Keep it Moist: Remixes, Release Dates, Real Legal Problems
Posted Nov 24, 2007 3 comments
“You seriously didn’t even THINK of that? Are you retarded?”
Well...apparently so. I was explaining our current legal situation to my best friend and life consultant, that’s the question I got. Fortunately it was over the phone...she probably would have hit me if we were face to face. The situation is this. I asked my buddy Jacob North to paint the cover for the Humpasaur Jones EP, Keep it Moist, and I asked for...well, I asked for this:
The problem is this: the Pope is a “real human being,” but as I’ve already made clear, I don’t think that’s technically true. So sure, okay, Catholics will be upset. I happen to be on drinking terms with several Goetic demons, though, so Catholics I can handle. The real problem is Belladonna. That’s totally a real person, a real woman who makes her money off selling her image, her likeness, and her special talents. If you don’t know which “special talents” I’m referring to, ask around.
So to answer the question I opened up with: No, I really didn’t even consider the possibility this cover was completely illegal. But I’m well aware of it now. World Around Records is considered a joke by many people, and that’s deliberate. We want people to sleep on us while we incorporate, take out loans, solidify our connections, and lay the groundwork to blow up “out of nowhere.” (As a side note: the dumbest myth in our culture is the “Self-Made Millionaire.” Without my friends, I am nothing, believe that.)
We do have an actual legal department and they’re working on this. In the meantime, we wait. Well, okay, that’s a total lie. In the meantime, I mix the Wombaticus Rex album, mix the Algorhythms EP, book a national tour for all of 2008, and work out about 10,000 details every single day. As far as releasing Keep it Moist, though, we’re waiting.
So here’s a gift to anyone who cares enough to read this: an RAR’d folder of the accapellas to around 1/2 the songs on the EP. A number of people have asked about doing Humparemixes, and I am all for it. Go nuts.
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Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.1. gmastaflex on Nov 25, 2007 at 12:01 AM permalink
You asked for it. I’m gonna remix the crap out of these files…
2. lol on Nov 25, 2007 at 8:42 PM permalink
lol dude - no offense - the the toon looks nothing like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belladonna_(porn_star)
http://www.belladonna.com/
no one would have a clue until you uh ... mentioned it here.
3. Natalie on Nov 30, 2007 at 10:51 PM permalink
Belladonna should be paid for the use of her likeness because you’re appropriating her craft ("special talents") into the aesthetic of your cover artwork. You don’t have to pay the Vatican for using the Pope’s likeness, because they support bad things and already have enough power and money. This all works out according to Talmudic-style ethics, trust me.