Belinda Emmett
Let me begin by saying that until recently I was blissfully unaware of the existence of Ms. Emmett. I have no particular feelings regarding her personally one way or the other. She conducted herself with great dignity throughout her ordeal and for that she is to be congratulated. Rove is as funny as a toothache and as charismatic as a tax office auditor. Be that as it may, he too has carried himself in an exemplary manner and his marriage to a terminally ill woman is to be much admired. Indeed, I think his conduct could be held up to the entertainment industry in general as an example of how people of strong character behave in times of personal crisis.
They buried Belinda Emmett yesterday. The funeral appears to have been slightly more showbiz in orientation, with glossy pamphlets and things, but hey, they were only disposing of a corpse and I don't care what they do at my funeral, so I have no right to be judgmental about anybody else's. However, to commemorate her passing, radio stations around the country were given copies of a song entitled Less Than Perfect, recorded by Emmett* in 2003 for an unreleased solo album.
Yesterday, whilst raping the planet in my tractor** and listening to the ABC, one of only two radio stations we receive out here (The other one being 2WEB, which was playing John "When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you" Laws.) I had the opportunity to listen to Ms. Emmett's song. There is a reason that album remains unreleased.
That song is truly, unrelentingly awful. It is the most painful gash that has assaulted my eardrums in many a long year. I would rather listen to an album of failed Australian Idol auditions. The scariest thing is the probability of this album being released as a fundraiser for the Belinda Emmett Foundation.
I don't know if the Belinda Emmett Foundation exists, but if it doesn't then it soon will because every dead celebrity - and most live ones - have a foundation, it being a well known fact that the only way to contribute to a cause is to duplicate services, multiply the combined admin costs and write it off on your taxes. Which has absolutely nothing to do with self-aggrandisement, furthering your career or trying to cover your greed and wealth in a coating of nobility.
* Is it disrespectful to refer to a dead person by their surname?
** Raping the planet = leveling ground that I earlier cleared with a bulldozer.
posted by Dirk at 3:57 am
15 Comments:
i also was impressed by mr Rove. as a telly entertainer, well lets just say i'd rather stab myself with a fork, just as painful, but doesn't last as long. but i was impressed by his character, in a situation that would have left me bleeding from the gills.
his lady must have been a bad singer if she compares badly with "idle australians".
at my funeral i want everyone to get pissed as, um people who are very pissed, and burn whatever crap is left of me that the body spare parts crowd didn't want
In a spirit of generosity and in an effort to reduce the workload on whoever was around to take care of my post mortem affairs, I once tried to arrange to leave my body to science.
They wouldn't take it.
Apparently they only accept donations of this sort if you live within a certain radius of major hospitals.
Delete works too Dirk... :-)
But then we would not have been able to see your line by line comeback to that nebulous anonymouse pissant now would we.
I quite fancy agood old Irish wake when I leave this mortal coil... just a pity I will not be there to hoist one with the crowd!
I've often wondered why they call it a mortal coil. And who 'they' are.
http://www.wordcourt.com/archives.php?show=2004-11-03 explains the phrase rather well.
“Coil” has a different kind of history. It was coined again and again. At one time or another, people used it as a verb to mean “to cull,” “to thrash,” “to lay in rings or spirals,” “to turn,” “to mound hay” and “to stir.” As a noun it has meant “a selection,” “a spiral,” “the breech of a gun,” “a mound of hay” and “a pen for hens” -- and also “noisy disturbance, fuss, ado.” It’s in this last sense, which became current in the 16th century, that Shakespeare used the word.
Cheers
Gosh, What upstarts you both are .
Nothing in the least intellectual has come from your useless blogging.
Nobody really cares what you think about Rove or his late wife , but do have some respect for the dead as you to will one day die and there mayb'e others that have feelings for you that wouldn't appreciate the lack of compassion you are showing at the moment.
Well, Rove asked that all donations be made to the Jane McGrath Foundation (named after cricketer Glen McGrath's wife who is still alive and well).
I agree. The song is extraordinarily awful. However, it seems more bareable if you listen to it more and more. My first impression was that Emmett had a very weak voice and needed the instruments to compensate for that.
Anyway, according to the "South Park" episode where Jarred from "Subway" "appears", you can make jokes from tragedy 22 years after the event.
Isn't it easy to critise people from the comfort of one's chair at home? Simple tip: The term (and everything it stands for) 'redneck' went out with the KKK. For someone who prides themselves on such a fact is very sad. You need to work on becoming empathetic, take a few English classes and educate yourself. Once you gain knowledge then put it into positive action. It's hilarious that someone such as yourself needs to hide behind an image of a cow robot? Very tough. Belinda Emmett, her family, friends and Rove are beautiful people and I hope you never have to experience anything like what they have gone through. Belinda had a great voice and had a wonderful ability to light up a room by walking into it and singing. Celebrate people's lives without making a mockery of them.
Boy oh boy. I haven't posted on this blog in nearly three months. This particular post is almost ten months old. Why do these people bother? I still get email alerts when people comment, which is why I knew about this sub-standard effort. I had better reply, although it doesn't really deserve it, being the usual hypocritical pap that 'supporters' of various celebrities (particularly recently deceased ones) and other alleged worthy causes spew forth.
Looking at the last sentence, I'm thinking that maybe 'anonymous' has a point about the english lessons.
Anyway, on with the vitriol.
Let us study the comment of 'anonymous' in some depth, shall we?
You need to work on becoming empathetic, take a few English classes and educate yourself.
Not sure how you arrived at the empathy bit, or what it is in relation to; maybe stating my respect for the dignity and strength of character that Ms. Emmett and her husband displayed was not enough for you. As for the english clases*, I am not sure how these will make the opinions I express any more valid, but I am open to suggestion. However, before you start on my use of the language, perhaps you should take a look at the way you misuse it in this snippet:
Simple tip: The term (and everything it stands for) 'redneck' went out with the KKK. For someone who prides themselves on such a fact is very sad.
For starters, that isn't a tip; it is an opinion. Secondly, the sentence makes for easier reading if you transpose the parenthesised section with the word in quotation marks. Do you mean that the term 'redneck' and the KKK were an item? Or are you trying to say that it is an expression that is no longer in common use, using it as a corallary of the KKK? If so, do you mean the initialism KKK or the organisation KKK? You see, the language isn't as simple to use as it may first appear, so corollaries in my opinion should be confined to subjects which are similar in nature. Colloquialisms and extremist organisations do not qualify as similar, even though the colloquialism may be used to describe most members of said organisation.
In either case you are factually incorrect.
I have scoured the archives of all the gossip magazines in the world** and have not found a single reference to 'redneck' and KKK being in a restaurant together.
Nor would you be correct if you were trying to imply that the term 'redneck' is no longer in common usage. I would say that it is in fact more common now than it has ever been.
Or are trying to say that 'redneck' no longer means what it used to mean? Your grasp of the language is so nebulous that I really have no idea what you are on about.
Still on the english thing;
For someone who prides themselves on such a fact is very sad.
Huh? What fact? Are you trying to say that there is someone somewhere who prides themselves on this mysterious fact and that this person is sad? If so, why is this person sad? Not only does this sentence assume a level of secondary understanding on the part of the reader, it doesn't even conform to the basic rules of sentence structure; but it does give me a nice segue into the hypocrite exposing part of this rant.
It's hilarious that someone such as yourself needs to hide behind an image of a cow robot? Very tough.
Ignoring the inappropriate question mark, I am unsure of what point 'anonymous' is trying to make about the use of pseudonyms, nor how he/ she (I don't have enough information to be any more specific than that) arrived at the conclusions that a) the cow is a robot, b) the cow is me, or c) toughness or otherwise is germane to his/ her argument. For this remark to carry any weight it would need to be made by somebody who is not themselves anonymous. And there is more than enough information on these pages for any reasonably well trained Border Collie to uncover my 'secret' identity.
Belinda Emmett, her family, friends and Rove are beautiful people and I hope you never have to experience anything like what they have gone through.
I reiterate that I have never met Ms. Emmett or Rove, which is why I have never on any forum cast any aspersions upon them. I have nothing to say about her family and friends, except that I bet that if I met all of them, at least one or two would be arseholes. Knowing a nice person does not make you nice. Also: I am in my forties. I do not know anybody in their forties, myself included, who has not been through similar experiences at least once in their life. Being well known does not make the experience more tragic or difficult to cope with. Although I have no experience or data to back the following assumption, I am going to make it anyway; I would think that being well known would have more positive effects than negative ones at a time like this; public support, even from persons such as yourself, would be a powerful thing.
Belinda had a great voice...
No. She didn't. That is all.
...and had a wonderful ability to light up a room by walking into it and singing.
Possibly, but I suspect that would have more to do with an ability to project her personality than it did with her voice. I have known a woman with a fairly crap voice who could do it also. Ms. Emmett's voice would not light a telephone booth.
Celebrate people's lives without making a mockery of them.
Not liking somebody's voice is not making a mockery of their life. I thought an English language maven such as yourself would comprehend that.
*Perhaps somebody who has a more complete grasp of the language could tell me whether the 'e' in 'english' should be capitalised in this instance. To me, capitalising the 'e' makes it look like you are describing lessons from England, not lessons to do with the English language. There's that education thing again.
**Clearly this is bullshit, but you get my point.
Let's just agree to disagree mate! Although I do agree wth you and find it highly unlikely you'd be perusing any gossip magazines.... Not that I want the last word... but..English classes originated from England hence the capital letter. All views aside I really hope you are putting your great mind to good use. You could be teaching (or bull$%#@@) your way into universities, politics etc. Not every one can read, write or make sense. You've got a talent - go for it and use it wisely. It's just a shame you're a redneck otherwise I would like to read more of your work. Have a good day.
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