I just had to pop over to our local K Mart on Astor Place this morning to pick up some Huggies for the little'uns. For the record, I'd happily see K Mart burned right to the freakin' ground. It is a cancerous open sore on the neighborhood. I'd gladly buy our baby gear elsewhere, but their prices are right, and with now two little screamy mouths to feed these days, I must go where my wallet can go the furthest. In any event, whilst searching around its vast, cavernous expanse, looking for newborn-sized diapers (I was unsuccessful), I was stopped dead in my tracks in the "young males" department. Evidently, you can now buy replicas of "vintage" Pink Floyd tour shirts (specifically the Animals tour) AT FUCKIN' K MART!?!?!?!?!? C'MON, NOW, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT!?! It's certainly not like the `Floyd needs the money. Christ, that's hugely depressing.
In a similarly depressing vein is the unspeakable advent of Devo 2.0. Jettisoning all semblance of integrity from their legacy, my beloved Devo have gotten into bed with Disney (!!!) to manufacture a squeaky-clean teen-pop incarnation of the band, brazenly stripped of the original quintet's signature brand of subversion. Never in my years would I have expected Devo -- who, admittedly, never saw much financial reward for their efforts -- to succumb to the allure of the almighty dollar and pimp their art for the Mouse. It's something that even the likes of KISS would probably sneer at (but at least KISS never made any claims towards being about anything other than making money). Look, I'm all for long-suffering Devo finally seeing some profit for their art, but I cannot help but feel completely sickened and -- yes -- even a little bit betrayed by this particular venture.
Mercifully, I'm not the only crotchedy old fanboy feeling abjectly appalled by this. Click here to join the cause against Devo 2.0.
Duty Now, Spuds!
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