11T06:27:55-04:00

2009-06-14T08:45:09-04:00

2008-09-25T19:10:22-04:00

"Hell is other people" What was Sartre on about? Did he find other people annoying? Was he suggesting that we are defined by other people? Or did he mean that their existence is our jail, the metaphorical Hell that we can never escape? Or maybe it was simply that he was a miserable old bastard who needed to get out more? Philosophical interpretation aside, you may not always have full control of your own identity. But you could certainly do worse than be seen in this stylish appropriation of a heady existentialist dilemma.

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2009-05-11T21:34:09-04:00

2008-09-25T19:09:21-04:00

“Today he plays Jazz. Tomorrow he betrays his country.” Before jazz was corrupted into muzak for call-centres and elevator men, it enjoyed its rightful status as a corruptor of young minds. Sure, a bit of swing must seem like good clean fun. But we all know that it's a downward spiral of drugs, fast-women, and free-will. The Stalinists had the right idea. Nip it in the bud! Join the struggle today and help end the evil spread of Jazz. Quickly now, before someone subjects you to some Kenny G...

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2009-06-14T06:20:00-04:00

2008-02-18T04:19:55-05:00

A tragic tale of cyber-warfare and betrayal, in a cold-war future that never happened. Had it run to plan, 'Operation Screaming Fist' would have crippled the Russian defense computers with a sophisicated virus. Instead, Colonel Willis Corto met his fiery doom high above the icy steppes of Siberia. A single line of William Gibson's 'Neuromancer' speaks volumes. Go on, read the rest. Printed on beautifully soft American Apparel Sweats. Limited edition of 200.

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2008-02-27T18:16:29-05:00

2008-02-14T19:38:30-05:00

Keep your friends close. But your enemies closer. If Machiavelli didn't actually say it in 1513, he sure did mean it. Instead we had to wait till 1974 and Don Coreleone, who was actually far better at getting to the point than poor Niccolo. The Don had none of that flowery Renaissance language getting in his way. Nope, just bullets delivering his point, short and sharp like. So to cut this short, your enemies can always be counted upon to be just that. Unfortunately your friends sometimes cannot. Just ask anyone who's been in hospital recently. Printed on beautifully soft American Apparel. Limited edition of 200.

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2009-03-05T19:14:24-05:00

2008-09-25T19:31:33-04:00

2008-02-12T16:02:03-05:00

Galactic travel may soon make it possible to send all of Earth's over-achieving billionaires into space, hopefully never to return. But if you had to live in a space colony, which one would you choose? Forget the camp futurism of Ray Bradbury, Gibson's Zion Cluster is much more appealing. Rasta-men, pulsing dub, and a fleet of Soviet-era spacecraft. This vision gave Babylon Rocker it's name and inspired a bizarre marriage of Rastafarian iconography and constructivist art. Printed on beautifully soft American Apparel. Limited edition of 200.

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2009-06-14T06:17:50-04:00

2008-04-17T09:13:14-04:00

2007-10-03T19:20:01-04:00

When ‘Big Brother’ means nothing more than a new low in television standards, the warnings of Orwell’s classic ‘1984’ are more poignant than ever. Miniluv – or The Ministry of Love in Oldspeak – is where Winston was brutally tortured, brain-washed and ultimately learned to love Big Brother. And no, he wasn’t watching TV. Wear your highbrow literary tastes with pride.

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2008-03-24T02:36:25-04:00

2007-10-03T19:17:54-04:00

Just another Jesus shirt you’re thinking, right? Not exactly… Muslim Jesus is a reflection on the futility of religious intolerance. From afar, Jesus stares serenely at those surrounding you. But up close, Islamic crescents cluster together in abstract patterns. Anyone close enough to know this and still want to have it out, should’ve already registered on your fuckwit radar. Muslim Jesus is actually an iteration of a previous project named <a href="http://www.boredomisyourfault.com/blog/2007/06/15/personal-jesus/" target="_blank">Personal Jesus</a>. The graphic itself is the output of a Flash engine we developed which takes an image and replaces the pixels with a symbol. <a href="http://www.boredomisyourfault.com/blog/2007/06/15/personal-jesus/" target="_blank">Read more about this process</a>.

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