Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive Look at the Stuff We Take for Granted, from the Everyday to the ObscurePaul Lukas is a master of the things we take for granted. He wanders the aisles of supermarkets, hardware stores, and secondhand shops, taking obsessively detailed notice of products and services that are either too obscure or weird for us to notice, or so ubiquitous that we've stopped seeing them at all. He reviews them all in his acclaimed 'zine, Beer Frame: The Journal of Inconspicuous Consumption. In Inconspicuous Consumption you'll find the very best of these hilarious reviews - 100 products and services that add up to an irresistible read. From kitschy novelties and wildly unappetizing food products to beautifully functional items, Inconspicuous Consumption is a delightful celebration of the sometimes elegant, sometimes ridiculous, and always unsung fringes of our late-twentieth-century consumer culture. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Foreword by Steve Albini | 11 |
What Is Inconspicuous Consumption? | 13 |
Copyright | |
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