Ghostpatrol

The Pirates Dilemma.
by Matt Mason

A great read, tracing the breakdown and loopholes of normal capitalist society
from pirate radio, origins of reggae, hip hop, graffiti, street art,
Start up stories of vice magazine, american apparel, ad busters,

I’d forgotten all about the cartoon network publicity stunt to install an LED image on a bridge guerilla style that resulted in a bomb scare that shut down the bridge, and resulted in a few million dollars being paid out to coast guard, homeland security, police dept and also the head of cartoon network loosing his job.  amazing.

The street art chapter provides a great summary of “If all those tags are so bad for our state of mind, what are all these ad doing for us?”

In the spirit of the book, it’s available for download here