Well, it wasn't a theory, more of a question/speculation. Given Matthew's
stance though, I'm quite certain it would indeed piss him off - and that
would be the "slap" I was talking about. Given that ad people are paid to
have their fingers in the wind, that doesn't seem to large a logical leap.
jeff
re : Herbert & politics :
http://www.magicandaccident.com/_MoD//home.htm
At 09:31 AM 8/31/2002, kurt wrote:
quoted 34 lines gee, this threatens to be one of those off-topic idm threads.
>gee, this threatens to be one of those off-topic idm threads.
>
>ahem.
>
>the reason your theory doesn't persuade me, jeff, is that it doesn't
>follow from the evidence that coke is doing anything punitive towards
>Herbert. To make new music based on someone else's idea isn't
>generally considered a punishment (90% of the music discussed on this
>list falls into that category).
>
>ad agencies are always dipping into ostensibly anti-establishment
>youth culture in order to sell their corporate clients' products.
>
>k
>
>
> >At 02:20 AM 8/31/2002, Kent williams wrote:
> >>Hah. Herbert is SO far off Coke's radar. It's just a clever ad guy doing
> >>his thing.
> >>On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Mxyzptlk wrote:
> >>
> >> > I just saw a commercial on TV which featured a very Herbert-esque
> sampled
> >> > back drop of coke drinking noises (over the end of which comes a very
> >> > un-Herbert-esque bad RnB gurl vocal). Given Matthew's anti corporate
> >> > consumerism stance (which targets Coke, among other symbolic
> >>products), I'm
> >> > wondering if this isn't a 'this for that' slap?
> >
> >
> >Maybe not if they read the NY Times. I think it was last month that Matt
> >Mirapaul did a fairly long article about Herbert's Radioboy
> >Mechanics of Destruction CD and the politics surrounding it.
> >
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