 Governor Spitzer attempts to capitalize on sudden fame through MySpace page
(Albany,
NY) New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who was recently plucked from
gubernatorial obscurity through his illicit connections to a high
profile call-girl service, is apparently attempting to take advantage
of his new found fame. Mr. Spitzer's long dormant MySpace page
has undergone numerous changes in the last several days including the
deletion
of dozens of photos of the governor, alone and in groups, at various
house parties and bars and on spring break in an undisclosed location,
replacing them instead with a select few professional-looking head
shots.
Mr. Spitzer has also been accepting
“friend requests,” the overture through which a
person's online social network grows, by the thousands, most likely from complete strangers.
Other new uploads
include video clips of Governor Spitzer, who describes himself in his
profile on the site as an “aspiring Appalachian
musician,” performing several banjo solos including
“Turkey in the Straw” and “Pickin' n'
Grinnin'.”
In one video the governor, donning a
large brimmed hat, launches into a rousing, if severely technically and
musically flawed, picking frenzy. In another, after a
couple false starts to tune his instrument, Mr. Spitzer appears to
lose his place in the music, finishing well before the pre-recorded
downhome accompaniment. Following several failed attempts to
rejoin the karaoke backup jug band an increasingly frustrated Mr.
Spitzer reaches for the camera before the video goes blank.
It
is not certain if the governor has any real chance to capitalize on his
sudden celebrity. Country music record producer Vince
Cargill said, "One word alone describes [Mr. Spitzer's] banjo playing: Totally amateur.”
Still, Mr. Cargill acknowledged
that the public can have a lurid fascination with scandal created
celebrities and that less reputable producers might offer such people
one time record deals with hopes for a quick profit.
If
history is to be an judge, however, the governor's music career dreams
will likely go the way of Monica Lewinsky's handbags.
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