måndag, januari 15, 2007

Bowie, nej tak

Vi hiver lige et citat mere ud af ærmet fra interviewet på Eurosonic, hvor Peter Jenner, 62-årig rock'n'roll-businessman, blev spurgt, om han fortrød sit nej til at blive David Bowies manager:

"When he got on stage, his face was all painted white and he was wearing a little hat. In stead of playing music, he performed a mime. Something about Chinese shooting innocent Tibetans. Miming guns and hangings. It was the most pathetic thing i ever saw...

I don't regret turning him down. I couldn't have managed a bloke, showing up in ladies' dresses. I would have damaged his carrier - i'm much to god-save-the-queen, stuck up, old brit for that kinda thing."

62 år, men længe på og stadig på forkant og en fornøjelse at lytte til. Tjek Peter Jenners artikel "Big labels are fucked, and DRM is dead" her.