For the past few years, Birds of Avalon drummer Scott Nurkin has been working on a very cool art project on a wall of Pepper's Pizza in Chapel Hill -- the North Carolina Musicians Mural, which includes Kanapolis George Clinton and 16 other luminaries (with a dozen or so more still to come). There will be a story about this in Sunday's paper; meantime, check out our online photo gallery, which includes most of the portraits.

ADDENDUM (6/28/09): And here's the story.

A: Superchunk, George Clinton and Annuals.

Q: What acts are cited as North Carolina's "all-time best band," "all-time best solo artist" and "best new band" in the Boston Phoenix's "50 Bands 50 states" feature, released just in time for the fourth of July?

(Thanks, Doug.)