Squatting Anthony Fantano

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FEATURE ON PAGE 3 Friday January 7th 1972 THICK AS A BRICK JUDGES DISQUALIFY “LITTLE MILTON "IN LAST MINUTE RUMPUS THE SOCIETY FOR LITERARY ADVANCEMENT AND FLUTE CONCERT GESTATION, (SLAG), announced their decision late last night to disqualify eight year old izewinner Gerald (Little Milton) Bostock following the hundreds of protests and threats received after the reading of his epic poem Thick as a Brick" on B.B.C. Television last AT PARRIT A concert by the Hyde Close Monday night Flute and Cello Ensemble wstily reconvened held in the Parrit Rooms, Fleod foar leading child payc Street, St. Cleve, on Tuesdayunbalanced and that his work was a nigM. A ensitive and, dare unwholesome attitude towards life, hs God Judges accepted the deckion by that the boy's mind was seriously C losock was recommended or psychintric treatment follow mance was rendered by the ive extion "without musicians butws spoilt at eted te runner up Mary Whiteyard (aged 12) for her essay on times by an exeeedingly rest Christian ethies entitied, "He died to save the little Children" less and shifyt audience. The ensemble we目 known and he first prize will now be pre- four years ago from Man chester when Mr. Bostock was for children aged decided for health reasons to live away from the City. David The Literary Competit liked for its spirited verted style, but some of the which quieter and more meuningfd from 7 to 16 years of age, was sponsored by leading national lostoek now does ocasional newspapers and recerved thou ardening work while his wife ands of entries from schools Daphne is well known to the nat passages were lost on an other- The music included iwo o sands of I tions of the Tycho Asavrick lover Britain. Mr. Hum Suite in F major by Jeffrey Teller and a piece by Ena Sanderone. I Martin, the Headmaster Moordale Primary School ties in social work and her sad Gerald. nicknamed wonderful buffet luncheon at Litile Milton" by his English the fete last Saturday, Well master because of his poetic done, Daphne Mr. Bostock Parish Church for her activi was mentally advanced said this morning of "Latrle Fifty-two year old Sarah Pickles of the Hich Street, St. Cleve, cal her she tripped over while in the High Street, St. Clee. He went on t for his age, although inclined Milton's, disqualification, on occasions to obscure and "We are heartbroken at the Dt Art and verbose assertions which led way the Judges changed their him to being somew hat un minds, and the loss of the prize his room and locked the door, te Gcrald and his r parents the n B.B.C. 2el tet it was not ing popular with his schoolmates money and scholarship means Mrs. Bostock and I are sorely S. Cleve Chvomic o say that with we shall find difficulty in pay vexed at the way this has ull lext of the s the one poem but a series of separ- ate pocms put together out doubt the child had a great ing the instalments on Gerald's turned out", said Mr. Bostock future academically and that Encyclopaedia Britannica. I of No. 6 Pollitt Close,St his progress was unsurpassed shall have to do Dr. Munson's Cleve in the history of Moordale roses nest week after all Primary Gerald and his When he heard of the decision aso annoyed and ku by the heard Gerald read his wark an parents moved to SL Cleve against him, Gerald went to news and ar some COMPACT pom thi week on pae 7. to appear impresive. Many viewers Many leul residents areMany of the viewers who Milton's" use of a four-letter the "Young Arts" programame Continued on Page , Col. 6 DIGITAL AUDIO

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About

Squatting Anthony Fantano is an exploitable image series based on a photograph of Internet music critic Anthony Fantano squatting. The exploitable is often transposed onto various album covers for humorous effect.

Origin

On October 30th, 2013, music news magazine Greenroom Magazine published an interview with Fantano on their website, which included a photograph of Fantano doing a rap squat in their eponymous green room.^[1]

Spread

One of the first instances of the exploitable first appeared on 4chan's /mu/ (Music) board on November 10th, 2013; its earliest variants were simple gifs of the image.^[2] A June 3rd, 2014 Tumblr thread by yungterra contains the earliest known instances of Fantano edits.^[6] The first 4chan thread focused on inserting Fantano into album covers was posted to /mu/ on August 25th, 2014.^[3] This thread received over 300 posts and 150 images before it was archived. A thread for the exploitable was created on the forums for the lyric site Rap Genius in 2014.^[5] There is also a Twitter based on examples of the exploitable.^[4]

ロ Anonymous 08/25/14(Mon)15:36:00 No.49360544、>249360620 >>49361223 >249363491>249364494 >>49365318 Challenge: Put Fantano in your favourite cover or with your favourite artist

Official Response

Fantano shared 4 edits of himself into various album covers to his social media accounts on August 26th, 2014.^[7] Four days after that, he tweeted a link to an Imgur folder containing the edits from the /mu/ thread. This tweet inspired the creation of the previously mentioned Rap Genius thread.