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DESCRIPTION:	Other Cinema impresario and cult film curator Craig Baldwin emerges from 
 his subterranean lair and film archives to serve up a medley of retro 
 "corporate identity" loops and industrial propaganda excerpts and shorts 
 from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s -- complete with stentorian voice-overs, 
 howlingly earnest dialogue delivered by characters firmly bound in their 
 gender roles, and more rayon than you shake a martini stirrer at -- in an 
 atmosphere best described as "guerilla theater."\n\n	Among the jaw-droppers 
 are Delco's "That's the Way It Is", General Motor's "Our American 
 Crossroads", IBM's early computer testimonial "Piercing the Unknown", and 
 Oscar Meyer's "Because We Care" — plus a special treat from Rick 
 Prelinger's unique collection of cinema ephemera.\nThe overt corporate 
 proselytizing and homogeneity can seem startlingly surreal and 
 unintentionally funny today, but these were the precursors of the modern 
 infomercial, and served much the same purpose.\n\n	So come on down to the 
 ATA on May 13 to see the fossilized remains of The Future That Never Was, 
 and the original inspiration for all of those wicked parodies of decidedly 
 dis-informative "educational" films on 'The Simpsons' (featuring failed 
 B-movie actor and booming-voiced host Troy McClure).\n\n	DJ Mindwrecker, 
 host of his own show on SF cable TV's public access Channel 29, will be 
 spinning tunes and projecting images at various intervals throughout the 
 show, and adult beverages and tasty treats will be available from a 
 CounterCorp-hosted bar. \n\nAdult beverages and tasty treats from a 
 CounterCorp-hosted bar. Tickets $5-10, available online at 
 http://virtuous.com/events/countercorp/, and at the door one hour before 
 show.  Proceeds benefit the 2006 CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival 
 in October. For more information about this event or the festival itself, 
 visit http://www.countercorp.org. Hope to see you there!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/04/95913.php
SUMMARY:CounterCorp Film Festival multi-media benefit event: "Public Image Ltd."
LOCATION:Artists' Television Access (ATA)  992 Valencia Street (@ 21st)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/04/95913.php
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