Disrespectful Parasites Are The Worst Kind (Updated)

This next item is from the Sun Sentinel via The Daily Swarm.

Here’s the scene; the city of Ft. Lauderdale is batting around the idea of putting on a beach concert to make some money and promote business. So naturally, they get with Live Nation because they are the biggest dog in concert promotion pack.

So, the city commissioners get together for a meeting and there is a rep from Live Nation there. They discuss things like ticket prices and what type of acts they do want, what type of acts they don’t want-don’t want to attract the wrong element at this kind of thing, you know? It’s like a preliminary meeting so, they’re tossing artist and band names around. Ooh…we like that one. Oooohhh….we don’t like that guy, sort of deal.

So then, this guy from Live Nation, Mike Luba talks; my guess is that this guy wants to let the city commissioners know that Live Nation will be able to suit their needs.

But Live Nation Artists officials are still speaking only in general terms about what acts they’ll go for. Except to say that there will be absolutely no jazz.

“We’re doing everything we can to eliminate jazz from American culture, so, no jazz!” Mike Luba of Live Nation Artists told commissioners”

Nice one there, you dough head. You don’t say stuff like that, moron. I know you are probably a little giddy and nervous because, after all, you are speaking to the esteemed Ft. Lauderdale City Commissioners and you want to impress them with your urbane wit. And, I realize that whatever business school you graduated from probably didn’t spend much time on the importance of art in a civilized society or, the influence of Jazz on American culture and that, your cognitive skills and attention span are far more suited to Death Cab For Cutie than Duke Ellington. But, you have to understand something Luba; you are small part of an industry that is parasitic in nature and that makes you an epiparasite. You were probably just trying to be funny. But, you weren’t. You were showing ignorance, insensitivity and disrespect.

*****UPDATE*****

The Swarm is now saying…

Luba said he was flooded with e-mails from people who read the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s report Wednesday about a proposed annual weekend concert festival that would start next spring. Jazz lovers were offended by Luba’s joke that, “We’re doing everything we can to eliminate jazz from American culture.”

Luba said he loves jazz and plans to include jazz music in the festivities.

“Our company does thousands of jazz shows a year,” he said, “and jazz is the foundation of everything we do.”

Luba said he made the comment “totally in the moment, to break the tension,” and that “it was 100 percent a joke.”

Pretty weak Luba. Perhaps, you should have taken a look at “The Eliot Spitzer Apology Statement Template” before banging your gums again. You know, I put things like “The Eliot Spitzer Apology Statement Template” up here, not out of profit but, as a public service so mindless yobs in the public eye, can use these valuable resources and avoid further embarrassment.

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Tags: american culture, business, dough head, Jazz, Lauderdale, Live Nation, Mike Luba, moron