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Here's some advice for soundtrack producers:
If you're thinking about cashing in on the hugely successful
Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex video, don't bother calling Soul
Asylum. The band's 1995 single ''Misery'' is playing on the Lees'
car stereo during the video's extended auto-erotic sequence, and
Soul Asylum are less than ecstatic. ''It makes it look like we
were part of this thing, like we scored their scene,'' says
guitarist Dan Murphy, who recently found out about the
unintentional accompaniment from a roadie and is investigating
the band's legal options. ''When it was just a little video
sitting around at someone's party it was one thing, but now
[it's being] mass-marketed, and it's got our tune in it. I got
mad when I saw that it was for sale.'' Fair enough, but legal
questions aside, what do Soul Asylum think of Pam and Tommy's
talents? ''I was distinctly unimpressed,'' says Murphy. Tommy's
''packin', there's no doubt about it, but he doesn't seem like
the brightest guy in the world. He says 'f---in' rad' way too
much. And I thought the camera work wasn't so hot during that
scene. They should fire the director.''
— Rob Brunner
The DiFranco files
What's a feisty neo-folkie musician like Ani
DiFranco doing in a nice place like Arlen, Tex.? Why, she's
spoofing that indie-rocker image on Fox's King of the Hill. In a
very special Mother's Day episode airing May 10, Peggy takes
guitar lessons from DiFranco's freaky feminist, who persuades
her student to rebel against the homemaker life. Fox had hoped
to cast a more high-wattage star like Alanis Morissette or Fiona
Apple, but DiFranco was Hill's top bill. ''We thought Ani would
have some good shock value,'' explains the show's executive
producer Greg Daniels. ''She's more authentic and politically
aware than some of the women in Lilith Fair. She's the whole,
coherent philosophical package.''
— Dan Snierson
