Blind-Item Blues: The Saddest Singer On The Cross-Continental Flight

March 7th, 2008 // 21 Comments

emoticon-sad.jpg“Which mournful solo artist is obsessed with his own level of fame? After convincing himself on a recent flight to Australia that he would be mobbed in the streets, the scrawny singer was nonplussed that most Aussies didn’t recognize him.” [Gatecrasher]


  1. Rob Murphy

    Ruben Studdard?

  2. Anonymous

    Jandek?

  3. Rob Murphy

    Timbaland?

  4. Thierry

    Soulja Boy?

    Or James Blunt.

  5. Michaelangelo Matos

    I’m guessing Rufus Wainwright.

  6. El Zilcho!

    Blake Lewis.

  7. How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

    Clay Aiken.

    Oh wait, male and scrawny you say?

    I change my guess to Courtney Love.

  8. Ned Raggett

    @Michaelangelo Matos: Hahaha, this I could see.

    “I’m here to personally make up for Judy’s legendary disastrous tour!….hello?….HELLLLLO?”

  9. Tenno

    Morrissey?

    No, he’d fight the crowd and then go eat some aparagus.

  10. Anonymous

    ryan adams possibly.
    wainwright probably.
    morrissey maybe.

  11. Rob Murphy

    Scott Stapp?

  12. infinit Loop

    conner oberst

  13. How do I say this ... THROWDINI!

    Michael Jackson?

    Is he even allowed to leave the country?

  14. Rob Murphy

    Kanye West?

  15. Jack Fear

    bbernardini wins this one, hands-down.

  16. Bob Loblaw

    @Michaelangelo Matos: @Ned Raggett: Ding ding ding.

    He toured Australia for a week last month, would conceivably know the same people Widdicombe does. (Also, Widdicombe = Aussie.)

    Encyclopedia Brown, out.

  17. Rob Murphy

    @Jack Fear: does that mean we can’t keep guessing???

  18. MontanaWildhack

    I would say Constantine Maroulis (whu?), but I doubt he would make it through the livestock inspection at Australian customs.

  19. jasonelias

    I’m going with James Blunt too.

  20. scott pgwp

    Based on one interview I read with James Blunt, he seems entirely probable.

  21. Richaod

    I hope it’s James Blunt. From personal experience, none of the others are popular enough to be able to convince themselves that they’d be mobbed. Blunt has the ego too.

    Kelly Clarkson’s the only American Idol winner who’s had ANY exposure around here.

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