I can’t stop researching this Ourspace book online. I can tell already that 1) I will find it infuriating and 2) I am therefore intrigued.

It may be unfair to judge a book by its press release but the mere fact that the author signed off on PR that characterizes Myspace as a DIY medium “co-opted” by corporate interests is really suspicious. Or are divisions of adware corporations managed by skeezy LA clubhoppers now considered to be a potent space for cultural and political critique?

I’m curious but suspicious. The book claims to present a criticism of Adbusters-style “culture-jamming” (a particularly egregious example of ineffectual lefty hucksterism,) but the criticism appears to be defanged. Granted, I need to give this book a good hard read before I make any kind of informed criticism of it but there are plenty of suspicious warning signs in all the promotional material.