Banksy Is Welcome At The Oscars

Rumors have been swirling that Banksy wouldn't be allowed at the Oscars in a mask. Turns out, he has a lukewarm invitation.

Pete Hammond just reported in his interview with the President of the Academy Awards, Tom Sherak, who says that "If he shows up, I won't stop him."

Wonder if Banksy will show up, masked to accept the award?

And if he does win, as the BBC asked us, does winning an award like this make him any less cool?

MELROSEandFAIRFAX on the BBC - Watch It!

Lots of people have wondered about the face behind MELROSEandFAIRFAX. Well, during this interview with the BBC we got to step from behind the camera out in front of it. If you're interested to hear what we think of Banksy, and see the face behind the curtain, click the jump for more

It was a true honor being interviewed by the BBC. We grew up listening to public radio and would enjoy the BBC daily.

We completely realize that editing has to happen and the quotes aren't always in full, but just to clarify for the readers of this blog, when we talk about what Banksy's Crayon Soldier means, we had just introduced it by saying it is open to the viewer, and this was my interpretation of the meaning, not the meaning.

And, as far as selling out goes. Our opinion is that when you achieve success doing what you've done, and start to get paid the big bucks, that is just a great accomplishment and is 'making it'. It is selling out when you go against the values that got you to the top in the first place. And truly, from what we've seen, the amount of money and attention that Banksy has gotten speaks to how well he is doing what he is doing, and we don't believe he has sold out.

Anyway, we realize that there's always going to be folks who don't like stuff, but we hope most of you enjoy watching this clip!

Thanks Nada and the whole BBC crew! - MELROSEandFAIRFAX

MELROSEandFAIRFAX on the BBC

MELROSEandFAIRFAX had the pleasure of being interviewed by the BBC earlier this morning. This pic is the BBC crew talking about how to fit our mohawk in the picture. LOL. Click the jump for more

We have a lot of respect for the BBC news services, and it was a honor to be interviewed by them for a story about Banksy.

We met at Banksy's Crayon Soldier and discussed many different angles of the artist and artwork itself. They asked some provoking questions, perhaps the most interesting being, "If Banksy were to win an Oscar, would it make him more cool or less cool?"

We don't know. We'd love to hear what people think.

And there was some action during the interview as well. Right in the middle of talking, we heard a big "Whap!" and turned around to see a dude running off. He had come over and slapped a sticker on the Banksy wall right in the middle of the interview. And when we say slapped, we mean slapped! Haha, funny stuff.