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Billy Bob ‘don’t call it a hobby’ Thornton was on Q TV, a Canadian radio show that is also taped (radio doesn’t belong on TV silly). Sorry, I probably should have said ‘The Boxmasters’ were on Q TV to promote three new albums in under a year. What? You’ve never heard of ‘The Boxmasters?’ Well, Billy Bob doesn’t like you.
Q TV usually lands some big artists such as The Gorillaz, The Killers and that girl that played God in ‘Dogma.’ Whoops Alanis ‘instructed me to not talk about that shit.’ That’s a lie. Why would Alanis care if anyone brought up her acting (appearance in a film) during an interview? Why would any artist care? Well, you don’t know the fragile ego of Mr. Thornton.
In introducing the band, The DJ gives background to why they’d have this band on the show and we as the listening/viewing audience realize that our favorite Physical Ed. teacher Mr. Woodcock plays the drums for them! There’s three other guys in this band that play insturments too but who knows who they are. Anyway, after that intro Billy Bob has a curious case of amnesia. ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ he says. Billy Bob continues to talk about his passion for baseball and then do his best Bob Dylan talking to reporters impression. And I’m not talking about the twangy singing voice:
Billy Bob is right at one point. No one would say anything like that to Tom Petty. But that’s because few people care about how he liked being on ‘The Simpsons.’ Tom Petty is a talented musician. Billy Bob Thornton uses his success in ‘The Ice Harvest’ to get his ‘modbilly’ band on a successful music-based show. You’re not mad at the DJ or producer Billy Bob, you’re mad at Billy Bob.
Here’s Bob Dylan with his press to give you something to compare:
******UPDATE!******* via Yahoo:
‘A note posted on Nelson’s Web site Friday said the Boxmasters were canceling the rest of their Canadian dates “due to one band member and several of the crew having the flu.”
Is that the case? Or maybe Billy Bob’s comments on Q TV about Canadian fans being “All mashed potatoes and no gravy” didn’t sit well with our northern neighbors.
‘The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson on Thursday in Toronto, where they reportedly were booed and met with catcalls of “Here comes the gravy!”
