Tech Support to the Stars 289
Carl Bialik writes "The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Prince, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Bon Jovi, and U2 all have used technical support when on the road, when their Wi-Fi or Xbox or Sidekick needs servicing. The Journal takes a look at the lives of the essential, if overlooked, members of the entourage, the support tech. Joshua Kapellen, of Best Buy's Geek Squad, has been on the road with U2 since 2004. From the article: 'Last March, lead singer Bono needed his Xbox connected while the band rehearsed in Canada. Mr. Kapellen got a call. He hooked up the contraption and a few minutes later was playing videogames with Bono. "It was one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me," says Mr. Kapellen.'"
Whoa (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Whoa (Score:5, Funny)
Bono Uses Celebrity For Good (Score:5, Funny)
Bono: It'd be pretty cool if you could play this with me, right?
Kapellen: Yeah.
Bono: Alright, then we'll play -- but you have to promise to cure AIDS as soon as we're done.
Kapellen: (mulls it over for a minute) Yeah, okay.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a socially constructive application of the power of celebrity. I bet that Kapellen guy is half way to a bachelor's degree in Biology by now.
Re:Can somebody please explain... (Score:3, Funny)
...dull, unhappy, and filled with gold?
Re:Can somebody please explain... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Whoa (Score:5, Funny)
He said that saying such things would confuse the hell out of the callers, and their confusion would quickly override their arrogance and anger.
Re:Whoa (Score:5, Funny)
You think thats bad.. try being IT in the USMC and dealing with officers. I hurried to find what was so wrong with the Comanding Officer's computer after he demanded someone come right now and look at it, to find out he wanted to change the paperclip to a dog. (sigh)
Re:Is there a way... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, that's why we created HDMI... just one plug, only goes in one way. But you know someone's going to try and force it in backwards and then complain that it won't work.
Re:Can somebody please explain... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is there a way... (Score:5, Funny)
Tricked, i say! (Score:5, Funny)
"I kicked Bono's ass at Warcraft III!" (Score:5, Funny)
That's pretty far... (Score:3, Funny)
Damn, and I thought outsourcing to India was bad enough!
Re:Hey (Score:3, Funny)
I don't understand why they do that, either.
Nothing too complicated (Score:3, Funny)
Camels, goats, Prince & CyricZ (Score:3, Funny)
My oh my life must be hard in Prince World (formerly known as lala-land)
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Used tech support? (Score:3, Funny)
Used tech support? With all their money you'd think they could afford new tech support.
Re:Is there a way... (Score:3, Funny)
Many bands are pissed off that their fans can't play their music on their iPods or whatever. A couple of them have stood up to their labels and said, "No DRM on our stuff!"
Re:Bono Uses Celebrity For Good (Score:3, Funny)
(I have said BA, and i've been doing various tech jobs for 7 years)
Re:He's been taught that celebrity is great. (Score:3, Funny)
Don't you mean North North Dakota?
The pot calls the kettle black (Score:4, Funny)
"I work with celebrities--but I don't like it. No, sirree. I don't like working with celebrities... Like Nicholas Cage. I don't like working with Nick. He's kind of clingy and he keeps asking for my autograph. Did I mention I work with celebrities?"