Squid brains! Smashed Mac Air Books!! Fucking Pearl Jam!!! Kanye West isn't happy.
See a few weeks ago at the Bonnaroo festival in the US, Kanye West appeared on stage for his alloted 2.30 am time slot at...4.30am. Leaving, as the media put it, "thousands of angry fans" hurling abuse at the artist. Not to mention his new giant light show, as featured
in this post, being somewhat neutered in the morning light. Bad blogs and press followed. Now we all know Kanye's never been one to grin and bear it. For some reason. Don't we have jobs? Partners?
From Kanye's
blog. Grammar all his:
I am sick of
negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall...
Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if
people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to
much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my
life. This is the most offended I've ever been... this is the maddest I
ever will be. I'm typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac
book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want.... arrogant, conceited,
narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of.... BUT
NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE MY ALL! THIS
SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE
PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS
PLEASE DON'T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I'M FLYING! I'M FUCKING HURT BY THIS
ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM
FULL OF PEOPLE, "KANYE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE."
CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE
TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A
STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T LET'S BREAK DOWN THE
WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!!
FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN
FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES... WE'D SEND
THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY'D SAY OK... THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS
BACK THAT DIDN'T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING
IDIOTS WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW
PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT
OUTSIDE ... I HAVE A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT'S NOT CALLED GLOW
IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A
COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD
TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24
HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO DO
ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AT THAT POINT WE'RE RACING AGAINST
THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He goes on:
AT 4:20AM DON
COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, " IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO
PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!" I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON
THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES
OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE
A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV??????
WHEN I GOT 2 "THROUGH THE WIRE" I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY
STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN'T MOVE
WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF
IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SONG WAS ON IT'S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW
SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER
WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED
WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I
CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM
STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN
UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART
THAT I COULDN'T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT'S GREATEST FORM... BY
THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I'M
SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE
I WANTED TO. I'M SORRY... SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING
ON MY PERFORMANCE... I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY
HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT... HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS
MY PAYDAY IN HALF... CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN'T GIVE
MY ALL!!!
I think he's hurt.