Turns out Heart doesn�t heart John McCain.
The careen duo of Ann and Nancy Wilson demanded terminal week that the Republican party stop using its 1977 hit �Barracuda� to promote McCain and Sarah Palin�s candidacy.
Last Wednesday and Thursday nights, �Barracuda� blared through the arena in St. Paul, Minn., during the Republican National Convention. The song was secondhand to champ vice presidential nominee Palin, who�s been nicknamed Barracuda - ostensibly both dearly and non - since high school.
Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist order to the GOP afterwards the vocal was played at the convention Wednesday night.
�The Republican campaign did not ask for permit to exercise the birdcall, nor would they have been granted that license,� the members of Heart said in a statement. �We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes ar honored.�
The statement also �condemn(ed)� the utilisation of the song at the RNC.
When the band�s wishes were ignored Thursday night, Nancy Wilson told EW.com in an electronic mail: �Sarah Palin�s views and values in no room represent us as American women. The song �Barracuda� was written in the late �70s as a scathing claptrap against the soulless, corporate nature of the medicine business, particularly for women. While Heart did not and would not empower the purpose of their song at the RNC, there�s irony in Republican strategists� pick to make use of it there.�
According to the Associated Press, Palin adoptive the nickname Barracuda as a high school basketball player due to her fierceness on the court. The tag surfaced again after she defeated the incumbent mayor of her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, in 1996.
IMAX in Boston
Attention Boston-area movie-goers: An AMC spokesperson has confirmed that Cinema 2 at AMC Loews Boston Common is being transformed into a digital IMAX theater.
It is not known when the theater volition open.
This means you soon will no longer cause to trek to Jordan�s Furniture in Natick or Reading to catch such films as �The Dark Knight� in IMAX. This is heavy news for moviegoers who�d rather walk or take the T to a movie and can�t wait to ascertain James Cameron�s hotly anticipated IMAX 3-D release �Avatar� in the city.
- James Verniere
IAMX in Boston
While Boston awaits word on when IMAX hits ithiel Town, we do know that IAMX will be at T.T. the Bear�s Place in Cambridge tomorrow night.
Pronounced �I am X,� it�s the solo project of British dance veteran Chris Corner, wHO gained accolades in the �90s with his downtempo act Sneaker Pimps. But where early Sneaker Pimps was the smooth soundtrack for the morning after, IAMX is glammed-out electro performance-art party from the night in front. We hear Corner�s stage show alone is worth checking out.
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