Allegedly, Win Butler took the basketball, married it and started a new band called Net Worth
Bands, eh? What are they good for? They fill you with hopes, dreams and far-flung fantasies. Then, when your back's turned, they nick your bloody sports equipment.
OK, OK, so that might not have happened to everyone. But it happened (allegedly) to the author of this week's star blog Arcade Fire Stole My Basketball.
There is one word for blogs like this, and that word is "amazing". Read the blog's claims: As if the mental image of the Lord Of Apocalyptic Indie Rock perfecting his crossover dribble isn't reputation-damaging enough, the thought of him arguing about who paid for the court definitely is. It gets better, though. Slamonline.com have reported on three fascinating follow-up blogs. One of them, Arcade Fire Didn't Steal Dude's Basketball is written by someone claiming to be Win's brother Will and discusses the libelous nature of the first's claims (no doubt the reason why neither blog appears to be running anymore and only show up in Google's cache). Better still, though, are the suspicious pictures collected at arcadefiremighthavestolenguysbasketball.blogspot.com and the rather splendid arcadefirestolemybasketballplayer.blogspot.com, which reckons Win Butler also nicked Paul Davis of the Los Angeles Clippers. Like we said, amazing.
Clearly, this is the future of venting your band grievances. Been elbowed out of the way at a gig by a stray member of the Feeling? Did Dizzee Rascal drive too close to the kerb and splash you with a muddy puddle? Stop crying about it, you big ninnies, and get blogging. Either that, or join me weeping at SnowPatrolMutilatedMyHamster.blogspot.com.
