Sep 24th, 2008 · The cover art for Kira Lynn Cain's debut, The Ideal Hunter, depicts the San Francisco-based chanteuse bearing an uncanny resemblance to 1940s actress Veronica Lake. That, along with the dark background and bright red block lettering of the album's name, makes the artwork seem more like a film noir poster than a CD sleeve. The design choices make sense after listening to The Ideal Hunter, which begins with the haunting song "White as a Dove." The track features eerie cello strokes layered with piano and an occasional, ominous drum beat lurking beneath Cain's breathy vocals.
Keywords: CD · San Francisco · actress · songs · album · cello · 1940 · Lynn · eeriness · artwork · Caine · noir
Jul 19th, 2008 · London recently held its annual gay pride festival. A tour operator who promotes gay-friendly tourism to several U.S. cities bought some ad space for posters that said, "South Carolina is so gay." South Carolina caught wind of the ad campaign and was not happy.
Keywords: operative · London · Gay · campaign · Ad · cities · UK · Festival · Carolina · tourism · posters · Space
Jul 1st, 2008 · Listen to the new album from the rock group, Derby and you'd swear they hail from Britain. The Portland, Ore.-based band draws heavily on BritPop and classic sounds of past British invasions on their latest CD — their second — Posters Fade. The influence of bands like The Beatles is impossible to miss, but the group leans more towards homage than imitation. The album stands as a catalog of Brit Rock stylings from the last forty years, all filtered through an American band looking back in awe.
Keywords: Americans · invasion · British · Britain · CD · album · catalog · imitators · The Beatles · Derby · posters · Britpop
Jun 30th, 2008 · Artists who back Democrat Barack Obama depict the presidential candidate as a visionary, putting his face at the center of the campaign. Steve Seidman, chairman of the strategic communication department at Ithaca College, looks at the role of iconography in politics.
Keywords: politics · presidential · artists · chairman · candidate · campaign · God · Ithaca College · superheroes · Obama · posters · Visionary
Jun 10th, 2008 · A legal battle is brewing over who owns the rights to the inspirational story. The tale of walking on the beach with Jesus shows up on posters, coffee mugs and candles, but it's unclear who owns the copyright.
Keywords: legal · Copyright · inspiration · Jesus · Unclear · Footprints · coffee · posters
Jun 8th, 2008 · While the feelings inspired by a particular campaign may fade, the buttons, posters, T-shirts, and stickers live on. Many of these items are part of a collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Guest Host Audie Cornish speaks with the collection's two curators, Larry Bird and Harry Rubenstein.
Keywords: politics · Washington · D.C · campaign · Curator · evolution · Smithsonian Institution · posters · memorabilia · Sticker · Larry Bird · Host Audie Cornish
Jun 5th, 2008 · Alton Kelly, whose posters and handbills helped define the look of 1960s San Francisco, has died at 67. Kelly and his lifelong collaborator, Stanley "Mouse" Miller, came up with the idea for the skeleton and roses motif that became the Grateful Dead's logo.
Keywords: artists · Skeleton · collaboration · Grateful Dead · logo · posters · Kelly · Alton · Motifs · Alton Kelly · handbills · 1960 San Francisco
May 19th, 2008 · Using a decoy, posters, cameras and an undercover "grope patrol," Boston officials plan to stop men who use public transit to rub women the wrong way. The campaign has led to a record number of subway sex-offender arrests over the past month.
Keywords: Sex · public · Cameras · transit · campaign · undercover · Boston · subway · posters
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