The (Most) Nabobist

Harvey Danger’s press release concerning their new album.

Why would a band release their album for free? Their case is one of the most coherently written I’ve read.

At the risk of sounding Pollyanna-ish, making records has never been about making money for this band. If the worst thing that happens is a whole bunch of people hear Little By Little… and no one buys it, we’ll know our experiment was costly. But that won’t make it a failure.

This is by no means a manifesto. We don’t pretend to be the first band to spin a variation of the shareware distribution model. We love record labels and record stores. We buy lots of CDs and are committed to supporting independent music. We’re not a bunch of fake Marxists. We’re just trying to be smart capitalists so we can sustain our lives as musicians. This is an experiment. We’ll let you know how it goes.

Meanwhile, please enjoy the record. Everything else is secondary.

I’d love to have been around to see this response being written.

Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled “211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post. Hominid skull.” We have given this specimen a careful and detailed examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your theory that it represents “conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston County two million years ago.” Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie doll, of the variety one of our staff, who has small children, believes to be the “Malibu Barbie”. Read the rest here

Tom Waits: Live, Hotel L’American, Amsterdam, 26 May 1976.

Can I say it again?

...For those with gears in their bellies this (morning)...

Street sweeper’s lament :: Commentary from the perch of a rail car by beggar, bum and assorted rain dog :: Simple desultory philippic from the nobby fingers of a bourbon gut.

Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Vimeo

background: these are the guys and company that is vimeo + collegehumor.com. and they’re rich. young. oh and btw, that’s them in their new offices in the new building designed by frank gehry in nyc in chelsea . barry diller bought their company…. a good place to work.

Globalization’s postmodern Martin Luther has begun to speak out.

Here’s another look at globalization and postmodernism. from a like minded fellow. Douglas Kellner

Missed connections: completely. Hakim Bey Lecture Thursday, April 19th @ SVA