Covidiots in music

Some kinda odd comments upthread made me wonder a bit but happy to report it looks like Will Oldham is not a covidiot

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTC4osfgBEm/?utm_medium=copy_link

I was happy to see that, I think a lot of my questioning was just down to Oldham's really, uh, idiosyncratic, trains of thought.

totally, he always puts things in sort of cryptic ways, very hard to read

glad my initial thought that it was just will being will was true

busta rhymes and homeboy sandman

busta not a huge surprise but homeboy is a real bummer - sounds like he's really far gone and has been sending emails to fans to tell them not to wear masks or even get tested :/

I see we already covered M.I.A. at the top, but she's particularly been on a largely incoherent Twitter rant over the last day or so.

The part about how because she's Tamil she knows more about air than you was particularly choice.

I care about you peeps health so much I chopped up some spinach and turmeric and made a beat with it.
So fuck you for thinking faucci cares about you more then me .

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) August 26, 2021

The Kanye is Ye, long live the new Kanye.

mellencamp seems like a gun owner

“People say, ‘You can’t change the second amendment!’ and I say, ‘Yes you can, that’s why it’s called an amendment,’” said Mellencamp. “It’s already been changed, that’s how it got there. And if they don’t change the laws here pretty soon, I’m going to buy a tank and set it out front of my house because I need to protect myself … really? Stupid.”

You can hear the sharp anger in his voice when Mellencamp talks about gun control. “The National Rifle Association says guns don’t kill people, people kill people – bullshit,” he said. “Guns were made as weapons and are meant to kill people, that’s what the fuck they’re any good for. Any other argument is just bullshit.”

It's funny, there have been so many angry young men in rock and roll, but Mellencamp may have been the only one to start off pissed off and stay that way forever.

0% surprised @ MIA

huh that's a pleasant surprise

Did the Coug' come out as an antivaxxer or was that a nonsequitur?

(Living in Bloomington for the better part of a decade, I heard a multitude of Mellencamp anecdotes which to a number boiled down thusly: his (now ex-)wife is very nice and he is very much a cranky asshole.)

Melencamp and company having a blast in Savannah GA a few weeks back:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2021/07/02/NSMN/10299699-7c50-44bd-ba3c-fe93ea9f3b01-gasav-070321-Polly_celebright_sightings.jpg?width=660&height=528&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Mellencamp's the dude in shorts on the left, right

Lol, Mellencamp looks like he's got cornrows and should be in an East LA custom bicycle crew.

looks like Lindsey Buckingham down on his luck behind the local Target.

Suddenly picturing the scene behind the Winkie's going a whole 'nother direction.

was he the last greaser?

New Eric Clapton song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNt4NIQ7FTA

Marky Mark
3 hours ago

Thank you Eric Clapton, a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls.. you are the man in so many ways! 🎸😎

Wish someone had left a window unlatched for me as a kid so I didn't have to hear that.

https://c.tenor.com/eVZ_uOSR7JsAAAAC/sick-burn.gif

a talented ‘Rebel’ with Balls.

good DN

the animations are hilarious, trenchant social commentary

what a blah song, doesn't have any of the genuine looniness of van's covid record

New supergroup: Clapton, Van Morrison, and Clint Eastwood's chair.

It's no "With All Due Respect"

holy shit that Clapton song!

It's kind of like Clapton's version of McCartney's "Freedom." I like it about as much too.

Expecting Clapton to show up at a Donda event soon

Neil Young, giving no fucks:

Neil Young calls covid-era concerts “super-spreader events” https://t.co/aVRThJR3IK

— Far Out Magazine (@FarOutMag) August 28, 2021

I know Neil’s heart is in the right place, but I gotta say I’m still somewhat surprised by how many of these concerts HAVEN’T been superspreader events (unless it’s just too early to tell for certain).

....

Yeah I feel like if when they’re being done with mask & vax (or negative test) requirements, as many seem to be, it’s reasonable

Like I wouldn’t fault anyone for attending a show like this:

https://i.imgur.com/le4Flnu_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

(maybe that’s not what Neil’s talking about, but those quotes sound like he means all shows)

Can we not well ackshully the one boomer rock icon who doesn't let us down

Lol ok

If you think no one should be playing shows even with precautions, I disagree

I'm gonna see King Crimson on Tuesday, I'm gonna wear a mask but it's seated and I am guessing most of their audience will be vaccinated, I'm not really worried. maybe I should be.

I had a ticket to see King Crimson this past Tuesday, and it was originally supposed to be outdoors. But because of the hurricane the show got moved indoors, so I requested a refund for my ticket. I’m bummed that I missed them, but the indoor venue wasn’t requiring masks or proof of vaccination, and I didn’t feel like it was worth the risk.

NEW: Kid Rock has canceled his upcoming shows as more than half his band has tested positive for COVID

— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) August 29, 2021

Er, I should’ve posted this one, with link and Sturgis context:

Kid Rock cancels his weekend shows in Texas at Billy Bob’s because “over half the band has f---ng covid (not me)"

They had performed at Sturgis Bike Rally in South Dakota on Aug. 8 — which was labeled a “super spreader” eventhttps://t.co/ANaBv3qu8G

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 27, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxY3FtlLc-M

It's probably easier for Neil to make the no touring call than someone like Bully. I don't foresee going to an indoor show before 2022 but with vax requirements especially it's hard to fault bands.

"... and before u sh-t for brains bloggers and media trolls run your mouths, many of them, like me, have been vaccinated,” Kid Rock added.

The “Only God Knows Why” singer, 50, has some things to say.https://t.co/ANaBv3qu8G

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 27, 2021

Another anti-vaxxer bites the dust...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9937949/Anti-vaxxer-musician-dies-Covid-hospital-aged-40.html

The husband-and-wife pop duo performed as The Chameleonz and once sang in front of 30,000 shoppers at the Cheshire Oaks Christmas lights switch-on.

All this, lost like tearz in the rain

Living the dream and then dying the death.

Just wanna go on record in saying that I 100% support this ruthless clowning of antivaxxers when they die their completely needless and completely preventable deaths. The nutballs who still live should feel marginalized and like they're also gonna be mocked without remorse when/if they bite it. These dopes are the examples that need to be etched in stone as a warning to future generations of what happens when people inexcusably behave like irresponsible idiots in a worldwide health emergency. NEVER FORGET, 9/11