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Stevie Nicks Don't Need No Stinkin' Technology

by Truemorist | April 9, 2009 at 07:55 am

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Don't be callin' Stevie on the phone or tweeting her up with sexty messages, 'cause Ms. Nicks ain't listenin', honey!

The former Fleetwood Mac singer isn't like the rest of us obsessed with fancy gadgets and the latest way to send each other one line zingers.

Nope, Steve Nicks is a technophobe — and a proud one at that.

For your fearless resistance in the face of mass-marketed, technified-sheep adoption of the latest crazes, Stevie, we salute you.

It will just be hard to get in touch in order to let you know.

Friends who want to get in touch with Stevie Nicks know not to send an e-mail, call on a cell phone, or reach out by text message, because she won't respond.

It's not that she's being rude: Nicks doesn't own a computer or a cell phone. The 60-year-old rock legend, who is currently on tour with Fleetwood Mac, is a proud technophobe.

"I believe that computers have taken over the world. I believe that they have in many ways ruined our children. I believe that kids used to love to go out and play," Nicks says in her famously smoky voice.

"I believe that social graces are gone because manners are gone because all people do is sit around and text. I think it's obnoxious."

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everchanging

at 08:09 on April 9th, 2009

Bravo, Ms Nicks.

Anon-and-on (not verified)

at 08:44 on April 9th, 2009

Stevie Nicks uses the height of the latest technology to record her songs, and the sound equipment needed for a rock concert is far more complicated than a mobile phone. She gives interviews to TV and news media to promote her music, they also use the latest technology. When she has a heart attack and is taken to hospital will she refuse to use the latest equipment? Stevie Nicks uses more technology than many others.