Tao Lin Brings Britney to NYC

Have you noticed any Britney Spears stickers on the subway or sidewalk recently? The simple black & white design is littering the city, and it's not part of Brit's plan to gain some street cred.

Author Tao Lin has his interns putting them up as a promotional tactic for his new book. Psychopedia recently asked him about the origins of the idea:

On gmail chat I said something like, "I should make stickers that say BRITNEY SPEARS on half of it and my book cover on the other half to promote the book."

Then that got "edited" to just "BRITNEY SPEARS." I feel really good about the stickers.

He says that hipsters are more his target audience than “people in therapy," however maybe Brit would enjoy his latest release anyway, titled Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.

Britney's also been seen in New York on the small screen, with some recent cameos on the Manhattan-based show How I Met Your Mother (YouTube).

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on May 22, 2008 1:43 PM

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aucked

Brit already pollutes our lives far more than should be legal. This is better than bikinis and atvs.

sonyactivision

What a desperate little shriveled prick he is riding on Britney Spears' "fame". What,Paris Hilton too transparently decipherable for this cunt's "Psychopedia"? Squash this puny menace like a roach.

zodak

wow a lot of angry posters here.

why don't u guys report him?

you have the evidence.

do something about it!

smitty

Boo.

jgee

Sadly, I did notice one at a G train stop.

abzme

He should use his interns to help clean shit up. What a dick.

Anna_Merkin

Where is Peter Vallone?

Where is Al Sharpton?

Will he be Emily Gould's next lover?

Will they all be seen at the SATC premiere?

These and more inane details in your next installment of "Lives of the Hopelessly Vapid."

Tgirl

pretentious

fakenewyorker

I have another brilliant idea: Stapling a sign that says TWAT on his face.

moreice

"Have you noticed any Britney Spears stickers on the subway or sidewalk recently?"

Uh, no.

yoplay

this guys an ass, make him pay like all the other advertising crooks... But long live graffiti!

allie25

what? this is stupid.

bklynd

Another Jen Carlson post glamorizing another vandalizing asshole. These stories REALLY piss me off.

PBRK

WHere is Vallone on this?

djwerdna

How annoying. It's OK for him to put stickers on subway seats and store windows because he's an author and blogger? At least the cards in Spanish that advertise losing weight in 30 days can be easily removed and discarded.