July 10, 2009

It’s a good thing that my favourite photo in the new issue of Adbusters is on the last page, because otherwise I’d have difficulty talking about it. Why? No page numbers! Not a slip-up that is unique to this issue of the mag—I’ve heard through the grapevine that the higher-ups at Adbusters refuse to include page numbers in their design.

There are other great photos in the issue, like the one by Stacey Gardner (the photographer, not the Deal or No Deal model) that’s seven pages from the end of the mag—or four pages from the end if you don’t count both sides of the page. Sigh.

At least some of the articles have large titles, so if I suggest you read “The Terror Within” (even though some of the photos accompanying it are ill-chosen) you can flip through the magazine until you find it (it’s near the end), but what about the story by Ian Bullock? It has no title (!), is roughly in the middle of the mag and starts on a page with an orange background and a colour photo of two women on a subway train.

Found it yet?

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even anarchists need numbers

Hmmm. Seems to me that even those anarchistic, street-clogging bicycle riders need numbers to get themselves organized—at least those little numbers on the calendar or on their watches. Numbers can help us share things with other people—isn't that what Adbusters is all about?

Posted by pattyo July 21, 2009 19:38:00
what page is ian's piece on?

what page is ian's piece on? i wanna read it.

Posted by kay cee July 18, 2009 07:03:57
Adbusters

See what happens when the anarchists get in charge? What next? Bicycle-clogged streets on the last Friday of the month? Don't laugh....it could happen.

Posted by Doug July 15, 2009 02:58:42
transit type

What disturbs me more about Ian's piece is that it's about meeting people on the bus but the pic is clearly of people on a subway...

Posted by sarah July 12, 2009 17:39:17