Slog - Comments on Busy Banksy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy Banksy, the practical joker from the U.K. who got his start as a graffiti artist (see here and here—the latter is on the Palestinian side of the West Bank barrier wall) and went on to kill telephone boxes and hang his own work in the Tate and the Met, has turned his sights on Paris Hilton. He's smuggled hundreds of doctored copies of her new CD into stores—allegedly with the help of Gnarls Barkley—with tracks like "Why Am I Famous?" (Which seems as good a question for an art star as an heiress.) You can buy a burnt copy on... Copyright 2007 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:35:09 -0800 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:10:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gabriel Another article on this story mentions that Danger Mouse might have collaborated on this. The doctored CDs say something to the effect "Thanks to so-and-so for introducing me to Banksy and Mr. DM." Just speculation, though.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy#c456689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy#c456689 Arts Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:08:02 -0800 Comment by Matt Corwine Just got a press release confirming that Banksy and Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Grey Album etc.) collaborated on the musical portion of this little gem. Their quote:

"Its hard to improve on perfection, but we had to try."

]]> Matt Corwine http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy#c457232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy#c457232 Arts Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:30:11 -0800 Comment by Maggie Obviously you don't read the stranger's other blog.

]]> Maggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy#c457350 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/09/busy_banksy#c457350 Arts Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:10:42 -0800