...so a couple of weeks ago i was supposed to interview greg dulli from the gutter twins... he was in berlin and i got a time and a phonenumber... well, at the exact time i call and it is busy, i call again, and again, and again... and after a little over an hour i give up... i contact the record company and explain the situation... they will look into it... the next day i get an email, everything had run late and greg did not have time, but he was in amsterdam tomorrow and i got a new number and a new time... i called, and called, and called, same thing... got a new day and time again, this time in paris... i call, and greg answers... -hi i am mathias from sweden, are you ready for the interview? -actually no, i am about to go to a interview now, talk to my tourmanager *click*... the record company does not understand anything... but two weeks pass and i get a email, can you talk to greg in stockholm before the show... sure, no problem, give a place and a time... subpop emails me, i will talk to one of them at 18.00 at the venue, probably greg, but it might be mark... sure, fine with me... i get there at 17.45 and tells the venue staff that i am here for a interview and that i wanna see the tourmanager... just a second and they call him... -never heard of a interview, we are out walking in stockholm, do not when we will be back *click*... i am really starting to hate this tourmanager, has he even told the band? or is he just completely useless? ...i decide to wait and call my contact at the swedish record company... she does not understand anything, subpop promised that everything was set and that the tourmanagers knows... she will look into it... i wait, and wait, the tourmanager refuses to see me and i wait some more... after a bit over an hour i call the recordcompany and tell them i am leaving... they understand...
the question is, who is to blame here? from my point of view all my problems has been with a tourmanager that does not seem to manage... because this is his job, organize interviews, make sure that the star is where e/she is supposed to be, and agaian to organize things... not to say "have i never heard of" and hang up... that is very unprofessional... i have dealt with a lot of stars and bands and just as many tourmanagers... and this is by far one of the worst ones... i really hope for their sake thar greg and mark are in the dark about this, because if they know, or if they actually are the problem... that would just be really sad...
i have a email from subpop with the time and place and the tourmanager in the box for who got the email, so he has the email... he has the time and place... and still...
the sad thing about this is that i wanted a interview for publication before the album came out and before the show... but nothing happened... now the show i went to is only half-full... i do not want to belive that i have a lot of power or anything, but i bet that a article about the band might have gottten a few more people to show up? ...right, isn't publicity a good thing for a touring band?
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