Headlines

September 09, 2009

Yo La Tengo's Inadvertant Collab with Dubya...

Paste Magazine | Read Full Story >

Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo thought his band’s potential pairing with NASCAR seemed safe enough, and he went into the deal with a “Why not?” sort of attitude.

This was before previewing a mock-up of the advertisement on drummer Georgia Hubley’s computer, which concluded with a voice-over saying, “Gentlemen, start your engines,” spoken by none other than George W. Bush. “That was pretty upsetting,” Kaplan recently told Paste. “We’ve collaborated with a lot of people over the years, but he was never on our wish list.”



Click Here