Nicky, Shelton and other media whores
That article in the latest Woman's Weekly (yeah i know- waiting in long supermarket lines does strange things to you) is fucking ridiculous. I'm sure the WW vultures have slanted it to some abismal degree, but Shelton pouring his heart out in a nationwide publication with recollections of his time with Nicky Watson reads like a fucking Mills & Boon novel (yeah i know- waiting in airports on 4 hour stop overs does strange things to you).
Cant blame the guy for wanting to get things off his chest (and probably more importantly, the media off his back), but to see him reduced to playing the same sick media game that his ex has been romping around in for the last few years is just pathetic.
Although I didnt think much of their music, I had a certain respect for Blindspott in how they run things as a band, after this fiasco and seeing the new monkey they have on guitar springing round the screen and hollering like a mental patient on C4 (cmon man, is this your first time on TV or something, a bit excited are we?)- I'm wondering whats happening to the band that claimed to be so true to West Auckland- and staunch and no bullshit as a result.
As for Nicky Watson, I've never paid much attention to her, but seeing some of the photos (again, more than likely selected for the obvious angle of the story) - hanging out with the rockers and pulling the Westside finger shit. Do you change your persona every time you move into a new apartment too? Jesus you're sad.
I'm sure dating a rockstar did wonders for your cred since you started on The Rock, and now that ballroom dancing's your thing (or is that 15 minutes up now too?!) you'll no doubt soon see the whole kiwi music thing as a bit childish and "common". Dont worry, Im sure you'll still be able to go see Coldplay when it's sold out and pull the "dont you know who I am" shit to get a seat at the last minute.
at the risk of providing a typical reflex reaction for the people behind this media whoring.... thoughts?
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Personally I'd like to see more of this kind of thing. I don't know why that fantastic celebrity-for-the-sake-of-celebrity industry nurtured by women's magazines, talkback radio and Shortland Street has been a no-go zone by any kiwi musicians other than Pop Idols, but I think both lose out because of it. Now that Kiwi Music™ is coming to the fore in mainstream culture, I think it's a fantastic time to get NW's in which I can read about Disasteradio's struggle with fungicide abuse, the bittersweet story of Barnaby Weir's triumph over tuberculosis, and the shocking cruel torture to which Tom Clark was subjected when he came out to his family.
i'd buy that magazine
whatever happened to rumour bitch, eh?
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//Disasteradio's struggle with fungicide abuse//
Fuck thats nothing!
The titanic epic between luke rowell and disasteradio for the love of one woman, and the SHOCKING consequences!
//The titanic epic between luke rowell and disasteradio for the love of one woman,
ah, yes, a scandal without equal since jem and the holograms.
The magazine in question is hanging out on my desk.
' Scotty's words were quiet and soft but smashed home. "She's seeing that guy Brendan Cole from Dancing with the Stars." '
' I felt like throwing up. I dry-retched and my hands moved to the tattoo on my lower belly that I had dedicated to Nicky. '
' It says "fidele a l'amour" - French for "faithful to love." I'd had it done when she got a tiny star behind her ear. '
And later...
' Now I know what Matthew [Ridge] was going through and I have so much respect for him and the way he handled it. '
Blinding. I didn't realise he was such a sensitive soul. Certainly makes you realise just how deep teh music goes.
The worst but is that Nicky gets the cover photo, with Shelton reduced to a tiny inset. Actually, the cover shot isn't such a great choice. It looks like an outtake from the dancing show promo shots, but her dancefloor make-up is so heavy that she looks like a drag queen.
She looked like that in the first episode. I didn't recognise her in the opening shot where they were all lined up. Also, her head was bobbing around slightly so she looked like a dizzy-blonde caricature, which is unfortunate all round, really.
(ps - removed the italics, for some reason they mess up the post alignment)
//she looks like a drag queen.
And the Co-host is named after one.
"Candy says, I've come to hate my body and all that it requires in this world"
//And the Co-host is named after one.
Well, see, I thought she was one too. Jury's still out.
If she is, and if the need ever takes me, I've got to get the number of her surgeon. And her electrloysist, for that matter. Just not the number of her seamstress.
//' Now I know what Matthew [Ridge] was going through and I have so much respect for him and the way he handled it. '
anyone who has respect for Mathew Ridge must have deep problems. That guy (Ridge) is a total maggot
You know, in the overseas tabloid press, when such an article is run, it's usually the sign that one or more of the involved parties has a movie/album/etc coming out.
So does this mean a new Blindspott album is about to be released?
lets hope so......that music is good huh! forget the media, if you like the music, listen to it!!!
if blindspott are using tell-all woman's magazine expozays to sell albums, they're far fucking worse than 48 may (who incidentally use teenage girl magazines to sell albums)
nicky seems to have gotten the best of shelton tho, who from now on will be "that drummer from woman's weekly."
bugger
it was sad man... he came across so pathetic... and he will regret it in a few months... he just sounded like a dumb westie... dont get me wrong, i love blindspott... but personally i didnt think that his article was very approprite.
Anyone who has a reputation to uphold, that means reading the Weekly is a no-go area, can read my summary of the article at the link below.
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Apparently he got paid $30K for that story...
Wow. For $30K, I say screw the bitch and embarrass yourself. Next week it'll be some other monkey in the magazine and everyone will have forgotten. But he'll still have a big fat wad of cash in his pocket.
so much for artistic integrity though
where'd the $30k figure come from?
Have Blindspott ever had artistic integrity?
my perosnal opinion of Nicly Watson - Worst Episode Ever. She should stop drawing attention to herself just to gain "celebrity status" sur ei mean if she was an actress or whatever i could accept but being the ex-wife of a league star and a "media hog" is pathetic attention starved behavior and that is, of course, pathetic.
WTF is shelton?
oh yeh Nicky Watson looks like a Mule with acne on its batty
whoa there...
I've always wondered what the appeal is with nicky watson. She is very horsey and has incongruent eyes. Looks like some sort of caricature
sorry that sounded nasty, but to hell with it. I think more and more people are just sick of talentless plankton being pushed in their face to sell some pathetic product.
//She is very horsey
That's about sums up how she looked on the cover of the Herald's EG supplement a few weeks back...
Blindspot should release a love songs cost to cost album. Who the hell let these guys pretend they were a hard rock band in the first place anyway. honestly....... shelton is an embarasment to himself his family and his record label. At least now he is world famous in new zealand for poking a blonde horse with massive tits. and hey... he will get to do follow up appearances in the mags about how he has over come his obsession with niki and move on to better things.
i thought rockstars were ment to be obsessed with sex drugs etc, not live stock