Elvis Costello, an anti-semite?

[naomiglover]

Elvis Costello cancels concerts in Israel in protest at treatment of Palestinians

In a statement on his website, Costello explained: "I must believe that the audience for the coming concerts would have contained many people who question the policies of their government on settlement and deplore conditions that visit intimidation, humiliation or much worse on Palestinian civilians in the name of national security.

"I am also keenly aware of the sensitivity of these themes in the wake of so many despicable acts of violence perpetrated in the name of liberation."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/18/elvis-costello-cancels-israel-concerts

Recently, Santana and Gil Scott-Heron who were part of the movement to boycott Apartheid South Africa had also canceled their shows in Israel. This is how it started with apartheid South Africa with cultural and academic boycotts by artists and schools.

[naomiglover]

More on Boycotting Israel

http://www.bdsmovement.net/

[bush_cheney2004]

Nothing new with Gil Scott-Heroin...he's made a living by boycotting everything. He's still angry about President Reagan winning big in 1980. That's when I started boycotting his records!

[naomiglover]

Nothing new with Gil Scott-Heroin...he's made a living by boycotting everything. He's still angry about President Reagan winning big in 1980. That's when I started boycotting his records!

Did you start boycotting Costello and Santana as well?

[Michael Hardner]

That's when I started boycotting his records!

Except that you didn't actually own any, right ?

[bush_cheney2004]

Did you start boycotting Costello and Santana as well?

I was never a Costello fan, and Santana sold out years ago. I've made references to Scott-Heron before, as he is a musically inclined militant icon for a completely different time and context. Man was he pissed at Reagan. LOL!

[bush_cheney2004]

Except that you didn't actually own any, right ?

No, I own two in vinyl....late 70's early 80's. Always had good bass riffs. I specifically remember the single The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

Edited May 26, 2010 by bush_cheney2004

[M.Dancer]

I started boycotting Costello coincidentally around the time he started sounding like a washed up busker.

Evidence can be found by those with tin ears on the highly avoidable CTV offering, Spectacle.

[BubberMiley]

But you probably think peace, love, and understanding are hilarious.

[M.Dancer]

But you probably think peace, love, and understanding are hilarious.

There comes a point in every little rock stars life, those fortunate to survive their glory, when they should stop hanging on to the lustre of their youth and retire quietly to the countryside...

Elton John should have before he became the darling queen of princesses...

Paul McCartney should some time between the rumours of his death and his first face lift...

...and |costello should have quit when he became Mr Krall....dude, you got the blonde half your age...relax...

[Jack Weber]

There comes a point in every little rock stars life, those fortunate to survive their glory, when they should stop hanging on to the lustre of their youth and retire quietly to the countryside...

Elton John should have before he became the darling queen of princesses...

Paul McCartney should some time between the rumours of his death and his first face lift...

...and |costello should have quit when he became Mr Krall....dude, you got the blonde half your age...relax...

He should have quit after "Pump It Up!"...

Although,I did like "Veronica"...

Naomi...Nice that you quote The Guardian....Certainly no bias there...

[naomiglover]

I started boycotting Costello coincidentally around the time he started sounding like a washed up busker.

Evidence can be found by those with tin ears on the highly avoidable CTV offering, Spectacle.

Costello was scheduled to perform on June 30 and July 1 in the amphitheatre in Caesarea.

Tickets for his first show were sold out, and many have been sold for the second one.

http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3891133,00.html

Do you always attack people that criticize Israeli policy?

I guess you're not trying to put down an achieved person like Justice Richard Goldstone.. oh. wait.

Okay, okay. I guess you're not trying to put down a person like Gandhi.. oh. wait.

[naomiglover]

He should have quit after "Pump It Up!"...

Although,I did like "Veronica"...

Naomi...Nice that you quote The Guardian....Certainly no bias there...

As you can see above, this news piece is not only in the Guardian.

This is not the first time you've come out with a post that displays your lack of understanding of anything. Didn't you claim Hamas is a proxy of Islamic Jihad?

[waldo]

found the OP's linked article's last paragraph more interesting - the reference to Chomsky being denied entry to the West Bank to speak at a Palestinian university.

Israeli authorities prevented the Jewish American academic Noam Chomsky from entering the West Bank on Sunday to give a lecture at a Palestinian university near Ramallah. Chomsky was told that the Israeli authorities did not like his political views.

or... from Haaretz:

Interior Ministry seeking IDF approval to let American professor just into West Bank; rights group: Decision characteristic of totalitarian regime

In a telephone interview with Channel 10, Chomsky said the interrogators had told him he had written things that the Israeli government did not like. "I suggested [the interrogator try to] find any government in the world that likes anything I say," he said.

[M.Dancer]

Goldstone.. oh. wait.

Okay, okay. I guess you're not trying to put down a person like Gandhi.. oh. wait.

You Dub would know more than anyone else what a fakir Ghandi was...

[Michael Hardner]

No, I own two in vinyl....late 70's early 80's. Always had good bass riffs. I specifically remember the single The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

You are likely the only person of colour who owned this record and voted for Bush/Cheney... wait... no I just looked it up on CSIS - you ARE the only person of colour who falls into that category.

[Michael Hardner]

I started boycotting Costello coincidentally around the time he started sounding like a washed up busker.

Evidence can be found by those with tin ears on the highly avoidable CTV offering, Spectacle.

Don't dismiss the show outright. It has high points - such as when Springsteen was on recently. And Declan is getting used to being on camera.

[M.Dancer]

... person of colour

What an annoying label...

Recently I was discussing a recruitment of a person who was highly qualified....in the synopsis amongst here achievements, my collegue noted that she was a "woman of colour" making her very unique in her field.

I responded that she was exactly what we were looking for and I prefered to have a 'woman of colour' front and centre...it it would be a welcome change from all the coloured women we normally get...

It took him a few more emails to understand where I was coming from...

1) That I didn't care what a person's colour was

2) That whether someone is a 'woman of colour or a 'coloured woman', it is a superflous label we can surely ignore.

[bush_cheney2004]

You are likely the only person of colour who owned this record and voted for Bush/Cheney... wait... no I just looked it up on CSIS - you ARE the only person of colour who falls into that category.

I'm with Dancer...what a stupid ass term...right up there with the moronic term "visible minority". As for purchasing Scott-Heron's record albums, it might help you to understand that it was purchased at a military base where steely eyed killers enjoyed I&I before heading out on another imperialist mission for the Empire.

[bush_cheney2004]

Don't dismiss the show outright. It has high points - such as when Springsteen was on recently. And Declan is getting used to being on camera.

Springsteen is better live...excellent concert back in 1978! LOL!

[M.Dancer]

I am a visible majority..my son, the boybarian, Oedipus Red...he's an invincible minority...he can out run, out wrestle, out babble, out whine, jump farther, laugh louder, burp longer and sleep sounder than any other 6 year old I know...

[Michael Hardner]

That whether someone is a 'woman of colour or a 'coloured woman', it is a superflous label we can surely ignore.

Of course, we can not talk about interesting things but then the web board would better be a screensaver.

[Michael Hardner]

I'm with Dancer...what a stupid ass term...right up there with the moronic term "visible minority". As for purchasing Scott-Heron's record albums, it might help you to understand that it was purchased at a military base where steely eyed killers enjoyed I&I before heading out on another imperialist mission for the Empire.

Not really. Buying something for ironic reasons makes sense sometimes, but not when it's something so obscure. How would you prefer me to refer to your skin tone and/or background ? Cosby-like ? Octo-roon ?

I am kidding you, of course, because I take you to be my friend - as far as that goes around here.

If you like, you may refer to my grey pallor - something like that of Mr. Furley on 3s Company - or just call me an ugly duckling. In other words, if I offend then it's unintentional and you should simply eviscerate me in an entertaining way.

[Sir Bandelot]

Seems like you only offended in trying NOT to offend. In doing so you went against the standard group-think around here. That was your mistake.

Anyway, you couldn't win on that no subject matter what you said. Seems the only way to not offend, is to say nothing at all.

[bush_cheney2004]

Seems like you only offended in trying NOT to offend. In doing so you went against the standard group-think around here. That was your mistake.

It's not so much offensive as it is just unnecessary...Dancer's main point. At other levels it is patronizing and simplistic, not recognizing the complexities that reside beyond the simple notion of "colour" and any assumptions about politics or education. In short, it is a very obsolete viewpoint. The funny part is that a guy like Gil Scott-Heron would go militant on your ass and write another angry rant just for using such a term.

Anyway, you couldn't win on that no subject matter what you said. Seems the only way to not offend, is to say nothing at all.

Safe play if not sure what to do. Otherwise prepare for incoming mortar fire.

Edited May 27, 2010 by bush_cheney2004