OK, so shoe business guy Eddie Van Halen is filing suit against Nike because they have some new shoes that allegedly look like his old guitar. From KTLA…
Van Halen claims Nike is doing “irreparable harm and damage” to his signature design. He is seeking general and punitive damages, all profits arising from the sales of “Dunk Lows” and a permanent injunction halting production of the Nike shoes.
Van Halen recently launched his own line of striped chucks under his EVH brand.
Sounds serious. Let’s take a look…
Hmmm…maybe when you get in the shoe business, you get delusional.
Back on June 4th, I posted some bookmaker’s odds on who would be chosen as running mates for both Presidential campaigns. Looking back, Joe Biden was considered a long shot at 20/1 while Sarah Palin wasn’t even considered, not even listed in a field that included such unlikely contestants as…
Chris Cox- 15/1
Condoleezza Rice- 15/1
David Petraeus- 20/1
Michael Bloomberg- 25/1
Rudy Giuliani- 20/1
Jeb Bush 35/1
Ron Paul- 35/1
Fred Thompson- 40/1
A couple of days ago, I posted about Cuban musician Gorki Aguila’s arrest. One of the charges was “social dangerousness” for which he could have been facing four years in prison. At the trial yesterday that charge was dropped and Aguila was handed down a fine of $28. For perspective, average individual income in Cuba, $19.50 a month.
From Fox News.
“I am very proud of all the people who have supported me, and I feel even more hate for this tyranny,” Aguilar told reporters upon his release.
And yesterday, I made a drive by mention about Van Halen being miffed because the song “Right Now” was played at a McCain rally. Tequila Tycoon/Wrinkle Rocker Sammy Hagar, who had a hand in the writing of the song, has issued a press release responding to the use of the song and possibly his former bands reaction.
“When I wrote the lyrics to “Right Now” I intended them to inspire people to not sit around and wait for something they believed in but to go out and get it — to make a change however they needed to,” said Sammy Hagar. “Whether it was McCain who used the song or if Obama had chosen to use the song, with the current political climate, the lyrics still have the same meaning, and we all need to do something to make a difference, every action counts. In fact, I still feel so strongly about this that I wrote a new song “Cosmic Universal Fashion” with a young Iraqi musician in an attempt to motivate a new generation to the same affect. I am pleased to be associated with the lyrics to my original song and the new one in hopes that both will make people move to make a difference.”
Good press release Sammy. The guy is sitting there with 80 million corporate dollars from the sale of tequila interests and I’m sure he’s a busy man. But, if you got time to ponder the big picture long enough to work on something like “Cosmic Universal Fashion”, the least you can do is remember to mention your co-writer by name when you are pouncing on the paper thin ice of relevance to plug your new opus. And the winner for this years Grammy for best societal mind expanding song goes to Sammy Hagar and young Iraqi musician!
So, tequila salesman/singer Sammy Hagar is starting a new band, Chickenfoot. It’s a “Supergroup”, big time lineup; Joe Satriani on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass, Chad Smith, from the Chili Peppers on drums and Sammy on vocals and hype. I’ve been hearing, from various sources, that Sammy has been going around and already comparing Chickenfoot to Led Zeppelin, even though the band hasn’t recorded a lick. That’s good hype-man stuff there, people are going to react when you compare yourself to Zep, it’ll make them look.
Anyway, I wanted to read more about Chickenfoot and the first thing I found was this article from the Canadian Press. Apparently, Sammy is up North selling some tequila and playing a few gigs. So, I read this article and, the majority of quotes are about Eddie and the rest of Van Halen. Now, Sammy has got to say something about Van Halen, I realize that. And, the writer may have talked to Sammy about Chickenfoot for two hours and decided to print the VH stuff, who knows? I just found it interesting that Sammy would choose to go this route.
“I love Eddie, but we don’t love each other,” Hagar said during an interview Thursday.
“I heard that he got cleaned up again. Hopefully he stays that way and doesn’t die, because before we both die we have to be friends again.
“But like I said, people have to be level-headed and have to be healthy before you can settle a feud.”…
Although it’s “great that they finally did the reunion with Dave,” Hagar said he had no desire to take in the show.
“Mikey should have been there. It’s ridiculous,” he said.
“(Seeing the show) just wouldn’t interest me in the least, all the hoopla and all that around something without it being the original.”…
“I’m really not interested in being in that band right now. I’m so much more interested in our little Chickenfoot project,” Hagar said.
“To me that’s 10 times Van Halen, because it’s functional, we all like each other.”
I’m not going to say Sammy’s taking the low road; I’m not going to go that far.
You what this reminds me of? It’s like a guy who gets a divorce and then starts dating a really hot chick. You see him at a party with the new girlfriend and he’s like; “Oh, yeah, she’s hot”, and then he talks for two hours about his ex-wife. It’s like that. It’s sort of human nature to do that, I guess. But, usually what happens is, the new, hot girlfriend gets pissed off and dumps the guy.
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