Shepard Fairey's HOPE turns to HYPE

Did anyone notice the album cover of the latest release by Jello Biafra's new band Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine? The album, The Audacity of Hype, came out last fall, but I didn't see the cover until I heard the band would be at the Black Cat tonight. I guess it's noteworthy in that it was designed by Obama-HOPE poster artist Shepard Fairey. And, clearly, this isn't exactly quite as reverent of Mr. Obama.

For all the attention that the HOPE poster, and Fairey, received during the '08 campaign, one would think this new art that blatantly jabs at the disappointing Obama presidency (in terms of his emulation and intensification of Bush-era national security policy), coupled with Biafra's acerbic lyrics and sheer reputation, would receive at least some notoriety outside of old Dead Kennedys fans. I guess not.