Woah. Who knew that Derrick Bostrom, former drummer for The Meat Puppets (a band that helped shepherd me through my teen angst years,) has a blog, or that he collects fab things like the Ford Motor Company’s late 60’s corporate lap-dog lackey-rock explosion The Going Thing, or that he’s generous enough to make all three of their albums available for download? The Going Thing was an attempt by Ford to make good ole’-fashioned Capitalism look hip and happening, or as Derrick himself says:
They are a classic example of how the “youth market” was packaged to non-youths of the late 60s. The group offers all the energy and sex appeal of “the in sound” with none of the messy commitment. The records are packed with rock and roll medleys as soothing to the over-the-hill crowd as they are insulting to rock fans. They’ve got hits of the day with new lyrics written especially for Ford Motors employees. They’ve got trite jokes about this crazy loud music all the kids are listening to these days. The whole affair is served up with the kind of infectious super-square showbiz glitz that I’m always on the lookout for.
Just one thing, though… what is Julianne Moore doing playing tambourine for these dweebs?
