Disney Joy Division t-shirt?
Weird news of the day: Disney is actually selling a Mickey Mouse t-shirt inspired by Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” album, via their Disney Store. Are they pandering to hipster parents at the cost of their brand image? Is there a negative to associating Mickey with a band, whose name is a reference to sex slaves in concentration camps, and a lead singer who committed suicide? The shirts have all sold out.
via: pitchfork
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Intense. Definitely green-lighted by clueless higher-ups!
They also have one modeled after Iron Maiden, with Animal on drums.
Well this will do more damage to joy division than it will to Disney
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the merger of the two by Disney is totally kooky idea but aesthetically…I think its beautiful?!
the boner version is much better http://store.africanapparelstore.com/product/known-pleasures-by-christopher-wright
I think pandering to hipsters would be accurate. It’s just like every single play on words that have been done with the iconic Black Flag logo.
forget Disney’s reputation (they have a horrible one), what about Joy Division? This trend of making a profit by commercializing old bands because they are seen as ‘edgy’, is getting annoying.