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Barack Obama guest-stars in Spider-Man issue #389
Tomorrow (Jan. 14), for the low price of $3.99, you can watch President-elect Barack Obama get inaugurated, be pursued by an evil doppleganger and exchange his signature fist-bump with Spider-Man. No, this isn't reality television; it's Marvel Comics Issue #389, featuring a storyline and cover dedicated to the future president.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsBarack Obama inauguration events to air on HBO for free
HBO already has a stake in Barack Obama as a cultural icon, and it seems the network’s faith in his enduring popularity has few limits. The network has snagged rights to air an inauguration special touted as a top-shelf event with musical performers and special appearances—and has agreed to make it available for free to any viewer with a cable or satellite subscription.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBrian Eno sounds off on Israeli offensive in Gaza
Well, it's certainly made the rounds. Brian Eno, the man of a thousand influential production credits, has some thoughts on the latest cycle of tragedies in the Mideast.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPaste launches Obamicon.me
The longest election season in memory is now over... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBeastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, Santogold - Richmond Coliseum - Richmond, VA - 10/28/08
[Above: Beastie Boys]Photos taken at Richmond Coliseum by PJ Sykes... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsNeil Young has some advice for Detroit's Big Three
One imagines Neil Young growing restless on his tour with Wilco and Death Cab for Cutie, only too conscious of the greenhouse gas his cross-country jaunt generates. Yet with bailout bonanza fever raging in the heart of Capitol Hill and Detroit's biggest automakers seeming more like Oliver Twist than Arthur Jensen, what's the second greatest living songwriter to do?... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsHBO nabs Ed Norton-produced Barack Obama doc
With a sensational ending now in tow, Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films has sold television rights for its unfinished Obama documentary to HBO for “low seven figures,” according to Variety.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMavis Staples reflects on Hope, Barack Obama's election
It's not like it was really a question who Mavis Staples was pulling for in the election. And once it actually happened, releasing the former Staple Singers' Live: Hope at the Hideout the day of seemed liked it had been an awfully well-conceived idea.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsATL students rap like T.I.: "You can vote however you like"
Hip-hop and presidential politics: two great tastes that taste great together. Sure, we already know that most rappers are firmly in the tank for Obama, but in the weird pop-cultural bouillon that has been the election season it was only a matter of time before they flipped the keys, as the canny Nasir Jones put it. The students of Atlanta's Ron Clark Academy have done just that with a little song-and-dance number about the 2008 election that's already spreading like wildfire across the grassy plains of the interwebs.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsPatton Oswalt lusts for John McCain book, blogs election
Patton Oswalt is known for his comedy, not his politics. But on his website last week, the Comedians of Comedy founder noticed, perhaps presciently (and with a surprisingly small amount of tongue in his cheek), the subject of America's next great political novel: John McCain.... read more
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