Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The Money Shot: Being Indie Ain't All It's Cracked Up To Be, Neil Young Has Given Up & Mellencamp Gets McCain To Back Off 'Our Country'...

A mostly political set of headlines...

McCain Camp Stops Using Mellencamp Songs (AP)
MS: Publicist Bob Merlis said Mellencamp told him that the situation made him uncomfortable and he couldn't imagine McCain would want to be associated with him.

"You know, here's a guy running around saying, 'I'm a true conservative.'" Merlis told The Associated Press. "Well, if you're such a true conservative, why are you playing songs that have a very populist pro-labor message written by a guy who would find no argument if you characterized him as left of center?"


Neil Young: Music Can't Change World (AP)
MS: "I think that the time when music could change the world is past," he told reporters. "I think it would be very naive to think that in this day and age."

Young added: "I think the world today is a different place, and that it's time for science and physics and spirituality to make a difference in this world and to try to save the planet."


Perfecting His Pitch (Washington Post)
MS:"I enjoy being grass-roots. I enjoy being an independent artist. But anybody who is an artist who tells you they'd rather have 50,000 fans versus 50 million is a liar," DeVaughn says.


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