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IF there's one celebrity who understands and embraces the new paparazzi-driven/TMZ/Perez Hiltonized world of online tabloids, viral YouTube videos, ubiquitous cellphone cameras and ego-driven bloggers looking for the next big Tiger Woods-style scandal, it's Grammy-winning singer/songwriter John Mayer.
A regular in the tabloids and in the spotlight, whether for his outrageous quotes outside nightclubs or his did-he-really-just-post-that-tweets to his relationships with A-lister Jennifer Aniston or singer-turned-reality-star Jessica Simpson, Mayer is almost as famous for his life off-stage as he is for his music.
He's at the forefront of the group of actors, musicians, reality stars and socialites who use Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to connect with their fans and mug for the cameras outside the latest hot spots, hoping to get some more exposure.
"One of the most significant differences between us was that I was tweeting," says Mayer of his relationship with Aniston, 41, in a recent controversial interview with Playboy magazine. "There was a rumour that I had been dumped because I was tweeting too much. That wasn't it, but that was a big difference.
"The brunt of her success came before TMZ and Twitter. I think she's still hoping it goes back to 1998. She saw my involvement in technology as courting distraction. And I always said, 'These are the new rules...'
"I'll always be sorry that it didn't last. In some ways I wish I could be with her. But I can't change the fact that I need to be 32."
According to Mayer, his nearly one-year relationship with Simpson was addictive. "That girl, for me, is a drug. And drugs aren't good for you if you do lots of them. Yeah, that girl is like crack cocaine to me... Sexually it was crazy" says Mayer. "That's all I'll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm..."
Mayer will be at the MTS Centre on April 7 performing material from his recent album, Battle Studies. Despite the fact much of the album was written during his time with the former Friends star and that some of that relationship is reflected in the lyrics , Mayer claims his recent single, Heartbreak Warfare, isn't about Aniston.
How to Make it in America
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Digital Mixtape
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DEBUTING last Sunday on HBO Canada, How to Make it in America is a new series executive produced by Mark Wahlberg that has been described by USA Today's Whitney Matheson as "like Entourage... if Vinnie Chase never became famous." Centered around two friends chasing the American dream while they try to make it in New York, the show stars Bryan Greenberg and Victor Rasuk. In case you missed it, the network is streaming the pilot on-demand.
You can also download the How to Make it in America-inspired digital mixtape, featuring tracks by Lupe Fiasco, the XX, Chromeo and Yacht (who will be in Winnipeg at the Pyramid Cabaret Feb. 25). Make sure to select the American HBO site after you begin your download. If you go to the Canadian site, it won't allow you to download the free MP3s.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 18, 2010 E3
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