Green & Blacks vs Pete Doherty
GOOD THING: GREEN & BLACKS CHOCOLATE
Forget Cadbury's and Nestle - the king of all chocolate makers has got to be Green & Blacks, the choice of the connoisseur, if I may say so myself. It's organic, it's ethically-minded (unlike Nestle) and once you ditch your regular Curly Wurly for a Green & Black's mini bar, you'll never go back. Not only does Green & Black's dark chocolate take your taste-buds on some sort of rapturous journey, but it's also 70% cocoa, which means that by chocolate standards, a little bit is actually good for you. I'm happy to jump on that particular band-wagon! I would also recommend using this manna of the gods for cooking, which may seem a little extravagant, but when you eat a cake frosted with melted Green & Blacks, or a chocolate mousse, you see the extra investment is well worth it. The Maya Gold, Espresso (oh baby!) and Caramel bars are all delicious, but I would like to point out to the manufacturers that I haven't yet sampled their entire range - I'd be happy to provide an address for the delivery...
BAD THING: PETE DOHERTY
How was Pete Doherty voted the second greatest rock star of all time by NME readers? Are NME reader morons? Undoubtedly. Is Pete Doherty a great rock star? Er...no...he's not even a rock star these days. This drug-addled doofus somehow made it onto the list ahead of Morrissey and David Bowie, and the likes of Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix didn't even make it into the top ten! When Doherty was arrested for robbing the house of ex-bandmate Carl Barat, there was something slightly comic about the whole thing, but his appearance at Live 8 alongside Elton John helped to confirm that he's just a desperate, untalented wannabe. Since then, most of his public appearances have been in the court room for drug-related offences, which raises another question - why hasn't this man been banged up yet?! If he was just a random addict with the same track-record, he'd have been in the nick a long time ago. What is particularly galling about Doherty is the fact that he has so many fans. Okay, I know I sound like a middle-aged Daily Mail reader, but the fact that Doherty is a reckless substance abuser is really not that cool. He's a knob. Even a friend of mine, who I would expect to have more sense, thinks he's really cool - and attractive too, which is also inexplicable. But how many people can name more than a couple of Doherty songs? I actually don't know any, except that one he did with The Libertines, possibly called 'Can't Stand Me Now' (how apt.) My favourite piece of Doherty-related info is the fantastic Internet rumour that he was just a publicity stunt perpetrated by The KLF, and is actually a failed Buddy Holly impersonator. Oh, if only it were true - that's a much better press story!
BAD THING: PETE DOHERTY
How was Pete Doherty voted the second greatest rock star of all time by NME readers? Are NME reader morons? Undoubtedly. Is Pete Doherty a great rock star? Er...no...he's not even a rock star these days. This drug-addled doofus somehow made it onto the list ahead of Morrissey and David Bowie, and the likes of Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix didn't even make it into the top ten! When Doherty was arrested for robbing the house of ex-bandmate Carl Barat, there was something slightly comic about the whole thing, but his appearance at Live 8 alongside Elton John helped to confirm that he's just a desperate, untalented wannabe. Since then, most of his public appearances have been in the court room for drug-related offences, which raises another question - why hasn't this man been banged up yet?! If he was just a random addict with the same track-record, he'd have been in the nick a long time ago. What is particularly galling about Doherty is the fact that he has so many fans. Okay, I know I sound like a middle-aged Daily Mail reader, but the fact that Doherty is a reckless substance abuser is really not that cool. He's a knob. Even a friend of mine, who I would expect to have more sense, thinks he's really cool - and attractive too, which is also inexplicable. But how many people can name more than a couple of Doherty songs? I actually don't know any, except that one he did with The Libertines, possibly called 'Can't Stand Me Now' (how apt.) My favourite piece of Doherty-related info is the fantastic Internet rumour that he was just a publicity stunt perpetrated by The KLF, and is actually a failed Buddy Holly impersonator. Oh, if only it were true - that's a much better press story!
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