On Nov 18, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Max Sawicky wrote:
> Sante also has a big essay on the Mekons, for whom he has much praise,
> though about the release of their hit record 'The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll'
> there is this:
>
> "It entered heavy rotation on all broadcast media. The band got rich and
> fat and loathsome. It was hard to remember them as young rebel poets from
> Leeds considering the gaseous VIP-lounge hairballs they had become."
Wow, that's just weird. I wonder what the sales figures were on R n R. I seriously doubt they got rich. And they became anything but gaseous VIP-lounce hairballs. Maybe my deep love for the Mekons is just blinding me.
Doug