THOM YORKES AN ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
steve
thom and the band make music, they work hard at it and they
entertain us. thats what they do. we buy their stuff because we
like it, not because we're forced to buy it. they do us a favor
by giving us good music. they don't owe you a thank you, an
autograph, a picture or a next album.
>Dunno guess you could say thats like buying a painting by Van Gogh
>without the signature. As for owing me nothing ya probably right cos
>I'm not a Raidiohead fanatic, but remeber this... YOU and everyone
>else in this lil channel is talking about 1 thing.... Radiohead
>Bingo to coin a phrase - if it was not for YOU and all the others in
>here, buying their records and videos, seeing them in concert etc.
>Thommy and his co dudes would be probably working someplace earning a
>hard crust like You and everyone here, unless ya a millionaire and you
>got nowt better to do than hang aroung this NG :)
>But i wouln'd go as far as to call him an asshole for refusing to sign
>but to give a little time is not asking much. as i gave MY time to go
>buy his so called Art... so the Transaction could go both ways i
>guess..
>
Andy
> When you buy an album it does not contain a little contract saying "This
CD
> of music also
> entitles you to bug the fuck out of the people who made it".
>
> Jesus christ, these people are so fucking dumb.
How does having to stop and write his name "bug the fuck" out of him? The
person asking for the autograph (at least in this case) is telling Thom that
he really enjoys his music. I think the guy's being an asshole when he
responds to such a compliment by saying "I'm not signing anything" and
ignoring the person afterward.
Andy
steve <st...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> wrong.
> thom and the band make music, they work hard at it and they
> entertain us. thats what they do. we buy their stuff because we
> like it, not because we're forced to buy it. they do us a favor
> by giving us good music. they don't owe you a thank you, an
> autograph, a picture or a next album.
asking for an autograph is saying "thank you." It's polite to say "you're
welcome" when thanked. It takes the same amount of time to hastily write
your name as to say "you're welcome."
If Thom works hard to entertain us, as you say, he should welcome some
positive feedback from the people he is entertaining.
Onion Bob
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When you've had that probably every day for ten years, I think it would bug
the fuck out of you, too.
bob
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Frank M.
news:9keueh$42n74$1...@ID-59793.news.dfncis.de...
> When you buy an album it does not contain a little contract saying "This
CD
> of music also
> entitles you to bug the fuck out of the people who made it".
>
> Jesus christ, these people are so fucking dumb.
>
>
someone, or trying to grab that someone, digging through that someone's
trash, breaking into someone's home to beat off on their dirty underwear, or
stealing the food left on that someone's plate at a restaurant or a room
service tray.
Jenkins
The point is he doesn't have any obligation to sign anything. He probably
gets fans approaching him all the time, maybe every day for all I know, so
it must get annoying. I know it would feel a bit depressing to have this
happen but it doesn't make Thom an evil bastard.
Jenkins
If I was famous, I don't think I'd want to go around writing my name on bits
of paper for people. I mean, there's got to be better things to do. If I
met Thom Yorke I wouldn't think 'I wonder if he'll write his name for me!'.
I'd probably just look surprised, blabber for a few seconds before passing
out on the floor.
But still, Thom Yorke has done all he is obliged to for his fans (i.e. make
music with the rest of the guys) and anything else is a bonus, and he's not
an asshole for not giving it to you.
tom
Jenkins
Vin <bja...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> get over it, didn't you ever see that growing pains episode?
> thom doesn't owe you anything. myself, i would have just said hello
> and if he told me to fuck off after that im sure i would have yelled
> at him or annoyed him..thrown something at him, who knows really
I was just thinking that if I met one of the band and they told me to fuck
off I might get angry. But wouldn't it be bad to throw something at them,
only or it to kill them. What would you do?
Seeing as Thom is so moody it's only a matter of time before someone posts
to the newsgroup: 'Today I killed Thom Yorke'... ho hum.
tom
el Faxman
>From: "Jenkins" <stu...@chapelwalks.fsnet.co.uk>
>Date: Fri, Aug 3, 2001 19:28 EDT
>Message-id: <9kfc04$a3$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>
man, if i ever met thom...and he told me to fuck off...i would strangle that
bastard..i would crush all those vocal cords so he could never sing
again..ahahhahaha..he thinks HIS LIFE IS SOOO BAD...let's see..how old is he?
almost 33? on an off day...he probably wakes up at the crack of ...1pm...smokes
a doobie..drinks some honey lemon tea...and then goes back to bed...man,
whatever~! DUDE.
life is strange.
O_o
el Faxman
the alt.music.radiohead FAQ is located at:
http://www.radioheadfaq.co.uk/
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post coitum triste
>some free time and privacy? the man made
>some art, you bought the art, transaction
>complete. he doesn't owe you anything...
right, but he didn't have to make the guy feel like a real jerk for asking, or
for daring to be excited to see one of his favorite people in person. i mean,
i don't hate thom, but i'd sure feel humiliated if i'd tried to say hi to him
and he blew me off.
and i know that you miss me
by the way that you kiss and resist me
Jenkins
el Faxman <faxm...@aol.comeOnBaby> wrote in message
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All these anti Thom feelings coming to the surface now eh? Let it out.
tom
Mark McKnight
someone is sitting there watching me for a while. Then he comes up and asks
me for my autograph and it's like 'Well, yeah, I could give you my autograph
but, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going because I'm here with my
girlfriend - this is my space and you're invading it'. I mean, I don't want
to be seen as malicious or nasty but it gets too much sometimes." - thom
yorke
perhaps this is something he wouldve said to you had he not been kind of
annoyed that day.
--
PunkTheHood <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in message
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> I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
> official release CD ever made. Saw them in Santa Barbara a month ago,
> seeing them in Barrie tomorrow and going to Cleveland next week.
Anyways...
> I work in downtown Toronto on Queen St. and went in to the local book shop
> and who do I see but Johnny and Colin Greenwood. I was floored. I just
> happened
> to have a Radiohead Desktop Boxset at work so I flew across the street to
> get it.
> When the boys were leaving I asked them to sign it and the did without
> hesitation.
> About a half hour later I was out having a smoke and who do I
see?....Thom.
> He was all alone just walking down the street. So again I got my Boxset
and
> went
> up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and said "Hey Thom, sorry to break
> your balls
> but could I please get an autograph?" He turns and say "I'm not signing
> anything" and
> walks on. I was speechless. I felt like an ant. I understand the whole
> autograph thing
> with him thinking I might sell it and what not so I justified it. I
figured
> he would come back
> down again so I waited in front of my store and sure enough he was coming.
> My co-worker
> said he would ask to take a photo of us two so when he came by he did. He
> glanced at us
> and just kept walking. Now I was steamed. He walked up the stairs to the
> sore next door
> of ours. I waited one more time to ask him to at least come up and check
out
> our shop.
> When he came out I asked him and he just basically rolled his eyes and
kept
> walking.
> Not even a sorry I can't or anything. I seriously felt like yelling out
"OH
> EXCUSE ME
> MR ROCKSTAR". I've spent thousands of dollars of which some went into his
> pocket.
> I've met Bono and Korn and all kinds of other bands and have never been
made
> to feel
> so small as that. And he says he's changed. FUCK HIM AND THE HORSE HE RODE
> IN ON.
>
> An Angry RH Fan
>
> --
> ===============================================
> I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me
> ===============================================
>
>
Bollocks62
would be flipping burgers, selling pizza. Yeah sure whatever. And without those
customers in that there restaurant of theirs, they would not be there either,
so yeah I guess they should just suck off their customers and powder their
balls for them, because hey those customers deserve it. Radiohead has something
that we WANT. They provide us with it, we pay for it. We are happy with what we
are provided with, and all is well. So yes, Radiohead does not need to scribble
on our stuff or become our new best friend because they do not owe it to us. We
are not special.
kj.robertson
be a courteous human being, I'm sure he wouldn't like it if he went up to
bjork when he met her and she just looked at him and said "oh well done
you're in an indie band, bye" and walked off.
j.nevins
AirB@g wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2001 19:22:50 GMT, bja...@hotmail.com (Vin) wrote:
>
> >bingo.
> >
> >>thom yorke's an asshole because he wants
> >>some free time and privacy? the man made
> >>some art, you bought the art, transaction
> >>complete. he doesn't owe you anything...
>
> Dunno guess you could say thats like buying a painting by Van Gogh
> without the signature.
how so?
> As for owing me nothing ya probably right cos
> I'm not a Raidiohead fanatic, but remeber this... YOU and everyone
> else in this lil channel is talking about 1 thing.... Radiohead
> Bingo to coin a phrase - if it was not for YOU and all the others in
> here, buying their records and videos, seeing them in concert etc.
> Thommy and his co dudes would be probably working someplace earning a
> hard crust like You and everyone here, unless ya a millionaire and you
> got nowt better to do than hang aroung this NG :)
> But i wouln'd go as far as to call him an asshole for refusing to sign
> but to give a little time is not asking much. as i gave MY time to go
> buy his so called Art... so the Transaction could go both ways i
> guess..
they took time to play the concert you go to, to record the albums you
buy. that is what you pay money for. you don't pay
to have the right to follow the band members around.
you don't buy the right to have have tea with an author when you buy a
book. you don't get a free tour of the factory when you buy a chocolate
bar. why should you expect the right to bother someone just because you
spent money on something they made?
amy.
j.nevins
Andy wrote:
going up to thom and saying 'i like your music, thank you.' is different than
'i like your music, give me something.' which is what asking for an autograph
is.
j.nevins
post coitum triste wrote:
> >thom yorke's an asshole because he wants
> >some free time and privacy? the man made
> >some art, you bought the art, transaction
> >complete. he doesn't owe you anything...
>
> right, but he didn't have to make the guy feel like a real jerk for asking, or
> for daring to be excited to see one of his favorite people in person. i mean,
> i don't hate thom, but i'd sure feel humiliated if i'd tried to say hi to him
> and he blew me off.
>
i doubt that was what he was trying for.
i've felt humiliated after getting turned down for an autograph by other people,
but that doesn't make them assholes. sure they could have been a better person
that day, and decided to give me one. i could have been a better person last week
and given my change to a homeless person, or worked at extra shift for someone,
instead of going home to watch tv. people do not always act like saints.
Paul Hopwood
>How does having to stop and write his name "bug the fuck" out of him? The
>person asking for the autograph (at least in this case) is telling Thom that
>he really enjoys his music. I think the guy's being an asshole when he
>responds to such a compliment by saying "I'm not signing anything" and
>ignoring the person afterward.
When this happens to you hundreds of time a day I'd guess you begin to
see it a bit differently.
Ok, it's no big deal to sign something, but equally it's no big deal
if they don't. The people who rant about it like the band "owe" them
something are precisely the kind of people who don't deserve it!
For what it's worth I've never met the guy and if I did I'd expect the
same as I would from anyone else - for him to be courteous and polite
unless I happen to invade his privacy, which some people are cool with
some aren't. By all accounts Thom isn't. Just because he stands on
stage in front of 25,000 ppl most nights and you buy his record
doesn't mean he's compelled to be happy about strangers pouncing on
him in the street, or give us the right to do so.
--
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PeterH
Onion Bob wrote:
>
> PunkTheHood <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in message
> news:aMla7.51978$Q13.3...@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
>
> Two of my mates have got his autograph in the local safeway where he's often
> seen (down the road from me) cos he
> lives round here. So he's not a total asshole.
>
> bob, who could probably get the autograph scanned... it's quite cool.
>
> http://pred.de/
I reckon the man just hates merkins, and come on, who can blame him?
Maybe if you idiots wrote off third world debt and ritually slaughtered
george dubya in an abbatoir, *then* thom yorke would sign autographs for
you.
And then you'd be able to boast that you've met Bono AND Korn AND Thom
Yorke! Yay!
Jonathan McArthur
| Onion Bob wrote:
| > PunkTheHood <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in message
| > news:aMla7.51978$Q13.3...@news20.bellglobal.com...
| > > I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
| > Two of my mates have got his autograph in the local safeway where he's often
| > seen (down the road from me) cos he
| > lives round here. So he's not a total asshole.
Hrm, "PunkTheHood" has an e-mail address with a Canadian domain suffix, which might suggest he
was in Canada, rather than the States, no? ^_^
--
Jonathan McArthur
NP: Cuttooth / Radiohead
Web: http://dynamite8detonator.tripod.com/cam.html
Maxim: increscunt animi, virescit volnere virtus.
PeterH
>
> "PeterH" wrote:
> | Onion Bob wrote:
> | > PunkTheHood <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in message
> | > news:aMla7.51978$Q13.3...@news20.bellglobal.com...
> | > > I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
> | > Two of my mates have got his autograph in the local safeway where he's often
> | > seen (down the road from me) cos he
> | > lives round here. So he's not a total asshole.
> | I reckon the man just hates merkins, and come on, who can blame him?
>
> Hrm, "PunkTheHood" has an e-mail address with a Canadian domain suffix, which might suggest he
> was in Canada, rather than the States, no? ^_^
>
A merkin is a merkin is a merkin. And anyway, canadians are half french,
which is almost as bad.
Gee, John, I'm so glad you pointed that out to me. I was on the brink of
making myself look really stupid there before you came along.
Das Monkey
> > When you buy an album it does not contain a little contract saying "This
> CD
> > of music also
> > entitles you to bug the fuck out of the people who made it".
> >
> > Jesus christ, these people are so fucking dumb.
>
> How does having to stop and write his name "bug the fuck" out of him? The
> person asking for the autograph (at least in this case) is telling Thom that
> he really enjoys his music.
multiply that by about 10,000 then you'll have some idea of why thom don't do
it.
if you were bugged by people that often i doubt you'd be in the same position.
besides, he might have just been having a bad day.
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tim byron.
>> > When you buy an album it does not contain a little contract saying "This
>> CD
>> > of music also
>> > entitles you to bug the fuck out of the people who made it".
>> >
>> > Jesus christ, these people are so fucking dumb.
>>
>> How does having to stop and write his name "bug the fuck" out of him? The
>> person asking for the autograph (at least in this case) is telling Thom that
>> he really enjoys his music.
>
>multiply that by about 10,000 then you'll have some idea of why thom don't do
>it.
>if you were bugged by people that often i doubt you'd be in the same position.
>besides, he might have just been having a bad day.
This is also a man who, by all reports, had a nervous breakdown on the
OKC tour, because he couldn't handle touring and all the shite that
goes with it - most of the songs on Amnesiac and Kid A are inspired by
that turmoil - "How To Disappear Completely," "Life In A Glasshouse"
are only the two most obvious ones.
I imagine he might associate signing autographs with all this stuff.
Would you get upset at a agoraphobic if they didn't want to go
shopping with you?
tim.
count to three:
1. http://www.mp3.com/Tim_Byron/
2. icq:9593857
3. "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if
Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running
around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and
listening to repetitive electronic music."
Spokesman for Nintendo, Inc., 1989
PunkTheHood
Please prove this fact to me einstein. Have you ever been
to Canada? And as far as looking stupid you did that the
moment you used the word merkin...you fuckin hump.
--
===============================================
I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me
===============================================
"PeterH" <s991...@student.up.ac.za> wrote in message
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Melissa Webber
rudeness. I appreciate that he may have been having a tough day, and after
years of signing autographs, he may have got sick of doing it... but he
could have politely said no. In the time it took him to say "I'm not signing
anything", he could have signed an autograph quite easily. He could have
made someone's day.. a FAN'S day. Fans are the people who put him where he
is..
If bigger stars can do it... like Bono from U2 for example.. then surely
Thom can? U2 released their first album 21 years ago, which means he has
been signing autographs for 20(ish) years! Bono always signs stuff for his
fans.. I guess it depends upon what sort of person you are.
Mel
xxx
PeterH
>
> Canadians are half french anyways? My god u r dumb.
> Please prove this fact to me einstein. Have you ever been
> to Canada? And as far as looking stupid you did that the
> moment you used the word merkin...you fuckin hump.
>
> --
Required To Prove: Canadians half french.
French Canadian government -> pays french couples to have lots of kids
(in order to get the french population of the country up). Merkins =
people from North(ern) America = money-grabbing wankers. Therefore, lots
of french canadian couples shagging like mad for a bit of extra cash.
Therefore, lots of French people in Canada. Therefore, Canadians half
french.
QED.
Hope that sorts it all out. And please don't call anyone a "fuckin hump"
again. Sounds like you have a camel fetish (snigger).
Onion Bob
> Would you get upset at a agoraphobic if they didn't want to go
> shopping with you?
:P
bob
--
"Ahhhh bob if only you had an
inkling of a brain... Maybe you
should take that Onion and mix
it in with that pea brain of yours."
- PunkTheHood
I got me a Faxman style sig!
Paul Hopwood
>This is also a man who, by all reports, had a nervous breakdown on the
>OKC tour, because he couldn't handle touring and all the shite that
>goes with it - most of the songs on Amnesiac and Kid A are inspired by
>that turmoil - "How To Disappear Completely," "Life In A Glasshouse"
>are only the two most obvious ones.
Not an entirely bad point, but Life In A Glasshouse has been around a
bit longer than that and was written by Jonny.
Jonathan McArthur
| PunkTheHood wrote:
| > Canadians are half french anyways? My god u r dumb.
| > Please prove this fact to me einstein. Have you ever been
| > to Canada? And as far as looking stupid you did that the
| > moment you used the word merkin...you fuckin hump.
|
| French Canadian government -> pays french couples to have lots of kids
| (in order to get the french population of the country up). Merkins =
| people from North(ern) America = money-grabbing wankers. Therefore, lots
| of french canadian couples shagging like mad for a bit of extra cash.
| Therefore, lots of French people in Canada. Therefore, Canadians half
| french.
|
| QED.
|
| Hope that sorts it all out. And please don't call anyone a "fuckin hump"
| again. Sounds like you have a camel fetish (snigger).
Check your language. Perhaps you should have said "Half of all Canadians are French" or
something. If, say, ž the population of South Africa is black and you're of Dutch origin, that
doesn't make you ž black, does it? ^_^
--
Jonathan McArthur
NP: nothing / nobody
Jenkins
kj.robertson <kj.rob...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Well he is a human being as someone said but I would like to think ha
would
> be a courteous human being, I'm sure he wouldn't like it if he went up to
> bjork when he met her and she just looked at him and said "oh well done
> you're in an indie band, bye" and walked off.
I'm sure he wouldn't. But he's not really in an indie band. And Bjork is
so nice I'm sure he wouldn't mind. And I heard top posting rots your teeth.
tom
growbag
>Life In A Glasshouse has been around a
> bit longer than that and was written by Jonny.
I don't think Jonny wrote the lyrics to LIAGH, just the music.
========================
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PeterH
Jonathan McArthur wrote:
>
> "PeterH" wrote:
> | PunkTheHood wrote:
> | > Canadians are half french anyways? My god u r dumb.
> | > Please prove this fact to me einstein. Have you ever been
> | > to Canada? And as far as looking stupid you did that the
> | > moment you used the word merkin...you fuckin hump.
> | Required To Prove: Canadians half french.
> |
> | French Canadian government -> pays french couples to have lots of kids
> | (in order to get the french population of the country up). Merkins =
> | people from North(ern) America = money-grabbing wankers. Therefore, lots
> | of french canadian couples shagging like mad for a bit of extra cash.
> | Therefore, lots of French people in Canada. Therefore, Canadians half
> | french.
> |
> | QED.
> |
> | Hope that sorts it all out. And please don't call anyone a "fuckin hump"
> | again. Sounds like you have a camel fetish (snigger).
>
> Check your language. Perhaps you should have said "Half of all Canadians are French" or
> something. If, say, ¾ the population of South Africa is black and you're of Dutch origin, that
> doesn't make you ¾ black, does it? ^_^
>
Yes, but you see, the point is that in actual fact, on account of all
the naughty things those original dutch settlers did when they first
arrived here, the average "true" white south african has about 3% black
blood in them. Amazing, isn't it? Logically, the french canadians don't
*just* shag other french canadians. French blood gets spread around. My
apologies for using hyperbole and claiming that *all* canadians are half
french, I'm really, really sorry.
I'm not of Dutch origin at all, unfortunately. If only there were a few
dutchmen in my family tree, I might be a bit taller than my present
5'8". I'm british, and intensely proud of it.
*Jonathan McArthur will write:
*If you're British, what are you doing in South Africa? ^_^
My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
Australia...
Jonathan McArthur
| Jonathan McArthur wrote:
| > "PeterH" wrote:
| > | PunkTheHood wrote:
| > | > Canadians are half french anyways? My god u r dumb.
| > | > Please prove this fact to me einstein. Have you ever been
| > | > to Canada? And as far as looking stupid you did that the
| > | > moment you used the word merkin...you fuckin hump.
| > | Required To Prove: Canadians half french.
| > |
| > | French Canadian government -> pays french couples to have lots of kids
| > | (in order to get the french population of the country up). Merkins =
| > | people from North(ern) America = money-grabbing wankers. Therefore, lots
| > | of french canadian couples shagging like mad for a bit of extra cash.
| > | Therefore, lots of French people in Canada. Therefore, Canadians half
| > | french.
| > |
| > | QED.
| > |
| > | Hope that sorts it all out. And please don't call anyone a "fuckin hump"
| > | again. Sounds like you have a camel fetish (snigger).
| > Check your language. Perhaps you should have said "Half of all Canadians are
| > you're of Dutch origin, that doesn't make you ž black, does it? ^_^
| Yes, but you see, the point is that in actual fact, on account of all
| the naughty things those original dutch settlers did when they first
| arrived here, the average "true" white south african has about 3% black
| blood in them. Amazing, isn't it? Logically, the french canadians don't
| *just* shag other french canadians. French blood gets spread around. My
| apologies for using hyperbole and claiming that *all* canadians are half
| french, I'm really, really sorry.
|
| I'm not of Dutch origin at all, unfortunately. If only there were a few
| dutchmen in my family tree, I might be a bit taller than my present
| 5'8". I'm british, and intensely proud of it.
OH HOW WONDERFUL. <yawns>
| *Jonathan McArthur will write:
| *If you're British, what are you doing in South Africa? ^_^
I think I know the answer: you're there to steal diamonds.
| My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
| shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
| Australia...
Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country! To hell with the Lucky
Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
</unjustifiable patriotism>
Melissa Webber
Jonathan McArthur <dyna...@paradise.net.nzNOSPAM> wrote
> Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
South Africa isn't as bad as people think... half my family live there and I
have been there a few times
Mel
xxx
PeterH
>
> "PeterH" wrote:
> | Jonathan McArthur wrote:
> | > "PeterH" wrote:
> | > | PunkTheHood wrote:
> | > | > Canadians are half french anyways? My god u r dumb.
> | > | > Please prove this fact to me einstein. Have you ever been
> | > | > to Canada? And as far as looking stupid you did that the
> | > | > moment you used the word merkin...you fuckin hump.
> | > | Required To Prove: Canadians half french.
> | > |
> | > | French Canadian government -> pays french couples to have lots of kids
> | > | (in order to get the french population of the country up). Merkins =
> | > | people from North(ern) America = money-grabbing wankers. Therefore, lots
> | > | of french canadian couples shagging like mad for a bit of extra cash.
> | > | Therefore, lots of French people in Canada. Therefore, Canadians half
> | > | french.
> | > |
> | > | QED.
> | > |
> | > | Hope that sorts it all out. And please don't call anyone a "fuckin hump"
> | > | again. Sounds like you have a camel fetish (snigger).
> | > Check your language. Perhaps you should have said "Half of all Canadians are
> | > you're of Dutch origin, that doesn't make you ¾ black, does it? ^_^
> | Yes, but you see, the point is that in actual fact, on account of all
> | the naughty things those original dutch settlers did when they first
> | arrived here, the average "true" white south african has about 3% black
> | blood in them. Amazing, isn't it? Logically, the french canadians don't
> | *just* shag other french canadians. French blood gets spread around. My
> | apologies for using hyperbole and claiming that *all* canadians are half
> | french, I'm really, really sorry.
> |
> | I'm not of Dutch origin at all, unfortunately. If only there were a few
> | dutchmen in my family tree, I might be a bit taller than my present
> | 5'8". I'm british, and intensely proud of it.
>
> OH HOW WONDERFUL. <yawns>
>
> | *Jonathan McArthur will write:
> | *If you're British, what are you doing in South Africa? ^_^
>
> I think I know the answer: you're there to steal diamonds.
>
> | My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
> | shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
> | Australia...
>
> Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
>
> Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country! To hell with the Lucky
> Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
>
> </unjustifiable patriotism>
>
You New Zealanders make me sick.
...and that's all i have to say.
Das Monkey
> | My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
> | shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
> | Australia...
>
> Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
>
> Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country! To hell with the Lucky
> Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
god fucks sheep?
tim byron.
>Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
>
>Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country! To hell with the Lucky
>Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
>
></unjustifiable patriotism>
Don't worry, Jonny Mac, we'll let you be Australian after you become
successful, okay? ^_^
Never mind Trans-Atlantic Brawls, we have a Trans-Tasman Brawl, and
Trans-Indian Brawl!
Jonathan McArthur
| Jonathan McArthur wrote:
| > | My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
| > | shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
| > | Australia...
| > Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
| >
| > Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country!
| > To hell with the Lucky Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
| god fucks sheep?
No, but he does have a quality sense of humour. I find it odd that you dopey Australians
couldn't find something factual to take the piss out of New Zealand with. I mean, there's so
much wrong with the place! Useless social services, stupid personal-agenda-driven politicians,
poor healthcare, an underwrought education system, $4 billion student debt... Shaky Isles,
indeed. Otherwise it's a nice country, really. New Zealand is a great place to live if a) you
aren't stupid and b) you aren't burdened with chronic illness. There are trees everywhere when I
look out my window! Very picturesque. And look at those local hoodlums! Very picaresque! ^_^
--
Jonathan McArthur
NP: Band on the Run / Paul McCartney & Wings
Jonathan McArthur
Hmm, sometimes I think I do my job a little *too* well.
--
Jonathan McArthur
NP: BAND ON THE RUN
Das Monkey
> "Das Monkey" wrote:
> | Jonathan McArthur wrote:
> | > | My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
> | > | shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
> | > | Australia...
> | > Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
> | >
> | > Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country!
> | > To hell with the Lucky Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
> | god fucks sheep?
>
> No, but he does have a quality sense of humour. I find it odd that you dopey Australians
> couldn't find something factual to take the piss out of New Zealand with.
that's because nobody cares enough about the place to know something about it.
here is everything i know about new zealand:
1) they like rugby union
2) there are more sheep than people
3) they talk funny
thank you.
Jonathan McArthur
| Jonathan McArthur wrote:
| > "Das Monkey" wrote:
| > | Jonathan McArthur wrote:
| > | > | My great-grandparents lost their jobs when all the coal mines started
| > | > | shutting down. Could have been worse. One of them damn near ended up in
| > | > | Australia...
| > | > Hmm, I'd rather live in Australia than South Africa.
| > | >
| > | > Nothing compares to Glorious New Zealand, though. God's Own Country!
| > | > To hell with the Lucky Country or the Everyone Gets Murdered Country!
| > | god fucks sheep?
| > No, but he does have a quality sense of humour. I find it odd that you dopey
| > Australians couldn't find something factual to take the piss out of New Zealand
| > with.
| that's because nobody cares enough about the place to know something about it.
Well, you know stuff now! Go in peace with your knowledge of our crap health system.
| here is everything i know about new zealand:
| 1) they like rugby union
I don't like rugby.
| 2) there are more sheep than people
Same goes for Australia.
| 3) they talk funny
Same goes for Australians. "Fair dinkum, cobber! Bonza, ripper, grouse! What a Sheila!"
| thank you.
You're welcome!
--
Jonathan McArthur
NP: nothing / nobody
tim byron.
>| that's because nobody cares enough about the place to know something about it.
>
>Well, you know stuff now! Go in peace with your knowledge of our crap health system.
>
>| here is everything i know about new zealand:
>| 1) they like rugby union
>
>I don't like rugby.
There's hope for you yet...
>| 2) there are more sheep than people
>
>Same goes for Australia.
There is a higher ratio of sheep:person in NZ than in Australia. I
remember being in NZ...there were obscene amounts of sheep everywhere.
They started looking like little maggots on the hillside.
>| 3) they talk funny
>
>Same goes for Australians. "Fair dinkum, cobber! Bonza, ripper, grouse! What a Sheila!"
The only word out of those that I would use on an even remotely
regular basis is "grouse." And even that's used in a sense of irony.
Jonathan McArthur
| "Jonathan McArthur" <dyna...@paradise.net.nzNOSPAM>:
| >| that's because nobody cares enough about the place to know something about it.
| >Well, you know stuff now! Go in peace with your knowledge of our crap health system.
| >
| >| here is everything i know about new zealand:
| >| 1) they like rugby union
| >I don't like rugby.
| There's hope for you yet...
And I don't like league, either. Or any type of ball-kicking-contact-sport. I played cricket and
tennis. Oh, and squash for a while, but the lousy courts were too cold, so I stopped [and, as a
continuing saga in raquet sports, I broke my raquet. That's three tennis raquets and one squash
raquet I have rendered useless ^_^].
| >| 2) there are more sheep than people
| >Same goes for Australia.
| There is a higher ratio of sheep:person in NZ than in Australia. I
| remember being in NZ...there were obscene amounts of sheep everywhere.
| They started looking like little maggots on the hillside.
And that disproves "Same for Australia" how? Aha! Irrelevance!
| >| 3) they talk funny
| >Same goes for Australians. "Fair dinkum, cobber! Bonza, ripper, grouse! What a Sheila!"
| The only word out of those that I would use on an even remotely
| regular basis is "grouse." And even that's used in a sense of irony.
How... nice?
tim byron.
>"tim byron." wrote:
>| "Jonathan McArthur" <dyna...@paradise.net.nzNOSPAM>:
>| >| that's because nobody cares enough about the place to know something about it.
>| >Well, you know stuff now! Go in peace with your knowledge of our crap health system.
>| >
>| >| here is everything i know about new zealand:
>| >| 1) they like rugby union
>| >I don't like rugby.
>| There's hope for you yet...
>And I don't like league, either. Or any type of ball-kicking-contact-sport. I played cricket and
>tennis. Oh, and squash for a while, but the lousy courts were too cold, so I stopped [and, as a
>continuing saga in raquet sports, I broke my raquet. That's three tennis raquets and one squash
>raquet I have rendered useless ^_^].
Is that why you've gone into music and started making a racket?
*chortles*
>| >| 2) there are more sheep than people
>| >Same goes for Australia.
>| There is a higher ratio of sheep:person in NZ than in Australia. I
>| remember being in NZ...there were obscene amounts of sheep everywhere.
>| They started looking like little maggots on the hillside.
>
>And that disproves "Same for Australia" how? Aha! Irrelevance!
It doesn't disprove that there are more sheep than people in
Australia. I was just saying that sheep seemed to be everywhere.
Possibly because of the relative difference in size between the two
countries. But who cares anyway? It's an old tradition or charter or
something that Australians and New Zealanders have to argue about
sheep.
>| >| 3) they talk funny
>| >Same goes for Australians. "Fair dinkum, cobber! Bonza, ripper, grouse! What a Sheila!"
>| The only word out of those that I would use on an even remotely
>| regular basis is "grouse." And even that's used in a sense of irony.
>
>How... nice?
Tops, aye bro?
Jonathan McArthur
| "Jonathan McArthur" <dyna...@paradise.net.nzNOSPAM>:
| >raquet I have rendered useless ^_^].
| Is that why you've gone into music and started making a racket?
|
| *chortles*
HAHAHAHAHAHA
NO
FECK OFF
| >| >| 2) there are more sheep than people
| >| >Same goes for Australia.
| >| There is a higher ratio of sheep:person in NZ than in Australia. I
| >| remember being in NZ...there were obscene amounts of sheep everywhere.
| >| They started looking like little maggots on the hillside.
| >And that disproves "Same for Australia" how? Aha! Irrelevance!
| It doesn't disprove that there are more sheep than people in
| Australia. I was just saying that sheep seemed to be everywhere.
| Possibly because of the relative difference in size between the two
| countries. But who cares anyway? It's an old tradition or charter or
| something that Australians and New Zealanders have to argue about
| sheep.
I don't know why you're all so concerned about sheep. I mean, really.
Who cares? It's not even remotely amusing! Not even for you!
| >| >| 3) they talk funny
| >| >Same goes for Australians. "Fair dinkum, cobber! Bonza, ripper, grouse! What a Sheila!"
| >| The only word out of those that I would use on an even remotely
| >| regular basis is "grouse." And even that's used in a sense of irony.
| >How... nice?
| Tops, aye bro?
The word you're looking for is "topper".
Onion Bob
PunkTheHood <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in message
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> I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
Two of my mates have got his autograph in the local safeway where he's often
seen (down the road from me) cos he
lives round here. So he's not a total asshole.
bob, who could probably get the autograph scanned... it's quite cool.
bmc
humped his leg so hard, fanboy.
bmc
"PunkTheHood" <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in message
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> I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
> official release CD ever made. Saw them in Santa Barbara a month ago,
> seeing them in Barrie tomorrow and going to Cleveland next week.
Anyways...
> I work in downtown Toronto on Queen St. and went in to the local book shop
> and who do I see but Johnny and Colin Greenwood. I was floored. I just
> happened
> to have a Radiohead Desktop Boxset at work so I flew across the street to
> get it.
> When the boys were leaving I asked them to sign it and the did without
> hesitation.
> About a half hour later I was out having a smoke and who do I
see?....Thom.
> He was all alone just walking down the street. So again I got my Boxset
and
> went
> up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and said "Hey Thom, sorry to break
> your balls
> but could I please get an autograph?" He turns and say "I'm not signing
> anything" and
> walks on. I was speechless. I felt like an ant. I understand the whole
> autograph thing
> with him thinking I might sell it and what not so I justified it. I
figured
> he would come back
> down again so I waited in front of my store and sure enough he was coming.
> My co-worker
> said he would ask to take a photo of us two so when he came by he did. He
> glanced at us
> and just kept walking. Now I was steamed. He walked up the stairs to the
> sore next door
> of ours. I waited one more time to ask him to at least come up and check
out
> our shop.
> When he came out I asked him and he just basically rolled his eyes and
kept
> walking.
> Not even a sorry I can't or anything. I seriously felt like yelling out
"OH
> EXCUSE ME
> MR ROCKSTAR". I've spent thousands of dollars of which some went into his
> pocket.
> I've met Bono and Korn and all kinds of other bands and have never been
made
> to feel
> so small as that. And he says he's changed. FUCK HIM AND THE HORSE HE RODE
> IN ON.
>
> An Angry RH Fan
PunkTheHood
to wash my car. To take literally 5 seconds out of your
time to please a fan is not asking a lot. Like you would
have been thrilled if it happened to you...but I forgot you're
too cool of a fan to have even asked. Get back under that
rock.
--
===============================================
I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me
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"bmc" <turb...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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VicG
Maybe he had grown bored of rolling around money on his bed, and was in a
bad mood.
Basketball great Bill Russell never signed autographs. But he would stop
and talk to you for a couple of minutes. He felt the personal experience
was better than ink on a piece of paper.
LOL, that has nothing to do with Thom Yorke, just an anecdote for autograph
seekers.
PunkTheHood <guided_e...@sympatic.ca> wrote in article
<aMla7.51978$Q13.3...@news20.bellglobal.com>...
Robetjonas
couple of times while they were recording the Bends at RAK. I never had a
problem but I have seen him be rude to people you are polite when they meet
him. Ed and Colin were always cold and never really seemed interested in
talking or signing autographs.
Euh
Euh
Il y a 394 Sebastien Benoit dans le Bottin...
Mais un seul anime Tam Tam...
C'est un de trop!
rev.Bob
PunkTheHood wrote:
> I've spent thousands of dollars of which some went into his
> pocket.
>
Instead of asking him for his autograph, why didn't you just present him with a
bill. Thom Yorke OWES you money for being such a big fan.
Carslinger2000
Miner At The Dial-A-View
PunkTheHood wrote:
> and said "Hey Thom, sorry to break
> your balls
> but could I please get an autograph?"
You said *that* to him? And you're surprised he said no?
Periodic
PunkTheHood wrote:
> Think about it you lugnut. It's not like I was asking him
> to wash my car. To take literally 5 seconds out of your
> time to please a fan is not asking a lot. Like you would
> have been thrilled if it happened to you...but I forgot you're
> too cool of a fan to have even asked. Get back under that
> rock.
Maybe his dog died. Maybe he was having a bad day. Maybe he was having a nice
peaceful walk in the street, enjoying some level of privacy when some fan
leaped out of nowhere and destroyed that. Point is, its not a celebrities job
to be happy and cheerful to every fan that pops out of the woodwork 24 hours a
day. I think I've seen a post like this on every music newgroup I read
prattling on about the lead singer or the lead guitarist or whoever is an
asshole because he didn't sign something on demand. And they're always
countered by a thousand responses saying 'oh no he did this and this for me and
was so gracious and nice'. The thing is, they're people too, and you'd probably
be incorrect to make some huge blanket judgement on them simply because they
chose not to do something nice for you. Maybe if he came to your house and set
it on fire, but since thats not the case...
-Periodic.
Andy
Periodic <peri...@amish2000PENIS.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe his dog died. Maybe he was having a bad day. Maybe he was having a
nice
> peaceful walk in the street, enjoying some level of privacy when some fan
> leaped out of nowhere and destroyed that. Point is, its not a celebrities
job
> to be happy and cheerful to every fan that pops out of the woodwork 24
>hours a day.
His fans are the reason Thom is able to be walking around doing nothing in
the middle of the day. Maybe "owe" is too strong a word, but i think it's
just decent, and not unreasonably exhausting, to write two words on paper in
exchange for the the great deal of money even that one fan has spent on him
and his band. And it's not like he was being bombarded at the moment;
Radiohead is nowhere near as big in the Americas, and most of the fans over
here wouldn't recognize Thom on the street.
Vin
one person before a show asked him if he could play polyethylene
and he didn't even look at them and said "fuck off" while walking
away. whereas when i met him he was very pleasant.
go figure
>I'll start by saying that I'm a HUGE Radiohead fan. Have almost every
>official release CD ever made. Saw them in Santa Barbara a month ago,
>seeing them in Barrie tomorrow and going to Cleveland next week. Anyways...
>I work in downtown Toronto on Queen St. and went in to the local book shop
>and who do I see but Johnny and Colin Greenwood. I was floored. I just
>happened
>to have a Radiohead Desktop Boxset at work so I flew across the street to
>get it.
>When the boys were leaving I asked them to sign it and the did without
>hesitation.
>About a half hour later I was out having a smoke and who do I see?....Thom.
>He was all alone just walking down the street. So again I got my Boxset and
>went
>up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and said "Hey Thom, sorry to break
>your balls
>but could I please get an autograph?" He turns and say "I'm not signing
>anything" and
>walks on. I was speechless. I felt like an ant. I understand the whole
>autograph thing
>with him thinking I might sell it and what not so I justified it. I figured
>he would come back
>down again so I waited in front of my store and sure enough he was coming.
>My co-worker
>said he would ask to take a photo of us two so when he came by he did. He
>glanced at us
>and just kept walking. Now I was steamed. He walked up the stairs to the
>sore next door
>of ours. I waited one more time to ask him to at least come up and check out
>our shop.
>When he came out I asked him and he just basically rolled his eyes and kept
>walking.
>Not even a sorry I can't or anything. I seriously felt like yelling out "OH
>EXCUSE ME
>MR ROCKSTAR". I've spent thousands of dollars of which some went into his
>pocket.
Vin
>thom yorke's an asshole because he wants
>some free time and privacy? the man made
>some art, you bought the art, transaction
>complete. he doesn't owe you anything...
Onion Bob
Andy <fores...@home.com> wrote in message
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When you buy an album it does not contain a little contract saying "This CD
of music also
entitles you to bug the fuck out of the people who made it".
Jesus christ, these people are so fucking dumb.
bob
--
joe blow
ElChango <bug...@ass.com> wrote in message news:<3B6AB30C...@ass.com>...
AirB@g
>bingo.
>
>>thom yorke's an asshole because he wants
>>some free time and privacy? the man made
>>some art, you bought the art, transaction
>>complete. he doesn't owe you anything...
Dunno guess you could say thats like buying a painting by Van Gogh
without the signature. As for owing me nothing ya probably right cos
I'm not a Raidiohead fanatic, but remeber this... YOU and everyone
else in this lil channel is talking about 1 thing.... Radiohead
Bingo to coin a phrase - if it was not for YOU and all the others in
here, buying their records and videos, seeing them in concert etc.
Thommy and his co dudes would be probably working someplace earning a
hard crust like You and everyone here, unless ya a millionaire and you
got nowt better to do than hang aroung this NG :)
But i wouln'd go as far as to call him an asshole for refusing to sign
but to give a little time is not asking much. as i gave MY time to go
buy his so called Art... so the Transaction could go both ways i
guess..
tel...@gmail.com
I do not care if you are going to play Creep or not, but I do care when you don't respect all these people who gave their money to come and see you.
Some people do not understand that they would probably be nothing without their fans. If you do not want to sign autographs, implement old songs etc, then dissapear. What you do for a living comes with that thing called publicity. If you do not like just go home.. asshole