Dragging in a guest editor can really liven things up sometimes.
Why, only the other week we decided to open up the hecklerspray office doors and give 'hilarious' comedian Russell Brand the chance to run things. We had to stop after a couple of hours, though .. roundabout the point when we noticed that a) he spent too much time staring at his reflection in the computer monitor, teasing his hair into a pseudo-ironic sculpture and b) the only stuff he was writing was the word 'ballbag' over and over, laughing to himself as though he thought this was the epitome of postmodern wit.
So we shot him.
We can only hope that Vanity Fair's upcoming experiment works out a little better. Why, you frenziedly scream? Because they've only gone and dragged in Irish rockstar Bono to take on editor-duties, that's why.
Bono is a busy little chap, we'll say that for him. Not content with helping to eradicate poverty (and it must have gone by now – hecklerspray hasn't had to beg for food in ages) he also took a bit of time out last year to edit a 'special' edition of the Independent, changing the paper overnight from an over-opinionated piece of sixth-form tat to an over-opinionated piece of sixth-form tat cobbled together by a singing midget.
Still – Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter must have liked Bono's style, because he's asked him to edit the July issue of the magazine and make it all about Africa. Well – either that or he just wanted a holiday. Carter revealed:
"Bono will make a different issue about Africa than we would. I think there isn't one editor in the world who would not pay attention if Bono pulled up and said he wanted to edit a magazine."
So – expect lots of heart-wrenching stories about poverty (commissioned by a millionaire), lots of rhetoric about how dreadfully over-privileged you are (commissioned by a millionaire), lots of ways for you to give all your money away (commissioned by a millionaire) and a feature called I May Be A Millionaire But I'm Definitely Not Being Hypocritical At All, Even Though The Money That I Spend On Chartering A Plane To Fly My Hat Somewhere Could Feed An Entire African Village For Years (commissioned by a millionaire).
Not that we're saying the campaign to end poverty isn't a noble one. We just don't need the man behind Discotheque to remind us, ta very much, Bono.
How is that tax loophole working out, by the way?
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Onob says
“I think there isn’t one editor in the world who would not pay attention if Bono pulled up and said he wanted to edit a magazine.”
How about the editor of Baldy Irish Egomaniac Midget Twat magazine?
johnner says
The little wanker loves to brag about being from Dublin,s northside, he thinks it increases his “hardman” credentials, yet he lives in a mansion in Dalkey,the most exclusive part of Dublin (if not the whole of Ireland) which is on Dublin’s southside (the supposedly posh side of Dublin) .To many ordinary Dubliners he’s considered to be an embarrising arsehole any time he opens that pretentious shite spewing mush of his, to think that an amazing singer like Jimmy Dewar is dead and that little pox from Glasnevin is alive with a messianic complex and loves hugging G W Bush!
hoohaahee says
Arrogant, self-absorbed egomaniacal talentless sh*tC*nt
Flies about in a private plane but preaches to the rest of us about “Global warming”
Talks endless shite about “third world poverty” then instructs his accountants to take advantage of every psuedo legal tax workaround to keep as much of his obscene wealth as possible.
The purest of bastards.