4/14/2006 1:56:39 AM
Fame: is it really so bad?

4/14/2006 1:56:39 AM

Fame: is it really so bad?
Sure, I know you've seen me write about having to run the gauntlet of reporters with their mics jabbing at me while the paparrazzi are practically blinding me with their flash bulbs. I mean, these guys used to be waiting for me even when I came out of the restroom...but now, they follow me in!

All that said, I know I'd miss it if it went away, or even tapered off. I'll have to admit, and I'm sure I'm not alone here, it's actually pretty cool. We have a lot of performers here on this site, and if you're performing, you must crave this. It's chic to downplay it; to profess a jaded detachment, but come on! in truth we all live for this stuff!

Am I wrong here?

4/14/2006 3:34:28 AM

well I still maintain that fame is a mutha.

4/14/2006 4:04:11 PM

And you are?

4/16/2006 4:03:44 PM

plaah

4/28/2006 3:15:17 AM

I might ask you the same question, fellow.

3/6/2009 9:10:33 PM

ewe are back after some time! (FT)

a little piece of iac history----

3/6/2009 9:41:04 PM

Personally I think being famous would suck and would very much hate having people up in my shit all the time. The power would be handy at times but not being able to go anywhere without being raped in public would most definitely be not to my liking.

Are you some famous person I should know of Bell?

3/6/2009 9:56:40 PM

I hear fame is a leading cause of tooth decay.

:^D

K-

3/6/2009 10:03:16 PM

Topic-dredging eh?

3/6/2009 10:31:27 PM

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone........"

3/6/2009 10:34:07 PM

Of course not.

3/7/2009 12:30:07 AM

We're famous too - just not VERY famous :)

3/7/2009 2:12:04 AM

I happen to be extremely famous in this neck of the woods. They love me so much, they wake me up in the morning at 5 a.m. They jump all over me and lick my face, stick their tongues right up my nose. I wouldn't give it up for all the geese in Canada.

3/7/2009 5:16:42 AM

depends on what I'm supposed to famous for..
I don't think I'd want to be famous in a Paris Hilton sort of way, basically being famous for being...famous.
Or in a a Dick Cheney sort of way, being famous for doing horrid things...

But I wouldn't mind being famous for doing something I really believed in.
Something beneficial and of actual value.
That sort of fame is not as camera dependent as Paris fame..
Not something that appeals to our morbidity like.., poking a corpse with a stick or watching a decaying animal on the roadside... like Dick Cheney Fame.
Or not even superstar massive overexposure fame like the camera hungry movie stars. (I notice not all great actors are followed by paparazzi)
But fame with a certain dignity, I could handle that.
Gore Vidal fame,Barbara Kingslover fame, Noam Chomsky fame, ....the sort of fame that only gets you recognized by people who read books.

:-)

That might be nice...

Or being famous for making great music rather than making...headlines.
Like Al DiMiola, Greg Howe, Dave Holland. Not everyone will know you, but the ones that do are real fans of your craft and not just followers of the latest media extravaganza.

I think I'd like that.
:-)

3/7/2009 5:56:36 AM

Right, being famous to those who are important to us is what is really worthwhile.

3/7/2009 7:01:15 PM

I'm sorry but I have a hard time accepting fame as being "worthwhile".

3/8/2009 5:50:28 AM

I guess nobody got my reference to the singer of the line "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone" being Bill Withers. Get it? Bill Withers, Bell Withers. Oh well, I tried!

Fortune is cool. Fame sucks.

3/8/2009 7:42:16 AM

I think the Bell Withers/Bill Withers reference was sort of obvious to us old folk from the get go...though it might have been lost on a kid like Jesse.

:-)

3/8/2009 8:44:19 PM ---- Updated 3/8/2009 8:49:58 PM

Actually Frater I have that song on my iPod. My Dad used to play the song a lot and I've liked it ever since I was a child, mathcore man.

Jesus when are some of you going to quit acting like I'm 16? I'm 27 years old I'm not a kid anymore.

I'm not saying I'm an adult either for that matter.

I'm growing tired of some of the personalities around here acting like I don't know shit because I'm not fucking 50 years old. God you guys piss me off with that bullshit.

No wonder this place appeals to old fogies.

3/8/2009 8:46:19 PM

Furthermore, Rich I was not responding to your statement of ain't no sunshine, I was responding to Bell's lack of an answer to my question.

3/8/2009 8:53:56 PM

Chill Jesse - You are valid too!!!

We DON"T do this for MONEY...Just for the FAME

3/8/2009 8:59:02 PM

Enjoy it while ya can Jesse ! ... won't be long they'll start referring to you as the old guy that don't know shit ... :)

3/8/2009 9:50:51 PM

Well Sam I'm already the young guy that don't know shit so at least it'll be an easy transition.

Anyways, Fame: is it really so bad?

3/8/2009 9:55:30 PM

Jesse, I was kidding!

I'm jealous of your youth...believe me.

3/8/2009 10:03:42 PM

Don't be jealous, I'm an idiot. Sorry I took you literally, it's kind of a touchy subject on IAC for me on the wrong day. My bad.

3/8/2009 10:34:33 PM

Listen you whippersnapper, I bet I make you look foolish on the dance floor. I cut a mean watusi.

3/9/2009 12:48:55 AM

Jesse, Dude, I know you weren't responding to me and there was no offense taken.
Chill out, my brother. Methinks some folks are gettin' under your skin and you shouldn't let that happen. You da bomb! (I think that means "good" in young talk)

7/28/2009 9:59:56 AM

Guys are still following me into the restroom, if you were wondering.

7/28/2009 5:31:30 PM

I agree with Never Never Band, it depends on what you're famous for. Would you call Gandhi famous? Not such a bad thing, eh?

If I could be famous, then I would have more of a platform for my philosophy, and I would enjoy that. If people followed me into the restroom it could be a little irksome, I suppose. Some people control their fame and others are controlled by it. I would rather that my work were famous and I remained semi-anonymous. I wouldn't recognize Andy Partridge from XTC if I met him on the street, but I'm a big fan of his work. That's the kind of fame I'd like.

It's the Paris Hiltons of the world that give fame a bad rap. Who cares who you are if you don't offer the world anything in return?

7/28/2009 11:47:01 PM

Jesse - the issue of how old anybody is does not interest me at all. There are good people and jerks in every age group. If this site appeals to old foagies as you suggest, why are you so popular?? (LOL)

7/29/2009 12:05:26 AM

Answer: he's actually not. :D


Regarding fame, I would've been famous but they changed my name to Brutus and that sabotaged me, bigtime.

7/29/2009 2:24:14 AM

It's a universal failing in humanity - can't resist the urge to fix something that ain't broke...

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