The new issue of Rolling Stone features a cover piece on John Mayer who, when not telling the magazine about how he’s on an epic search for the “Joshua Tree of vaginas” to make his life complete, and complaining about how “blowing me off is the new sucking me off,” dispensed advice to Tiger Woods: “If Tiger Woods only knew when to jerk off. It has a true market value, like gold bullion. I am the new generation of masturbator. I’ve seen it all. Before I make coffee, I’ve seen more butt holes than a proctologist does in a week… I have masturbated myself out of serious problems in my life. The phone doesn’t pick up because I’m masturbating.” |Daily Beast|
The Decapitator has arrived in New York where he’s beheading poster posers left and right. Daft Punk’s helmeted heads offered no protection against the ad-attacking artist, who went on to mutilate Shakira. After beheading the pop singer in the street, the London-based artist cut her up on magazine rack, stocking the Union Square Barnes & Noble with a “limited edition Decapitated® Rolling Stone Magazine” yesterday.
Images via The Decapitator
For the Fall issue of Purple magazine, Sean Lennon appears in a recreation of his parents’ famous 1981 Rolling Stone cover, their last photo together by financially troubled photographer Annie Leibovitz. The new snap by Terry Richardson features Sean in his mother’s place while nude model Kemp Muhl fills in for his dead father. See the semi-NSFW homage below. Read more »
Shepard Fairey continues ignoring historically obvious interpretations of encircling Obama’s head in a halo of stars and stripes, saying, “Whether media like the New York Daily News are looking to fan conservative flames with ‘liberals think Obama is the messiah’ talking points, or just saying things like that to create juicy headlines, it should be obvious that this image is not about anything divine, but about dealing with the real world job at hand.” |Obey|
Shepard Fairey Deifies Barack Obama
After all the fanfare he received for creating one of the most iconic and potentially stolen images for Barack Obama’s historic campaign, street artist Shepard Fairey continues to show adulation for the president with this new illustration. It was commissioned by Rolling Stone and appears to depict Obama with a halo around his head, an interpretation the artist denies, telling the Daily News that it’s the presidential seal, not a subtle act of veneration. |NYDN|
Rolling Stone is abandoning its signature oversized format with a more standard one and now the magazine will “look like everyone else” according to the Associated Press. This will be third change in size for the publication since it was first launched in 1967. Barack Obama will appear on the cover of the newly changed magazine’s October 30th issue, while poor John McCain’s cartoon image was the last to grace the more traditional, costlier format. Media bias! The magazine is hoping that it can get better placement on newsstands since it will no longer be relegated to the floor and is betting that the new size will be more accommodating for annoying ad units like “scent strips and tear-out postcards.” To offset the smaller size, the magazine will also be padded with more pages and stories can now get what they desperately need to increase relevancy for today’s readers: more photos! |AP|






























