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Michelle Obama action figures

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By The Uncool Hunter in New Products on Wednesday 28 October 2009

Next month, the company, Jailbreak Toys, will launch the action figure of the First Lady — Michelle Obama, The peculiarity is that her arms will be revealed. The 6″ tall action figure will be sold for $12.99 and will be the counterpart of to Barack Obama’s action figure and their daughters’, Sasha and Malia.

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Daft Punk stop motion animation featuring Dalek

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By Zolton in Video on Wednesday 8 July 2009

This brilliant mixed-media stop motion music video was made to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, features the work of toy artists Dalek, Bill McMullen and Kubrick, and takes Adam Freeland’s remix of Daft Punk’s Aerodynamic to another level altogether.

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The Electric Illuminati

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By Ron English in New Music on Monday 6 July 2009

Super catchy old-school pop songs delivered by the enigmatic raspy-voiced Jack Medicine keep The Electric Illuminati on regular rotation here at the English household. Subjects for songs range from a messianic Barack Obama, to MC Supersized (the 500 pound Ronald McDonald), to a sequel to the Beatles song, Fool on the Hill. Jack sings the [...]

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Shepard Fairey posts for Lost At E Minor

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By Zolton in New Trends on Wednesday 13 May 2009

We featured a series of guest contributions from iconic street artist Shepard Fairey recently where he wrote about the work of some of his favorite artists, photographers, bands and DJs (Z-Trip, anyone?). Fairey’s iconic image of Barack Obama was featured on the cover of Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year issue, but even before that he was well known as the creator of the ubiquitous Andre The Giant sticker. His posts on Lost At E Minor covered everyone from Judith Supine, to Al Farrow, the Last Shadow Puppets and Blu.

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Amateur portraits of Barack Obama

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By Gerry Mak in New Trends on Friday 30 January 2009

It’s been a while since we’ve had a global leader who also happens to be a folk hero. The amateur portraits of our new Commander-in-Chief posted at the <a href=” http://referencelibrary.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama.html”>Reference Library</a> reflect the reverence so many have for him.

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Shepard Fairey’s guest edited issue of LAEM

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By Zolton in Cool Websites on Tuesday 20 January 2009

Tomorrow we’ll be sending out a special Shepard Fairey Guest Compiled issue of our free weekly email publication to our email subscribers, featuring the work of his favorite artists, photographers and music. Fairey’s iconic image of Barack Obama was recently the cover of Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year issue, but he was well known [...]

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Shepard Fairey guest writer for Lost At E Minor

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By Zolton in New Art on Wednesday 14 January 2009

Next Tuesday we’ll be sending out a special Shepard Fairey Guest Compiled issue of our free weekly email publication, featuring the work of his favorite street artists, photographers and bands. Fairey’s iconic image of Barack Obama was recently the cover of Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year issue, but even before that he was well known as the creator of the ubiquitous Andre The Giant sticker. We’re honored to have him write exclusively for us about his favorite artists and talk about the artwork that excited him most in 2008. You can sign up to receive this Guest Compiled issue simply by subscribing to the free weekly Lost At E Minor email publication.

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Shepard Fairey to be a guest editor of Lost At E Minor

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By Zolton in New Art on Saturday 3 January 2009

Fresh from having his iconic image of Barack Obama splashed across the cover of Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year issue, Shepard Fairey — also the creator of the ubiquitous Andre The Giant sticker — has been confirmed as a guest editor of an issue of the free weekly Lost At E Minor publication, to [...]

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Barack sweats it out on Election Night

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By Zolton in New Trends on Saturday 8 November 2008

While the rest of the world spent election night biting fingernails whilst glued to the TV set, it’s kinda nice to know that President Elect, Barack Obama, was doing exactly the same thing, as these wonderfully low-key insider snaps from David Katz reveals.

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Baracktoberfest

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By Alison Zavos in Cool Travel on Friday 17 October 2008

Back in the day I misspent my youth listening to Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Archers of Loaf, and Pavement, which is why it’s kind of awesome (abeit nostalgic) that my friend started a indie tribute band called The Monument Club. They are playing along with others at Baracktoberfest in Carrboro, North Carolina on Sunday. And it’s [...]

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