I can't decide whether Fergie's "London Bridge" video celebrates or parodies the excesses of conspicuous consumption. It certainly seems to single out many of the most popular symbols of old-fashioned and new-fashioned super-elite lifestyles. (Thanks, Rebecca Clark, for showing me the video to start with.)
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NEE'DLE : noun ~ a small, slender instrument with a sharp point at one end and a hole for thread at the other; a piece of magnetized steel used as an indicator in the dial of a compass; "sharp as a needle" (lit. or fig.) ~ acute, observant; "needle in a haystack" ~ thing so buried or concealed as to make search for it seem hopeless; verb - to sew or pierce with a needle; to incite, irritate or prod someone into action.
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- iNeedle
- This blog documents insane manifestations of the chasm between the unforgivably poor and the unjustifiably rich. It is the low-key pet project of Crispin Thurlow, a professor of language and communication at the University of Washington. (Images shown on this blog are used for educational and research purposes only.)
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