Comments on: Proof that some artists shouldn’t be let loose in public…

By: davidleyonhjelm

davidleyonhjelm — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:51:20 +0000

People who know him tell me Bryce Courtney suffers from overweening arrogance. That might explain the talk first - think later history lesson.

They also tell me he had too much alcohol in his blood surrogate, although in his case it was retrospective.

By: Jason Soon

Jason Soon — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:22:31 +0000

well I’ve been preoccupied, c8to, if you prodded and reminded me I might get moving.

By: c8to

c8to — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:20:18 +0000

im might ditch jason as a co-writer since he hasn’t done anything in a year…

damn…i just realised my blog took the first three chapters of my novel with it…hope i have a backup somewhere…

By: Daniel Barnes

Daniel Barnes — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:19:23 +0000

SL, your rules in comment #13 are good ones. What amazes me about Bryce C’s comments tho is how sanctimoniously he ventures his opinions, despite having it all completely backwards! It’s not like the interviewer asked him a tricky question or anything. He presents it as if he’s been thinking deeply about it, how we are ‘unquestionably’ to blame for Sept 11…as the result of invading Iraq.. or Afghanistan…or something…

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:49:07 +0000

John, I’m workin’ on it. More news in Sydney at the blogmeet.

By: John Humphreys

John Humphreys — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:36:27 +0000

Skeptic… off topics but the alcohol in my system gives me an excuse. I was chatting to a lefty journo friend about you recently and their only comment was that you were stupid for not writing a sequel while you were such hot news.

It’s a good point. You ran away when in reality the shit-storm you created could only have been good for future sales. Write the bloody sequel woman… and make sure the LDP (and me) are in there somewhere! ;p

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:22:12 +0000

Admitting that artists say lame stuff but can still be good artists is like owning up to making change in the offering plate.

I’ll freely concede that I’ve periodically said absolute crap when buttonholed by journalists, and was only able to fix the problem of speaking shit by engaging in some media management:

1. Only ever do live radio
2. If you don’t know the answer, say so.
3. If this generates an uncomfortable silence, let the interviewer squirm.
4. If you don’t like the show/magazine/newspaper chasing an interview, don’t do it.
5. Write as much of your own story as possible (rather than letting someone else do the interviewing). You even get paid that way!

By: entropy

entropy — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:07:03 +0000

Actually I am currently listening to the audible version of ‘the power of one’. It was a giveaway in celebration of the first anniversary of the OZ itunes store. Apple gave away five songs (including a cool Celebrity Drug Disasters song as well as the audible version of The Power of One. I think it normally sells for $45, so it was pretty good value. And I must say I am enjoying it, having never read it.

By: entropy

entropy — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:02:24 +0000

Maybe he had been on the turps, or experienced a severe Beazley moment. Pretty ignorant of both current and historical events.

By: Steve Edney

Steve Edney — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:18:06 +0000

I loved the power of one when I was 14 or whenever it first came out. Didn’t think much of the sequel, and so never read any others.

I must say I’m also suprised just how muddled he seems to be.