I was thinking about this last night. This industry is pretty ego driven, so I thought of a few questions:

1) Who has biggest ego in this industry? Now? In the past?
2) Who has an ego that is matched for their personality/history/success?

I have a few answers, but do not want to taint the responses, so I will post my a little later.

This could actually have a couple asnwers based upon:
can this person back up their ego with success?
or just biggest ego in general?

True we all have egos. I consider my ego a business ego. Outside of biz I am pretty boring and normal guy.

Ron Levi has the biggest ego of all time. His wallet almost matches his ego, but not quite.

:okthumb:

especially the boring part
;-)))

I have an actually honest question...people making names for themselves and so forth - it's great for this business - in the PT barnum kinda way, but is that what anyone really wants; to be perpetually associated with a porn peddler?

Rationalizations aside..."I just saw an opportunity, blah blah". It's something you will always carry with you when you make a "name".

best of luck -
aeon

Ego Is Not A Dirty Word (Skyhooks)

If I did not have an ego I would not be here tonight
If I did not have an ego I might not think that I was right
If you did not have an ego you might not care the way you dressed
If you did not have an ego you'd just be like the rest


Ego is not a dirty word
Ego is not a dirty word
Ego is not a dirty word
Don't you believe what you've seen or heard

If Jesus had an ego he'd still be alive today
And if Nixon had no ego he might not be in decay
If you did not have an ego you might not care too much who won
If I did not have an ego I might just use a gun


Some people keep their egos in a bottom drawer
A fridge full of Leonard Cohen
Have to get drunk just to walk out the door
Stay drunk to keep on goin'
So if you got an ego
You better keep it in good shape
Exercise it daily
And get it down on tape

:awinky:

Brad Shaw is not even my real name.

I would think that the biggest names probably rarely if ever show up on the net on a regular basis.

For example, name the BIG names that were behind Crescent.

Most do not know the people that were there, they know who they dealt with perhaps, or the names that were promoting various factions of it, but who were the folks behind the scenes ?

I
1) don't know
2) don't wanna know
3) please don't tell me even if I ask


some names are the best when they are not known.
I don't have to perjure myself when I HONESTLY say
I KNOW NOTHING...

do YOU know something?
;_))

Just posting in this thread shows you are egotistical!!!







awwwww shit! ;-))))

I didn't realize people outside of Australia knew about Skyhooks.

Oh please - even I was listening to Skyhooks when I was in HS, lol! I even had their first and second albums until I left them (and tons of other classics) in a hot attic one summer. :(

I have a massive ego, really. That's because I'm superior in many ways.
Unfortunately I have nothing to back it up, but you can ask my girl about my ego. I drive her crazy, because I'm right all the time.. :yowsa:

i dont think i have an ego. i think self questioning and self doubt is essential to growth as a person and in business. maybe i am just insecure or unsure of myself. but i think that those "who know it all" or think they do usually have one thing in common... mediocrity.

The only time I was wrong , was ,one time, I thought I had made a mistake. I hadn't.

;-))))

I know nothing.....I have never known anything...I will never know anything.... :(

I know nothing.....I have never known anything...I will never know anything.... :([/b][/quote]
sarettah,

hear nothing...
see nothing...
say nothing....
and know nothing.

The recipe for trust ;-))))

Oh please - even I was listening to Skyhooks when I was in HS, lol! I even had their first and second albums until I left them (and tons of other classics) in a hot attic one summer. :([/b][/quote]
I grew up watching shirley on this kids tv show where he was in a house with a puppet ... their music career was almost over by the time i was born!

did you hear that he died in a helicopter crash a couple of years ago?

as for ego, I think its a contest between brad shaw, lensman and anyone from the avn family ...

Brad Shaw is not even my real name.[/b][/quote]
I know that and most other's do too - and I'm not trying to piss with you...it's just an observation. Most guys wanna have a family eventually and read the paper in the morning and got to kid's PTA meetings...aside from board BSin'g - all the hype...and this and that - it seems making a name and being an "ego" fucks you in the long run...it may be a fake name...but it will always be associated with porn.

There will always be those who's existence is defined by the porn world and how much shit they can start...they aren't really relevant tho.

best of luck -
aeon

HoneyBlond is in Brisbane... :rolleyes:

Oh my wife used to give me SOOOOOO much shit for that too!

"You ALWAYS have to be right don't you!"

Of course I wouldn't help the situation by answering with something like...

"I don't HAVE to always be right, it just happens to always turn out that way!!"

:P

HoneyBlond is in Brisbane... :rolleyes:[/b][/quote]
:lol:

Thanks Lisa,
I was about to point that out :awinky:

Eeekkk Sorry CJ, I got to veto you a little bit here :)

"Jukebox in Siberia" was released in October 1st 1990. After several weeks and limited airplay Skyhooks had the number one single. It was the only Australian single to reach #1 in 1990.

http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2001/skyhooks.htm

Sorry folks - I am a bit of a fan B)



Last edited by HoneyBlond at Feb 25 2004, 12:23 PM

HoneyBlond is in Brisbane... :rolleyes:[/b][/quote]
..and they watching you, 6 packs
;-)))

HB, of course!!!

jukebox in siberia
pounding out hysteria

i totally forgot about that - they did have that big comeback

:wnw:

HoneyBlond is in Brisbane... :rolleyes:[/b][/quote]
Oooops! :agrin:

So am I.





Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Feb 24 2004, 05:42 PM

Oooops! :agrin:

So am I.[/b][/quote]
aren't we just 1 big happy brisbane family!

how cool was the storm 2 nights ago?!?!?

http://www.carlajayne.com/galleries/...torm/spray.jpg

:yowsa:

Oooops! :agrin:

So am I.[/b][/quote]
*curtseys*

Please to meet you Joe Sixpack Sir

:)

*curtseys*

Please to meet you Joe Sixpack Sir

:)[/b][/quote]
Likewise. *bows*

So are we all southsiders like myself? I'm in Coorparoo.



Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Feb 24 2004, 05:58 PM

aren't we just 1 big happy brisbane family!

how cool was the storm 2 nights ago?!?!?

http://www.carlajayne.com/galleries/...torm/spray.jpg

:yowsa:[/b][/quote]
Bah! Didn't get much rain here!

:angry:

no but we did get 3 hours of amazing lightning!! that's my fave kind of storm cause the camera doesn't get wet ;-)

i was at the dornoch street bridge in west end getting ready to take the bolt if the rain hit :biglaugh:

aren't we just 1 big happy brisbane family!

how cool was the storm 2 nights ago?!?!?

http://www.carlajayne.com/galleries/...torm/spray.jpg

:yowsa:[/b][/quote]
Very Cool..

I love watching lightning, I was out with my camera as well but did not manage to get any decent shots ( I suck at photography :-P )

PS
That was a sensational shot you got a few weeks ago CJ with the fork
lightning :okthumb:

Likewise. *bows*

So are we all southsiders like myself? I'm in Coorparoo.[/b][/quote]
:lol:

Well pretty close !
I am Carindale :)

Thanks HB

i've spent around 15 hours photographing lightning this summer ... and have about 30 average pics LOL

its only for the patient folks!!!

I have the biggest id.

my ego is pretty out of control.

but at least i'm aware of it :)

Did this thread get hijacked our what??

I know many people in the business with HUGE Egos... a few can back them up, but it is rare.

There are a lot of people who are pretty humble out there... or at least put on a good act! :D

Michael what are you doing near a computer right now? :o

3 more hours and the police, street sweepers and hoses come out to clear out

as for the ego bit the biggest old school ego obviously was Ron Levi

Excuse me,

were you talking to me ??

Have we met ??



:blink:

Im smarter than all of you combined, its not ego if its the truth.

Sad though most of the people in this industry with huge egos have nothing but monetary success to base it upon. Very few of the big egos in this business have any brains.



Last edited by [Labret] at Feb 24 2004, 09:23 PM

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