Stewart enjoys a simple life........

[tonydrums]

Here's a quick interview Stewart...

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=896572007


A rock star who professes his love of family, home and the simple life? How un-rock 'n roll, but you gotta love the guy for it. Bravo Stew!

[GinaSuperCat]

omg, how cute!! Heh "my watch is a Casio" <grin> And Conroy, that reminds me to remind you of your one question you wanted to ask, if you get the chance...<hint: calculator>

[Divemistress of the Dark]

I about had a heart attack when I noticed Dean Goodman's byline on that - he's the Reuters reporter that originally caused the mess over Stewart's forum post last week. I'd have been amazed if Stewart gave him another interview so soon without saying something along the lines of "$%^&*!!"

(This is a reprint of an older article. It's got some good stuff though, thanks Tony.)

[sockii]

Yes, reprint of an older piece. I think I had actually posted in the Links section, a link to the fully unedited version of the interview as Dean posted on his myspace page (why yes I did, here it is:)

http://www.stewartcopeland.net/forum/vi ... php?t=2734

I totally did not put together that that was the same guy who started this whole ruckus. Hmm. Makes me REALLY tempted to leave him a myspace message or comment now...

[Mrs. Gradenko]

Arn't Jeep Cherokees more likley to be in a roll over accident? I'd rather him drive a Volvo.... for selfish reasons.

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]I about had a heart attack when I noticed Dean Goodman's byline on that[/quote]

Wow. That's -- wow.

[mairinpgh]

...Go get 'em, sockii!

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Keep us posted Sockii. Wish I'd have called him out by name last Thursday or whatever day it was the sh!t hit the fan...we could've left him messages last week.

[sockii]

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]Keep us posted Sockii. Wish I'd have called him out by name last Thursday or whatever day it was the sh!t hit the fan...we could've left him messages last week.[/quote]

For what it's worth, I just left the following comment on his myspace blog. However, apparently he "approves" any comments before posting them publicly, so who knows if it will ever show up or if he will answer my questions. Anyway, here's the text of what I wrote him. I had to think about what I wanted to say for a few hours (and a couple glasses of wine ) before diving in:

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Mr. Goodman,

Thank you for sharing the full text of your interview here. There's a lot in it that didn't make the "final cut", understandably, but it's all good reading for fans like me as you managed to get some answers beyond the standard "sound bytes" from Stewart that made for great and thoughtful reading.

I'm sure you're aware of the media frenzy that's ensued since you reported on Stewart's blog posting on June 1, a "story" which quickly spread like wildfire among press sites worldwide, many of which proceeded to take Stewart's comments entirely out of context and even go on to insert things which he did not say at all in the first place. While your coverage stuck primarily to summarizing the facts (though I object strongly to your having characterized the tone of his post as having possessed any "vitriol"), I do wonder if you are aware of how upset your reporting of this blog post has made a large contingent of Stewart's fanbase who frequent his messageboard. For several years, we have enjoyed a fairly close-knit community of fans who appreciated Stewart's interaction with us there and his willingness to participate and share his thoughts and observations. Now that the board has been "outed" and his comments turned into such an apparently "newsworthy" item, many of us wonder about the negative impact this will have on Stewart's involvement with fans in the future, at least so far as his willingness to participate in the board.

Yes, I am fully aware of the fact that nothing on the internet is private. Once you put something out there on the web, you lose pretty much all control of where your content may end up. I just have to wonder about whether it was the right choice to put this message board posting in such a public spotlight -- particularly without providing a direct link back to the original post in your article so that readers could quickly see and evaluate Stewart's full words for themselves, before jumping to conclusions or misleading editorializing about the tone in which they were presented.

Were you upset that he had not wanted to bite on any "Sting bashing" in your original interview, and so you wanted to find some way to stir up controversy nevertheless? It does leave one wondering.

I look forward to your comments.

[Three over Four]

Nice job Sockii....I probably wouldn't have made it more than a couple sentences before I called the guy a douchebag, so bravo to you!

[perryl]

*applauds* *applauds*

Well said Sockii

Keep us posted

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Good going, chiquita. Keep us posted as to whether this ever sees print. Er, pixels.

(I don't dare go over there myself...I'm afraid I'd start launching into profanity-laced diatribes about sensationalist reporters that print whatever's fed to them rather than doing independent research...)

[Pezish]

Very nice.

Thanks for the link Tony!

[georgygirl]

I like this:

[quote]I have a responsibility to a lot of people to keep myself healthy."
[/quote]

Great!

[georgygirl]

and his fans are enjoying this year with him too...