"It's Kind of Important to People."

[tablesaw]

Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens, the two respected Boston artists who were hired to place ads around Boston that the city government now claims looked like bombs, have been released after posting bail. They have treated the situation with all the seriousness it deserves, which is brave, considering that the situation for them personally is much more dire.

After the hearing, they confronted the press by giving a press conference on haircuts of the 1970s, and like the current White House Administration, they refused to hear questions that were off message.

However, there was an important postscript that it appears is not getting the same attention:

But as he walked off, Berdovsky gave a more serious comment.

"We need some time to really sort things out and, you know, figure out our response to this situation in other ways than talking about hair," Berdovsky said. "So if you could just give us some privacy for a little bit. . . . I will be trying to make sense of all it real soon."

So news media? I hope you can you see this, because I'm doing it as hard as I can.

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

I heard on the radio that either TurnerNet or the Cartoon Network (maybe both) have issed an across-the-board gag order to their employees. Are these guys affected by that? It'd make sense of both their bizarre press conference and Berdovsky's vague remarks.

[zotmeister]

So news media? I hope you can you see this, because I'm doing it as hard as I can.

Indeed. I'll join you. I'll do it harder than I've ever done it before.

This isn't sci-fi, you braindead suits. Glowing boxes aren't bombs. Bombs don't glow. Bomb constructors intentionally make bombs hard to find. I loved it when a Bostonian interviewee said "They're Lite-Brites!". I'd always admired the city of Boston - it was my home for a couple years - but this ridiculous paranoia is just inexcusable. Honestly... - ZM