The Manifesto

Bring us your weird, your extreme, your niche, your marginal, your utterly twisted, and we will show you a world of wonder.

Here, from A-Z, is the rest of our manifesto…

A: We believe that we are living in the Age of the Thing.; We believe that there is an Artist inside all of us. But usually a bad one. And that’s okay.
B: We believe that we should judge Books by their covers. And, speaking of books, that they are fun to read.; We believe that Beauty is on the outside — if you don’t believe us just peel off your skin.; We believe that the difference between Better and Bitter is just a letter.; We believe that if we Blink we might miss it.
C: We believe that Content is not king. Never was.; We believe that Celebrity is the disease of the 21st century, and that, at the time of writing, there is no known cure.; We believe your Car is your suit.; We believe when it comes to Camp we should pitch a tent.; We believe the Children are the future.
D: We believe in the Desiderata. Be gentle with yourself.; Duh. It’s all connected. All we have to do is join the Dots.
E: We believe that things on the Edges inevitably drift toward the centre.; We believe that Everyone should have their own network.; We believe in calm assertive Energy. Even if we don’t practice it.
F: We believe in Fauxvism – the end of authenticity as we knew it. or thought we did.; We believe that Focus is overrated.; We believe that in a world of Five hundred channels, why not Five billion?
G: We believe you can see the world in a Grain of sand and hold eternity in the palm of your hand (thank-you William Blake); We believe the Glass is neither half empty nor half full, but simply confused.; We believe Glamour is where you are not.; We believe in no fixed Gender.
H: We believe that History belongs to those who write it.; We believe Hypocrisy makes things less fun.; We believe we live inside our Heads.; We believe that if you have a Hump on your back you should throw glitter on it. (Thank you, James St. James)
I: We believe that I is the new prefix… iPod, therefore iAm.; We believe that the Idiot box is really no such thing. iDiot!; We believe that Imagination is second only to good looks.
J: We believe that a Jack of all trades trumps a King.
K: We believe that we all Know more than we think we do.; We believe that most Kings are Queens anyway.
L: We believe that highbrow and Lowbrow have given way to no brow.; The Less you know the smarter you are, since everything we were brought up to believe is wrong.
M: We believe that Maximalism has more to offer than minimalism.; We believe that we all belong to a Minority of 1.; We believe that Modern life is rubbish.; We believe the Missionary position is best left to missionaries.
N: We believe it’s easy to say No. But better to say Yes.; We do not believe in the New York Times.; We believe that we are all born Naked and the rest is drag. (Thank you, Ru.); We believe in New sense from Nonsense, and old sense is a Nuisance.
O: We believe Oprah will inherit the Earth.; We believe that no One thing is too out there to be in here.; And when it comes to being Out, we are all Outcasts.
P: We believe that Pornography is a vital civilizing force.; We believe Play is the new Work.; We believe in Pronoia, that the universe is working for you rather than against you.; We believe that Politics is Passe.; We believe that some words sound better than others. Like Pamplemousse.
Q: We believe in Queens. Hello.
R: We believe Reality is overrated. We don’t need to see that. But we love to watch.
S: We believe that the Superficial is often profound.; We believe that Soup cans can be art.; We believe you should talk to Strangers. But not get in their cars. Necessarily.; We believe that everyone is the Star of their own musical. But no one maybe watching.; We believe this is the Screen Age. Watch what happens.; We believe a Short attention span is more than made up for by a broad attention range. (Thank you, Doug Rushkoff.); We believe in the Sixteenth minute can be better than the fifteen minutes before it.
T: We believe in Totalteletransformation. Beam us up!; We believe that we turn on Television to be turned on.; We believe that there is nothing more natural than Technology.; We believe in Trisexuality. Try anything once. Or twice. Or as many times as you like.
U: We believe that today’s Underground is tomorrow’s mainstream.; We believe that every one of us is a Unique brand.; We believe that Ugly is the new beautiful.
V: We believe Vegas is the pinnacle of modern architecture.; We believe Video did not kill the radio star, but only hurt her feelings.
W: We believe the Wrapping’s the thing.; We believe it really is a World of Wonder.
XYZ: We believe that the answer to ‘Y brand X?’ is ZZZ!