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ADAM MCEWEN'S OBITUARIES IS OUT NOW

Guys, we fucked up. Or rather our internet connection fucked up and the fallout was us not being able to tell you about last week's record release party for Adam McEwen's new LP Obituaries, which is out now on Bob Nickas' From the Nursery Record label. Then, after we were finished smashing every computer in the office and tearing cables out of the wall, we were so exhausted that we totally forgot to post about it the next day. For all you philistines out there, Adam McEwen is the English artist who is famous for making signs that say "Come In, We're Cunts" and "Fuck Off, We're Closed," and also for cutting a big hole in a gallery wall one time. His most well-known work, however, might be the obituaries he wrote for still-living celebrities like Kate Moss and Jeff Koons—pieces that were probably inspired by Adam's former career as an obit writer for the Daily Telegraph.

Adam's been hanging up these premature death notices in galleries for years, but the vinyl version that just came out is the first time you can hear him read the pieces in the privacy of your own home. Side one eulogizes fellow-artist Richard Prince, and side two does the same thing for the Melvins. The cover art, which features the text of the obits laid out like it would be in the New York Times, is pretty fucking cool too—it's the kind of record you hang up on your wall so when people come over you can casually mention, "Oh, that? It's a limited-edition Adam McEwen record, nothing special." Then you'll shrug in a hip manner that will demonstrate your knowledge of both the art and record-collecting worlds and make people of the gender of your choice want to sleep with you.

If you were fortunate enough to make your way to the White Columns gallery without us telling you, you probably already snagged one of the 400 copies, and you might have even shelled out for one of the 100 limited-limited-edition signed records. If you were a dumb-dumb like we were and forgot about it, you can still buy copies of the LP from Other Music (we can't link straight to the purchase page, so you'll have to type "obituaries" in the search field) for 24 American dollars, which is a deal if you think about how much scotch or weed that money would buy (not much). That's worth it, right?

PS - Turns out there is a very, very limited number of copies left. Like five. So posthaste would be the way to place your order.