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Thor 
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 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 7:07am |
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This whole nanny state thing has GOT to go. Just heard on the news that a a California state assemblyman (Democrat, of course |
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violetlightning
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 8:18am |
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Yeah, they kind of got in trouble for that because it was right around the time that workers in a Levi's factory somewhere were protesting their treatment. The band didn't know about that when they recorded it, and Paul wanted to do the commercials because a) they gave them ridiculous amounts of freedom (as I'm sure you can tell from the resulting ads. . .) and b) he wasn't allowed to wear jeans in school when he was growing up, so to him they were kind of a symbol of rebellion. (He went to really strict schools. His elementary school was a Catholic Military boarding school. Really. "Nuns and Guns. As a result, I now fear nothing.") I read in some book of essays about the sixties how the person who had written that particular essay thought it characterized hippie hypocrisy or something, but I really don't think they knew - and who would think to demand a tour of all their factories to check on conditions there before doing a couple of :30 spots? Well, maybe today you would, but probably not so much then.  |
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Thor
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 1:37pm |
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At the time the commercial came out, I was about 11, and wouldn't have cared about "hippie hypocrisy". Probably wouldn't have cared later, either. I've never begrudged struggling musicians their money (never even bothered me, in theory, when musicians "sold out" their music to be used in commercials. I just dislike hearing the songs in those commercials over and over).
In looking up the JA Levi's ad, I came across this page of a radio station website. Apparently, once a year, part of their playlist includes old rock music radio commercials. Here's a list of what they played one day, late 2005 (Pete Townsend for the US Air Force???) :
Dick Lurie Guitar Lessons (1959) The Jefferson Airplane for Levis (Grace Slick, "White Levis") Some Chevy spot with "A Mighty Wind" folk overtones "Psych-Out!" trailer "The Young Seducers" trailer Radio Free Europe PSA featuring Jack Webb 1972 "Get Out The Vote" PSA featuring Terry Talbot of Mason Proffit The Jefferson Airplane for Levi's (Marty Balin, "Stretch Levis") |
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Thor
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 1:48pm |
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Another thing I found, Violet. A page of White Rabbit cover videos, including Patti Smith's! Back up one page, and there's all sorts of Airplane stuff.
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Thor
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 1:49pm |
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Went kind of off-topic here, didn't we?
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msmadz
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 2:58pm |
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Getting back ON topic, there is an ad running in New York that has this woman (Marie from the Bronx) who, due to her smoking, hAd something like 20 amputations over a course of 12 years. She holds up her hands and her finger tips are all lopped off and it looks like she may be missing a foot and some toes.
I suppose this is when the average smoker lets out a horrified GASP and flushes their butts down the toilet.
I've known smokers - lots of them - and I've never heard of anyone needing their digits amputated. Clearly, this isn't the norm and it pissses me off that they use these scare tactics. They just don't seem to work.
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violetlightning
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 8:57pm |
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We should just start our own thread: Thor and Violet Go Wildly Off-Topic!  Of course, if we did do that it wouldn't be off topic really . . . Thor & Violet's Thread of Jefferson Family Miscellany! I've heard Grace's White Levi's and Spencer's Twig City - but I don't know that I've heard Jack's I'm a Duck, or Marty's Stretch Levi's. They're not on that recording. |
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violetlightning
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Posted: 30 Apr 2008 at 9:05pm |
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OKay, yeah, that seems kind of ridiculous. The threat should at least make some kind of sense. Just how in the hell do you wind up needing to have things amputated because of smoking? |
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) wants to install a major tax on alcohol---one that would break down to about 30 cents per can of beer---so that the government can cure people's addictions.
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