Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maryland. Show all posts

Friday, 17 October 2008

AC/DC: Black Ice

Out next week some time, most of the songs are already on YouTube.

Track listing (wait for it) ... Rock'n'roll train; Skies on fire; Big Jack; Anything goes; War machine; Smash'n'grab; Spoilin' for a fight; Wheels; Decibel; Stormy May Day; She likes rock'n'roll; Rock'n'roll dream; Rocking all the way*; Black ice ...

... but the best bit of the promo video (about 20 seconds in) is this: "Will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club". I have no idea who Sam's Club are**, but I do know that Wal-Mart are much hated in leftie circles ("Wot? Cheap goods for lower income people? Jobs for semi-skilled workers? Trade not aid? Pah!"). For $11.88 ("Wot? An evening's entertainment for under twelve bucks? Do they know how much an opera ticket costs nowadays? Pah!"). 

The State of Maryland once went so far as to enact a punitive law that only applied to Wal-Mart, which was thankfully ruled 'not enforceable' by District Judge Motz***, decision affirmed by the US Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit a year later, Judge Michael dissenting.

* On a pedantic note, why the "g" at the end of that particular present participle? And why do the official song titles miss the apostrophe after the "n" in the word "and"? Ah well, who cares...

** JP point out in the comments, Sam's Club is part of Wal Mart

*** 'Motz' is German for 'whine' or 'moan', which adds yet another level of hilarity.