Another Glamorous Martyr
"How does it feel? How should I feel? Tell me, how does it feel to treat me like you do?"
There are no fans of The Libertines in the Darkened Room, and there are certainly no fans of 'rock bad boy' Pete Doherty, or the saga of his drug addiction, ridiculous behaviour, and on/off relationship with professional twiglet Kate Moss. Of course, the fools that make up the British media never listen to the likes of me, and so the last month or so has seen story after endless story about the boy Doherty not turning up for gigs, turning up for gigs looking like a zombie, being photographed injecting heroin, telling a notorious tabloid he's in love with the twiglet and sharing his photos of her, being dumped by the twiglet for sharing his photos of her with a notorious tabloid, and worrying his poor mother sick.
I happen to think there's nothing at all exciting about yet another dull British band, yet another supposed bad boy, yet another fuckwit supermodel, and yet another carefully constructed media myth that'll probably make Doherty yet another glamorous martyr when he finally drowns in his own vomit.
Today's Pete story concerned last night's NME Awards, where he was scheduled to perform an acoustic set and meet up with ex-bandmate Carl Barat, who kicked him out of The Libertines last year. Young Mr. Doherty ended up pulling a no-show after a heart-to-heart with his mum (I am not making any of this up), prompting such rock luminaries as Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney to pay tribute to him in his absence.
"He's got spirit and I like that," said Gallagher. "I'm disappointed he's not at the show. He's an anti-hero and we need more of them."
Wanker.
Thankfully, New Order legend Peter Hook was on hand to prick the bubble of hype in his usual subtle fashion. When asked about Doherty and the drugs, Hook was heard to reply: "He just needs a slap."
Peter Hook, one quarter of the team that came up with Blue Monday and a man capable of making an entire nation's media look foolish with a single sentence, the Darkened Room salutes you.
There are no fans of The Libertines in the Darkened Room, and there are certainly no fans of 'rock bad boy' Pete Doherty, or the saga of his drug addiction, ridiculous behaviour, and on/off relationship with professional twiglet Kate Moss. Of course, the fools that make up the British media never listen to the likes of me, and so the last month or so has seen story after endless story about the boy Doherty not turning up for gigs, turning up for gigs looking like a zombie, being photographed injecting heroin, telling a notorious tabloid he's in love with the twiglet and sharing his photos of her, being dumped by the twiglet for sharing his photos of her with a notorious tabloid, and worrying his poor mother sick.
I happen to think there's nothing at all exciting about yet another dull British band, yet another supposed bad boy, yet another fuckwit supermodel, and yet another carefully constructed media myth that'll probably make Doherty yet another glamorous martyr when he finally drowns in his own vomit.
Today's Pete story concerned last night's NME Awards, where he was scheduled to perform an acoustic set and meet up with ex-bandmate Carl Barat, who kicked him out of The Libertines last year. Young Mr. Doherty ended up pulling a no-show after a heart-to-heart with his mum (I am not making any of this up), prompting such rock luminaries as Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney to pay tribute to him in his absence.
"He's got spirit and I like that," said Gallagher. "I'm disappointed he's not at the show. He's an anti-hero and we need more of them."
Wanker.
Thankfully, New Order legend Peter Hook was on hand to prick the bubble of hype in his usual subtle fashion. When asked about Doherty and the drugs, Hook was heard to reply: "He just needs a slap."
Peter Hook, one quarter of the team that came up with Blue Monday and a man capable of making an entire nation's media look foolish with a single sentence, the Darkened Room salutes you.
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