At first, one wonders what sort of statement the post-hardcore outfit The Used is trying to make with this cover—the best artistic intentions can turn into a total grind?—but further inspection reveals the real message of this semi-gruesome picture: It’s really hard to find someone who can convincingly employ Photoshop so that it looks like someone’s self-mutilating these days. And here I thought all the talented digital artists out there were underemployed!
[via AP]


Isn’t “work” written backwards? Is it supposed to be as if someone else wrote “work” on the arm?
At first I thought the cuts said “work”, but then I realized that I’m looking at it upside down. Is that maybe Greek?