Poitipocalypse Redux

Shortly after “Happy Together” started playing over the speakers at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland the Turtle's lead singer Howard Kaylan tweeted his concern:
We never approved this use.
Now we call the lawyers

But reached by phone, Turtles bandmate Mark Volman told The Times that because the organizers employed a house band to play the famed tune, the group does not appear to have much legal recourse.

The Turtles own only the so-called mechanical rights -- their own performance and recording of the song -- and are therefore unable to prevent another act from covering it.

“They can’t use the Turtles’ record on TV without paying for it, so if they did, they will certainly hear about it," he said.

...That said, Volman does have a few philosophical objections to the song’s use in Cleveland. “It seems kind of silly that they would open the convention with something that has nothing to do with them at all,” he says. “The RNC seems to be going out of its way in creating more of a negative than a positive, so I don’t think ‘Happy Together’ really fits.”

However, adds Volman with a laugh, “I can see why they would use it. It’s a fabulous song!”

I have never before encountered an uglier human being, inside and out, than Trump.

I find everything about him utterly repulsive....what he says, how he says it, his hand movements, his sneer even his hair.

I weep for America.