Ohhhh, I'm afraid "going against everything the guy has been about" has left the guy in the past couple of years. The guy is about money. I don't like his music any less for it, nor does it make me a "bad fan" but let's be real, the old, (I'm in it for the music and because I love it) Sting is gone. Funny, I just found a cartoon one of my family members sent me (phoenix or Orlando paper) from last year. Thought I'd share it with you. It's by Ward Sutton and is entitled Schlock 'n Roll: Remember back when... (it goes through panels with the selling out of songs) and then we get to the Sting panel: "and artists like Sting even debut new singles and have them appear in commercials at the same time." Under that a drawing of Sting with two speech balloons coming out---the first: "I wasn't ridiculously filthy rich enough so I had to whore myself out" the second: "I'm off to have tantric sex in my castle now. Ta-Ta!" That brings me to my new little endearment when people ask me what's new with him. "You mean my little media whore?" Of course, I say that with no malice intended. It's just the way it is. More power to him. Michelle In a message dated 1/23/02 11:27:25 AM, stevess@saber.net writes:

"Schmoozing" in Hollywoood? That may be redundant. In any event, it goes

against everything the guy has been about. It's a bit sad to go back and

watch Bring on the Night, and hear Darrly Jones talking about never hearing

a "nothing" song from Sting, and Branford speaking his disdain for the

Hollywood crowd. I prefer the good old days, but maybe that's because I'm

an old guy.