Oh, This Is Just Rich

From the AP:

NAPLES, Fla. - The lead guitarist for the rock band Rush skirmished with sheriff's deputies, spat blood on one and was arrested on New Year's Eve after his son refused to leave the stage at a fancy hotel, authorities said.

Deputies said they had to use a stun gun on 50-year-old Alex Zivojinovich — known on stage as Alex Lifeson — for what they described as drunken, violent behavior at the Naples Ritz-Carlton hotel.

Christ! They had to use a stun gun - classic!! I've seen Rush a few times and Alex Lifeson is not a big guy. There's a lesson here: don't fuck with drunk Canucks in a rage.

I'm sorry I never post much about rock stars that are popular today - either they just don't interest me or I haven't any idea who the fuck they are. Britney Spears and OutKast don't appeal to me and who the fuck are Filter and Evanesence? From E!Online:

Pete Townshend says he was deadly serious about the child-pornography charges leveled against him in January.

In fact, he now says he even contemplated suicide during the heaviest media and legal onslaught following the disclosure of his name on an FBI (news - web sites) list of Internet kiddie porn suspects.

"If I had had a gun, I would have shot myself," he told London's Observer newspaper Sunday. "And if I had shot myself, it would have been fucking awful because it would have confirmed what everybody thought."

Wasn't a guy from King Missile busted on child pr0n charges? Or was it someone from Massive Attack? Too much to keep track of. Not to condone child pornography, but what the hell are the cops doing to catch the people making it? Sure, Townshend's escapade garnered a lot of press but has that sting operation actually netted any producers of the stuff he saw? And what was he looking at? Was it pictures of a 6 year-old girl or pictures of a 16 year-old girl from a country where one can give permission to be photographed in the buff at that age?

I guess it's nothing really new for Pete. Wasn't it back in '95 or so that he said something in an interview which caused everyone to point a finger at him that he was homosexual? They brought up the lyrics of "Rough Boys" and "And I Moved" as evidence. I forgot his explanation for "Rough Boys" but I do remember that "And I Moved" was originally written for Bette Midler ergo the woman's POV. It just irritates me that people make dumb arguments. But so what if he were gay or bi? In what way would this lessen the impact of his work? I guess that's what you get for having a view of sexuality that isn't black & white but a very nebulous gray and daring to tell people about it.