[kj] OT: Corporate gigs

[Paul Wady]

Lets see?  Helen Bonham Carter turned up on a Nile cruiser reception for some shady corporate boss, to help launch his business.  Nothing but the kinda business types all us idealists think we would not take coin from, I forget who it was, but John Pilger wrote about it.  Just rented the actress and her Bonham-Carter family name.  In the days of apartheid, my hero Spike Milligan played Sun City.  A few people did apparently.  Mr. Bean cost Three grand for some young womans birthday bash back in the late eighties.  Rowan Atkinson.  I think the full-extent of these things is fascinating.  My uncle once saw Les Dawson the great British comedian turn the air blue at a corporate dinner.  Back in the old days, when it was always assumed to be just men.  
 
Alison Goldfrapp was in art college with a pal of mine, and was interviewed by an old school friend.  Both of them bore out what was generally said about the woman.  Best not go on I think.  I like their glam-rock synths.  Would we take the quick and easy coin?  Could we ever be offered it?





  



From: gasw30 at hotmail.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:53:54 +0000
Subject: [kj] OT: Corporate gigs




Following the recent-ish news that the Pussy Cat Dolls played a private gig for Gaddafi's son, I was with someone who works for an events company the other day and she told me that Goldfrapp recently did a corporate gig for about 70 business people to mark the opening of some new tower block/plaza in London. It might come as no surprise that I don't care about the Pussy Cat Dolls, but Goldfrapp doing this sort of thing I feel is just naff. Isn't Alison Goldfrapp rich enough already? I actually almost like Goldfrapp. Maybe they're not a principled band but I thought they'd have more style than to do some corporate bash.

I was also told that Rod Stewart played at the Sultan of Brunei's son's 18th birthday, whenever that was. I'm not bothered about Rod... but Goldfrapp!! 

Why do rich people do this? It's like Dawn French advertising Tesco. Why? And Goldfrapp... what's with them...?


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