Policing Pop ("Out, Out Damn'ed Spot") Dept.
It's certainly time that I learned that
the cigarette in Sir Paul's hand has been airbrushed out for the next print runs of
Abbey Road.
For the benefit of future generations, to make it clear, he had a cigarette in his hand.
xxxxxxxxxxxx
The following two comments were posted on the old commenting system:
Date/Time: Jan 25 2004, 10:09 pm
Poster: Jason Thompson
IP address:
Email: none
Homepage: http://www.esotericecho.com
Babs, they're only airbrushing it out of posters of the album cover, not the album cover itself.
Yer fellow PopMatters friend.
Date/Time: Jan 26 2004, 02:24 pm
Poster: "babs"
IP address:
Email: none
Homepage: http://
Oh, Thank God it's only that!!
Isn't that a little like "toasting" news broadcasts, though -- depixelating an icon?