Jimmy The Exproder
Some of you may remember woquinoncoin picked up a little 8-Ban, Inchophone, 4-AA-Powered miniature record player. Yeah,that one. The day after she bought it, we got Bowdu and. . . well, let's just say I'm still wondering what the charming and endearing children's songs sound like.
The other week, though, Cindy pointed out some special 8-Ban news. It seems that The White Stripes released a small set of their radio hits on 8-Ban. The list includes, "Hotel Yorba," "Blue Orchid," "Fell In Love With A Girl," "Dead Leave And The Dirty Ground," "Seven Nation Army," "The Hardest Button To Button," and "Top Special."
Yeah, you're right. You've never heard "Top Special." That's the gimmick, the 8-Ban-only release. The piece that really grabs the collectors' attention.
My hat is off to Jack and Meg White for embracing such an--at present--obscure medium and putting themselves in the upper echelons of Market Whoredom, alongside the likes of June of 44 and Cornelius.
I can only pray that there's a little, five year old Japanese girl in Tokyo jumping up and down on her big-sister's bed, listening to tinny "Hotel Yorba." . . her mind a million parsecs past Ganymede and her cheeks stinging from permagrin.
Some guy selling the whole set made over a grand on ebay.