Comments on: Like Taking the Pianist and Double Bass out of a Jazz Trio Because the Drummer Is Famous http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: 0101 http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-29192 0101 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:01:28 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-29192 i’ll take a spain throwup over a fairey wheatpaste anyday

]]> By: T.C. http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28566 T.C. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:58:00 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28566 Graffiti costs the City $3.7 Million a year. That could help a lot of people. In my book that makes taggers some self centered, selfish assholes.

]]> By: T.C. http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28565 T.C. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:46:03 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28565 Anybody, and by anybody I mean ANYBODY, can throw up bubble letters, a tag or a US Postal label. Shepard Fairey does work that is at least interesting to look at. While technically it might not be graffiti it is definitely a form of art. Hack or not he is well known world wide and as far as street artists go he’s probably second to Banksy in notoriety. SPDi?? Never heard of him or her.

]]> By: olu http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28564 olu Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:24:08 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28564 Fairey steals way too much from other artists without acknowledgment (i know, redundant) and because most of the viewing public hasn’t seen the originals he gets too much credit. And he doesn’t manually recreate or improve the art he steals, he just uses a machine to scan what he wants to take and then ads a flourish. If it was a term paper he’d be expelled.

It’s not even clear if he can draw.

]]> By: Rajer http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28563 Rajer Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:48:00 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28563 I still fail to see how pop culture references make Fairey “one of the most meaningful artists working today.” He appropriates his work from other artists without permission, but when someone parodies his work he threatens to sue. He tries to be a street artist while actively working with corporations for ad campaigns. That is a lot of hypocrisy that is inaccurately dismissed as irony.

His work is at least visually pleasing, as I would expect from anyone who graduates from RISD, but it is quite boring and generic. It is also nothing novel at all.

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28562 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:57:37 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28562 Well, leaving aside the fact that most of his work is NOT centered around pop-culture phenomena…

Yes. Pop Culture is still culture. In fact, you know what would be great, if there were already some sort of term for Art that is centered on Pop culture. Huh. Man, what a world that would be.

Oh. Wait.

]]> By: AttF http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28561 AttF Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:54:19 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28561 one thing I’ll never get about Philly as a city is that they constantly cater to the whole syndrome of being a stepchild of other major cities without acknowledging their own local talent. I’m sure someone from 1026 could have done something more interesting, more in tune with Philly and a lot cheaper than commissioning someone like Fairey slap up some more of his “brand” which is just an updated version of shit he was giving away for free 10+ years ago.

]]> By: Rajer http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28560 Rajer Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:37:25 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28560 Fairey? Meaningful? Pop culture references sure are timeless and meaningful huh?

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28559 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:31:44 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28559 Interesting.

However, here, on a planet we like to call Earth; Fairey is one of the most meaningful artists working today.

]]> By: Rajer http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28558 Rajer Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:02:10 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28558 While Fairey is not really a “hack”, he isn’t technically a graffiti artist. He was commissioned by the City of Philadelphia to make 3 murals, one of which was recently defaced and then cleaned by that lady in the picture. He got permission from the city to glue a bunch of posters he printed at home on the wall of a cafe. And while it is not specifically addressed in the graf hierarchy(throw ups over tags, pieces over throw ups), it’s fair game to paint a throw up over a wheatpaste, cause that shit ain’t graffiti.

Also he is famous for taking notable pictures, stylizing them with different colors, printing them out at home, and gluing them to walls. He is paid to produce low quality art “to order”, often with a short deadline. So by definition, he is indeed a hack.

]]> By: jjjjj http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28557 jjjjj Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:53:13 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28557 THEY LIVE

]]> By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28556 Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:42:09 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28556 Sez you.

]]> By: el jeffe http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28555 el jeffe Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:32:28 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28555 Thank you Brillo – you nailed it.

]]> By: whir http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28554 whir Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:18:58 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28554 Fairey is a hack whose most important work has been in the area of merchandising.

]]> By: Sweet T http://www.missionmission.org/2011/02/24/like-taking-the-pianist-and-double-bass-out-of-a-jazz-trio-because-the-drummer-is-famous/#comment-28553 Sweet T Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:08:50 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=22974#comment-28553 I would just tell the kid that Max Roach is dead.

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