Jack White Rumour Swirling, Please Confirm or Discount

[SybianRiot]

I heard yesterday that Jack White of the White Stripes was battling incurable cancer. I have not been able to find anything about this through your normal search avenues so I am assuming that, as one would hope, IT IS NOT TRUE. Can anyone verify one way or the other...

[Kingbeegtrs]

I would say it is a rumor just from the phrase "uncurable cancer". What exactly is uncurable cancer?

[TonyVt]

I hope that rumor is untrue. I became aware of Jack White's incredible talent after purchasing Van Lear Rose, the amazing recording he cut with Loretta Lynn.

[Lawn Jockey]

I hope that rumor is untrue. I became aware of Jack White's incredible talent after purchasing Van Lear Rose, the amazing recording he cut with Loretta Lynn.


+ 1,000

I've long been a fan of the WS, The Raconteurs........and the work with Loretta sent it over the top!

Boy, I hope this is only a rumour.

[Quantumphysics]

I hope that rumor is untrue. I became aware of Jack White's incredible talent after purchasing Van Lear Rose, the amazing recording he cut with Loretta Lynn.

That is one of the best albums recorded in the last - well since "Amused To Death"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SHAX4z4sLg&feature=related

Jack is one of the few current guys who knows where to put the mics and how hard to hit the tape.

[Gas-man]

That is one of the best albums recorded in the last - well since "Amused To Death"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SHAX4z4sLg&feature=related

Jack is one of the few current guys who knows where to put the mics and how hard to hit the tape.

Was he the engineer?

[Luke]

Can you name ONE RELIABLE source for this rumor? I googled it and came up with ZILCH. So I find it hard to believe.

[Suproman77]

Wow, I REALLY hope that isn't true. Only a total scumbag would start a rumor like that.

[DiazDude]

Although I don't care for his music I hope he's OK.

[Luke]

Wow, I REALLY hope that isn't true. Only a total scumbag would start a rumor like that.

And there are none of those around, unless you check out the internet, politicians, lawyers, .......

[soli528]

Apparently Jack is a cancer, that is, in astrological terms...

[SybianRiot]

I am marking it as discounted...BTW my source is a family friend who insists that Guns N' Roses "One in a Million" is actually a cover of a Skrewdriver song so, I took it with a grain of salt.

[weezy]

I heard the new Raconteurs today - it's amazing! Way better than anything I've heard JW do before. Can't wait to grab the album.


...and I have heard nothing about him having incurable cancer.

[JELLIS]

I would say it is a rumor just from the phrase "uncurable cancer". What exactly is uncurable cancer?

That's self-explanatory, it is a type of cancer that has no cure.

I hope the rumors are not true and, either way, I wish Jack all the best.

[phishmarisol]

I would say it is a rumor just from the phrase "uncurable cancer". What exactly is uncurable cancer?

pancreatic cancer for one.

[littledreamer]

pancreatic cancer for one.

No, that's incurable.

[Bassomatic]

No, that's incurable.

English appears to be a second language for a few of us Yanks.:AOK

[Serious Poo]

Kind of reminds me of...



no wait a minute, it'll come to me...



ah, that's it:



http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/171/saveferriswa0.jpg

[teleman65]

I would say it is a rumor just from the phrase "uncurable cancer". What exactly is uncurable cancer?
Sounds like the reporter went to the Ralph Wiggum School of Journalism "Me fail English? That's unpossible."

[jjboogie]

He is a Cancer not has cancer......

Also on this blog concerning Jack Black and The White Stripes some jerk said "I hope your kids gets cancer"

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/06/27/white-stripes-enjoy-their-hottest-sales-week-ever/


If he really did have the disease it would be all over the radio and internet and TV.

[michael.e]

He is a Cancer not has cancer......

Also on this blog concerning Jack Black and The White Stripes some jerk said "I hope your kids gets cancer"

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/06/27/white-stripes-enjoy-their-hottest-sales-week-ever/


If he really did have the disease it would be all over the radio and internet and TV.

He is a cancer? How do you figure?

[cbpickin]

I was blown away by the album with Loretta Lynn. That clip was great.
That album kills from start to finish. Very unique sound, Jack White all over it.

[Quantumphysics]

I was blown away by the album with Loretta Lynn. That clip was great.
That album kills from start to finish. Very unique sound, Jack White all over it.

One of the few recent albums I listen to from beginning to end - great stories - great compostions - great production --- period.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y3wRNdN6s0&feature=related

and this guy speaks highly of The White Stripes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTsPdGDfwx8&feature=related

[jjboogie]

He is a cancer? How do you figure?


That is his sign.

I am a Taurus.......Jack is a Cancer...that is his astrological sign. Not that I am into that stuff but maybe that could be part of where the so called rumor started.:crazyguy

[Solomon]

I was blown away by the album with Loretta Lynn. That clip was great.
That album kills from start to finish. Very unique sound, Jack White all over it.

I checked this out after reading this thread and promptly bought a copy. And I am not much of a country fan but am a big Jack White/White Stripes/Raconteurs fan. This album is awesome. I bet some bluehairs had a heart attack when they heard this one.

[Ulysses]

Was he the engineer?

Brendan Benson was the engineer which probably means Jack White was calling the shots on the sounds as well. That's his thing for sure. Most indie type engineers that are involved in projects like Van Lear Rose are responsible for creating the overall vibe of the record which would spill over heavily into choices of what gear is used and how the engineer uses it to achieve his vision for the record.

[pir8matt]

I would say it is a rumor just from the phrase "uncurable cancer". What exactly is uncurable cancer?

The survival rate for most brain cancers is pretty low.

Any lymphatic cancer is basically a death warrant.

I suppose literally speaking, all cancers are 'uncurable'. There is no 'cure' for cancer, only treatment. Its just that some spread so quickly the available treatments are basically useless.

That said, I doubt he has cancer and its probably just a rumor.

[Suproman77]

I suppose literally speaking, all cancers are 'uncurable'. There is no 'cure' for cancer, only treatment. Its just that some spread so quickly the available treatments are basically useless.


Not true. There are several types of cancer that are considered curable. You can't think of the word 'cancer' in broad terms. There is no one cancer...they are all different with different mechanisms of action, symptoms, treatments, and prognoses.

[phishmarisol]

No, that's incurable.

I thought they literally didn't know what kinds of cancer couldn't be treated. I wasn't attempting to edit this thread with my copy of Strunk and White but thanks.

[SybianRiot]

You grammar professors do realize that sometimes the apparent misuse of a word doesn't indicate ignorance on the writer's part but is often more on par with a slip of the tongue? I'm guessing you feel the need to make such an issue of typos in order to feel superior? I can imagine you guys would be a lot of fun to RIGHT lyrics with...ahem

[Aardvark]

Not true. There are several types of cancer that are considered curable. You can't think of the word 'cancer' in broad terms. There is no one cancer...they are all different with different mechanisms of action, symptoms, treatments, and prognoses.
This is correct. All cancers are different, and some are completely curable. Some of the most rapidly growing cancers are also the most susceptible to chemotherapy. Also, some cancers can still be cured even when invading lymphatics. And of course, some of the most curable cancers include those arising from lymphoid cells, such as childhood leukemias. Of course, there are too many which are essentially incurable at the present. We can only hope that will change.

[pir8matt]

Not true. There are several types of cancer that are considered curable. You can't think of the word 'cancer' in broad terms. There is no one cancer...they are all different with different mechanisms of action, symptoms, treatments, and prognoses.

I stand corrected.

[dancehall]

You grammar professors do realize that sometimes the apparent misuse of a word doesn't indicate ignorance on the writer's part but is often more on par with a slip of the tongue? I'm guessing you feel the need to make such an issue of typos in order to feel superior? I can imagine you guys would be a lot of fun to RIGHT lyrics with...ahem

You might have a point if there weren't so many songs with painfully bad grammar, and using "ain't" is not what I'm talking about.

[90wreck]

One of the few recent albums I listen to from beginning to end - great stories - great compostions - great production --- period.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y3wRNdN6s0&feature=related


It took JW to make that happen?
Amazing.
Anyway, hoping that he is o.k.

[Goldstrat]

Raconteurs rocked at Bonnaroo!

[KRosser]

Since Jack and his Doctor are the only two people who could possibly know, why even spread this here?