cool yer jets

today i went on ebay and punched in 'eno warm jets' And there it was...a description right off of this site, "pink rim palm tree with island label"
Coincidence? I think not. If anything, its proof that these board discussions are a valued commodity. Fuckin leeches.

If a person working at an ad agency can turn "Lust for Life" into a commercial jingle, based on reading about Iggy Pop in *The Trouser Press Record Guide*, then I suppose TP can inspire practically anything.

B I N G O!

Furthermore Delvin (DSPAN?)
I've tried hard to keep my balance about that unsteady highwire act of hearing beloved individual expression that gets confiscated on a commercial product. However, I think I am falling now.

Last I opined about this subject (where else pray tell?), I expressed pissedness. Not about the song per say (lust for life since you offer, thanks), but the environmental context of the car commercial. My scree went something like, "car commercials never show ANY other vehicles on the road...its always pristine sky, water, air, khaki clothed parents with unsugared/ritalin eating kids in the back seat."

But all of that has changed forever.

Today, I saw..."HANK"

STARBUCKS CLONE OF LITTLE FRANK SIDEBOTTOM. Now godfuckindamnit enough is E FUCKIN NUFF. I wan't justice on this one. If that bastard hank gets his face printed on any paper product of starbucks, It's bic lighter tabletop brushfires.

Steve, I'd wager that it's a *very* tiny number of viewers who will see "Hank" on any Starbucks advert/promo material and immediately draw the connection with Little Frank Sidebottom. (Actually, this is a good thing, because it means a greatly reduced risk of tabletop pyromania at Starbucks. Can't be too careful, you know.)

I wonder if the ad agency did take inspiration from Little Frank. Granted, Sidebottom was never exactly a big commercial success ... and he was mainly a covers act, at that. Then again, that fact may have made the possibility that much more appealing to the ad agency.

Didn't Bowie once say, "It doesn't matter who did it first; it matters who does it second."

That David Jones has got one helluva melon. In fact, I think it could rival Little Franks at times. That heady anecdote is WIDE.

But, it's just, well...I'd light that two bit cheap imitation Hank on fire for Little Frank, you know. Sure, he (Little Frank) can be a real pain in the arse, but damnit, I love him. Is that wrong?