“deeply sorry for an unacceptable marketing incident.”
Incredible story
Obviously - many.
but the first name to mind - David Thewlis
God DAMN! What a fucking great band they were.
Just been reminded of this little gem. Never seen it with this film which suits perfectly.
Rainy Day was a David Roback led bunch of Paisley Underground types doing covers of Neil Young, Big Star, Velvets and so on. Whole record is lovely if now slightly lost to time
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Review | Blind Eye - Mistrust Your Nation by @ouchmonkey.bsky.social
"A no messing blast of hardcore rippers that scarcely pauses to catch its breath."
echoesanddust.com/2026/06/blin...
Amazing story about how Starbucks launched a "Tank" marketing campaign in South Korea on the anniversary of a massacre by the military.... including a slogan referencing the beating to death of a student.
AI did it. Emails were signed off unread by managers
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
All The Right Movies
A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm
Some people get annoyed when music is described in a pretentious way. But music is one of our most abstract and ineffable artforms, and a much bigger problem is that we aren’t describing it pretentiously enough.
