And now, this soft bulletin
Steve Lackmeyer of the Oklahoman, on meeting Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne:
[I] got introduced by Chad [Livingston, of the Bricktown Water Taxis] when they were all at LiT during one of those ice storms in early 2007. I ineptly asked how OKC might attract more folks like Wayne to stay in Oklahoma City. I wanted to know what kept a clearly creative class person like him to stay in what has traditionally been a conservative city. After all, Wayne Coyne didn’t just stay in OKC — to this day he lives in one of the most impoverished neighborhoods just west of downtown — Classen Ten Penn — and is helping stabilize the area from deteriorating any further.
So how do I summarize Wayne’s response? Things are as they are …
Oddly, looking back now, that actually makes sense.
It’s the way it’s always been, if you think about it.
Steve said:
22 April 2008 @ 4:51 pm
Mr. Livingston I presume? No…
Now, you know copy and paste is a pretty easy function unless you know about some devious software tracker Bill Gates has put into the Control C that I don’t know about…
;)
Of course, Chad Huntington and many others have known about this “things are as they are” bit for a long time. But as a reporter (and now a blogger), I just can’t grasp that idea.
-Steve
CGHill said:
22 April 2008 @ 5:36 pm
“Que sera, sera: whatever will be, will be.”
Coyne surely was far more nuanced than that. I think. I’m just a denizen of blogdom without a whole lot of connections — but with a few Lips fans in the audience.
Steve Lackmeyer said:
22 April 2008 @ 5:43 pm
You are all powerful and I bow in your awe. My visitor counts doubled today with your link.