Rise And The Fall Fanzine Interview/Cover
I met Craig from THE RISE AND THE FALL at an Ian MacKaye spoken word gig. Craig used to work in the art department for SST Records, and now does the awesome zine THE RISE AND THE FALL(of the harbor area). I grew up in the 80’s with skate and punk zines that were xeroxed and stapled and it is great to see that culture and spirit carried on. Craig asked me if I’d do an interview and cover for THE RISE AND THE FALL and I was really happy to be able to be part of a zine that embodies the DIY energy that inspired me. Read the interview here, but support DIY culture and buy the zine, it is only 3 bucks.
-Shepard
ISSUE THIRTEEN / May – August 2009 – featuring Shepard Fairey
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www.myspace.com/riseandfall
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Lead by Example ADOPT-A-PET.COM
“These animals urgently need us to take the lead and speak out on their behalf, now more than ever!”
-Shepard Fairey
Release of special edition Shepard Fairey ADOPT print, originally created to commemorate what was hoped to be the first presidential shelter adoption in history, is now being released with the words, “LEAD BY EXAMPLE.” The directive is a ‘call to action’ to raise awareness for the plight of shelter animals nationwide.
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REST IN PEACE SHAWN MORTENSEN
INTERVIEW Mag posted another great piece on Shawn. Check it out.
http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/culture/2009-04-23/mortensen-has-left-the-building/
More deserving than just a short blog post we are saddened today to share the news that our friend Shawn Mortensen has passed away. Shepard was/is a great admirer of his work and having collaborated with Shawn in 2004 for a Tupac Print, Shepard looked forward to working with Shawn in the future. Needless to say he will be missed dearly and our hearts go out to his friends and family. Below are some photos of Shepard, Amanda, and Shawn a couple of weeks ago… courtesy of Supertouch which has posted a great remembrance piece on Shawn.
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UPDATE: SHEPARD AT COACHELLA, THIS SUNDAY!!!
Hey people going to Coachella… are you interested in good music, how abou cool t-shirts? I’m DJing Sunday at 2:15 and I’ll be tossing out a few limited DJ Diabetic tees of the graphic below to attendees. Try to check out my set. See you in the desert.
-Shepard
SAHARA TENT - 2:15pm – 3:15pm
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UPDATE: Shepard Fairey vs The AP
My lawyers filed my response to The AP’s claims against me on Tuesday (CLICK HERE FOR SHEPARD’S RESPONSE). It includes a dozen examples of AP photographs that consist almost entirely of copyrighted artwork from me and other artists. Today, The AP issued a statement accusing me of “making attacks” on them. I don’t feel the need to respond to that in detail, because my lawyer already has (CLICK HERE FOR LAWYER’S RESPONSE).
As I have stated before I am fighting the AP to protect the rights of all artists but I do want to emphasize one other important point. I’m not accusing the AP of infringing anybody’s rights. I’m saying everyone should have the same broad rights of fair use and free expression, and that includes The AP. I’m not questioning The AP’s legal right to do what it does. But I am saying they have to be consistent. They can’t have it both ways. If AP photographs that do nothing but depict other artists’ work are protected by fair use, then my work has to be, too, because it’s at least as transformative, creative and expressive as The AP photos we identify in my response, if not much more so. If the AP has the right to do what it’s done, then so do I.
- Shepard
CLICK HERE FOR SHEPARD’S ORIGINAL RESPONSE TO THE SUIT
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SHEPARD AT COACHELLA, THIS SUNDAY!!!
For those headed to the desert this weekend, the set times for all the bands have been released on the Coachella website. And we just wanted to be the first to let you know what time DJ Diabetic hits the stage. Be sure to be there on time cause you don’t want to miss this dj’s big stage debut!
SAHARA TENT - 2:15pm – 3:15pm
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