
1) "Breaking Fox News: Obama Bin Laden Dead." [Dailyntel, Videogum]
2. Das Racist's Himanshu Suri (@heems) is trending on Twitter in Brooklyn after retweeting several of the gleefully racist, deeply depressing tweets from people celebrating Bin Laden's death.
3. Shepard Fairey, creator of the Obama "Hope" poster, unveiled a 130-foot-long "Obey" mural along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive viaduct at Grand Avenue. It's his first in the Windy City and will be up until October. [via Chicago Tribune]
4. Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the Empire State Building. [Gothamist]
5. The controversy over LA MOCA's "Art in the Streets" exhibit spread to New York last week with an editorial in The Daily News attacking the Brooklyn Museum of Art (and PAPER writer Carlo McCormick's book Trespass) for bringing the exhibit here in 2012: "...museum mavens will be sticking their thumbs in the eyes of every bodega owner and restaurant manager who struggles to keep his or her property graffiti-free, not to mention the eyes of all New Yorkers who cringe recalling the days of graffiti-covered subway cars. They will be doing this with taxpayers' help. While the city spends some $2.4 million a year to battle vandalism, and the transit authority spends plenty more, taxpayers also subsidize the Brooklyn Museum to the tune of about $9 million a year. Usually a fine investment. Not this time." [NYDN]
6. Watch this video and see how a can of spray paint is manufactured. [Slamxhype]
7. Stevie Nicks has pneumonia and has canceled her New York City dates this week, including her May 4th show at Webster Hall and an appearance on the Today show May 3rd. Noooo! Isn't there a Welsh witch somewhere in the city who can heal her? Email us!
8. Here are the top 10 viral ads for April 2011. The T-Mobile "Royal Wedding" commercial was number one and Diet Pepsi's "Unbelievable David Beckham" was number two. [MarketingCharts]
Spray paint can image via Los Angels Times.