Village Voice cover

The cover of the latest Village Voice, art directed by John Dixon. I like the way the top line information is in the reflection along the top of the bin. How fun would it be to go through airport security and put this issue in a security bin, with nothing else? (Via coverjunkie, a great site about magazine covers)

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I was expecting it to say “Now without J. Hoberman!”
SomeGuyNamedMark

Since I find that the TSA is wildly inconsistent between airports and trips it is time to invent a new game “TSA bingo”. Required to remove your belt? Check! Just get wanded instead? Check! Made to stand in front of a pervert x-ray machine? BINGO!
- http://www.youtube.com/user/ziccup akbar56
  
  Just a few weeks ago I had to play the inconsistent game and lost. Flight to CA I brought along 3 wood blocks (1.5″ w x 12″ l) to turn on my Dad’s lathe. In my carry on, no problems what soever. Flight back to WA after the blocks had been turned into wooden light saber hilts (no blade)? 2 of them were fine but one was “too heavy” and I was forced to check my bag. So heavy block of wood with sharp corners- perfectly ok to fly with. Less weight block of wood shaped round-DANGER CAN NOT FLY.
  
  sigh.
  - SomeGuyNamedMark
    
    If you can take over a plane full of people with a piece of wood then I think you deserve to get the plane.
Marktech

I like the cover a lot, and I’d be interested to read the article, but instead I followed the link to coverjunkie, and after a while that took me to Saul Steinberg illustrations, and that made me think of Hirschfeld, and I started looking for Ninas, and, you know, there was stuff I was supposed to do this afternoon.
semiotix

How fun would it be to go through airport security and put this issue in a security bin, with nothing else?

Actually, the article more or less addresses how much fun that would be.
Work_Watch_Buy_Repeat

Much as I hate, hate, hate the TSA security theater, blaming the poor schmucks who work there is to miss the point. The people inventing the worthless, just-for-show, shred-your-dignity-and-civil-rights-for-no-benefit-whatsoever “security” procedures are well-paid white collar dudes sitting in Washington offices, and they’re acting on orders of political appointees, all for the sake of demonstrating that our elected officials are “doing something to keep us safe.”

We don’t need well paid, perfectly trained TSA dudes … if all they’re gonna do us is continue to tell us to take off our shoes, continue to take away snow-globes, and continue groping grandma’s crotch. We need better policy-makers before we start worrying about getting better policy implementers.
niktemadur

How fun would it be to go through airport security and put this issue in a security bin, with nothing else?

Sounds like exposing oneself to the possibility of a cavity search, just because an offended TSA employee decides to “teach a lesson”, and just because he/she can do it with no accountability.