Howard is not the answer
We all make mistakes. You make mistakes. I make mistakes.
For instance, back in the fall, I wrote in my review of Howie Day's first single, "I'm not in need of an angry Howie Day, just one capable of anger."
Perhaps that was a mistake.
Last week, according to police, Howard finally revealed his angry side. And it wasn't appealing at all, allegedly. Whatever it was, it was a mistake.
Opening for the Barenaked Ladies in Madison, Wis., the almost famous Howard and band allegedly asked a few ladies back to their tour bus, ostensibly for the purpose of getting them barenaked. When one young lady refused Howard's advances, according to police, Howard then blocked her in a bathroom.
As another woman tried to call the police, Howard allegedly broke her cell phone. When the first got out of the bathroom, according to the criminal complaint, Howard doused the woman with a can of the resurgent Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Steven Elbow of the Capitol Times got all the details of Howard's arrest, bail and misdemeanor counts.
But there was more.
Matthew Dolbey of the U-W Badger Herald got all the denials from Howard's manager and attorney, along with bonus content from Ted Ballweg, "director of sales and marketing at the Alliant Energy Center."
Ballweg was on message: "From a building standpoint, nothing went wrong."
Not to be left out, seller "chaka16" got the mug shot T-shirt offer on eBay. The fans at HowieFan.com got the link posted.
