Talk:Conor Oberst

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Contents 1 The Magnets? 2 He has an innie belly button? 3 Cocaine? 4 McCarthy Trenching 5 Left-handed? 6 Drinking and Drugs 7 Is Oberst of german descend? 8 External Links 9 Relationship?

[edit] The Magnets?

Why is there a link to "The Magnets" under the "See Also" section? Neither Conor's article nor the linked one mention anything about his involvement in the group.

I just removed it. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 21:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] He has an innie belly button?

I mean c'mon, that does not belog here. This is an encylipedia foe heaven's sake.

[edit] Cocaine?

Does anybody know anything about him using cocaine? He seems to allude about it an aweful lot on Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and I've heard people who were sure of it.... Underwater 16:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

In an interview, Conor said that he spent a few years "not caring about consequence" and took a lot of drugs and drank too much...he had a close call from too much whiskey and ended up in a hospital. After that he wore a heart monitor for a while.

He has alluded to it so much and there have been reports of other people agreeing that he has and perhaps does still use it. No 100% proof however. Fullerov 19:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] McCarthy Trenching

Last night, September sixth 2006, Conor Oberst played in a band called McCarthy Trenching at the Scottish Rites Hall in Omaha Nebraska with M. Ward. McCarthy Trenching is most of the people from Bright Eyes, except Oberst sings only backup vocals. There is almost no mention of McCarthy Trenching on the internet, and they don't have an album.

[edit] Left-handed?

Some of the information on here is superfluous and unsourced; the article claims he is left handed, but the picture of him playing the guitar proves otherwise. --emc! ╬ ^{(t a l k)} 02:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

In the video for Easy, Lucky, Free, he writes with his left hand; he is either left-handed or ambidextruous.

Actually, he appears to be writing on a blank screen in front of the camera. Since it's unlikely he can write backward, I would assume that they recorded him writing with his right hand, then mirrored the video.

Lots of left handed musicians play right-handed instruments. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.43.215.86 (talk) 07:08, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Drinking and Drugs

Conor is not straight edge and has drunk in his past, he does not anymore due to the fact he almost died of alchol poisoning. He has in the past been vegan however this changed as he became disillusioned with theb whole PETA movement.

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.201.90.202 (talk) 13:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Is Oberst of german descend?

Oberst means Colonel

[edit] External Links

I just removed a bunch of External Links from this article and want to explain why: The links to the web sites for the record label aren't needed since the labels have their own WP pages which are linked from this page. Likewise for the band pages. if anyone disagrees, please discuss here. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 21:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Relationship?

The summary said he is dating "Australian Nicola Friend" and the trivia said he is dating Maria Taylor. Someone who knows for sure should correct it.