Million Mustache March!

From Tim Jackson:

It’s the Million Mustache March in support of the Stache Act – a simple request for a tax deduction stimulus for the cost of maintaining facial hair. Sounds reasonable…


Join the Movement to Seek Tax Equity for People of Facial Hair

From AmericanMustacheInstitute.org website:

On President”s Day 2012, The American Mustache Institute introduced the Million Mustache March in support of the Stimulus To Allow Critical Hair Expenses, or the STACHE Act. If adopted by Congress, the STACHE Act would provide up to a $250.00 annual tax refund for Mustached Americans. Americans can participate by:

  • Visiting StacheAct.com where you can add a past presidential mustache to a Facebook photo;
  • Or, by joining the American Mustache Institute in Washington, D.C., on April 1 for a physical march of one million Mustached Americans from the U.S. Capitol to the White House.
  • For every Million Mustache March participant, America”s leading tax authority – H&R Block – will make contributions to Millions From One “” which delivers clean drinking water to those who cannot obtain it themselves.

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    Occupy Détournement

    Occupy pop culture: A lesson in détournement
    by Natasha Lennard
    Salon.com
    March 8, 2012

    Borrowing from the French, occupiers turn figures from the cultural mainstream into symbols of dissent


    Credit: nycgeneralstrike

    TV-show writers, pop culture purveyors and peddlers of general stuff-we-don”t-need didn”t take long to latch onto the Occupy brand. The language of the 99 percent is popping up in sitcoms and terrible pop songs; the word “Occupy” now adorns a neon green Swatch. It”s probably beside the point to mention that revolutionaries in Egypt and Greece are fighting on without the help of branded watches; this is America, after all “” what did you expect?

    But Occupy supporters are taking from pop culture too. Not in the obvious sense of message amplification and popularization, but by helping themselves to items from the cultural mainstream and flipping them on their heads for propaganda purposes. To see what I mean, check out this video attributed to “nycgeneralstrike”:

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    Unsanctioned Art’s Guilty Pleasures

    Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty: Five Other Art-Related Crimes
    by Dale W. Eisinger
    International Business Times
    February 27, 2012

    When we reported Shepard Fairey pleaded guilty to charges of contempt in Manhattan federal court Friday, it closed the book on an admittedly strange battle that Fairey initiated, and then tried to cover up — the 42-year-old artist ended up forging documents in an attempt to steer clear of legal problems altogether. Now he faces jail time and fines.

    A lively discussion is still bubbling around whether or not his use of an AP-licensed photo of President Barack Obama was “fair use”” or not, but the fact is: dude’s in deep do-do. However, I find it kind of admirable he’d go to such a great lengths to conceal and deceive and commit crime for his art. With that in mind, here are a few risk-laden art endeavors, some of which went off better than others.

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    Brisbane’s Bitter Bench Battle

    ‘Bitter bench’ which tilts forward when used part of unknown artists’ group protest against Brisbane City Council’s response to homelessness
    by Robyn Ironside
    The Courier-Mail
    February 3, 2012

    PUBLIC transport users are literally being thrown off their seats in bus shelters as part of a bizarre protest against the Brisbane City Council’s apparent response to homelessness.

    An “unofficial” public artwork in William St, the city, features a bench that tilts forward when used – tipping people off.

    A spokesman for the artists’ group, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the so-called “bitter bench” was installed without council permission on the site of a recently removed bus shelter popular among Brisbane’s homeless. Continue reading “Brisbane’s Bitter Bench Battle”