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Kenny G's Manager Calls Us Up to Shout at Us About the Slog vs. Kenny G Holiday Charity Challenge
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Well done! Sorry Kenny G and/or Kenny G's manager, you're not going to ruin the lives of orphans this year! Unlike all those other years (I assume).
But really...this is not good press Mr Kenny G's manager...
But really...this is not good press Mr Kenny G's manager...
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I for one welcome our rage-inspired instrument-playing overlords and shall help crush them totally this weekend.
Christmas ftw!
Christmas ftw!
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Love the change for the better! Don't fight Kenny G - fight the raging suit. Challenge accepted. Donation in.
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Next year there should be an actual challenger (weekly? seattle times? the portland mercury?) Then we get double the goodness; because those peeps would be donating too. (I'm sure OR has an equivalent to NW Harvest).
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I had a client get so angry at a problem he was having with our system that he called me and roared like a lion several times in between his incoherent rambling about the issue he was having. It was so hilariously, hilariously sad. I imagine he must have had to have me on speaker phone or otherwise connected to a headphone so that he could use both his fists for shaking as he roared.
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Wow, Emily is a really talented artist. Didn't know.
P.S. #6 - best phrase in the whole piece is "musical necrophilia".
P.S. #6 - best phrase in the whole piece is "musical necrophilia".
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I don't understand why Kenny G's manager wouldn't just try to raise some money for Northwest Harvest. Or just say that Kenny G will write a check to match whatever's raised by Slog. Class act.
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Well, I never! As soon as I get home, I am burning all my Kenny G records! How will I find the time?
Oops, already done. 'Cause 100% of zero is still zero.
Oops, already done. 'Cause 100% of zero is still zero.
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@6 I didn't know Metheny was such a good writer -- that was fantastic! And I will never forgive G for inflicting that terrible melody upon us. You know the one.
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@ 6 - Thank you for that. That was delicious...
Next week I shall be....
A SWASHBUCKLING HERO!!!
That's right - ALL of my swash shall be BUCKLED! Buckled, I say..... BUCKLED!
Next week I shall be....
A SWASHBUCKLING HERO!!!
That's right - ALL of my swash shall be BUCKLED! Buckled, I say..... BUCKLED!
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When I worked for metro as a rider information specialist I received a call from a lady who, after I gave the standard intro ("Thank you for calling..") and identified myself as Enid (my favorite alias) simply shouted, in the ugliest tone imaginable, "You stupid bitch!" and hung up. There have been worse yellers in my past, but that voice haunts me...
Kudos, slog, for taking a stand against angry people - especially those who manage Kenny G.
Kudos, slog, for taking a stand against angry people - especially those who manage Kenny G.
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good for them. if you used me as shill/target to raise money (even for a charity) i'd be pissed.
once again the stranger gets it wrong.
once again the stranger gets it wrong.
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@15 Josh, you are so right. Kind of a no-brainer. Instead of Stranger supposedly riding Kenny G's good name, they could have turned it into local positive propaganda for Kenny G. Given that he has shows on 4 consecutive nights coming up in Seattle in, I believe, January (!), they could have turned this into a lot of cheap publicity. If there is someone with half a brain in his butt at K-G's managing agency, they will be talking about spinning this blunder in their favor right about now.
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Great picture. SLOG can totally beat that guy. Go SLOG!
And Kenny, your manager is tragically unhip. I'm guessing he's a brother-in-law, maybe, or someone else you kind of had to hire, like an old college buddy?
And Kenny, your manager is tragically unhip. I'm guessing he's a brother-in-law, maybe, or someone else you kind of had to hire, like an old college buddy?
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This seems a good time to say I've never liked the transmogrification of Strangercrombie into "Slog vs (Sockpuppet) Charity Challenge". I can call up and yell you why if you want more detail.
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I was kind of hoping KG would step up and match donations or something. Silly me. Instead we get Scrooge McScrooge doing his impression of a manager. Good Job Kenny for picking an A#1 Asshole to represent you. Slog will kick manager ass.
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Can we encourage people not to go to the upcoming KG shows? How? I don't know anyone personally who would be caught dead at such an event.
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Michael of the Green - why?
@24 - i'm not trolling. i just think that if you use my name or any one elses (sp?) to raise money for charity you should talk to them first.
common courtesy goes a long way. . .
@24 - i'm not trolling. i just think that if you use my name or any one elses (sp?) to raise money for charity you should talk to them first.
common courtesy goes a long way. . .
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The Slog vs. Kenny G Holiday Charity Challenge is now the Slog vs. People Who Are So Mad They Call Us Up to Shout at Us Holiday Charity Challenge. The Slog vs. People Who Are So Mad They Call Us Up to Shout at Us Holiday Charity Challenge HAS ALWAYS BEEN The Slog vs. People Who Are So Mad They Call Us Up to Shout at Us Holiday Charity Challenge.
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@ 6, when was that first published? I remember reading an excerpt of it in Harper's back in the late 90s, maybe early 00's.
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Looks like it is time to illegally download Kenny Gs new album, burn 100 copies and hand them out at Bellevue square mall. That should kill at least 20% of the nationwide sales. Fucking with slog is like fucking with my family. No mercy.
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With a total douchebag like that for a manager, I'm surprised the Kenny G gets booked for anything better than a Denny's.
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It sounds like Kenny G's manager should relax. Perhaps a bubble bath with candles and smooth jazz?
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KG Mgmt: http://delafont.com/index.html
Yer not gonna believe how "user friendly" the site is...
Richard De La Font Agency, Inc.
Requests for information are submitted directly
to the most appropriate agent using easy-to-complete online forms.
For More Information For professional booking inquiries only. Thank you.
Sorry. Information is not provided or taken via telephone until preliminary information is submitted via an online information request form.
If there is no online form for your request, it means we do not provide that service.
Established customers are provided with more direct means of communication.
Yer not gonna believe how "user friendly" the site is...
Richard De La Font Agency, Inc.
Requests for information are submitted directly
to the most appropriate agent using easy-to-complete online forms.
For More Information For professional booking inquiries only. Thank you.
Sorry. Information is not provided or taken via telephone until preliminary information is submitted via an online information request form.
If there is no online form for your request, it means we do not provide that service.
Established customers are provided with more direct means of communication.
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SHEEEEEE-IT! OH-KLAY-HOME-AHHH...
Do they represent Clay fucking Bennett too?
Gotta admit homeboy's done good for somebody who can't play his way out of a paper bag.
RICHARD DE LA FONT AGENCY - Corporate Event Booking Agent
delafont.com/
The Richard De La Font Agency is your one stop supplier of stage hypnotists, comedians, musical acts, magicians, corporate speakers and other quality ...
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4845 South Sheridan Road Tulsa, OK 74145
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Do they represent Clay fucking Bennett too?
Gotta admit homeboy's done good for somebody who can't play his way out of a paper bag.
RICHARD DE LA FONT AGENCY - Corporate Event Booking Agent
delafont.com/
The Richard De La Font Agency is your one stop supplier of stage hypnotists, comedians, musical acts, magicians, corporate speakers and other quality ...
Google+ page
4845 South Sheridan Road Tulsa, OK 74145
(918) 665-6200
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Are you sure it just wasn't Rob McKenna letting off steam? You should have given the phone to Goldy.
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Ok, so what if like, The Stranger raises a SHIT TON of money for Northwest Harvest, and then like, Kenny G shows up and DONATES more and actually WINS the Stranger VS. Kenny G. challenge that is no more! Can you imagine how fking awesome of a feel good holiday movie this would make??? You even have the anti-joy bad guy: angry manager! Grinch, Scrooge, ANGRY MANAGER! It's perfect!
P.S. Isn't it funny how he's a white jazz musician with the name "G"? tee hee hee
P.S. Isn't it funny how he's a white jazz musician with the name "G"? tee hee hee
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Hair plugs, right? I mean, he's gotta have hair plugs by now. There's no other explanation.
Also, Google says Kenny G. (with a motherfucking period, goddammit) is only 5'2". And people who searched for him also searched for Michael Bolton. And he has 797,603 likes on FacePlant.
My mind is completely blown.
Also, Google says Kenny G. (with a motherfucking period, goddammit) is only 5'2". And people who searched for him also searched for Michael Bolton. And he has 797,603 likes on FacePlant.
My mind is completely blown.
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The Stranger should have gone with Michael Bolton.
I suspect he would have been much more game, for some reason.
(Yeaah! Yeaaahhhh!)
I suspect he would have been much more game, for some reason.
(Yeaah! Yeaaahhhh!)
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As the duly acknowledged accidental creator of Swashbuckling Hero, I, Puty, proclaim Kenny G's manager UNbuckled, DEswashed and NOBODY'S hero!
HARRRRUMPH!
HARRRRUMPH!
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All I can say is, where was Northwest Harvest when I ran out of chips & salsa & ice cream?!? I rest my case!
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I have an idea:
Somebody call up that "Agency" pretending to be K.G. to tell them that if they don't donate/match 5X the amount The Stranger raises for NW Harvest that they are fired.
Somebody call up that "Agency" pretending to be K.G. to tell them that if they don't donate/match 5X the amount The Stranger raises for NW Harvest that they are fired.
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@Rujax, that's not his management and nobody should call that company to fuck with them thinking they are getting through to KG's manager. You're pointing people to what looks like a middleman for corporate buyers who lack the wherewithal to call his agency (WME) directly. In any event, that's not his manager, and his agent is not his manager--different people, different functions. His manager called the Stranger, not his agent.
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This reminds me of the time one of Jane Goodall's staff called Gary Larson and screamed and threatened lawsuits over an "offensive" Far Side that mentioned her. Turns out Jane actually thought the cartoon was hilarious. She ended up using it for fundraising t-shirts, and later invited Gary and his wife to Gombe to see the chimps.
So I'd wait until I heard from KG personally.
So I'd wait until I heard from KG personally.
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Christopher, that's a saxophone. Can't you tell the difference? One's a reed, the other's a brass instrument. One has a bazillion keys and valves, the other just a single sliding portion.
I doubt that Mr. Gorelick has ever picked up a trombone. And it's not only because it would be taller than he is.
So the Kenny G art is going away (sad smooth-jazz trombone!!) and Emily has drawn a replacement image of what she imagines Kenny G's manager looked like when he was shouting at us:
Christopher, that's a saxophone. Can't you tell the difference? One's a reed, the other's a brass instrument. One has a bazillion keys and valves, the other just a single sliding portion.
I doubt that Mr. Gorelick has ever picked up a trombone. And it's not only because it would be taller than he is.
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@6 Thank you. My music teacher told me Kenny G was a hack decades ago. It is also known that Kenny G can not transpose keys! This is the essence of being a jazz player! More like a magician with an alto sax than a musician.
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@57, I think the joke was the sad "Wump-wah" trombone noise that plays in comedic laugh tracks when something hysterically tragic happens, and Christopher was just spicing it up a little bit by calling it a sad "smooth-jazz" trombone.
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@55 California...
Got the inside track huh? Groovy, baby.
So what's KG got to say for himself here.
His slickster pimped out web-site paints him as a real people's person...so how 'bout he connects with the real world. Might give a little nooo-ahnce you know to the vapid brainless cotton candy throw-away image dude's got now.
I'm just sayin'.
Got the inside track huh? Groovy, baby.
So what's KG got to say for himself here.
His slickster pimped out web-site paints him as a real people's person...so how 'bout he connects with the real world. Might give a little nooo-ahnce you know to the vapid brainless cotton candy throw-away image dude's got now.
I'm just sayin'.
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@63, nope, I just don't think that inviting people to screech at a business that played no role in this dustup is the way to show KG's manager who is boss. Nor do I know (or care) what KG's got to say for himself.
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@64...
So you know for certain that the DeLaFont Agency is not KG's mgmt or what? How and why, please.
So you know for certain that the DeLaFont Agency is not KG's mgmt or what? How and why, please.
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@66, yes. From the site you're pointing everybody to:
"This company . . . does not claim or represent itself as the exclusive agent, representative or management of Kenny G."
Look, De La Font is not a management company, and they don't manage KG. If you're going to try to inspire people to disrupt a business, step one is to correctly identify the business you want to disrupt.
"This company . . . does not claim or represent itself as the exclusive agent, representative or management of Kenny G."
Look, De La Font is not a management company, and they don't manage KG. If you're going to try to inspire people to disrupt a business, step one is to correctly identify the business you want to disrupt.
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I thought he was being managed by BBE Booking Agency, I know they handle mostly hip-hop like the Wiz Khalifa booking, and others but I know they do some pop acts as well.
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