Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] Big Hand for the Oils?

Kate Adams kate@dnki.net
Mon, 27 May 2002 20:42:22 -0400


Hand print "logos" as it were are as old as humans and pigments.  They are 
seen in both simple and stylized fashion in the Aboriginal art of every 
human culture with the geology to protect them for tens of thousands of 
years.   They are a universal "I was here" and were often used as the 
artist's "signature" in the days before humankind invented abstract writing 
systems.

So while the Oils are apparently not trying to make a statement with the 
sprint hand, they are being very basically human in using it.

At 05:02 PM 5/27/02 -0400, David Quirk wrote:
>The hand logo is simply an image of Peter's hand. I saw an interview with 
>him when he was asked about the hand and whether it had and Aboriginal 
>significance and his reply simply confirmed it was his hand and that 
>"someone way back probably thought it was a way to sell some 
>T-shirts"...or words to that effect.
>
>Dave
>
>
>>From: "Peter Scott Poitras" <pete.poitras@the-spa.com>
>>To: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>, <fish_oil@space.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Big Hand for the Oils?
>>Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 16:14:11 -0400
>>
>>Hi Bruce.
>>
>>If you look at the liner notes for the Blue Meanie (first album), the center
>>spread shows a silhouetted (sp?) picture of Peter next to the lyrics for
>>"Nothing Lost, Nothing Gained", and his hand in the picture is the Sprint
>>logo that we have all come to know.  Not sure if the logo came from the
>>picture or vice-versa, but I'm sure someone out there knows...  Justin,
>>anyone?
>>
>>Enjoying my holiday with some long overdue lawnmowing...
>>Pete
>>http://www.the-spa.com/pete.poitras/oils/oilscollection.html
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <fish_oil@space.com>
>>To: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
>>Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 3:49 PM
>>Subject: [Powderworks] Big Hand for the Oils?
>>
>>
>> > Clan Powder,
>> >
>> >      This may be a dumb question, but that's never
>> > stopped me before:
>> >
>> > Is there any intended significance to the MO hand Logo?
>> >
>> >      I was tossing a football around at recess today,
>> > and noticed the hand imprint encircled with the words
>> > "NO CHILD LABOR" stamped on the composite leather skin.
>> > Of course, we immediately thought of the Oils - could
>> > there be a connection? I always thought it was taken
>> > from the photo of Peter with arm extended on the first
>> > album, and imagined some kind of connection to
>> > Aboriginal art. Aside from these guesses, I'm in the
>> > dark. Pray do enlighten. Thanks.
>> >
>> > bruce
>> >
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UMass Lowell
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