the recent Sydney Sweeney / eugenics dog whistling campaign is not only deeply stupid, but sadly, brought to mind my ill-fated attempt several years ago to revive Sears Roebuck’s once-vaunted Toughskins brand. An expensive-to-produce television commercial featuring adolescents declaring “we’ve got really average to below average jeans” had to be scrapped following legal action from Kent, OH Oi revivalists who’d since claimed the Toughskins name. Though this was not the first or last time I’ve run afoul of someone adjacent to the Wheelchair Full Of Old Men media empire, it was probably the most costly.
??My advice to the owners of American Eagle is simple : change the name of the company to American Beagle (EVERYONE LIKES BEAGLES) and license the Toughskins’ “Oingo Boingo Ain’t Oi” for the resulting campaign. Everyone’s a winner (except for perhaps, Danny Elfman).
Terry Reid – Tinker Tailor
Wild Thyme – Wait Without Hope
Tara Cunningham – Triptych
Jeff Tobias – Gimme Coherence
Walton Parkas – I’m No Good
La Rat – Crab Dish
Krikor Kouchian – Saturday RZ1 Dub
DADUB ft. Grove – Now See
Beau Wanzer – Excellent Exaggerator
Shit and Shine – 90kuntitled3
HWYUIOD – Phantom Cab
Axebreaker – The Failure Of Culture
Final – Whatever pleases You
bailterspace – Skin (live)
Naoki Zushi – They’re Gone, They Will Come
Rob Noyes – Velvet Ant
Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders – American Woman
Molasses – Happy Hollow
Human Zoo – Human Zoo
Tomaga – Departure From Zone