meow85 said:

Maybe she and Nelly Furtado should do a song together....then at least they will have half a decent thought

HEY! I sort of resent that. She's a great musician. She has a bubbly personality and sometimes she may carry herself as a little bit sporadic in thought, but I'd probably approach a lot of interviewers the same way. But she does interviews where she speaks affluent to enlightening matters of the mundane. I think she's rather intelligent, but just doesn't know the right words to use. Like me, only older and probably messes around with a bong or two. She used to get high when she was younger. She had a group she called NelStar. She experimented with a few drugs, back then I believe. Oh, now I'm sounding retarded. God I fucking miss being sixteen. I always knew what to say; the right words and everything. I stink at the act and art of discourse. Somebody set my tongue afire. What use do I have of it if I can't articulate well, anymore? I'm going to go sulk in my sorrow.
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how much could have changed in 2 years?

GaryTheNoTrashCougar said:

ewww

Ryan Phillipe: Assumed he was a total douche, but then he was on Stern and came across as a humble, likable guy.

Dennis Miller: Hated him. But, after seeing a certain appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, my feelings have changed. Still can't stand the designed-to-impress obscure references and a lot of his politics, but I no longer despise him with the white-hot heat of a thousand suns.

Shakira: Assumed she was an airhead, but when she said she was a big Woody Allen fan, I had to reevaluate.

Helen Hunt: Disliked her, but a Charlie Rose interview changed my mind.

Tom Waits: Some comments he made in interviews promoting his last record confirmed suspicions I had about him and I'm no longer a fan.

Here's Tom at his nuttiest best. God I love that Tommy!

jillybean said:

ICE CUBE - I think it was Black Enterprise.

Lammastide said:

i concur.
totally belives his own hype.
i didn't know much about Donald Sutherland until i saw him interviewed once. he came across as such a lovely man, and i could listen to him read the phone book.

who can forget the meg Ryan interview on Parkinson, it did nothing for her.

SCNDLS said:

I honestly might have liked to see him die during that

NDRU said:

I loved the crazed look on his face. And WTF was up with that left eye cuz he looked like Matt had socked him before they taped or sumthin?

TMPletz said:

That's the funniest shit. Oprah looks like she wants to kick him in his balls to get him up off her. That Tommy.

SCNDLS said:

i haven't been able to watch a movie of his in ages. real car crash t.v.

Mysterioso said:

WTF does that even mean?

Also, plenty of brilliant people have hit the drugs, some of them in copious amounts, so that's really no excuse for Furtado being a dumbass.

chillichocaholic said:

I think that'd take a miracle of some kind.

meow85 said:

Whatever you say, dude.

WHile working in radio....

I LOVED Nas...one of my favorite rappers- he was a total bitch ass when he came to the station - there were two parties going on that night, one with Jadakiss and the other with Nas at another nightclub. People kept calling the request line asking where Jadakiss was going to be - he turned into a bigger bitch ass.

Scarface - was a mild fan, then interviewed him, and I LOVE him now. He was funny and ...funny! He came into the station in his house shoes singing some old R&B song waay loud and off key. He had the staff rolling!

Jadakiss - first of all...if you ever are in NY Hot 97 always has rappers or singers on as guest hosts for shows to sub for the resident jocks - I heard Jada host a show three years prior to my interview and he was GREAT on the radio. I interviewed him and it was a breeze - I liked him...but LOVED his music more after I interviewed him. He was GREAT with listeners and everything. Wish I could say the same for Nas..that was so disappointing.

Musiq Soulchild - He's an asshole - I don't like hearing his cock eyed ass music anymore.

Fantasia - sweetheart.

Jay-Z - very cool and seriously an aura surrounds him. Not a BIG fan, but was very good to radio people. Little boring in interviews, but not an asshole like non selling Musiq.

Sommore (The comedian) - Nasty. Nasty attitude.

Adele Givens - she is everyone's homegirl

Puffy - I still think he is a buffoon and hate that he endorses my favorite vodka...cause now I have to go back to Stoli, but VERY cool and nice to air talent. He was an asshole to the rest of the staff, but nothing but professional and nice to us intervewing him. So I can kind of give him SOME kudos - he's still a buffoon.

50 Cent - not bad - he had a fucking swat team following him, but not bad.

Faith Evans - sweet as pie

Queen Latifah - Cool as shit.

Bob Johnson (Founder of BET) - He treated me like the help. Asshole.

JuJu of the Beatnuts (one of my favorites ... unless you are a hip hop head you really wouldn't know who this guy is) Good interview - funny guys

OK...that's enough. Now I must return to my MBA studies..I mean I did leave radio for more pay and more security...not like radio is REALLY a growth industry

Mysterioso said:

Not a dude, but nice try.

As for brilliant people who've hit the drugs or drink:

L. Frank Baum
Lewis Carroll
Virginia Woolf
Arthur Rimbaud
Sigmund Freud (the guy may have been a complete quack, but he wasn't stupid)
John Coltrane
Dorothy Parker
Jack Kerouac


and a whole slew of others. You doubt?

So my point is, drug use, past or present, is no excuse of Furtado's stupidity.

meow85 said:

My point is that you've probably watched some interviews by her during this "Loose Era" in 2006. I'll admit that she has a silly ditzy laugh, but she's not stupid. You're linking the way she has somewhat succumbed to the bubblegum pop world with Timbaland to how she is 24/7. There is no way that someone could make an album like Folklore and be a total klutz. Look up her interview with Tavis Smiley back in 2003. Matter of fact. Here she goes, right here:

Mysterioso said:

I've seen quite a few interviews with her, ever since the beginning with Woah Nelly. She just does not come across as very bright.

meow85 said:

Well, that's your opinion. Can't change it.

KatSkrizzle said:

Thanks for the inside scoop. @ Musiq's "cockeyed music"

KatSkrizzle said:

He hired my friend (a graphic designer) to design the invite for his infamous white party in the Hamptons a few years ago. She said he was such an arrogant jackass (standing her up for appointments, being hours and hours late, etc.) that she finally refused to deal with him and would send her intern instead.



I don't know about "celebs" but a lot of times if I'm on the fence about an artist I'll listen to them lecture--if they can articulate well why they make the choices they do I may appreciate their art more, even if I don't find it aesthetically interesting. So with that said, my list:

John Currin: Wasn't really feeling his work before I heard him speak about it. He seemed to have no real reason for his choices (or he was totally lying). Either way, it made me dislike him/his work even more. He's full of shit, imo.

Paul Pfeiffer: Liked his work, but he couldn't speak well about it so it lost a little of its appeal.

Louise Bourgeois: Disliked her work before. Saw a few documentaries of her. She's crazier than a shithouse rat and needs to STFU instead of saying every damn thing that comes to her mind because she sounds like a lunatic.

Yinka Shonibare: Liked his work. Had the pleasure of interviewing him and he was so incredibly sweet and smart, that I'm a fan for life.


Sorry it's not as glamorous as "celebs" but I don't really follow that stuff much.


edit: I thought of a celeb: Sandra Bullock. Still don't really like her as an actor, but I saw her on The Tonight Show and she *loves* Prince. Her finance flew her to Mpls for the 7/7/07 concert and she was talking about how she swears Prince looked right at her, etc., just a like a true fam.


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It didn't change my opinion of her, as such, as I didn't previously have one, but I saw a few interviews with Kirsten Dunst and she came across as inarticulate and a bit dopey.

:kirsten:

Mysterioso said:

Dudes....just taking this Nelly Furtado thing waaaaay to far!!!!

SCNDLS said:

no prob!

oh yeah, Boris Kodjoe doesn't wear deodorant. He came in to do an interview immediately after getting off a plane from LA to NC. Believe me when I tell you.... the studio SMELLED LIKE ONIONS!!!!

KatSkrizzle said:

Say it ain't so!!!

Babyface is another one that's perpetually fonkay!

KatSkrizzle said:

Mysterioso said:

I have NO idea what the picture is for, but Redman is the shit!

I met him at a concert in 2001. He comes off as ignorant, but that dude played his cards so right and has been running his own label for a few years. Still makes a lot of $$$ touring. Crass....but I love his rhymes.

He had a little crush on me too, but details will bore you.

SCNDLS said:

At least Boris had an excuse, he's German. Babyface has been culturally raised to wear some damn speed stick!!