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TheMole · Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks

Dammit, all this talk about Linda Perry has gotten me excited about something that will never happen...

I love everything about her as an artist; the gusto, the power in her voice, her ability to get the slight rasp in there (love that in a female voice), her range, her involvement, her depth, her sincerity...

Check out these links:
Acoustic songs recorded for "twee meter sessies" ("two meter sessions") in Holland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBcZp_NJ … re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0onRUfM … re=related

Versatility, as shown in this 4NB song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH1wEgzf … re=related

Some more Led Zep (kinda crappy quality, but hey...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmFF6_e … re=related

Oh, and she used to wear a top hat, back in the day wink

TheMole · Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks

I'm actually more excited about this than the recent movement in the GNR camp... I feel like a bad fan now... hmm

TheMole · Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks

Well, to me this reads like Bach is out of the question:

Rolling Stone wrote:

As for Weiland's recommendation that the band hire former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach, Slash is unamused. 'I thought [Weiland] could be a little bit more imaginative. I'm not sure if that was meant to be a pot shot or what. Whatever, it's not worth any real drama.'

*edit* linky: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/i … ew-singer/

TheMole · Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks

For those who want to do a comparison:

My personal suggestion would be (call me crazy) Pink: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe … emID=92338

TheMole · The Garden

Heh, a college friend of mine did that once, back in the day... it was a mid-summer night, we had a barbecue celebrating our graduation. Everyone was absolutely blotto.

All of the sudden he whips it out, does "the helicopter" for a couple of seconds, and starts fuckin' the picnic table, albeit different from the guy in Ohio: he lay down on the table instead of putting it on it's side. Halfway through, he falls asleep, with his ass hanging out of his pants, arms and legs dangling besides the table.

He slept for 5 hours on straight, before waking up again in front of a crowd of drunk, laughing, newly graduated students.

That same guy once woke up on a class ski-trip with a (short) word written on his penis, got urinated on while he was passed out and lying in the gutter at a party, found in the college cafeteria where he was sleeping on the tables when classes were about to start in the early morning.

Ah, them days...

TheMole · Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks

Basically something like this:

Q: What would it take for GNR to get back together again?
A: (laughinh) A twist of faith.

Q: Not money then?
A: If it was for the money, it would've been years ago.
It's just that, erh, I used to be really bitter about the whole thing and I was adamant that there was no possible way that it could ever happen. And in light of the trend right now (of everbody getting back together for the cash, e.g. Led Zeppelin), that certainly wouldn't be a driver for us. I think it would be something where everybody all of the sudden, maybe a couple of the guys decided "let's do this!", and it turned out to be an idea where everybody was in to. It's a possibility, but there would be so many little things, no, big things that would have to change before this would even be possible, and I don't see that happening in the foreseeable future, so you know...

Q: Does it raise your eyebrowse when someone like the police, who ended up hating each other, suddenly get back together again?
A: No, I didn't even know about their inner turmoil, and it wasn't really a big deal for me when they got back together again anyway. But I've got enough problems of my own, so I don't really pay attention to the trouble other bands may have.

Obviously, Led Zeppelin getting back together was something cool. That's a gig that I would've love to have been able to see. You know, some people do it for the right reasons, some do it for the money, the main reason to do Guns would be for the fans, the fans that missed out on that whole thing. That would be the main priority as far as I'm concerned.

It's paraphrased, but it catches the drift...

*edit* clarified that Slash means "big things", not "little things"...

TheMole · Guns N' Roses

Aussie wrote:

Damn The Mole - if English isn't your native language you are doing a damn good impersonation. Hat's off! I think your English and grammar is A+

Thanks smile .

Although, two sentences above yours, I did manage to write "I Apologizes"...
I'm going to chalk that one up to my typing skills wink

TheMole · Guns N' Roses

PaSnow wrote:

TheMole wrote:
PaSnow wrote:
Verizon can't issue a campaign saying $10 off your phone bill if the New England Patriots go 16-0 again.
Sure thay can.
PaSnow wrote:
McDonalds cannot issue a product tie in saying "Get a free Big Mac when you turn in a Batman The Dark Knight ticket" They pay huge amounts of money to use those trademarks.
Actually, in this example, it would be Warner Brothers who's paying McDonalds.
No offense Mole, but these two statements right here tell me you don't know about this issue. You're drastically wrong on these two it's astonishing. Fast food resturants pay huge amounts of money to use a movies subject matter & name in promo tie-ins.

Yes they do, but your example implies the opposite: WB using McD as a promotional tool to sell more tickets, not McD desperately trying to give away as many free burgers as possible? It obviously depends on the situation.

I am aware that there are multiple factors that make this subject matter more difficult than it should be (portrait rights, endorsements, etc..). but luckily trademark law is pretty clear: trademarks do not exist to provide you with and additional source of income, they exist to protect you from companies trying to 'impersonate' you (for lack of a better word).

Anyway, I'm going to let this rest now, 'cause it's starting to (heh, yeah right) pollute the thread.

TheMole · Guns N' Roses

PaSnow wrote:

You're allowed in advertising to show a competitors brand. This wasn't always the case. In the 50's & 60's you couldn't which is why older commercials would simply say "Here's the other brand". I don't know when, myb the 70's, but the law was revised to use competition in advertising, so no in that case you do not have to pay.

Yes, but this is because it was previously ruled that the comparison could devaluate the other brand, this invoking the tarnishing thing again. Later on, they changed this because (and I forgot the actual case), it was not considered tarnishing if you were telling the truth, showing some sort of objectivity.

For instance, the statement "Pepsi contains less sugar than CocaCola" (if this would indeed be true), could in the past have been considered tarnishing (because sugar makes you fat, can fuck with your insuline levels, whatever...). This is what they revised back then. I believe the original case was in 77, the law was revised in '79.

PaSnow wrote:

BTW - Don't say 'you can bet your sweet ass'. That's kinda lame when I know what I'm talking about.

My apologizes, English is not my native language and I wasn't aware this could be considered derisive. I thought it was just "colorful".

TheMole · Guns N' Roses

PaSnow wrote:

As for your Coke v Pepsi debate. Actually yes, Pepsi CAN demand you take their name off of the advertising.

No, they can't.

PaSnow wrote:

If Michael Jackson released a CD during his saga with children do you think Pepsi would allow him to use their product tie in. Absolutely not.

Ah, correct. But that is because they can claim that the connection would tarnish their good name. As a matter of fact, what would be more realistic is that Pepsi takes distance from MJ, and MJ decides to stop promoting the brand 'cause he won't receive a dime from Pepsi anyway.

PaSnow wrote:

The Trademark holder does own when & where their name is used, and can demand compensation for a price.

Nope, untrue.

PaSnow wrote:

Verizon can't issue a campaign saying $10 off your phone bill if the New England Patriots go 16-0 again.

Sure thay can.

PaSnow wrote:

McDonalds cannot issue a product tie in saying "Get a free Big Mac when you turn in a Batman The Dark Knight ticket" They pay huge amounts of money to use those trademarks.

Actually, in this example, it would be Warner Brothers who's paying McDonalds.

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