Remember the '80s band Devo, still revered by tons of retro/new-wavesters worldwide? They're whipping it good, apparently, suing McDonald's over - get this - a Happy Meal toy. Last April, the chain released some American Idol-themed toys with the food and one of them was an unpermitted likeness of New Wave Nigel, replete with the 'energy dome' red headgear. Bassist Gerald Casale says, "We're in the midst of suing them...they didn't ask us anything. Plus, we don't like McDonald's, and we don't like American Idol, so we're doubly offended." More power to ya! [absolutepunk]
Generally speaking we're not much into the trendy pop-rock the kids love these days(Fall Out Boy and their legions of copyclones), but Hit the Lights' first album was uber-catchy, including the song that's still my MySpace profile tune, 'Bodybag.' They have a new record out soon, clips of which can be heard over here.
Published just hours after his death, here's a link to the last known in-depth interview given by comedy legend George Carlin, who died last week at the age of 71. Enjoy some of the last wisdom one of the most verbose, intelligent men who ever picked up a mic. And not that we're comparing ourselves to George, but this quote kinda resembles the approach here at the D: "A lot of things are already established in my mind as things I say, things that I'm interested in, things that are fodder for my machine. And when I see something that relates to one of them, I know it instantly and if it's a further exaggeration and a further addition, or an exception—if it plays into furthering my purpose, I jot it down."
Posted by mike at June 28, 2008 08:40 PM