Comments on: Her Majesty’s Disco Stick http://stilgherrian.com/politics/her-majesty%e2%80%99s-disco-stick/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:02:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian · Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch unveiled http://stilgherrian.com/politics/her-majesty%e2%80%99s-disco-stick/#comment-6063 Stilgherrian · Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch unveiled Tue, 01 May 2007 06:37:13 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=25#comment-6063 [...] my comments on the Torch of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which was later revealed to be little more than an elaborate USB data key, I supposed I should say [...] [...] my comments on the Torch of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which was later revealed to be little more than an elaborate USB data key, I supposed I should say [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/her-majesty%e2%80%99s-disco-stick/#comment-182 Stilgherrian Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:33:01 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=25#comment-182 I'll close comments on this post because it's only attracting spam. Why this one specifically, I don't know! I’ll close comments on this post because it’s only attracting spam. Why this one specifically, I don’t know!

]]> By: Richard http://stilgherrian.com/politics/her-majesty%e2%80%99s-disco-stick/#comment-18 Richard Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:12:44 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=25#comment-18 Judging by the profile image, it looks like the baton designers have embraced the contemporary toothbrush and disposable razor design aesthetic. In plan view it looks like a cobra poised to strike. There's another obvious, if crass, reference point: 'Ribbed for Her Majesty's Pleasure'? Then again, I think Manchester's Jubilee Baton looks like a hand-held metal detector in that pic. (Not a bad idea for Manchester.) 'A wolf, a raven, and an "eagle with a frog in its mouth"'? WTF did they hire to design it, the Sioux Nation? Judging by the profile image, it looks like the baton designers have embraced the contemporary toothbrush and disposable razor design aesthetic.

In plan view it looks like a cobra poised to strike.

There’s another obvious, if crass, reference point: ‘Ribbed for Her Majesty’s Pleasure’?

Then again, I think Manchester’s Jubilee Baton looks like a hand-held metal detector in that pic. (Not a bad idea for Manchester.) ‘A wolf, a raven, and an “eagle with a frog in its mouth”‘? WTF did they hire to design it, the Sioux Nation?

]]> By: Keegan http://stilgherrian.com/politics/her-majesty%e2%80%99s-disco-stick/#comment-17 Keegan Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:11:27 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/wp/?p=25#comment-17 There's just something disturbingly Oedipal about that picture. There’s just something disturbingly Oedipal about that picture.

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