Ditto to Poop Pius V. McCartney hasn't been relevant since He and Lennon split ways (although Live and Let Die is fun if for nothing else than the James Bond connection... even though that particular Bond movie is a weak entry into Bond canon... but i digress)
BTW, I love your description of the album's title...
But just one thing... this Starbucks label...
I agree that five years ago it would have been a joke on late night TV. but that was five years ago. The record industry is in turnaround. And the labels are treating their artists like dirt and blaming it all on piracy.
Having read about this Starbucks label it seems that most artists regard it as a sort of promised land where they can do what they want, because apparantly the Starbucks label promotes the artist on a level they enjoy while giving them full creative control, which is something that rarely happens anymore.
I read that Radiohead are actually toying with the idea themselves.
They also released the film AKEELAH AND THE BEE, which i haven't seen but is supposed to be pretty good, and the script came from a first time writer who won the Nicholl fellowship award. So they gave a first timer a chance too.
Make fun of Starbucks all you want (i know i do... i dont like to see the corporatization bleed into every sector of human existence either) ...
But from the sounds of things, we may see that the Starbucks record label becomes a sort of Shangri La for established artists who are fed up with the system (Like Radiohead... who are finisehd with their previous record label and are almost done with their new album, but still without a contract anywhere)
i am all for making fun of how goofy mccartney has become, and how saturated starbucks has become...
but because of Radiohead, I am gonna hold off on making fun of the Starbucks label.
(even though the back of my mind is kicking me for holding back... because the idea of a starbucks logo on the back of a radiohead album is ridiculous)
i hate myself sometimes
