In uk.misc,  (Hot Badger Deluxe) wrote in
<1g51wkniwdm2s$.1qz90eb1fkfts.dlg@40tude.net>::

>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:45:32 +0100, Eric Jarvis wrote:
>
>> Likewise IMO Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Alan Moore, Iain Banks, Clive 
>> Barker, Charlie Stross...
>> 
>> In my experience most good authors are far from JF's description, not 
>> least because you don't easily get to be a really good writer without 
>> being able to pay attention to other people.
>
>Ditto original musicians - from Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream) to Steve
>Stapleton (Nurse With Wound). People who are Genuinely Creative in any
>field seem to be nice people.
>
>I can't think of a genuine IT guru who was an arsehole.
>
><pause>
>
>Apart from Robert Fripp - a mate who was a serious Crimso fan approached
>him at a gig, and he denied being Robert Fripp!

Well, of course there are other possibilities:

1) He wasn't RF, he just looked like him.
2) He was RF, and was tired of fanboys bothering him when he wasn't "on
duty".
-- 
Marc

I suppose you can prevent all sorts of appallingly anti-social behaviors
by hiding the means of engaging in them,  but I'd rather prevent them
by way of guest-list management, I think.  - Laura E. Back

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:21:16 +0100, Marc Wilson wrote:

>In uk.misc,  (Hot Badger Deluxe) wrote in
><1g51wkniwdm2s$.1qz90eb1fkfts.dlg@40tude.net>::
>
>>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:45:32 +0100, Eric Jarvis wrote:
>>
>>> Likewise IMO Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Alan Moore, Iain Banks, Clive 
>>> Barker, Charlie Stross...
>>> 
>>> In my experience most good authors are far from JF's description, not 
>>> least because you don't easily get to be a really good writer without 
>>> being able to pay attention to other people.
>>
>>Ditto original musicians - from Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream) to Steve
>>Stapleton (Nurse With Wound). People who are Genuinely Creative in any
>>field seem to be nice people.
>>
>>I can't think of a genuine IT guru who was an arsehole.
>>
>><pause>
>>
>>Apart from Robert Fripp - a mate who was a serious Crimso fan approached
>>him at a gig, and he denied being Robert Fripp!
>
>Well, of course there are other possibilities:
>
>1) He wasn't RF, he just looked like him.
>2) He was RF, and was tired of fanboys bothering him when he wasn't "on
>duty".

From what I've read of our Robert, the second is quite likely.  He's a
prickly character, it seems, and does value his privacy when not "on
duty", and even sometimes when he is.  I can understand that point of
view.  Musician doesn't have to mean all round sociable chap.

-- 

Peter

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