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Shepard Fairey

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Associated Press Sues Nordstrom and Zumiez for Shepard Fairey Obama "Hope" T-Shirts

    ​Back when Barack Obama was still a progressive and Shepard Fairey was still an underground artist, an Associated Press head shot got a graphic revamp and an icon was born. Since then, Obama's become a moderate, Shepard Fairey's become a sell-out, and the AP has sued everyone within earshot of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Alex Calderwood, Nation's Hippest Hotelier, Insists He's "Not Trying to Be Hip"

    ​The rooms at the Ace Hotel in Belltown are adorned with artwork by famed street artist Shepard Fairey. The clientele there, just like in the hotel's Manhattan, Portland, and Palm Springs offshoots where rooms often come with guitars, turntables and rotary-dial telephones as well, are typicall ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 21, 2010

    The Fussy Eye: Screaming Street Art

    Why is this woman so angry?

  • Film

    April 21, 2010
  • Arts

    January 27, 2010

    Visual Arts: YouTube Diffusion

    Traveling to Iceland to study light. And Björk.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    It's Sadly Official: The War Room is Closing

    ​To any readers or previous employers who have followed the my career in the local music industry, it's no secret that I'm no fan of the Capitol Hill club scene. I spend a great deal of time at Neumos and the Comet, but generally speaking, I feel that the most vital punk, hip-hop, alt-country ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    War Room 4 Year Anniversary Party Tonight

    One of the first places I ever hung out at after moving to Seattle was the War Room. I can remember like it was yesterday (hell, it practically was) walking into War Room on my first Saturday night in town and saying to myself, "damnnnn there's a lot of Asian people here!" I didn't know what Yo Son ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 22, 2009

    I Saw This: Sticker Stuck

    Gretchen Bennett at The Helm in Tacoma.

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    What Is Up With Our Need to Make Obama Food?

    Today, I spied not one but two Obama food portraits in the blogs I follow. Over at the Village Voice, Robert Sietsema discovered a loaf of bread with Obama's face on it:

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    2009 Coachella Lineup Announced

    Sir Paul McCartney wants YOU to buy a ticket to Coachella Coachella music festival has announced it's full lineup this morning and I can imagine the internets are going to be on fire because of it. Tickets went on sale an hour ago, so if you head to their website, which is linked above, you can pur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Is the Honeymoon Over Already? Abraham Obama Defaced

    While Barack Obama's approval rating sits at a toasty 69%, Abraham Obama is encountering some hostility. The Ron English poster that took so long to find a home didn't take long to find haters, as a couple of prominent slashes will attest. "It's to be expected," says Damion Hayes, director of BLVD G ... More >>

  • Film

    April 2, 2008

    Bomb It: Waging a Jihad With Spray-Paint

    While Barack Obama's approval rating sits at a toasty 69%, Abraham Obama is encountering some hostility. The Ron English poster that took so long to find a home didn't take long to find haters, as a couple of prominent slashes will attest. "It's to be expected," says Damion Hayes, director of BLVD G ... More >>

  • Music

    May 23, 2007

    Rockin' the Foam Plugs, Another Year at War, and a New Strummer

    Dinosaur Jr. ripped their way through an hour-plus set, sending plenty of people running back into the showroom for encore "Freak Scene."

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2007

    The Weekend Preview

    Dinosaur Jr. ripped their way through an hour-plus set, sending plenty of people running back into the showroom for encore "Freak Scene."

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Art Chantry Ear Stems

    Dinosaur Jr. ripped their way through an hour-plus set, sending plenty of people running back into the showroom for encore "Freak Scene."

  • Arts

    December 28, 2005

    Hats Off

    A tribute to Seattle artists and institutions lost and found in 2005.

  • Diversions

    August 3, 2005

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