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		<title>Michael Stipe Is Now The Simon Cowell Of GIFs</title>

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<p>Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey have all taken brief pauses in their pop careers to now become reality show judges on <em>The X Factor</em>, <em>The Voice</em>, and <em>American Idol, </em>respectively. Although it's not for a reality show, another 90's icon, Michael Stipe, is getting in on the judging game.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/news/48277-michael-stipe-to-judge-animated-gif-contest/">He's been elected</a> to join the selection committee for <a href="http://www.movingthestill.paddle8.com/">"Moving The Still,"</a> which of course is the world's first GIF's-only arts festival. The event is being put on by Tumblr as well as the art collection site, <a href="http://www.paddle8.com/">Paddle8</a>, and will take place during Miami Art Week from December 4th to the 9th.<!--more--></p>
<p>Mr. Stipe has a Tumblr of his very own, called "<a href="http://www.confessionsofamichaelstipe.tumblr.com/">Confessions of a Michael Stipe</a>" where he posts lots of pictures of art and architecture. This isn't the first time the R.E.M. frontman has been involved with a Tumblr project before. <a href="http://www.storyboard.tumblr.com/post/22537824414/confessions-of-a-michael-stipe-its-only-been#confessions-of-a-michael-stipe">A video profile of Mr. Stipe</a> was featured on Tumblr's Storyboard the week that it launched and heard him saying that his site was like "a little bit of a scrapbook" for himself.</p>
<p>He's surprisingly very qualified to judge this contest because he's a maker of high art GIF's himself. This is one of his creations:</p>
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<p>See, this is the kind of post that gets a lot of notes from people who love old computer screens and neon colors–also known as all of Tumblr’s entire user base.</p>
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<p>Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey have all taken brief pauses in their pop careers to now become reality show judges on <em>The X Factor</em>, <em>The Voice</em>, and <em>American Idol, </em>respectively. Although it's not for a reality show, another 90's icon, Michael Stipe, is getting in on the judging game.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pitchfork.com/news/48277-michael-stipe-to-judge-animated-gif-contest/">He's been elected</a> to join the selection committee for <a href="http://www.movingthestill.paddle8.com/">"Moving The Still,"</a> which of course is the world's first GIF's-only arts festival. The event is being put on by Tumblr as well as the art collection site, <a href="http://www.paddle8.com/">Paddle8</a>, and will take place during Miami Art Week from December 4th to the 9th.<!--more--></p>
<p>Mr. Stipe has a Tumblr of his very own, called "<a href="http://www.confessionsofamichaelstipe.tumblr.com/">Confessions of a Michael Stipe</a>" where he posts lots of pictures of art and architecture. This isn't the first time the R.E.M. frontman has been involved with a Tumblr project before. <a href="http://www.storyboard.tumblr.com/post/22537824414/confessions-of-a-michael-stipe-its-only-been#confessions-of-a-michael-stipe">A video profile of Mr. Stipe</a> was featured on Tumblr's Storyboard the week that it launched and heard him saying that his site was like "a little bit of a scrapbook" for himself.</p>
<p>He's surprisingly very qualified to judge this contest because he's a maker of high art GIF's himself. This is one of his creations:</p>
<p><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/tumblr_mbzrukbh7f1ri63dso2_500.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-67140" title="tumblr_mbzrukbh7f1ri63dso2_500" alt="" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/tumblr_mbzrukbh7f1ri63dso2_500.gif" height="667" width="500" /></a></p>
<p>See, this is the kind of post that gets a lot of notes from people who love old computer screens and neon colors–also known as all of Tumblr’s entire user base.</p>
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