Jack White - Blunderbuss

Jack White is not a sexist!

http://www.paintingmania.com/arts/gustave-caillebotte/large/portrait-man-writing-his-study-151_8902.jpg

"Jack White... not... a... sexist. Got it."

This was a better response to the Jessica Misener article imo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/apr/27/jack-white-problem-women-laura-barton

certainly not since Dylan has an artist played with our perceptions the way that White does

Not to mention that White, né Gillis, did something the overwhelming majority of men are too threatened by women to do: he took his wife’s surname.

Where did he take it?

xp Yes well I'm not cosigning every line but I like the gist. I thought Misener's argument relied on cherrypicking, misreading and faulty information.

I think the article is fine, just pondering JWhite's 'use' of his wife's surname: Where did that happen?

Um, all the time? He calls himself Jack White, after Meg White. Or are you thinking of Karen Elson?

Well, yeah I was.

OK, being 'pka' is not the same as actually taking yr wife's surname in marriage.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/08/karen-elson-obtains-restraining-order-against-ex-husband-jack-white/

Somehow I missed that they'd even divorced, but this is a pretty gross development. Stop being a creep, Jack White!

White wanted Elson to contact their kids’ private school in an effort to get their kids out of a class in which another entertainer’s child was present. White said that he feels that entertainer 'ripped off' his music, the order said.

Any guesses as to who that might be?

Dan Auerbach, I bet.

xpost You don't remember their weird "divorce party?"

I didn't even know who Karen Elson was until he released her album (and then immediately ceased paying further attention).

The leaked emails are gruesomely fascinating. He really hates the Black Keys.

http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/02/jack-white-wife-karen-elson-black-keys-singer-dan-auerbach-divorce-restraining-order-email/

can you blame him

Two balding men fighting over a limited edition BluesHammer comb.

funny that jack white is enough of a celeb to be covered in TMZ. i guess he did date renee zelweggz about 20 years ago.

The only good thing that could come of this is a a fight between Jack White and the BK's combative drummer, who seems a good match for him.

there's only one way to settle this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27oKgNUfWFI

Don't blame the guy for hating Black Keys

I'm too in love with the image of Jack White shooting surly glances at Dan Auerblech as they sit next to each other in those tiny little grade school desk/chair combos on parent-teacher night.

Those emails don't seem that bad either

I'm too in love with the image of Jack White shooting surly glances at Dan Auerblech as they sit next to each other in those tiny little grade school desk/chair combos on parent-teacher night.

Man, White is such a passive aggressive dick in those emails. "Karen, this would be so much better if you didn't get lawyers involved and just did what I said. Don't be stupid. Plenty of people deal with divorce and child custody and visitation rights without a lawyer getting involved. Really, when it comes to divorce and kids, handshake deals and verbal agreements seems the obvious way to go."

To his credit, at least he's not complaining about money.

xpost oops - sorry the school image cracks me up too... jack trying to ignore him, wearing some kind of modified matador outfit, dan trying to invite himself over to jam

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVG8TezZTWrAfcfdP9zo9NUetoOAxBrKBQ7cJ3Z--c3LzQ3PZU

Man, White is such a passive aggressive dick in those emails.

Before u judge bro maybe you should read Karen's emails.
What? We don't have them?
Then don't judge bro

I don't know what she's written, but only ONE of them has filed a restraining order.

you know what the right thing to do is? not treat the children's father like shit. their father who sat alone on his birthday, who is currently not painting rocks with his kids from their trip because their mother didn't get any with them for our project.

Poor Jack White and his rocks project. Can we all get together and send some rocks to Jack White?

the missing rocks for the project is the saddest thing in there - that's some squid & whale-level real divorce tragicomic shit.

I felt a little dirty reading those emails, but if those are indeed the ones that got her the restraining order, thats bullshit. Those are not violent in any way. He sounds like every married guy in the world, ever. He should spell-check grubbing, though.

Alas, the reason people deal with/through lawyers is illustrated perfectly by those (one sided or not) emails.

i can't imagine anyone sounds good in e-mails from a custody battle, but cc'ing your ex in e-mails complaining about how you want a lawyer, and then freaking out over the fact that you might have to spend parent-teacher night in the same vicinity of one of the black keys....yeesh

e-mails about how she wants a lawyer, i mean

He sounds a bit bratty, but do you get violent or menacing? Did your read that and think "Karen Elson is unsafe"?

it's almost as if this was decided by legal professionals that are privy to more information than just the e-mails that have been leaked to the public and we don't actually know everything about the situation

no one has mentioned how ironic and sad it is that jack white is complaining about someone ripping his music off?

it's hysterical. white men born in the 1970s fighting over who invented the blues!

i did

great job!

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it's almost as if this was decided by legal professionals that are privy to more information than just the e-mails that have been leaked to the public and we don't actually know everything about the situation

seriously. but even if this is the worst of the evidence, if you're calling your ex-wife over and over to swear at her about hiring a lawyer for a custody dispute (as implied in one of the e-mails), i'm all for her getting a restraining order

i mean a dude who's already plead guilty of assault before, who reportedly spent the time before each show of his last tour deciding whether his all-male or all-female band would get to play with him that night, has been accused of being threatening and controlling during a custody dispute he's trying to keep lawyers out of. it's not a real "HOW????" situation.

now i wanna hear JW cover "You Could Be Mine"

"Get In the Ring."

"And this goes out to you, Karen, you jerk, taking my kids, starting controversy! And you too, guy from the Black Keys ... what, you jealous that I got to ripping off AC/DC and Zeppelin ripping off the blues before you did?"

Please refer to the right honorable Mr Billy Childish in matters pertaining to the prickish, bratty attitude of Jack White, from their feud circa 2006 when White claimed Childish was stealing from the White Stripes (huh?)

It all smacks of jealousy to me. I have a bigger collection of hats, a better moustache, a more blistering guitar sound and a fully developed sense of humor. The only thing I can’t understand is why I’m not rich. Yours sincerely, Billy Childish.

P.S. I always stay well within the music industries recommended guidelines of never plagiarizing more than 50% of my material. But no matter who my influences may be, I would never stoop so low as to rip off Led Zeppelin.

P.P.S I hope I've gone and offended Led Zeppelin now.