[kj] OT: Corporate gigs

[Jim Harper]

It doesn't really matter to me about the political affiliations, but I am surprised that a supposedly intelligent band would want to associate themselves with a group whose stated aims include the extermination of the indigenous culture/religion and whose idea of fun involve the wholesale slaughter of women and children for any village that decides to leave the warm embrace of the SL.
 
Raging is fine, but reading is probably better.
 
Jim.

--- On Mon, 23/5/11, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:




Peruvian 'Communists'? Am not sure Jake is still with them, maybe they're a bunch of damn pinkos?
I find it more worrying that they need to employ an advisor in the first place.
 


Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 17:21:48 +0100
From: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs






Judging by the words 'Sendero Luminoso' on Tom Morello's guitar, I'd say their 'advisor' isn't earning his wages.
 
Jim.

--- On Mon, 23/5/11, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:




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I guess they're referring to how the money is made, and what the person does with their money once they have achieved a 'comfortable' standard of living.
Bands like Rage Against the Machine actually employ someone as a media/press advisor to make sure they're not supporting a 'dodgy' cause. It was the guy who does this http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/ a few years back. 
 


Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 15:42:20 -0400
To: gathering at misera.net
From: killingjoke at theimmortalfool.com
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs

What does being "rich enough" have to do with anything? 

If it is wrong in principle based on some moral/ethical ideal that it should not matter whether one is
rich or poor. If there are different morals/ethics/principles for different classes then those
morals/ethics/principles are worthless.

One last thing. What exactly is "rich enough?" Is there a particular cutoff? 

Best,
Me

At 09:53 AM 5/20/2011, nicholas fitzpatrick wrote:

Following the recent-ish news that the Pussy Cat Dolls played a private gig for Gaddafi's son, I wIfas with someone who works for an events company the other day and she told me that Goldfrapp recently did a corporate gig for about 70 business people to mark the opening of some new tower block/plaza in London. It might come as no surprise that I don't care about the Pussy Cat Dolls, but Goldfrapp doing this sort of thing I feel is just naff. Isn't Alison Goldfrapp rich enough already? I actually almost like Goldfrapp. Maybe they're not a principled band but I thought they'd have more style than to do some corporate bash.

I was also told that Rod Stewart played at the Sultan of Brunei's son's 18th birthday, whenever that was. I'm not bothered about Rod... but Goldfrapp!! 

Why do rich people do this? It's like Dawn French advertising Tesco. Why? And Goldfrapp... what's with them...?
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