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Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:49:32 +0000

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Jello Biafra and Shepard Fairey Spoof Obama 'Hope' Image

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Any album with a title that openly mocks President Obama needs a cover that's equally subversive, and Jello Biafra 's artwork for 'The Audacity of Hype' certainly delivers. The former Dead Kennedys frontman opted for a version of Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" picture and replace Obama's image with a demonic version of himself, fangs and horns included . Rather than just get an artist to spoof the picture like so many others have done, Biafra went to Fairey himself. "We've known each other for years, at least by phone and being fans of each other's work. He'd done another album cover for me after the Seattle protests," Biafra tells Spinner, referring to a show he did with the No WTO Combo with Nirvana 's Krist Novoselic and Soundgarden 's Kim Thayil. "I'd seen a variation of Shepard's hand about to strangle the Earth on the cover of one of Seattle's weekly magazines and thought 'This is perfect.' The in-house Art Director of [Biafra's record ...

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Sir Paul McCartney Gets US Library of Congress Honour

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:58:00 +0000

Filed under: News Sir Paul McCartney 's trophy cabinet is no doubt rather cluttered. But the former Beatle will have to make a little more room. He's about to become only the third musician to be awarded the Gershwin Prize For Popular Music. The prize is awarded by the US Library of Congress. The two previous recipients are Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon . Simon was given his prize by US President Barack Obama in February of this year. Speaking about the forthcoming award, Librarian Of Congress' James H Billington said Sir Paul's lasting effect on popular music was what had made hims stand out, the New York Times said .

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