Linda Ronstadt booed & booted at LV Casino

[EXman]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Conservatives are certainly on a short fuse lately aren't they?

Must be running scared.

😛

I think they went there for music and more propoganda

If they wanted to pay for propaganda they'd go see that piece of sh!t FICTION by comrade Moore. 😉

shut up and sing

 

[DealMonkey]

Originally posted by: csf
Again, this happens on both sides; for example, Dick Cheney got a lot of flack for criticizing Kerry during a speech at Westminster College, which resulted in a group of FSU students petitioning that he not discuss politics when he talked at their graduation. This is NOT a one-sided affair; stop trying to pretend that it is.

Maybe it's just a hunch, but I imagine the next time a conservative public figure makes a dumb political remark and gets hung out to dry for it, we won't see your typical condescending potshots against the people who complain.

Bad example as Cheney didn't get fired nor did he suffer any financial loss as a result, did he? Furthermore, I never said it was necessarily a one-sided affair, however it seems lately, only those speaking out against the current administration are being punished.

I will continue to comment on these issues as they arise. Give me some better examples of conservative figures being targetted and I will comment on those as well.

 

[Wheezer]

I guess what some celebrities have forgotten is who exactly got them where they are in the first place.

As the old saying goes: Do not sh!t where you eat

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Conservatives are certainly on a short fuse lately aren't they?

Must be running scared.

😛

Dunno, the Libs seem to lack any self control and need to spew their propaganda every chance they have. Cirumstances and appropriateness be damned.

Must be scared of something.

😛

 

[SViscusi]

A perspective from someone who was actually there.

From a reader:

Mr. Goldberg --
My wife & I were at the Linda Ronstadt performance in question, at the Aladdin in Las Vegas, and quite frankly, Aladdin President Bill Timmins' account of what happened is complete crap. There was mixed booing and cheering at Ronstadt's pro-Michael Moore comment, and that was about the extent of the "bedlam" that supposedly broke out. I saw no posters being torn down or cocktails being thrown in the air, and if people stomped out of the theatre unhappy, it was because 1) that was the last song Ronstadt performed; it was her encore; and 2) she mainly sang her standards repertoire, with the Nelson Riddle orchestrations, and a large part of the crowd wanted to hear more of her rock-'n'-roll stuff; she got the biggest round of applause for doing a lackadaisical run-through of her version of "Blue Bayou."

Frankly, my suspicion is that Timmins is way overdramatizing what happened, in order to justify giving Ronstadt the boot. It simply wasn't that big a deal.

Link

 

[EagleKeeper]

Story round town is that the venue was a one night stand anyhow.

Some people did not like what she did and complined. Management returned some funds.

She had indicated that she did not want to come back.

Both sides are playing CYA.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: SViscusi
A perspective from someone who was actually there.

From a reader:

Mr. Goldberg --
My wife & I were at the Linda Ronstadt performance in question, at the Aladdin in Las Vegas, and quite frankly, Aladdin President Bill Timmins' account of what happened is complete crap. There was mixed booing and cheering at Ronstadt's pro-Michael Moore comment, and that was about the extent of the "bedlam" that supposedly broke out. I saw no posters being torn down or cocktails being thrown in the air, and if people stomped out of the theatre unhappy, it was because 1) that was the last song Ronstadt performed; it was her encore; and 2) she mainly sang her standards repertoire, with the Nelson Riddle orchestrations, and a large part of the crowd wanted to hear more of her rock-'n'-roll stuff; she got the biggest round of applause for doing a lackadaisical run-through of her version of "Blue Bayou."

Frankly, my suspicion is that Timmins is way overdramatizing what happened, in order to justify giving Ronstadt the boot. It simply wasn't that big a deal.

Link

And there you have it.

 

[Moonbeam]

"Frankly, my suspicion is that Timmins is way overdramatizing what happened, in order to justify giving Ronstadt the boot. It simply wasn't that big a deal."

Oh man, and I almost had a hard on.

 

[kage69]

Maybe the right is a little more energized than you give it credit for? We're sick and tired of being preached to by you lefties..

LMAO...a rightie chastising others for 'preaching' Bwahahahahahahaa! Awww man, good stuff.... *pant*

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: kage69

Maybe the right is a little more energized than you give it credit for? We're sick and tired of being preached to by you lefties..

LMAO...a rightie chastising others for 'preaching' Bwahahahahahahaa! Awww man, good stuff.... *pant*

Somebody poked him in his guilty conscience.

 

[conjur]

Aladdin casino could extend welcome to Linda Ronstadt after all

LAS VEGAS One of the partners buying the Aladdin hotel-casino says singer Linda Ronstadt would be welcomed back to the property when he takes over.

Ronstadt was kicked out over the weekend by current management for praising filmmaker Michael Moore.

But Planet Hollywood C-E-O Robert Earl says he'd like to see them both on stage.

Earl wants to take Moore up on his offer to join Ronstadt and sing "America the Beautiful."

Earl's management team could take control of the bankrupt casino as early as September.

Current Aladdin President Bill Timmins had Ronstadt escorted off the property after she called Moore a "great American patriot" during a prelude to her encore.

heh heh.

 

[burnedout]

Linda Ronstadt gets walked out on again:

LIVERMORE - Linda Ronstadt's political message sent close to a hundred concert-goers home early Thursday evening.

What had been a mellow evening at Wente Vineyards, with the crowd even serenading her with "Happy Birthday" at one point, turned into a rush for the exits by some fans angry by her encore tribute to filmmaker Michael Moore.

"She just had to do it," one fan steamed as he headed for the parking lot. "It was good until the end," another yelled to TV crews waiting outside the concert.

I always liked her music. But man, her recent political rantings just blows chunks.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: burnedout
Linda Ronstadt gets walked out on again:

LIVERMORE - Linda Ronstadt's political message sent close to a hundred concert-goers home early Thursday evening.

What had been a mellow evening at Wente Vineyards, with the crowd even serenading her with "Happy Birthday" at one point, turned into a rush for the exits by some fans angry by her encore tribute to filmmaker Michael Moore.

"She just had to do it," one fan steamed as he headed for the parking lot. "It was good until the end," another yelled to TV crews waiting outside the concert.

I always liked her music. But man, her recent political rantings just blows chunks.

You play yourself and you like Ronstadt's derivative and syrupy schlock? :shocked:

 

[Gaard]

Originally posted by: burnedout
Linda Ronstadt gets walked out on again:

LIVERMORE - Linda Ronstadt's political message sent close to a hundred concert-goers home early Thursday evening.

What had been a mellow evening at Wente Vineyards, with the crowd even serenading her with "Happy Birthday" at one point, turned into a rush for the exits by some fans angry by her encore tribute to filmmaker Michael Moore.

"She just had to do it," one fan steamed as he headed for the parking lot. "It was good until the end," another yelled to TV crews waiting outside the concert.

I always liked her music. But man, her recent political rantings just blows chunks.

You have a problem with what she says, or the fact that she says it?

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: Gaard

Originally posted by: burnedout
Linda Ronstadt gets walked out on again:

LIVERMORE - Linda Ronstadt's political message sent close to a hundred concert-goers home early Thursday evening.

What had been a mellow evening at Wente Vineyards, with the crowd even serenading her with "Happy Birthday" at one point, turned into a rush for the exits by some fans angry by her encore tribute to filmmaker Michael Moore.

"She just had to do it," one fan steamed as he headed for the parking lot. "It was good until the end," another yelled to TV crews waiting outside the concert.

I always liked her music. But man, her recent political rantings just blows chunks.

You have a problem with what she says, or the fact that she says it?

Well, read some of my posts on Moore and then tell me what you think.