Covidiots in music

Yeah, I just figure if he was willing to yell at the crew for not being safe, and he has not backed down on his outburst, and yet has not come out and demanded everybody on the shoot be vaccinated, as others have on other shoots and shows, makes me think he is ambivalent at best about actual vaccination. Like, it's Tom Cruise. If he wanted everybody to be vaccinated we would all probably know it.

That’s an interesting question, I don’t know what the protocols are for UK film productions or if vaccines can be mandated on set there (I can poke around, pun intended).

I was under the impression that Hollywood productions generally required masks (with dismissals already reported for those who refused to comply), social distancing, and a "bubble" organization in terms of how living quarters are set up for crew members, etc. Vaccine requirements are a relatively new thing - I think the recent Sean Penn story was the first time any star demanding it was reported.

Yeah a deal w/the guilds was reached in July that currently runs thru October (Netflix then became the first studio to require vaccinations on all U.S. productions).

Going back to the UK (and M:I), here's a recent article that says:

Inevitably, the numerous production shutdowns have led to talk of mandatory vaccination on set, especially with Netflix in the U.S. already instituting a vaccination mandate for actors and any crew working in close proximity with them. In the U.K., many are in favor of such measures but complex employment legislation likely makes it unenforceable.

Maybe not a Covidiot but Louise Wener following Cernovich, Lozza Fox, Hartley-Brewer, Peterson, Darren Grimes, a bunch of Speccie writers, lots of Trump family members, all the famous Terfs etc. Quite a shock that.

She used to go on about how much she loved PJ O'Rourke in the mid-90s so not a *huge* surprise, however anyone following Darren Grimes has to be a bit thick.

i am totally unsurprised to hear that about louise werner.

Oh her – yeah I thought she was notably "conservative" when her band first appeared, like that was their hook in the press?

(I know very little about UK rock, but 1995 is my core year so I read all that stuff)

I think i must’ve sleepwalked through the 90s.

Oh her – yeah I thought she was notably "conservative" when her band first appeared, like that was their hook in the press?

yes, i think it was, but i am now wondering why on earth i was reading sleeper interviews back then?

I read Select cover-to-cover from 95 to 96, that's my reason

yes, i think it was, but i am now wondering why on earth i was reading sleeper interviews back then?

every music mag had to run SOME kind of text alongside their three-page spreads of four nigh-identical photos of Ms Wener, you kept reading them to try and figure out why

Nothing surprises me about Louise Wener. Sleeper were absolutely fucking shite too. One of the worst bands of that era.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/18/luke-haines-britpop-louise-wener

Always remembered her review of Luke Haines' book, the thrust of which was basically "I was actually more interesting than Luke Haines, also Tom Verlaine played a [squints at notes] Fender Jaguar", and it was like, yeah he's a bit of a reactionary dickhead too but at least his band was good

Chet Haze the least-surprising addition possible

Chet Hanks speaks on the Covid-19 vaccine despite both his parents getting Covid: "You ain’t stickin’ me with that motherf-’ needle. It’s the motherf-n’ flu. Get over it, okay?"
WATCH: https://t.co/kEetNqqclk pic.twitter.com/MjKpDVHezz

— Complex (@Complex) August 10, 2021

Neil Kulkarni's review of a Sleeper live gig (included, amusingly, on an old Sleeper fan site) remains perfect

http://sleeper.weheartmusic.com/gigography/1995/birmingham-digbeth-insti-09-oct-1995

God, what is the story with Chet Hanks?

I wish I had read that Sleeper review sooner.

Chet Hanks to Howard Stern:

"Howie... Do you have any idea how badly I am going to assault you when I see you... You can't run from me forever knock knees ... Howie... Listen. One day, maybe tomorrow, maybe 10 years from now, I am going to see you in person, and I am going to hurt you... I hope you travel with security!!! PLEASE have me on the show."

Chet Hanks, there's a cautionary tale.

Tom Hanks: “My son Colin was born when I was very young, as well as my daughter (Elizabeth), but that means we have this gestalt understanding because they remember when their dad was just a guy trying to, you know, make the rent. My other kids (like Chet), they were born after I had established a beachhead in every way. And so their lives were just different.”

Chet Hanks was born in 1990. Rita Wilson was in Bonfire of the Vanities with Bruce Willis that same year. Just saying...

— Rayya (@rayyago) March 28, 2021

Jason Aldean

https://tasteofcountry.com/jason-aldean-maskless-crowd-in-new-york/

"This is our first weekend back and who knows what's going to happen next week," he remarked. "But, you know the coolest thing about all this, the coolest thing to me right now is that I'm looking out, seeing all you guys, and I don't see one f---ing mask."

Was he celebrating that we've made it over that hurdle or just ruing their existence because freedom?

Was he celebrating that we've made it over that hurdle or just ruing their existence because freedom?

The latter. He's a real knuckle-walker.

Knuckle Walker is a great name for a country singer.

Moose Knuckle Walker

Aldean concerts are typically pretty unsafe for the audience

Yeah, but if you go to a country music concert the risk of hearing country music is kinda baked-in.

the amount of Country music detectable at an Aldean show is negligible

Aldean concerts are typically pretty unsafe for the audience

I just realized. he's THAT guy. What a jackass, does he have to learn everything the hard way?

Was he celebrating that we've made it over that hurdle

The fact that we haven’t was the biggest clue for me

Carrie Underwood being dragged for liking a tweet opposing mask mandates for schoolkids.

It doesn't help that the tweet was from Matt Lewis, a Ben Shapiro homunculus.

Maybe Next Time She'll Think Before She Tweets

Jesus, Mask Your Kids

xps it's Matt Walsh, actually, but six of one...

Ha too true

Anyone know why he was being asked such ridiculous questions?

Nick Cave responding to a question about whether he’s had covid vaccine, and if it hurts “the soul” pic.twitter.com/v621wtPDnB

— Ange McCormack (@_angemccormack) August 17, 2021

Anyone know why he was being asked such ridiculous questions?

He takes questions from fans on his website. https://www.theredhandfiles.com/

I heard there were plans to inject everyone with a little bit of Nick Cave's soul.

Ah, cheers xp

Red Right Arm (for 6-18 hours)

Your Funeral...My Clinical Trial

I ain’t down here for your money, I’m down here for a little piece of your soul.

I thought Nick Cave was a COVIDiot for a second there.
Don't scare me like that!

Seriously!

Kicking Against the Needle Pricks

Wino is pulling out of the Psycho Las Vegas festival because of mask requirements. His Facebook statement, in full:

“WINO STATEMENT

“Two evenings ago, I received an email from Psycho Las Vegas, wherein they informed me, and other artists, that this event would require that all people, attendees and artists, wear a mask at ALL times indoors. The exception only being while singing on stage, all non-singing musicians, band members, etc. are required to be masked during the performance. This includes drummers. Also, as soon as the performance is over, artists will be required to re-don masks in backstage, front of house, vip lounges, and common areas. I have dug very deep when researching covid-19 not just on youtube, but in scientific publications, journals, lectures, etc. I BELIEVE THE VIRUS EXISTS, and has been weaponized as has been proven in congressional hearings where the evidence is overwhelming. Our govt (NIH) has been complicit in the financing, and shared scientific lab work creating a SARS based super coronavirus, designed specifically for lethality and easy dissemination amongst the human population. Bio-weapons are nothing new, but in my personal opinion pure evil. Early on in the so called pandemic it was stated by the CDC that PCR tests were inaccurate in determining if one had the virus, because they are designed for individuals who already were symptomatic. The CDC quickly backtracked as it was a desirable test to cause FALSE POSITIVES. Also, the Innova rapid tests have been recalled by the FDA for also giving inaccurate results. Mainstream media did not report this, and these tests are still in use. A paper mask was also first said by the WHO and so called experts to be useless against the virus, then of course the official word was again changed. My personal beliefs are: We are under the authoritarian cloak of a small cadre of unelected so called “elite” who are beyond rich and consequently consider themselves above the common man. This virus I believe was created as a depopulation tool, and the fear associated with it as a means to subjugate and enslave you and I, the common people. I cannot, in good conscious, perform my music in an environment that is designed to take away individuality, civil liberties and free will. I will not be performing this night at Psycho Las Vegas, not out of fear, but principle. If we, the people, continue to blindly accept this tyranny we are destined for enslavement. These are my personal views, but I urge everyone to dig deep. My apologies to my friends and fans, but it’s time to wake up.

“Sincerely,
WINO 8/19/2021
Plague Years”

cool nobody cares Wino