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Meg White Gets Anxious, White Stripes Scrap Tour
September 13th, 2007 at 13:00 by Stuart Heritage
When you go and see The White Stripes live you know that you'll witness
the absolute pinnacle of music made by a man shrieking like Zorro on
helium and a woman hitting a drum like a petulant toddler.
But you won't be seeing The White Stripes live any time soon, especially
if you live in America. That's because The White Stripes have cancelled
their forthcoming 18-date US tour, and that's because drummer Meg White is
suffering from acute anxiety and is apparently too frightened to even
travel. Silly White Stripes - they didn't have to cancel an entire tour
just because Meg White is anxious; after all, everyone who's ever seen a
single episode of The A-Team knows that the best cure for travel-based
anxiety is either drugged milk or a sneaky bop on the back of head.
We shouldn't judge Meg White for suddenly coming down with such a bad case
of anxiety that The White Stripes have needed to cancel an entire 18-date
American tour, you know. After all, forgetting the gigantic material gain
that being in a band the size of The White Stripes has earnt her,
performing night after night in front of thousands of screaming fans and
simultaneously trying to remember if the next song is the one that goes
"boom BANG boom BANG boom BANG" or "BOOM bang BOOM bang BOOM bang" must
play on the nerves a little bit.
But even having the easiest job in rock after the man who keeps Keane's
sherry glasses topped up can't stop Meg White from feeling the stress of
modern living. Maybe it's the stress of pretending to share genes with
Jack White all day or the creeping dread that comes from knowing a lengthy
marimba solo could come at any minute but, whatever the reason for Meg
White's anxiety, The White Stripes have pulled their entire forthcoming US
tour, as the LA Times reports:
The White Stripes have canceled their tour. The enigmatic Detroit duo of
singer and guitarist Jack White and drummer Meg White posted a message
Tuesday on their official website citing health issues. "Meg White is
suffering from acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time," the
short dispatch stated. It also included an apology to fans. "We hate to
let people down and are very sorry."
Still, it's not all bad news - at least now the tour has been cancelled
Jack White can return to some of his favourite extra-curricular
activities, like getting women pregnant and throwing gigantic tantrums
because radio stations play his songs. Meanwhile Meg White can. um. what
is it that Meg White actually does again?
But it's you poor Americans who we feel for the most - first Lily Allen
cancels her tour because she punched a photographer, then Amy Winehouse
cancels her tour because she took enough drugs to almost die and now The
White Stripes have cancelled their tour because the drummer's a bit poorly
in the head. But you Americans can relax, because Britain is cobbling
together an aid package to see you right - James Blunt is on the way.
Seriously, you can thank us later.
http://www.hecklerspray.com/meg-white-gets-anxious-white-stripes-scrap-tour/200610039.php
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