Douche of the Week

Part two "Douche of the Week" isn't someone who is in DC, rather, it is a gent who was in DC recently, and was rather douchy while he was here. That man is Kanye West. Now, Kanye has douched out before, but this time, at Bonnaroo, he douched douchier than ever before. Now, not only does Mr. West dress like a douche the majority of the time, he also acts douchy in a variety of ways. Basing a career on dropping out of college, after your parents spent their lives slaving away to give you the opportunity was pretty douche-tastic, but then again, so is Kanye.

Not only is this the basis of his musical career, he bolsters it with the numerous award show outbreaks, and even supports his Izod habit with insane tours. Now don't get me wrong, talented musician? Of course. Skilled stage man? Perhaps. Unflinching narcissist? UNDOUBTEDLY! The man uses tracks of bands and then insults them

Q: Why do you have groups like Coldplay, Daft Punk and Steely Dan on “Graduation"?

A: Some of these aren’t the coolest groups. But they have songs that really connect. (The Times of London, October 2007)



He even has an entire tour featuring him and just him. Oh and Lupe Fiasco for one song. Oh and a spaceship. However, the "spaceship" just talks to Kanye and verbally fellates him for the entire two hours. "Only you can save us, Kayne" or "You're the best rapper in the world, Kanye"... you get the picture.

However, none of the douchiness of before really matches his most recent douche move, from this weekend's Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee.


Taken from the Associated Press, I think this describes it all...

Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd

By JAKE COYLE

MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Kanye West's late night performance at Bonnaroo was delayed nearly two hours, angering the festival crowd who responded by chanting "Kanye sucks" and pelting the empty stage with glow sticks.

West had been scheduled to take the main stage at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival at 2:45 a.m. Sunday morning. While the sleepy thousands in the audience waited, a message on the jumbotrons told them West's show would be delayed until 3:15 a.m., and when that didn't happen, that he would start at 3:30. West didn't hit the stage until 4:25 a.m.

The delay was caused by problems setting up West's elaborate stage set, which included an interplanetary landscape of a wavy black platform with a slanted floor in the middle and a video screen above. West performed a spectacular galactic-themed concert complete with interaction with his spaceship, a disembodied female voice named Jane (a kind of sexier HAL).

Ken Weinstein, a spokesman for the annual festival held on a 700-acre site south of Nashville, said the delay was simply a matter of unloading the Pearl Jam stage (the band went an hour past its scheduled end time, playing until about 1:15 a.m.) and loading the West stage.

The festival, which boasted more than 150 acts spread out over four days, was otherwise very punctual. The West delay was all the worse because of its already very late schedule, and many campers lost energy before the concert and returned to their sleeping bags. Midway through his performance, the morning light showed that the crowd had dwindled substantially.

West had originally been slated to perform at 8:15 p.m. Saturday night, but requested a late night performance. At least in the first hour of his performance, West didn't address the crowd regarding the delay.

Later Sunday, the Bonnaroo crowd was still upset. Pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph led a "Kanye sucks" chant.

A spokesperson for West didn't immediately return a request for comment.

Didn't return a request for comment? Big surprise, biiiig surprise. I think that an actual Bonnaroo attendee describes it best:

" OH and he DID cut his show short too (after beginning late) so not only did he start at 415-430 he didn't even play his entire show, while never acknowledging the crowd ONCE. I did enjoy that all the bands on sunday were ripping kanye a new asshole ALL day. It was awesome.
I wish I could remember some of the funny things we said when we were making fun of him...
damn you weed for destroying my memory..."


Spoken like a true Bonnaroo attendee. And that, my friends, is why Kanye West is the douche of the week. Let's hope he shapes up before he hits up the District again.