[HN Gopher] The Mostly True Story of Vanilla Ice
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       The Mostly True Story of Vanilla Ice
        
       Author : smollett
       Score  : 83 points
       Date   : 2020-10-10 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theringer.com)
        
       | 243462 wrote:
       | Why is this garbage on Hacker News?
        
       | dkarl wrote:
       | My brother-in-law, who has Down Syndrome, went to see him in
       | Radio City Music Hall a couple of years ago. What? Vanilla Ice is
       | performing in 2019? He gets no media exposure and scores no
       | points with the critics by going out and performing his cheesy
       | early hits for a few thousand fans, so at the time I assumed he
       | needed the money. We dropped my brother-and-law off and next
       | thing you know, there's a video on Facebook where he's up on
       | stage and Vanilla Ice is sharing the mic with him. And now I read
       | he's been doing fine for money all along. Much respect to the man
       | for valuing the pleasure he brings to other people, independent
       | of the money.
        
         | jrumbut wrote:
         | In his hometown he was known for bringing some speakers outside
         | and playing impromptu block parties for anyone around.
        
       | SV_BubbleTime wrote:
       | Maybe it's just me, but I got about 20% in to the article and had
       | to stop. These articles are written for word count alone - that
       | has to be it. Because otherwise there is no reason to jump a head
       | and back over and over again.
       | 
       | Tell a story in order!
        
         | Fnoord wrote:
         | I read the Wikipedia article [1] instead. I figured it ought to
         | contain the relevant historical notes.
         | 
         | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Ice
        
         | fock wrote:
         | it seems to include an eclectic amount of music-references for
         | just filling that wordcount.
        
         | echelon wrote:
         | It's a particular style of editorial you often find in Rolling
         | Stone or other biographical works. They're trying to set a mood
         | and paint a picture. To transport you to the time and place.
         | 
         | It's magical, but it's not for everybody.
        
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