DCist: Virginal, Mobile, Festive: Saturday

dcgrrrl

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:01:46 -0500

mell - not everyone gets caught. Not every "victim" thinks she's/he's a victim. You pass judgment every day of your life. Everyone does. In this, I believe I am justified in being disgusted and have more than mere rumor to go off of. this is the story about the two of them that no one tells, but it is just disgusting.

Fluxgirl

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:41:49 -0500

"He was 31 and she was 13 when they met." Ewwwwwwwwww! As for telling the camera person to "fuck off a little bit", I think any star that does that should be denied any press whatsoever from that moment on...who do they think had say, a bit to do with their not spending their life working in the corner chipper?

mellbell

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:25:54 -0500

The difference is, in that scenario, the accused has been subject to trial by an impartial jury of their peers, not some random person with no first- or even second-hand information of the facts in play. I'm not saying the relationship is without its question marks, but you're simply not in a position to pass judgment on it.

dcgrrrl

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:12:12 -0500

right. But a 21 year old guy with a 14 year old girlfriend who gets prosecuted for statutory rape is a-okay! If it's okay by you, then that's fine. But I can be disgusted about the whole thing if I want to. Thanks ;)

mellbell

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:06:41 -0500

dcgrrrl: That's a very ignorant thing to say. I don't know how else to put it.

dcgrrrl

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:10:38 -0500

ah hem He was 31 and she was 13 when they met. They made the movie when she was 17, but had already been "making music" together before the movie was even cast. They did not confirm that they were "officially" together until after she was some acceptable age to most people (18 or 19). Even at their current ages, with the 18 year age difference, I don't see the difference between him and your run-of-the-mill kiddie toucher.

msdingdong

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:43:23 -0500

I'd say "kiddie-toucher" is a bit much if that's all you've got on him.

Lenn Sakata

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:49:14 -0500

Golightly, I don't remember the whole story, but she was 18 when they were making the movie, which is when they supposedly first "became romantic." But Hansard first met her when she was like 14 or something, she's a daughter of a friend of his. That's all I know about it, which makes it legal but a little sketchy. There probably is more to the story however.

fiv3isaliv3

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:18:27 -0500

DC101 landed some interviews if anyone is interested http://dc101.com/cc-common/podcast.html

fedward

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:15:51 -0500

At about 7pm yesterday, I realized that the surprise glorious weekend had overlapped with this year's V-fest. I had decided pretty much when the date was announced to skip this year based on the general assumption that early August would equal miserable heat. I'd feel worse about that, but I'm also saving money for a trip to Vegas in a couple weeks. *shrug*

Golightly

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:11:20 -0500

Okay, fill me in, how is the dude a pedophile? Wikipedia didn't help.

MrCrothers

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:06:41 -0500

Um, has anyone read the review on Brightest Young Things? I appreciate all the words, and pictures, and you know splitting the two days up in separate posts, and stuff, but clearly you're working too hard. Just write about the bands that you didn't see because you were too drunk, or were getting a massage or whatevs, and, like, call it a day!

Chris Klimek

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:49:11 -0500

Thanks for the correction, dcgrrrl. I've written about the Swell Season and Once before, making this error particularly embarrassing. I've corrected it above. "Kiddie-toucher" is pretty harsh, though.

Kev29

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:31:59 -0500

OK, $175 as a reasonably good value when compared to Coldplay? Fair enough. But it's a terrible deal compared to other festivals. You could get an early bird 3 day pass to Austin City Limits for $135. Better festival, 3 days, a lot cheaper. Course you have to do that before the confirmed line-up comes out, but it's always great.

Jason Rodriguez

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:27:10 -0500

Gogol Bordello and the Silver Beats were my favorites. It's too bad you missed the end of Berry's set, you missed him elbowing a female concert-goer in the face, causing her to trip and unplug his guitar. And I'm not joking. And she probably deserved it.

dcgrrrl

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:26:27 -0500

The song that earned the kiddie-toucher and his girlfriend an Oscar is actually called Falling Slowly. They make me vomit.