DEÄTHMÜFFIN UPDATE: THE TURBAN IS NOT FOR SALE

Yr new favorite band, Banäna Deäthmüffins, has been busy in the studio creating more chart-bothering masterpieces. Stand by for hits!

Meanwhile, one question we get asked a lot is: “Do you guys do any cover songs?”

The answer is: we sure do, Hazel. We don't record very many of them, mainly for legal reasons. On the other hand, with a fan base roughly the size of the average funk band, it’s not like anyone’s going to lose that much in royalties from us. Seriously, with the money that (say) ABBA could earn from us for covering (say) “SOS”, it would cover the cost of a Happy Meal. For example.

Anyway, this isn’t exactly a cover song. But it is based on an obscure running gag from the David Letterman show back when it was still on NBC. So technically we could get sued.

Which would be cool. We could use the exposure.

So enjoy our new smash hit: “The Turban Is Not For Sale”.

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No lyrics sheet required – the title pretty much says it all.

That's quality songwriting right there. 

No sale,

This is dF

SURVEILLANCE IS AMERICA’S HOTTEST GROWTH INDUSTRY

Yr Surveillance-Nation lede of the day:



That’s for so-called “pen register” and “trap-and-trace” methods for spying on phone and internet communications without a warrant:

Pen registers obtain, in real time, non-content information of outbound telephone and internet communications, such as phone numbers dialed, and the sender and recipient (and sometimes subject line) of an e-mail message. A trap-and-trace acquires the same information, but for inbound communications to a target. No probable-cause warrant is needed to obtain the data.

And that represents just a fraction of the surveillance activity being conducted by the US govt, reports Wired:

Consider that last year mobile carriers responded to a staggering 1.3 million law enforcement requests — which come from federal, state and local police, as well as from administrative offices – for subscriber information, including text messages and phone location data. That’s according to data provided to Congress that was released in July.

The nation’s major phone providers said they were working around the clock and charging millions in fees to keep up with ever-growing demands.

AT&T, the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier, told Congress that it had received 63,100 subpoenas — no judicial oversight required — for customer information in 2007. That more than doubled to 131,400 last year. By contrast, AT&T reported 36,900 court orders for subscriber data in 2007. That number grew to 49,700 court orders last year, a weak growth rate compared to the doubling of subpoenas in the same period.

Make of that what you will.

Listening in,

This is dF

WANNA UNDRESS A WONDERBRA MODEL? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT

But of course there is [via PSFK]: 

The Wonderbra Decoder app, available on the App Store as well as Google Play, allows viewers of the luxury lingerie brand’s print, outdoor, and video ads to ‘undress’ [21-year-old Slovakian model Adriana Cernanova] to see which of the company’s garments work best beneath various modern fashions. As Cernanova walks between screens, and states of undress, viewers are able to expand the ad to see related product details and purchase options.

Video is available [SFW – sorry about that]:

As a primarily straight guy, I’m all for cleavage and women lounging around in lingerie and stuff, but I’ll admit there’s a sexism angle here, as I’m pretty sure the app is aimed at straight guys who fantasize about making it with supermodels, as opposed to women shopping for push-up bras.

So how it’s going to lead to more Wonderbra sales, I’m not sure. Then again, Wonderbra advertising has almost always been aimed at straight guys, from what I can tell. (As a straight guy, I mean.)

That said, where’s the “undress the model” app for male underwear models? Surely 2xist, Cocksox or even Aussie Bum could come up with something. And don’t tell me there’s no demand for that.

So yeah, there’s arguably a marketing double standard here.

On the other hand, the primal part of my brain wants to know: “Dammit, where was all this technology when I was 15?”

Cos I’d have run up a bill with an app like that, let me tell you.

Undress for success,

This is dF