I’m quoting that Scots philanthropist Carnegie now who said in his little pamphlet called Wealth (published in 1889, which every rich cunt should be forced to read until it starts bleeding from their eyes), that the man who dies wealthy dies in disgrace. I for one would go further and say that the cunt who lives in vulgar ostentation, Bowie et al., does not just live without grace, but lives outwith the realm of the ‘human’. Any of these post-human greebos (not entirely alive as their new nomenclature now suggests), like your Morgan Freemans or your Johnny Deeps (a mind so deep he‘s now a walking talking caricature of himself), who have so much cash that they simply end up buying private pin-striped jets (first class no longer good enough) or Caribbean fkn islands. Or Nicholas Cage, and his chateaux, and 9 (8 weren’t good enough) Rollers… etfuckincetera.
I am not for a minute suggesting that the money be redistributed to cunts (without money), but to responsibly think of places and instances that could use the money to benefit the planet (and all its inhabitants, minus the cunts) as a whole (instead of stoking the fire for more fkn greed). Such planetary philanthropy (where the anthropos bit actually applies more to the land and its animals, the true non-cunts of this world, than to ‘man’, who, let’s face it, has rapidly become a-cunt-through-and-through since his industrialisation and ‘enlightenment’) is a moral obligation in a world where ethics, elegant frugality, and ‘living poetically upon the earth’ appear to have been sidelined for more commodification antics.
Here’s Carnegie:
‘Yet the day is not far distant when the man who dies, leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away “unwept, unhonored, and unsung,” no matter to what use he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these, the public verdict will then be: the man who dies thus rich, dies disgraced’.
Unfortunately, then, and since most of the greebo world appear to be in the same mindless boat as Bowie (in terms of ignorance and not wealth), he is celebrated and commended for stashing his dross. Not word one (in terms of critique) on any news site about leaving all that cash to his fkn uber-rich kin. Cunt-through-and-through!
Nominated by: Wee Mikey
Ashes to ashes….
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Just to correct you, Wee Mikey, Bowie supported dozens of charities throughout his lifetime with absolutely colossal sums – from Barnado’s (of which his dad had been an executive) to Great Ormond Street to Nordoff-Robbins to California’s Bridge School, and probably many more who never shouted about it (not to mention the fact he also paid Lou Reed’s medical bills during Reed’s final illness). Added to which, his wife is a patron/supporter of numerous charities. The idea that the family will just sit on piles of cash so enormous that they could never spend it, like some real life Mr Burns, is daft. Bowie just wasn’t an Elton John or a Bono, conspicuously donating for ego and attention – and for that, at least, we should be thankful.
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Interesting. I didn’t know that.
I remember the so-called ‘Bowie Bonds’ where he sold bonds to be paid out against future royalties. Very astute when you consider the onset of the internet and music piracy. Those investors got paid interest out of his royalties while he got the money now instead of having to wait for it. Presumably on his death the bonds are paying out handsomely so have turned out to be a good investment.
So the family aren’t getting the money – it’s going to the bond holders? Be interesting to know…
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A bit of research says likely they’re not…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_bond
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35280945
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Yes, he’s a cunt alright. He could have left it to me.
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Didnt know that about the bonds I’ve always considered bowie to be more businessman then musician.”(not to mention the fact he also paid Lou Reed’s medical bills during Reed’s final illness)”
Lou Reed is a absolute cunt muffin though, douchebags like him don’t deserve fans.
You show me Metal Machine Music and I’ll show you my arse. Velvet underground was great tho but most of his solo albums are absolute crap(aside from maybe transformer) IMHO and because he’s jewish he gets A’s all around from bellends like Christgau Noi York, Noi York pride or something I dunno.
Some of those charities seem like some kind of banking scheme though I’m never fully convinced that they help.
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Reed was a cunt, I agree… John Cale was the only real talent in VU… They had a drummer who couldn’t play drums in Moe Tucker and Sterling Morrison was always seen (by Reed anyway) as a second fiddle (a bit like Lennon & McCartney with Harrison)… Reed was a cunt and discarded those who either disagreed with him or had served their purpose… He fired Warhol (OK, he was a cunt too), abused and beat the shit out of Nico, and he also shat on Cale from a great height… Reed coerced Morrison and Tucker into siding with to force Cale out… The cowardly cunt also got Morrison to be his messenger boy, to tell Cale that he was sacked…
Along with John Lennon, Miles Davis and Mike Love, Lou Reed is one of the biggest cunts in the history of popular music..
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“They had a drummer who couldn’t play drums in Moe Tucker” I don’t think she was a bad drummer at all never had a problem with her drumming . She’s no ginger baker or bill bruford thats forsure, but hardly terrible better then most.
See “There she goes again”,”All tomorrow parties” “Run Run Run” or “I’m waiting for my man” definitely not bad at all quite bloody good. Reed was ruthless treated people like shite abused his wives , screwed over robert quine, forced john cale and nico out of the group. Nasty bellend he also made that shitty metallica album , I hate metallica anyway well aside from master of puppets maybe …
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Not representing your Country is a cunt,
You know what I mean, cunts like Pietersen who had a English great grandparent who was born in South Africa, Mo Farrah who wasn’t even born here and whilst on the subject of runners all those Africans who end up representing Denmark, or Norway. What the fuck. Then we have the England Rugby Team with Tuilagi who is Samoan and another Samoan playing for Wales. How do you decide one day ‘Oh I’ll play for a country I wasn’t even born in. Then there are cunts like Frank Sinclair who when they realised they weren’t going to play in the World Cup for England decided they would play for Jamaica and deprive someone their place the squad.
It gets a bit difficult (due to this nations mixed past with players like Beckham being part Jewish and Ross Barkley having a Nigerian Grandfather) to say what should qualify you to play for England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland but surely you have to at least be born there, know the culture and ideally have some ancestry in the country? Anyways I have decided to represent Pluto in the Being a Cunt Cup.
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Yeah…. Wayne Rooney is Irish (so that’s why he looks like that) and Michael Owen is Welsh… And all those lads from Senegal who play for France… Not forgetting that dirty cunt, Diego Costa, who is Brazilian yet plays for Spain… I recall Brazil’s Fernandinho during Man City vs Chelsea calling Costa a ‘Judas Cunt…’
And then where as Jack Charlton’s Ireland team… There were about three real Paddies in that side… The rest were cunts who were cockneys, scousers, brummies and God knows who else… Cunts…
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Fuck the players. What about the coach. Seems any cunt that can will immigrate to play or coach English Sport.
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Agreed… Almost every Premiership manager is foreign… Fat Sam at Sunderland and the bloke at Bournemouth being two rare exceptions…
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