Billy Bob Thornton Acting Like a Douche
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That is capital D DOUCHEBAG material. Holy shit what an assturd.
Although he is right about Canadian audiences. Ever been to a Raptor game? Murmurs when the home team scores, LOL
Although he is right about Canadian audiences. Ever been to a Raptor game? Murmurs when the home team scores, LOL
Hey now!!!
Oh yeah!! Howard wrote a song in about 2 seconds that was better than any fof the BB shit!! He thought BB was an asshole and his music sucked.JEFF247 said:
There's a link below to a National Post article by Kelly McParland.
Evidently, the band made it clear that the celebrity status of the drummer would not be discussed. McParland says it sent Billy into a "deep snit."
Billy Bob wasn't stoned, as was my first impression when I started viewing the video, he was pissed off. That may be hard for us to empathize with, because we don't care if he has two jobs, but he evidently does.
Its called artistic temperament. When you write, star, and direct an academy award winning film like Sling Blade, you are entitled to the appellation "artist."
If you ever meet director, Ron Howard, and start having a chat with him, they say you will find him the most charming man imaginable. Just please stay on topic, and current. He is one of the world's preeminent directors. So be warned, that if you mention how much you admire his work as Opie, and Richie Cunningham, he will turn his back on you and walk away.
I met another artist, (an actual painter) who used to be a Hollywood actor. He had (or pretended to have) the same feelings, as many of these genre-crossing artists do. He said "This is what I'm doing now, and my old life has no further relevance. Come see my shows for the work, and not because of the work that I used to do. This guy however, sent out his invitations, posed with his picture in front of one of his canvases, a total disconnect from normal art-show invitation convention, so I suspect he was partly full of shit.
Bill Bob is serious.
By the way. I know what its like to be pissed off on a radio show.
As a young Infantry Reserves Officer, back about a million years ago, I once did a little sit-down, CBC radio interview. A friendly little interview I was told, on some specific, friendly little, public relations topic. I was given permission from Ottawa to proceed.
However, a totally unrelated hot topic in the media at the time, was women in combat roles in the CAF. I was under orders not to discuss it.
We agreed that discussion along those lines was off-limits to me, outside of my pay grade, totally unrelated to the subject I was invited to talk about, and would land me in deep shit.
So, the guy starts off, "Don't be nervous... 1 - 2 - 3... So, Lieutenant Robinto. What about women in Combat roles?"
Had I been a free agent, I'd have walked.
Billy Bob should have too, and just made it clear that he was pissed off, and why, instead of being passive aggressive.
Oh and by the way, the band has to "put up with him" because he is the main song writer, and the driving creative force.
Billy Bob Thornton makes an ass of himself on CBC
Posted: April 08, 2009, 12:20 PM by NP Editor
Full Comment
Since we're often critical of the CBC, it's only just that we sympathize with the Corp when it deserves it.
Jian Ghomeshi deserved it this morning when he attempted to interview Billy Bob Thornton about his band, The Boxmasters, on CBC radio.
Unfortunately, Ghomeshi upset Billy Bob when he committed the cardinal sin of mentioning that Billy Bob happens to also be an actor. About 100% of the listening audience already knew this, but it drove Billy Bob into a deep snit. Apparently he feels it undermines the integrity of his love for music by suggesting he might also be good at something else. Only in Billybobland would it be an insult to suggest someone was multi-talented.
Billy Bob reacted to the transgression by doing his best impression of Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman: sullen, rude, monosyllabic, claiming not to understand such complex questions as "How long have you been playing together?"
Rather than invite him to take his ego and get off the show, Ghomeshi politely sought to identify the reason for the snit, eventually discovering that Billy Bob had informed the producer he didn't want to talk about "that shit" (ie his acting).
CBC promises a podcast of the interview here, though it hadn't been posted yet when I checked. Probably because the techies are still too busy cackling.
National Post
Update: Here is a link to the podcast and some excerpts from this ridiculous interview.
Evidently, the band made it clear that the celebrity status of the drummer would not be discussed. McParland says it sent Billy into a "deep snit."
Billy Bob wasn't stoned, as was my first impression when I started viewing the video, he was pissed off. That may be hard for us to empathize with, because we don't care if he has two jobs, but he evidently does.
Its called artistic temperament. When you write, star, and direct an academy award winning film like Sling Blade, you are entitled to the appellation "artist."
If you ever meet director, Ron Howard, and start having a chat with him, they say you will find him the most charming man imaginable. Just please stay on topic, and current. He is one of the world's preeminent directors. So be warned, that if you mention how much you admire his work as Opie, and Richie Cunningham, he will turn his back on you and walk away.
I met another artist, (an actual painter) who used to be a Hollywood actor. He had (or pretended to have) the same feelings, as many of these genre-crossing artists do. He said "This is what I'm doing now, and my old life has no further relevance. Come see my shows for the work, and not because of the work that I used to do. This guy however, sent out his invitations, posed with his picture in front of one of his canvases, a total disconnect from normal art-show invitation convention, so I suspect he was partly full of shit.
Bill Bob is serious.
By the way. I know what its like to be pissed off on a radio show.
As a young Infantry Reserves Officer, back about a million years ago, I once did a little sit-down, CBC radio interview. A friendly little interview I was told, on some specific, friendly little, public relations topic. I was given permission from Ottawa to proceed.
However, a totally unrelated hot topic in the media at the time, was women in combat roles in the CAF. I was under orders not to discuss it.
We agreed that discussion along those lines was off-limits to me, outside of my pay grade, totally unrelated to the subject I was invited to talk about, and would land me in deep shit.
So, the guy starts off, "Don't be nervous... 1 - 2 - 3... So, Lieutenant Robinto. What about women in Combat roles?"
Had I been a free agent, I'd have walked.
Billy Bob should have too, and just made it clear that he was pissed off, and why, instead of being passive aggressive.
Oh and by the way, the band has to "put up with him" because he is the main song writer, and the driving creative force.
Billy Bob Thornton makes an ass of himself on CBC
Posted: April 08, 2009, 12:20 PM by NP Editor
Full Comment
Since we're often critical of the CBC, it's only just that we sympathize with the Corp when it deserves it.
Jian Ghomeshi deserved it this morning when he attempted to interview Billy Bob Thornton about his band, The Boxmasters, on CBC radio.
Unfortunately, Ghomeshi upset Billy Bob when he committed the cardinal sin of mentioning that Billy Bob happens to also be an actor. About 100% of the listening audience already knew this, but it drove Billy Bob into a deep snit. Apparently he feels it undermines the integrity of his love for music by suggesting he might also be good at something else. Only in Billybobland would it be an insult to suggest someone was multi-talented.
Billy Bob reacted to the transgression by doing his best impression of Joaquin Phoenix on David Letterman: sullen, rude, monosyllabic, claiming not to understand such complex questions as "How long have you been playing together?"
Rather than invite him to take his ego and get off the show, Ghomeshi politely sought to identify the reason for the snit, eventually discovering that Billy Bob had informed the producer he didn't want to talk about "that shit" (ie his acting).
CBC promises a podcast of the interview here, though it hadn't been posted yet when I checked. Probably because the techies are still too busy cackling.
National Post
Update: Here is a link to the podcast and some excerpts from this ridiculous interview.
The ego on some of these performers is astounding. Thorton is a pretty good actor (sometimes) but he sux as a musician.
Should be a torrent available tomorrow of todays Stern show:
http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=howard+stern&cat=0
http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=howard+stern&cat=0
What is it with so many actors thinking that they should be or wanna be musicians???
There's Gary Sinese (though he calls his band "Gary Sinese and the Lieutenant Dan Band)
There's Joaquin Pheonix and never mind River Pheonix getting so bummed out that he wasn't allowed to play one night on stage at the Viper Room with Flea that he went and snorted himself to death and died face down in the toilet.
There's Keanu Reaves and "Dogstar"
Seems to me, even Dennis Quaid thought that he should be a Rock Singer. And who can forget Eddy Murphy, David Soul, and William Shatner (though you have to hand it to Shatner)
By all accounts, all of them SUCK.
Odds are, BBT also SUCKS.
"But I wanna be the next Led Zepplin"
http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/03/03/the-megalist-of-actors-who-tried-to-sing/
I'm in the camp that you might be able to get a musician to be able to learn to ACT (Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Sting to name a few) but it's damned near impossible for anyone who hasn't DEVOTED themselves to music to suddenly become a musician.
BTW, BBT gives hope to wierd looking ugly guys all over the world that yes, it is possible to score hot (though slightly wierd) chicks.
There's Gary Sinese (though he calls his band "Gary Sinese and the Lieutenant Dan Band)
There's Joaquin Pheonix and never mind River Pheonix getting so bummed out that he wasn't allowed to play one night on stage at the Viper Room with Flea that he went and snorted himself to death and died face down in the toilet.
There's Keanu Reaves and "Dogstar"
Seems to me, even Dennis Quaid thought that he should be a Rock Singer. And who can forget Eddy Murphy, David Soul, and William Shatner (though you have to hand it to Shatner)
By all accounts, all of them SUCK.
Odds are, BBT also SUCKS.
"But I wanna be the next Led Zepplin"
http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/03/03/the-megalist-of-actors-who-tried-to-sing/
I'm in the camp that you might be able to get a musician to be able to learn to ACT (Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Sting to name a few) but it's damned near impossible for anyone who hasn't DEVOTED themselves to music to suddenly become a musician.
BTW, BBT gives hope to wierd looking ugly guys all over the world that yes, it is possible to score hot (though slightly wierd) chicks.
Ghomeshi talks about the interview here:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/...ton-vs-jian-ghomeshi-the-cbc-host-speaks.aspx
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/...ton-vs-jian-ghomeshi-the-cbc-host-speaks.aspx
BB does a interview heard across Canada and has the balls to insult an entire country? Send him back to his farking trailer park.
Well, as sad as it may be I now have no choice but to know the following things that I did not know before:
BBT is able to play drums (I did not know that)
BBT is in a band that actually tours (I did not know that before)
The name of BBT's Band is Box something or other ( I did not know that before)
BBT doesn't like Canadian Audiences (I did not know that before.)
BBT is defending his stupidity (dumb move)
Anyway, it's the old adage, "Any publicity is good publicity" and to that end, BBT has been sucessful.
Maybe he's about as dumb as a fox.
BBT is able to play drums (I did not know that)
BBT is in a band that actually tours (I did not know that before)
The name of BBT's Band is Box something or other ( I did not know that before)
BBT doesn't like Canadian Audiences (I did not know that before.)
BBT is defending his stupidity (dumb move)
Anyway, it's the old adage, "Any publicity is good publicity" and to that end, BBT has been sucessful.
Maybe he's about as dumb as a fox.
But why do it on Canadian radio which nobody listens to.james t kirk said:
If I were gonna pull a PR stunt I do it on CNN or some American radio
Speak for yourself.The LoLRus said:
I listen to CBC Radio every day.
CBC 2 while I'm working in the office helps calm my nerves.
I got into listening to CBC 1 while I was on the road working all over Canada. When you're in the Gaspe Peninsula, you don't have a lot of radio choices so you end up Listening to the CBC. After a while, you get into it and some of it is really great stuff.
