Nobody enjoys a healthy dose of government officials getting what is coming to them, especially when they had caused Radio People and their Record Friends such pain an agony. Just ask Dave Universal. Before Eliot Spitzer he went to home Yankees game, before Eliot Spitzer he went to EVERY home Yankees game for music meetings. Did I mention he lived in Buffalo at the time? That is a 6-hour drive if you are playing at home, and trust me, he didn’t drive to those games.
You see there was a time when Radio People could get Big Screen TVs, DVD Players, Xbox’s, Cars, Laptops, hookers, and even cocaine, all in the name of getting the careers of Clay Akien, David Hasslehoff, and ELO’s up and running. Eliot Spitzer’s moral compass thought that was one of the new seven deadly sins; “thou shall not add shitty records for cool swag” I think that is going to be in Leviticus in the 2009 version of Madden Bible.
The story goes that Eliot’s assistant was in Florida and one of the brighter VPs of a major record company tried to pick her up by flying her to the Caribbean and said his company would fit the bill. When she asked what he did, he told her and she thought…”My boss is trying to get into public office and he needs a cause to pioneer and lives to ruin, this will be perfect.” With that she called Eliot and he picked the ball up and ran all the way to the Governors office of New York.
Once there the old adage “absolute power corrupts absolutely” came true. You see while Eliot HATED records, radio stations, and fun…but he loved tiny girls who charge him $5000 an hour. What does one get for $5000 an hour and does it include meat gravy, a plunger, and a balding sheep? Know only as Client # 9 (I am sure Yoko Ono LOVES that one) he got his big public office in the sky, three beautiful kids, and a understanding wife…but fuck it, he needed to pay for sex and got caught.
Now I am sure Dave Universal is wasted somewhere on a record companies dime because Radio People NEVER forget. There are very few groups of individuals that hold a grudge as long as Radio People do, just ask Janet Jackson. And for Eliot Spitzer it is the end of the line. He has stepped down and there are rumors of impeachment of he and his “moral compass.” Which proves that when it comes to Radio People you only need to know one thing, we are probably the wrong people to fuck with…especially if you have a healthy appetite for high-end hookers.
Silda should have tossed him a mouthsky every once and a while.