WTF?!

I just read this and had one of those moments of blank stupidity. My only response is 'WTF?' so I may go and have another coffee.

Mr Stupid Opens His Mouth

Belarus Morality Man, Cherginets, has been talking smack about Rammstein again. You may have read the post I made about Elton John being considered a corrupting influence in Belarus, just as Rammstein were. Well, apparently Belarus is having trouble keeping their homosexual population suitably oppressed and there is a fear that Sir Elton will come over all gay on stage. I have never considered the possibility that elton John might decide to pound the choccy starfish on stage, live, but after reading Cherginets's account of the Rammstein show maybe they are right to fear the balladeer:

Cherginets said the Council had already prevented outbreaks of “immorality” during a May concert by German industrial metal band Rammstein in the Belarusian capital.

“If we had not interfered, there would have been sex on stage and the relief of physical needs right in front of the audience,” the official said.

What did this interference involve I wonder? I have this wonderful image in my head of the band, standing in a row on stage, being chastised by Cherginets with their heads hanging and their tackle out.

GEMA on the Warpath

It seems that GEMA is getting too big for its boots (Thanks for Rammchick for the link). The GEMA organisation, which represents German musical artists, specifically in the management of royalties, is having a go at YouTube (Google), and has been for a while. The threat to order the removal of German music seems intensely short-sighted to me. The awareness and spread of German music has to have been majorly boosted by the advent of such media-sharing sites. People can listen to and find new artists just by following links related to the videos they watch. I found Apocalyptica that way, and now own two of their albums (legitimately). Social networking and media sites should be a tool to be utilised, rather than a source of income. Why not be a little less greedy, take less, and reap the benefits of huge, global exposure, penetration into new markets, and the propagation of music under your management?

The Absurdity of Assumption

Bear with me. This does relate to Rammstein:

There's this chick, Michelle McGee, who strips. She's a heavily tattooed beauty, probably best known as Jesse James's woman (ousted Sandra Bullock, no less), with a reputation for white supremacist leanings. I know next to nothing about her, and if she is indeed a WS then she's dirt, but the press have got a bit stupid about her stripping to Feuer Frei. The story is being propagated with emotive phrases such as 'Hitler's mixed tape' in the headlines, and more idiots are picking up on it and propagating it. I've seen it on two other sites, and they've pretty much ripped this nonsense verbatim.

So much stupid, so few bricks to wall it in with.