Speaking of art and infowar... Hey did you ever hear of @rtmark or BLO (Barbie Liberation Organization)? I can get a hold of the BLO gorilla socio-info-war video if anyone wants a copy badly enough to send $20 (expenses plus lunch) -- includes news footage clips. Request by email. BLO used contacts in the U.S. and Europe to purchase approximately 800 Talking Barbie dolls and talking G.I. Joe dolls, switch the voiceboxes, and return them to the store with a "call your local TV news" sticker affixed to the back of the package, whence the dolls resold. G.I. Joe said things like "I like shopping!" and "Math is tough!" (really) and Talking Barbie said things like "DIE, COBRA, DIE!! *rat-tat-tat-tat*". @rtmark and BLO to this day remain anonymous. BLO made news all over. Talking Barbie attracted enough negative attention to her sterotyped, degrading statements that it didn't sell much (did they pull the product? I forget.) G.I. Joe went on blasting the bad guys who always safely ejected out of their vehicles. @rtmark's still up to trouble-making... they have a web site somewhere. They offer money (as much as $2000) for completing projects. -hedges- On Sun, 24 May 1998, 7Pillars Partners wrote: >At least the domain name is appropriate. M > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 21:37:17 +0200 >From: owner-infowar-enat_private >
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