Now of course this is all hearsay… but we got our mitts on a little rumor that Arcade Fire lead-singer Win Butler threw a big temper tantrum at the Cal Berkeley gym this Saturday, June 2, which ended when he stole a stranger’s basketball. So much for all that “working for the church…” Here’s an excerpt from the concerned basketball owner’s blog, arcadefirestolemybasketball.blogspot.com:
Win Butler was shooting around on one of the courts. I asked Mr. Butler if he wanted to play. He declined so I asked him if he could move off the court because we were starting a full court game. He angrily refused. He told me, and this a quote: “I paid too much damn money to get in here and I’m playing on this court.”
…One of the other players claims Mr. Butler pushed him but I did not witness this…
I went downstairs to the front desk to ask if anyone had turned in a ball. I described my ball to the young woman working the desk. I told her that I had drawn stars on the ball so nobody would take it by mistake.
She said: “The lead singer of Arcade Fire took your basketball.”
It’s a scandal! If you have any information which may lead to the return of said blogger’s special basketball, please let us know, because we’d love to take credit.
Brat or not, this is still probably the best song ever. Save it, haters.
UPDATE! Apparently somebody claiming to be Will Butler of the Arcade Fire has started a rival blog called ArcadeFireDidntStealDudesBasketball! Draw your own conclusions… [thx GVSB]
