Subject: Re: Re[2]: EW and recluses
Matthew_Stevenson@BAYLOR.EDU
Date: Mon Jun 30 1997 - 21:07:23 GMT
On Mon, 30 Jun 1997 16:52:59 -0400 (EDT) bananafish@lists.nyu.edu wrote:
>In a message dated 97-06-29 21:48:24 EDT, you write:
>
><< <<What do you make of the fact that KMart is sponsoring the tour?>>
>
> <<<<>I think it's a very whimsical way of U2 acknowledging that their
> competition, Wal-Mart, is in fact the devil.<>>>>
>
> >..which inturn would make u2 the devil, right? the idea of the reciprocal
> >effect?
>
> I was being facetious. I mean, it's only rock and roll. Doesn't matter who
> sponsors it anymore. Move out of clubland and it becomes the logical
> extension of the circus, now, innit? Any resemblance to rebellion was lost
> ages ago. It's all just about hype anymore, and a perfectly lucrative way
> to make a living if you'd rather fit in with the people who wear tattoos
> rather than the people who wear coats and ties.
> >>
>
>that still doesn't change the fact that the possiblity exists that the devil
>has incarnated himself in the forms of kmart and u2..
at first glance i thought this read ". . . the devil has incarcerated himself in
the forms of kmart and u2." ha ha.
>did you by chance notice the rather oprtune spot that they held that press
>conference at tthat kmart at the announcement of the concert concept and
>scheduling dates-- right in front of some kmart lingerie hanging in what i'm
>sure is a rather large selection of quality clothing goods. hmmm.
>
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