The Hathaway Family Plot - Wal*Mart Approved Music
Normally I like to write my own review but WM Recording’s description of Wal*Mart Approved Music is too entertaining to miss, Here it is in its entirety…
“The Hathaway Family Plot is a musician from Buffalo, New York, whose mission is to make music with whatever is at hand. The Hathaway Family Plot struggles, however futilely, against late-industrial capitalism, consumer culture, and music-as-commodity.
Inspired by the increasing practice of musicians sponsored by corporations, these 16 tunes are The Hathaway Family Plot’s latest attempt to make music that is the anti-commodity: sloppy, unmarketable, and sometimes flagrantly difficult to listen to.
The Hathaway Family Plot encourages people to burn an extra CD, complete with color artwork, smuggle it into your local Wal*Mart, and leave it somewhere inside with the attached note:
Congratulations! You have located a free copy of Wal*Mart-Approved Music by The Hathaway Family Plot. It was left here by a friend, Wal*Mart does not own it, so it is not shoplifting for you to carry it out, free of charge.”
…You gotta like their nerve! As for the my opinion of this music, it is bizarre and entertaining in the style of The Residents. It should also be mentioned that this is not music for children.
The album is available from WM Recordings in 192kbps MP3.
oops, link is broken. found it anyway, tho. :) as you said, the music is often pretty terrible, but i love the concept. too bad i live in europe now, or i would certainly follow their instructions :D
Comment by travis — April 28, 2009 @ 6:31 am
Thanks for the review.
The correct link to the album is:
http://www.wmrecordings.com/releases/wm093.htm
Comment by WM Recordings — April 28, 2009 @ 7:12 am
The link to WM recordings should be correct now. Didn’t see anything wrong with the “download” link. If there is still a problem, let me know.
Comment by Marvin — April 28, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
I FINALLY MADE A COPY AND DROPPED IT OF AT MY LOCAL WALMART…SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE
Comment by frankiepop — June 17, 2009 @ 3:03 am