The billboard commandos
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The billboards and photo-copy machines have become the new contested ground between corporate capitalists and alternative lifestyle activists. Billboard commercials are changed into social, political or plainly absurd messages. Flyposters alter logos, mascots and other popular signifiers, are mass produced via the photocopier and then distributed.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
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The late, great outdoors
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Issues concerning the social and environmental effects of the development of indoor artificial environments for practicing outdoor sports, such as canoeing and rock climbing, are discussed. Particular attention is given to the possibility for these developments to raise environmental awareness.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 2001
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Gypsy kings
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The gypsy people have long been misunderstood and so has their music, which takes many forms depending on its origins. A tour, Gypsy Caravan, came to the United States, in 2001 and incorporated many of these different sounds including Indian and Romanian.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 2001
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