Saturday, April 14, 2007

If Lindsey Buckingham can be a Diva, so can I.

For those of you who haven't heard, Fleetwood Mac guitarist Linsdey Buckingham cancelled a show in Lincoln, NE because the theater wouldn't let him use his own equipment. He spent an hour doing a sound check, rehearsed a couple songs....and just bolted, an hour before show time.

Amazing. Simply amazing.

If I were to quit my job because the pencil sharpener in my office doesn't sharpen my pens just the way I like them, I would be labeled a idiot/douchebag in no time. So imagine that scenario multiplied by the number of people (about 600) who were supposed to attend his show at the Rococo Theatre, which he referred to as a "f--king sh-thole" by the way.

Lindsey, didn't you mother ever teach you that it's easier to catch flies with honey than with a whiny attitude?

I decided to apply the Buckingham communication method this morning with my roommate...bad idea. Asking for toast is fine, asking for the crusts to be removed, strawberry jelly to be spread in the likeness of legendary actor Leonard Nimoy and then whining about the end result was probably crossing the line.

Probably.