Well, this is pretty ridiculous...
quoted 58 lines STOP PRESS!
>STOP PRESS!
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>MANITOBA TO BECOME CARIBOU
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>Dan Snaith, who released the albums Up In Flames (2003) and Start Breaking
>My Heart (2001) under the name Manitoba, has changed his name to Caribou
>following a lawsuit in the US. Frontman for punk band The Dictators,
>Handsome Dick Manitoba, sued Snaith for trademark infringement, despite
>never having released music under the names Manitoba or Handsome Dick
>Manitoba.
>
>My immediate reaction was total disbelief, says Snaith. Most of the
>people Ive talked to about it see this case as being utterly nonsensical.
>Unfortunately, US legal precedent didnt agree and faced with a court case
>that I couldnt afford to lose, I had no choice but to change the name.
>
>Having spent the last year touring Up in Flames throughout North America,
>Europe, Japan and Australia with bands such as Stereolab, Four Tet,
>Broadcast and Prefuse 73, Dan is back in the studio working on the first
>Caribou album, tentatively entitled The Milk of Human Kindness.
>
>This whole thing is an irritating distraction at a time when Im more
>excited about the music Im working on than ever before. Im half way
>through finishing this new album and I can already tell that it's the best
>and most focused music Ive ever made.
>
>Im of the opinion that every second I spend talking about this Dick guy
>is a waste of my time.
>
>Asked about why he chose Caribou (a large reindeer native to northern
>North America) as the new name, Canadian Snaith offers We were just about
>to start a Canadian tour when we found out about this and it made sense to
>look there for the new name. Wed heard hippy friends of ours going on
>vision quests. I'm not sure we really understood the idea correctly but
>by the time wed soaked our proverbial bandanas in the brown-acid
>dunk-tank and strapped ourselves to crucifixes on the back of a flatbed
>truck for a few weeks it became painfully obvious that the new name had to
>be Caribou. Talking caribou were central to our hallucinations.
>Ironically, news of the lawsuit came just before Snaith performed his
>first concert in Manitoba the Canadian province from whence he took the name.
>
>Snaiths previous albums will be re-released worldwide under the new name.
>The Special Edition version of Up In Flames will be withdrawn, with the
>original single CD version taking its place. So catch that one while you can!
>
>The new album will be released worldwide under the name Caribou, through
>Domino in North America and The Leaf Label for the rest of the world.
>
>At the end of the day, nothings going to change other than the name. Im
>still attacking making music with the same fanatical vigour that I was
>before, and the musics only getting better.
>
>http://www.caribou.fm
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>http://www.theleaflabel.com
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