The Somewhat Ambitious

And no, sadly I’m not referring to the British crimefighter. Seriously, fuck Alan Moore and Judge Dredd. Danger mouse is the only true British superhero. Also, he can fit in your mouth. You know. Just in case.*

I’m actually referring to the DJ/producer, who forms one half of Gnarls Barkley. Why am I so interested in this guy all of a sudden? Well…

“EMI has told Danger Mouse that his latest CD won’t see the light of day due to “legal issues,” so he’s responding by releasing the disc as a blank CD-R in a jewel case with art and liner notes. Fans can just download the music off a P2P site and burn it to the CD-R.”

According to Dangermouse, the jewel case will come with a pantload of associated artwork, liner notes and other shindigs, but it’ll basically be a blank cd. Now I, personally, think this is fucking awesome. I won’t buy it, I probably won’t listen to the album too closely (though I’ll be playing it on-air, I’m sure), but I applaud such a brazenly surreal move.

The only way he could impress me more would be to wear an eyepatch. Oh, and live in a postbox. Oh, and fight crime. Pretty much be less a DJ and more an actual mouse. Who can speak 34 languages. And… who am I kidding. It’ll never happen. This is the worst Christmas ever. FUCK.

/Paul

(Link via Boing Boing)

*I hope you know, because I don’t.