Just got this email from indie label Asthmatic Kitty:
Asthmatic Kitty unenthusiastically announces the release of the Land of A Thousand Rappers Vol 2. The album will be sold via the next-generation, all rights reserved, Warhol Buck$ copyrighted, "Pay What Warhol Buck$ Determines Is a Highly Profitable Pricemodel," aka "Pay the Buck$ His Due," aka "Pay What He Wants." See below for details.
Honestly, our lawyer tells us that as a record label we don't have much of a legal say on this matter. And while we support the "Land of a Thousand Rappers" as a project-at-large, Volume 2 brings us a full album's worth of misogynistic, unethical, and opportunistic green-economy business models.
It all spews from the foul-mouth of Warhol Buck$ and his company of white collar CEOs...
(Whiney Snivels (the artificial intelligent virtual reality out-of-work corporate logo yes-man), Zero Kelvin, The Life Coach (pyramid vitamin motivational speaker to the stars), and The Wizard (alchemist of doom). Drugs, fancy cheeses, soccer moms; no hedonistic stone is unturned.
To make matters worse, Warhol Buck$ has announced a revolutionary model for record sales. This model capitalizes on the unethical practice of profiling and determines a purchaser's price based upon socio-economic, political and personality assessment.
Those interested in purchasing the record will be asked to answer a web-based questionnaire that will then output the cost to buyer.
In a recent conference call with investors, Warhol Buck$ expected high returns in a sour economy and commented, "I was intrigued by recent attempts in the Industry to provide the illusion of choice with regards to the cost of a record. I decided to improve that model by removing the illusion. And the choice."
Asthmatic Kitty would like to take this opportunity to preemptively and officially apologize to wind farm owners, recyclers, Radiohead, Girltalk, and Paul Westerberg.
LISTEN TO A SAMPLE HERE.Release date: October 14, 2008
1. DRUGS, BOMBS AND THE SOHO ART MARKET
2. C2 H5 OoH BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAYST
3. BLINGER BUMPIE WIGGLE
4. MISTER SELF-HELP HIMSELF
5. COLONY COLLAPSE MADE TO ORDER
6. BLOOD LIGHTING ON THE PLANET EARTH
7. WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS TIME TRAVEL AGENCY AND DELICATESSEN
8. LOOKING FOR THE ARCHITECT
9. WARPAINT
10. JACUZZI UZI
11. QUEEN OF WAR
12. SPACE AVAILABLE
13. MY TEETH ARE WEAPONS
14. SPELUNKISH VISIONQUEST
15. CLOBBERY TOTALED
16. CAPTAIN TARANTULA BUILDING
