Best buttons

Steven Heller gives honorable mention to Deadheads for Obama in 2008, in his Nov.1, 2008 article in the New York Times The Best Buttons of 2008, In One Man’s Opinion.
In the opinion of another however, as much as we really like it Deadheads for Obama should come in a very close second for best political swag right behind Shephard Fairey’s Obama Hope button.

Passing

The passing of two close collaborators of the Grateful Dead was noted this last week. Please see LA Times obituaries on keyboardist Merl Saunders and on lawyer Hal Kant, respectively at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-saunders27-2008oct27,0,5811025.story

and http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/news/ny-kant275899735oct27,0,7099644.story