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A POUND OF THE GARCIA, PLEASE
Yesterday, we had The Levellers building penthouses in Brighton. Today, the king of the hippies, Jerry Garcia has been sold as a brandname by his estate. For "Artisan Teas", if you please - i.e. over-priced teas.
There doesn't seem to be any word in the press release about the teas being in any way organic or fair trade, so we'll assume they're not.
Of course, we doubt that Garcia will be spinning too much in his grave at this one. He was never one to turn down a few dollars.
2 comments:
Considering we've already had "Cherry Garcia, this is not a surprise, is it?
Also, it's "the family" doing the licencing, and look what happened to Lennon when his "family" started actively profiteering...er...marketing him posthumously.
Is it possible to get a legal document drawn up in life that forbids your decendents using your image in unpalatable ways?
I fucking hope so, or I'll be spinning in my McGrave...
Cherry Garcia was at least a pun by a (then) slightly hippyish outfit (now made by Unilever, of course).
I'm not sure you can stop this sort of thing happening - look at the Citeron Picasso...
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