Considering that he was playing solo with an acoustic guitar, it wasn’t an effort to test the promoter a la Van Halen.
He was just being a wanker.
Michael Gira?
Michael Gira.
[:|]
Belated note about ‘Gira at the Gap’ story - he still has some catching up to do if he wants to actually appear in a GAP AD, as his one-time publisher Henry Rollins did.
Celebrities who SHOULD appear in an ad for The Gap:
King Diamond
Any surviving members of The Mentors
Any surviving cast members from Different Strokes
That girl who killed her baby and hid it in the back of an abandoned car and got away with it.
Varg Vikernes
The guy who punched out Glenn Danzig
Glenn Danzig
Michael Stipe (although I’m guessing he’s already done one)
Glenn Danzig
Michael Stipe (although I’m guessing he’s already done one)
Maybe they could do one of those sepia-toned, gauzy, erotic adverts with both of them wearing GAP jeans and embracing, with Stipe tracing his fingers over Danzig’s tattoos, and shots of Danzig’s lips trembling in anticipation.
Gira totally cool and down to earth the 2 times I met him…
Saw Swans last Saturday here in Dallas. They were amazing. At the merch table there was a handwritten note, “I’ll sign and personalize items after the set, M. Gira.” I sincerely regret not sticking around after, but assuming he came through, that’s pretty cool.