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In the July issue of FHM Australia, Pink takes a couple of digs at rapper Kanye West. The pop rocker said “Kanye West is the person pissing me off right now. I was at Stella McCartney’s Paris fashion show with the vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Paul McCartney and Kanye West. The entire time Kanye is going, ‘They need more fur in this show’. He just wouldn’t shut up about how he loved fur. I mean, he’s saying this to me, the PETA guy and Paul McCartney! I was just so grossed out by him. I’m like, ‘You’re an idiot!’ There are so many people who I think are a waste of skin and he’s up there. I should wear him. Go on, donate yourself Kanye. People can wear your fur.”

Try as you may to maintain some sort of reputation, the hard times in the economy will force you to sell out at some point. Pearl Jam is planning to record a Target commercial in promotion of their new album which is due out some time this year. The reason for this is that the iconic rock band wants to release their album independently without any label backing. Therefore, they need to distribute to multiple partners. The band’s manager said “Target ended up allowing us to have other partners. We’ll be able to take care of all levels of the Pearl Jam fan…We wish we could tell the whole story right now, but all the deals aren’t done. Target was cool enough to realize that little independent record stores are not their competition.”