The inevitable sell out post

[bobbob1313]

I will remove The Shun - to say thanks.

 

"How long am I being shunned for"

"Unshun, 3 years, reshun"

[ction]

I had no idea and I'm touched.

[Edie]

jnickerson -- I want to thank you for bringing together the fat.boy. and the analogman. It was worth 19 20 pages of hell.

 

And no response to my posts about toyoda's WWII history or what marketing is? Interesting.

[Spawn's dad]

I had no idea and I'm touched.

 

did it move?

[Analogman]

jnickerson -- I want to thank you for bringing together the fat.boy. and the analogman. It was worth 19 pages of hell.

 

And no response to my posts about toyoda's WWII history or what marketing is? Interesting.

 

That sounds like a sequel to Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man.

[owl]

Just like all the other threads here over the past 5 years - more or less.

 

[Analogman]

 

Except for threads having to do with your music downloading deal, that is. Well, maybe not.

[Good Old Neon]

jnickerson -- I want to thank you for bringing together the fat.boy. and the analogman. It was worth 19 20 pages of hell.

 

And no response to my posts about toyoda's WWII history or what marketing is? Interesting.

 

Your welcome : )

 

The Japanese were responsible for many deaths

[bobbob1313]

The rest of these guys are chumps, man. Don't let them stop you from bringing the truth to the masses. These guys have been brainwashed by the church of Tweedy and can't see the truth staring them right in the face. Don't go quietly into the night, and don't stop fighting the good fight.

 

You guys are just mad cuz Jnickerson is dropping knowledge like galileo dropped the orange.

 

 

Your welcome : )

 

The Japanese were responsible for many deaths

[Good Old Neon]

Thats the last time I put myself out there like that, ass.

 

Alright, look, it was funny ok - and appreciated - but I'm trying to be grumpy over here is all.

[bobbob1313]

I wasn't really defending you. I don't like people who call Jeff Tweedy a nazi.

[Good Old Neon]

I wasn't really defending you. I don't like people who call Jeff Tweedy a nazi.

 

 

I was well aware - I'm familiar with sarcasm - I guess you're not.

[kidsmoke]

Will somebody let me know when I can uncover my eyes? 'Cause this thing is ugly.

[dannygutters]

I wasn't really defending you. I don't like people who call Jeff Tweedy a nazi.

 

Impossibly Germany Finally makes sense. Is unlikely japan a dig at the aforementioned echo?

[bobbob1313]

I was well aware - I'm familiar with sarcasm - I guess you're not.

 

[ction]

Btw, I had a good line about Ian MacKaye allowing Five Guys to use an old Fugazi song to promote their new $5 value meals but never found a place to use it.

 

Lacking context, it kinda sounds lame...

[Sir Stewart]

"What did I tell you? Don't buy anything!" - Jimmy Conway, GoodFellas

[Edie]

Your welcome : )

 

The Japanese were responsible for many deaths

[Good Old Neon]

Impossibly Germany Finally makes sense. Is unlikely japan a dig at the aforementioned echo?

 

lol - brilliant. (no sarcasm intended or implied.)

[unposed_question]

I think I saw the commercial on Sunday and have been dying to get on the board to see the reaction - I am not surprised in the least by the reaction.

 

Here's my take:

 

You can bitch about this all you want and you have the choice not to listen to Wilco anymore. You don't ever have to buy another record, a ticket to their show, or a t-shirt. Thank God we live in a country where we have the freedom to make

those kinds of choices.

 

As a fan of the band, I would love to know the thought process behind the decision to let VW use the song in the commercial. But merely as a curiosity. It's their music and they can do whatever they want with it as far as I am concerned. These guys have families and bills to pay just like the rest of us, and I'm sure they have some pretty big expenses when it comes to touring. As someone pointed out earlier, Wilco has given the fans so much! Name another band that puts their album on their website (for free) and offers regular concerts online (for free) let alone tours with their regularity and frequency.

 

When I first heard the commercial (on HGTV or the Food Network) I was a little surprised sure. But you know what, I also had a big-ass smile on my face, because I can never get enough Wilco. And the fact they included some of the vocal in the commercial made me smile even more. Moreso than when I had heard "Shake it Off" on Fox Sports the day earlier.

 

God Bless Wilco.

[JUDE]

Your welcome : )

 

The Japanese were responsible for many deaths

[Good Old Neon]

wait -- your world seems so very black and white -- that there isn't a difference between VW and Hummer -- but there is between nazi slave labor and japanese slave labor? Or our own african slave labor prior to 1865? Or that death in a japanese camp was somehow less bad (or less dead) than in a nazi camp?

 

And the nazis didn't bother to cook their victims -- they were only in there long enough to kill them with gas.

 

 

Now you

[Sir Stewart]

[quote name='JUDE

[Good Old Neon]

Now you

[bobbob1313]

Please explain the differences between VW and Hummer - I would be interested to hear your take. Why you feel as though one is acceptable, while the other is not.

 

Mostly because Hummer's cost between 40,000 and 80,000 and get like 12 MPG. Wherease V-dubs get like 20-30 and cost between 16,000 and 35,000.

 

And if you drive a hummer, you are automatically an asshole, and thats not sarcasm. You cannot justify buying a Hummer unless you are an asshole.