Thursday, March 15, 2007

Levon Helm sues cell phone company

He just grinned and shook my hand, and "No!", was all he said ....

Levon Helm, former drummer for The Band, is suing a Manhattan advertising firm over the use of the band's signature song, "The Weight," in a television commercial.
In a lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court in December, Helm asks for information about BBDO Worldwide's profits from the commercial for Cingular cell phone service and for financial compensation for the use of his performance. (..) "It was just a complete, damn sellout of The Band — its reputation, its music; just as much disrespect as you could pour on Richard and Rick's tombstones," said Helm, 66, a longtime Woodstock resident.

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C-Mon & Kypski: Where The Wild Things Are...

C-Mon & Kypski

It's an unusual name for an unusual band: C-Mon & Kypski, a Dutch electronica quartet. Their new album Where The Wild Things Are... is all over the place, and some of those places I'd rather not visit ever again like the boring jazzy track Spirits High. There are a few gems on it as well, like the off Circus C-Mon & Kypski featuring the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, the rocker/spoken word mashup Make My Day and the single Bumpy Road. C-Mon & Kypski have good taste, but don't invite all of your friends to play on your album. Less is indeed more.

MP3: C-Mon & Kypski - Bumpy Road
MP3: C-Mon & Kypski - Circus C-Mon & Kypski

Watch C-Mon & Kypski live at De Melkweg, Amsterdam, september 30, 2006.

» c-monandkypski.nl
» myspace.com/cmonandkypski

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Undertones: Teenage Kicks

Watch the video for Teenage Kicks by the Undertones. John Peel loved them. And so should you.

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