In uk.misc,  (Eric Jarvis) wrote in
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>In article <1g51wkniwdm2s$.1qz90eb1fkfts.dlg@40tude.net>, 
>watercress@spamcop.org says...
>> 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!
>> 
>> Good gig though - The Diagram Brothers and Metabolist.
>> 
>
>I was at one of Fripp's solo guitar and tape loop gigs in the late 70s. 
>Pizza Express in Notting Hill IIRC. Seemed a pleasant enough chap to me.
>
>Michael Winner OTOH.
>
>Actually I can think of a few directors who are both successful and 
>unpleasant, but not many people in any other field apart from stand up 
>comedy.

A significant number of orchestra conductors are in danger of
disappearing up their own arses.

Hence the old joke:

Q: What's the difference between a bull and an orchestra?

A: A bull has the horns at the front and the arsehole at the back.
-- 
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