Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has been removed from the hall’s board of directors after making comments that were seen as disparaging toward Black and female musicians. He apologized within hours.
“Jann Wenner has been removed from the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation,” the hall said Saturday, a day after Wenner’s comments were published in a New York Times interview.
Wenner created a firestorm doing publicity for his new book “The Masters,” which features interviews with musicians Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend and U2’s Bono — all white and male.
Asked why he didn’t interview women or Black musicians, Wenner responded: “It’s not that they’re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be my guest. You know, Joni (Mitchell) was not a philosopher of rock ’n’ roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test,” he told the Times.
“Of Black artists — you know, Stevie Wonder, genius, right? I suppose when you use a word as broad as ‘masters,’ the fault is using that word. Maybe Marvin Gaye, or Curtis Mayfield? I mean, they just didn’t articulate at that level,” Wenner said.
Late Saturday, Wenner apologized through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company, saying: “In my interview with The New York Times I made comments that diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and women artists and I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks.”
He added: “I totally understand the inflammatory nature and badly chosen words and deeply apologize and accept the consequences.”
ht/ woody
Why isn’t Wenner allowed to feel the way he does? These were his facts as he saw it. He should have just explained that he is gay, and likes white dudes.
The left is ridiculous.
There were no southern country singers in the mix. Who is offended?
There were no Hispanics. (Jerry Garcia doesn’t count.) Who is offended?
There were no fat people. (Jerry Garcia got fat way after Wenner’s interview.) Who is offended?
The left eating their own. I love it.
The left is THE BORG
He should be on the cover of next month’s issue.
Along with a scathing denigration.
Taste it, Jann.
The black women were too busy solving the telemetry problems for NASA.
I am always amazed at the lack of situational awareness displayed by leftist journalist. They know the pond in which they swim, they know what the rules are and how they are applied, crafted by all the intolerant bigots on their side. For any of them to place a tow outside the circle of acceptability, they are just asking to be canceled, so don’t be surprised when it happens.
Rolling Stone.
Relevant about 40 years ago.
He is wrong. Just look at Beethoven. He was black.
…at least that’s what Netflix would say if they made a docudrama about him.
@Rich Taylor:
You don’t need any stinkin’ situational awareness if you are convinced of your superiority and invulnerability.
“The White, Male Masters,” by Jann (Whitey) Wenner.
According to PotUSvsg, “… you’ll get tired of wenning.”
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_| The black women were too busy solving the telemetry problems for NASA.
This seems to be a reference to, “Hidden Figures,” 2016, which was a huge disappointment without Oprah in the cast. Octavia Spencer, (AKA Mother Earth,) just didn’t cut the cheese … ehrrr mustard.
Oprah – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkpbv3cWrQM
P.S.
This is the best skit I’ve seen
since the rollout of the vaccine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0azwTiI-PhQ&t=240s
Progressives don’t like the taste of their own medicine. Ya’ don’t say?
He played right into their commie/hate-speech, word game. And, you wonder how so many Commie-leaning democrats have been so easily traded and switched into so many government agencies, and other public, as well as, private businesses and sports entities.
If any of these hate-speech/word-game people don’t like his opinion and/or choice of interview criteria, then they should go out and do their own interviews according to THEIR criteria.
Nobody is forcing THEM not to create their own interviews, and/or to read or watch any one else’s. And, no one is stopping these lazy word-game losers in conducting their own interviews, using THEIR OWN criteria.
Apparently, the leftard complainers about what he said only picked out key words they find offensive. He wasn’t only talking about black men and women. And ghen he grovels immediately.
You can never be ideologically pure enough for Communists, that’s why they constantly purge their own.
Communist have no Jesus, so they have no forgiveness. Any transgression is a mortal sin, and sinners MUST be purged.
The kingdom of the Communist can never be one of peace.
An inevitable result of trying to replace God with Man…