Timothy, Joe & Glenn in Hot Press Magazine

[melrose]

If we don't come across a copy of it soon, I'll be sure to scan it when it arrives. Which, hopefully, will be soon.

[TimothyBFan]

Does it seem to anyone else that they did quite a few interviews while in Chicago? These and just the other day, we found out about those ones from that reporter in Ireland.

Anyways, I agree with FP, how were these interviews obtained. There's a couple of things so far that I'm not certain on and yes, of course, one of them is the vegetarian thing. For years now, I have always heard and read that Tim is not only vegetarian but vegan. I wonder if he has recently just changed his lifestyle and has just gone with the healthier way of living now.

I really want to see all of the interviews now.

[tbsfan]

Does it seem to anyone else that they did quite a few interviews while in Chicago? These and just the other day, we found out about those ones from that reporter in Ireland.

Anyways, I agree with FP, how were these interviews obtained. There's a couple of things so far that I'm not certain on and yes, of course, one of them is the vegetarian thing. For years now, I have always heard and read that Tim is not only vegetarian but vegan. I wonder if he has recently just changed his lifestyle and has just gone with the healthier way of living now.

I really want to see all of the interviews now.

The band apparently did a press junket for the European tour while they were in Chicago. There's nothing questionable about how they were obtained. The Hot Press writer even talked about being escorted to the hotel suites where he interviewed the guys. I assume Henley's Irish Times and Joe's Sunday Mail interviews came from the same junket.

Why would you be uncertain about Timothy not being a vegetarian when he was quoted directly? I have never been able to figure out where anyone got the vegan thing and I've read tons of interviews with the guy over the years.

[TimothyBFan]

Why would you be uncertain about Timothy not being a vegetarian when he was quoted directly? I have never been able to figure out where anyone got the vegan thing and I've read tons of interviews with the guy over the years.

Apparently I'm not the only one questioning it! It obviously has been circulated before that he is vegetarian/vegan and YES I KNOW I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE. I also, like you, have "read tons of interviews with the guy over the years." Just saying maybe he had been a vegetarian in the past and has changed his lifestyle--lots of people do that!

I also didn't say there was anything "questionable" on how the interviews were obtained--I just said I wondered "how were these interviews obtained". Didn't accuse anyone of making anything up-- said there were a couple things I was uncertain of, one of them being the veggie thing. Geez-calm down!! I just had a question on a couple things-it isn't like anyone is calling him an axe murder or anything!!

[tbsfan]

Sorry if I misunderstood. His being or not being a vegetarian is immaterial to me.

As far as the interviews go, they seem to do lots of press when they tour Europe so how these interviews were "obtained" was never a mystery to me. I just wish they'd do that kind of press on this side of the Atlantic. When they announced the European tour my first thought was "great, new interviews."

[TimothyBFan]

tbsfan--I didn't realize that they do a lot of press while in Europe like you did so it was a mystery to me-thanks for that info. I also wish they would do many more interviews. No need to get upset because something was questioned from an interview that you posted. It's all open to discussion here as far as I have always been able to tell.

Believe me when I say I don't lay awake at night wondering if Tim is a vegetarian or not but it was something that many of us had the impression that he was so it only seems natural that we would question it when, in an interview, he states he's not.

[TimothyBFan]

tbsfan---Seriously, I am very glad that you posted those interviews and sorry if you felt that I was to harsh but I really didn't mean to come across that way.

[luvthelighthouse]

I love any new interview that comes out, so I'm always happy to get new ones... even if the material is the same or brand spanking new.

I can totally understand why we would discuss the vegan/vegetarian/meat eating issue. Obviously many of us were under the impression Tim was vegan, so naturally we will discuss it. To blantly ignore his statement would be weird, seeing we believed something else.

Mel, I don't think it was in Felder's book, but I'll have to whip that out and double check.

[tbsfan]

You know, I think the big problems with the internet is that it's difficult to detect the tone of voice with which someone is typing.

I'm hoping the three radio interviews, Hot Press, Henley's Irish Times interview and Joe's Sunday Mail (I think it was the Sunday Mail) interview are just the tip of the iceberg with the European coverage of the tour. One of my all-time favorite Schmit interviews was a BBC radio interview he did during the 2001 tour. I remember it being well worth getting up in the dead of night (US Central time) to listen to.

Felder did mention Timothy being a vegetarian in his book. Felder mentioned a lot of things in his book.

Speaking of Felder, the Hot Press guy did ask Timothy about Felder's book and he said he skimmed through some of it "and thought it was like 'Who cares? You know, okay, fine.'" When they asked if he would ever write a memoir he said he didn't think it would be that interesting and that he doesn't have anything good or bad that would turn heads. He loves what he does, has a "fairly sane" personal life and doesn't find those books interesting.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

I also brought this up in another thread where we were discussing it. I have also been hearing for years that Timothy is a vegan, but I can't recall whether I specifically heard it from a reliable source or was it just from other fans or what? When melrose mentioned it being in Felder's book, I couldn't recall it. Does anyone know about where the mention is in the book or recall anytime specifically where they have heard or read Timothy say that he was a vegan? I'm just curious like most everyone else. Like TBF said, it is possible that Tim was a practicing vegan at one time, and has since changed his lifestyle. It is also possible that he never was and the story just somehow got inacurately circulated around the fan community. Anyway, this inquiring mind wants to know.