Friday, February 26, 2010

HIPSTER RUNOFF

HIPSTER RUNOFF

Some mainstream feminist cunts protest American Apparel’s sexy ads

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:45 PM PST

Link: http://thevillager.com/villager_356/rearguard.html

It seems like some broads took offense to American Apparel’s sexy ads + their Best Butt competition. I am not sure if they actually believe in women’s rights, or if they are ‘pissed’ that they don’t have a sweet, tight alternative body. Maybe they are angry about women’s place in society, since they have to cook, clean, and be sexy. Seems like a ’stress-free’ job, honestly.

Shouting that "women's bodies are a battleground," a group of communist feminists took their fight to the American Apparel store in Noho last Saturday.

They blasted the chain clothing store's Search for the Best Bottom in the World contest, calling it humiliating and objectifying to women.

"We need total revolution!" they chanted in front of the store, at Broadway near Washington Place. "Women as breeders — no more!" they shouted. "Women as sex toys — no more! Women degraded — no more!"

The story describes some sort of ‘disagreement’ since the ‘protesters’ went into the store to make a scene, then were ejected. Apparently the protesters were trying to ’cause a scene’ to promote some event.

Do yall think protesting is alt? Should they protest something more substantial, like ‘Haiti’ or something?

Are ads sexy and successful?
Is still a relevant alt brand, or is it a ’suburban strip mall’ brand now?
Do yall know any 1 who has ever protested something that meant something 2 them [via the Iran election]?

Seems like it had a good resolution:

Afterward, the American Apparel employee who had most actively disrupted the demonstrators pretended he hadn't been involved.
"I don't know what's going on," he said.

Proud of for ’standing up to these a-holes.’
Whose side are yall on: or American Apparel?
Would yall rather be friends with/have sex with an ugly person or a sexually attracitve person?
Should we impeach Obama if he doesn’t shut down ?

Did Paul McCartney fail to protect his brand by clearing a sample for Erykah Badu?

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 11:10 AM PST

Link: http://mashable.com/2010/02/25/twitter-sample-clearance/


Paul McCartney is widely known as the Panda Bear of the popular band The Beatles. While he is widely respected, many question some of his business and life decisions. He ‘pissed away’ the rights to the Beatles master tracks, gives away his samples like candy, and even made ill-advised personal life decisions, such as going vegan + marrying a ‘one legged gold digger.’ Because he is a Beatles, most of these massive mistakes are ‘forgiven’, since the Beatles have produced some of the best mp3s of all time.

Recently, he ‘gave away a sample’ from a Wings song to Erykah Bady, the ex-lover of Andre 3000 who has made ‘critically acclaimed’ albums in recent years.

Here is the quickest summary of this marketable ordeal:

Pitchfork reports on an exchange initiated by Erykah Badu on TwitterTwitterTwitter, seeking last-minute clearance for a sample from the Wings song "Arrow Through Me." Looking to connect with Paul McCartney, she appealed to anyone who might help connect her to him or a closer contact in the chain.

Following the stream of tweets, it looks like Badu got a hookup to Lenny Kravitz, who knows McCartney's daughter Stella, who then connected her to Paul. He approved the sample clearance and she thanked her "Twitter fam" for making the clearance come together.

This seems like an uplifting story, justifying the utilization of social networks + technology for ’something good.’ The lost story is the fact that Paul McCartney should have ’shafted’ this request, protecting the music that he made. Many young artists are capitalizing off the work of legends, so many think it is time for the ‘old guard’ to stand up for themselves’ instead of continuing to be taken advantage of.

Many feel like McCartney gave up tons of emotional and financial capital when he married his one-legged wife Heather Mills.

Even though this seems like a ‘good story’ to make him seem ‘cool’ to young people, we have to assume that young people would have appreciated his song more in the original context.

Would it have been ‘more alt’ to use the sample without clearing it? [via the chillwave movement]
Is Erykah Badu ‘alt’/'indie’, or should she only be covered on ‘black websites/magazines’?
Has Paul McCartney ‘pissed away’ billions of dollars by not protecting his the rights of his music?
Will there be a ‘backlash’ against the Beatles? [via Beatles Rock Band]
Is twitter a legitimate social tool that is changing the world 4 the better?