tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post7060744750030109708..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Marshall McLuhan, What're Ya Doin?Michael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-41666672282061867782011-07-21T16:05:34.670-07:002011-07-21T16:05:34.670-07:00A Twitter search on "McLuhan" today is v...A Twitter search on "McLuhan" today is very fruitful. <br /><br />I cannot figure out how to do the equivalent on G+, which is amazing and disappointing, though.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-72598862076927704302011-07-21T13:03:16.459-07:002011-07-21T13:03:16.459-07:00A McLuhan anecdote from Margaret Atwood:
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Oh,[T...A McLuhan anecdote <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/margaret-atwood-uncensored/article2004470/singlepage/#articlecontent" rel="nofollow">from Margaret Atwood</a>:<br />===<br />Oh,[The] Edible Woman? My first novel, actually happily for myself and the rest of the world never got published.<br />...<br />It was influenced by Marshall McLuhan. There was a lot of advertisements in it.<br /><br />I was one of those people who luckily was able to obtain a copy of The Mechanical Bride, early on. you know that he had to pull off the shelves – do you know this book at all?<br /><br />He reproduced a lot of ads, from soap companies and cigarette companies and everything. He showed the actual ad, and then he would do an analysis of them. And it is very funny.<br /><br />But the companies who’s ads they were took exception. Copyright issues. And he had to pull the book. But he had them in his cellar and if you had contact you could purchase one out of the back window of Marshall McLuhan’s house – so The Mechanical Bride, a piece of genius. <br />===<br /><br />me wants one.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.com