Waiting On a Fool To Change - Chris 'Preach' Smith

It's kind of ironic that John Mayer has named his upcoming
album Battle Studies because he's waging one that he has started
with the help of Playboy Magazine.

John Mayer is no different because he can play a
guitar and sing. He's just got more money and
more arrogance and apparently, little common sense.

The recent interview has set the world of media ablaze due to Mayer's
comments. Which ones? Try where he claimed to have a 'hood pass'
but used the N word in its place. Or where he referred to his johnson
as a 'white supremacist'. Or where he referred to his interaction with
Jessica Simpson as 'sexual napalm'. I'll spare you the gory details in
reference to Perez Hilton and Harvey Levin. I read the entire article
a couple of times and found myself saying one thing...what a train
wreck this guy is. Which was followed up by, I bet his album sales
don't get affected one bit. Don't get me wrong, I find Mayer's words
ridiculous and offensive at the very least. But I also find them illuminating.
Illuminating in the sense that he has pretty much opened a door to
who he really is. And that is what is both shocking and all too familiar.
Because Mayer shows himself to be nothing more than another
disillusioned individual who feels comforted by the celebrity he enjoys.
Think about it: you've probably met guys like this sipping on Pabst Blue
Ribbon listening to emo rock in bars or seen them out and about
making homoerotic jokes and slamming down shots while mangling
Gangstarr lyrics. John Mayer is no different because he can play a
guitar and sing. He's just got more money and more arrogance
and apparently, little common sense.

I've said it to people I know; we have a tendency in America to
place these celebrities on a throne and become shocked at their
behavior. To some degree, they're our version of British royalty.
Without all of the pomp and circumstance. Reading comments by
some people on various websites, I've seen a mixture of outrage
and people applauding him for not being 'too PC'. To the former
group, I say this: think about Justin Timberlake. There was a
time where he was essentially THE white boy with rhythm. You
saw him pop up everywhere with black artists. And it all came to
a screeching halt with Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl. In a way,
he threw Janet under the bus. And that didn't go unnoticed. He
felt the burn on that until his smash album in 2006. Will Mayer
have the same situation? I don't know. I don't put him in the
same class artistically with Timberlake but I wouldn't be surprised
if it was business as usual with his album coming out.

Waiting on a fool to change is just like waiting for a hooker
to get arthritis; it's inevitable, but not easy to predict. To me,
Mayer is a fool who overestimated himself and decided to do
so in a highly public format. He may not care if someone called
him a douchebag on a blog but we all know that's so far from
the truth...why would you apologize publicly in the first place?
And you said this in an interview with Playboy Magazine and
people DO read the articles there, John. Obviously you don't
due to your 'vacations'. Get over yourself and realize that at
this rate, the only pass you'll get anymore is the one you need
for 'counseling' in an expensive clinic of your choice.