NME Goes to Stevie's Malibu Rental

[WatchChain]

Originally Posted by jellyman10

Like others have said, Bella is Karen's dog. Sulamith was still alive when Stevie did another interview in that Malibu rental in December.

I couldn't even finish that article. It was Dashut who said he slept under the console (not Mick), and it was Robin Snyder who made the hash cookies - Stevie's girlfriend, not Lindsey's.

The standard of journalism research in the press for this tour is appalling.

Not to mention, opening the article with the urban legend that involves a roadie helping Stevie with cocaine......you know the rest, I won't repeat the gory details.
My questions is, when Stevie signs an agreement to do an interview, does she get final say as to what will be printed? I imagine that she would be quite upset that the writer chose to open the article with the tired roadie story.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SummerlongBoots

Hahahahahahahaha. I used to think that Quentin the werewolf was hot.

I used to read these Dark Shadows romance novels that featured either Barnabas or Quentin as heroes. To this day, I think that show helped shape what I find attractive in men -- which proably is not exactly healthy. I like them aloof and mannered and cloaked.

Well, those predilections enhanced my enjoyment of the Slow Dancing video, anyway!

Michele

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Dark Shadows
To this day, I think that show helped shape what I find attractive

DS made me enjoy thunder and lightning, cemeteries, full moons, ocean crashing waves, and the darkness.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by vivfox

DS made me enjoy thunder and lightning, cemeteries, full moons, ocean crashing waves, and the darkness.

Storms, wind and windswept gowns.

I like gothic mansions, with unused wings and hidden passages. I think Stevie does too and Wide Sargasso Sea takes you there, as does the whole OSOTM vibe, the cover, Rooms on Fire, the video and what she said about Rupert.

Michele

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by michelej1

The original. I did watch the one with Ben Cross, but it didn't last long enough for me to get involved. I didn't even bother going to see that Johnny Depp thing.

The original was fantastic, of course, but I have to admit my preference for the Ben Cross revival series. It's the one I saw, and fell in love with, first.

Still need to get the 'House of Dark Shadows' and 'Night of Dark Shadows' DVDs that were released last fall. My videocassettes are well-worn.

The Johnny Depp movie was... well, I don't know what. I'm a Depp/Burton fan but I think my DS admiration trumped my D/B admiration where that film is concerned. I didn't regret seeing it, but it didn't really do anything for me.

Originally Posted by michelej1

Storms, wind and windswept gowns.

I like gothic mansions, with unused wings and hidden passages. I think Stevie does too and Wide Sargasso Sea takes you there, as does the whole OSOTM vibe, the cover, Rooms on Fire, the video and what she said about Rupert.

I have a feeling Stevie's a 'Dark Shadows' fan -- she even name-dropped it in "Listen To The Rain.'

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I have a feeling Stevie's a 'Dark Shadows' fan -- she even name-dropped it in "Listen To The Rain.'

And Stevie likes Anne Rice too.

In the end I would be shocked if she hadn't been into Dark Shadows at some point in her life.

Michele

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by michelej1

In the end I would be shocked if she hadn't been into Dark Shadows at some point in her life.

Agreed. Certainly would seem that she borrowed her wardrobe from Angelique! lol

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Agreed. Certainly would seem that she borrowed her wardrobe from Angelique! lol

YES!!! I have always thought so! It is so nice to read someone else thinks so too.

[Ghosty]

Sounds like the journalist only wanted to hear some dirt about Rumours and really could care less about Stevie. Kind of a crappy tone to the article, isn't there? And starting it off with probably what is Stevie's most detested rumor of all. And they make it sound like they couldn't wait to get the interview done and over with, but Stevie kept them there, and on a Satuday night of all things, how inconvenient! Wish a writer who actually is interested in her had done the interview.

[Ghosty]

Originally Posted by WatchChain

Not to mention, opening the article with the urban legend that involves a roadie helping Stevie with cocaine......you know the rest, I won't repeat the gory details.
My questions is, when Stevie signs an agreement to do an interview, does she get final say as to what will be printed? I imagine that she would be quite upset that the writer chose to open the article with the tired roadie story.

Ya, I hate that story. It's so stupid and disgusting, I don't get why it's ever re-told. I also think it's really disrespectful to add in such rumors to your article when you just had a personal interview and the celebrity was nice enough to take the time to talk withyou and invite you into their home. And I doubt stars get any say over what the final article comes out like. They probably just live and learn (as to what reporters to NOT ever do interviews with again).

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by Ghosty

Ya, I hate that story. It's so stupid and disgusting, I don't get why it's ever re-told. I also think it's really disrespectful to add in such rumors to your article when you just had a personal interview and the celebrity was nice enough to take the time to talk withyou and invite you into their home. And I doubt stars get any say over what the final article comes out like. They probably just live and learn (as to what reporters to NOT ever do interviews with again).

Well, they usually have stipulations about what kind of questions can be asked to them.

But as far as what narrative the journalist chooses to surround the interview with... probably not.

[blemelin]

It's somewhat likely that more than one person wrote and/or contributed to the article, possibly some kind of small editorial team. It's also possible that, even though this is written from the perspective of one person in Stevie's rented vacation home, there was never such a meeting with anyone from NME, rather probably some unnamed press rep who was assigned to meet with her and gather some details (location, situation, quotes, character traits) and use that material to distribute to various press outlets, such as NME.

Note: there's no individual byline on the article. It simply says, "NME Meets the Legendary Stevie Nicks."

NME's editorial slant does tend toward some mockery of its subjects and it also often highlights the salacious elements in a particularly wry, uniquely English manner that I often find troubling, as a fan of some of these subjects.

I doubt there was any approval process for Stevie to participate.

I've been assigned to write on spec many times, for various entities, and I'm almost always asked to write from a viewpoint that isn't mine. In fact, the assignments usually come with instructions that tell me exactly how to write a piece. Sometimes it feels like I'm just supplying the words in a particular order, since the editor or agent has already given me a perspective, printed pages of recorded info or an audio file, and other materials that help me figure out what they want and how to fill in the blanks. And it doesn't pay much. Sometimes they give me a small fee for accepting the assignment and then an additional fee if it's actually published. I'd say about 30% of what I finish ends up published. And every once in a while, even though they pay me, the finished product is unrecognizable to me.

As well, my ex is a publicist with his own company, and he's been in the business for 22 years. By now, he is admittedly a bit cynical about that particular world. He has seen and put up with a lot of shenanigans. Whenever I read anything in print, especially entertainment magazines and web sites, I hear his voice in my head, saying, "Don't believe anything you read, especially about celebrities."

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by Artemis

I sorta love the fact that she's written some songs about Game of Thrones characters

that's the only thing i liked about this article.
i LOVE that she's written about Arya
Arya is a bad @$$
I wonder if Stevie's GoT books are as well thumbed as her Twilight books

oh and that she gets rescue dogs ... well i hope that is true
so what if she has 3 dogs named Sara Bella Donna and Sulamith
she can call them whatever she wants. dog 1 dog 2 dog 3 come to Mama