MetaFilter posts tagged with sellingout

Low-Paid, Liberal, Nonprofit Yuppies Unite!

afu — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:08:31 -0800

The Trap. Are you a young, college educated liberal who can't afford health care or a place to live? In his new book, Daniel Brook says you are getting screwed by being forced to choose between a job that you would actually like or selling out so you can have a middle class lifestyle.

GriffX — Wed, 25 Jul 2001 18:47:06 -0800

Music as heard in commercials

Debate over whether the artists are selling out or not aside, there are some fairly great and obscure artists featured in TV commercials these days. As has been pointed out before, it's a sad thing when I'm consistantly hearing better music on MTV during the commercials.

rcade — Sat, 10 Mar 2001 08:16:53 -0800

"After the J. C. Penney ad ran, they got a letter from a fan wondering how they could be that desperate; did they need the money for an operation or something?" Tomorrow's New York Times Magazine covers the Apples in Stereo and other bands that are jeopardizing their realness by selling songs to advertisers.