From R. Lim Sent Tue, Jun 15th 1999, 20:00
From R. Lim Sent Tue, Jun 15th 1999, 20:00
On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Peter Becker wrote: > Is there anyone out there who can *really* see a musician > ( no less a rather famous one ) going to a list, reading reviews/discussions > which vary from total praise to slam AND THEN POST BACK to the list > ( under their OWN NAMES ?) with: Disregarding questions of authorship (uh...), almost the exact same thing happened betwixt Sonic Boom (nee Peter Kember, founding member of the Spacemen 3) and the DroneOn mailing list (which started out essentially as a Sp 3 mailing list). A friend of his was forwarding selected e-mails discussing his oeuvre, which prompted Kember to Lower the Boom with a fairly bitchy e-mail suggesting that the list membership was comprised of snot-nosed prattles who had nothing better to do than spread malicious gossip. As the list had long since evolved into a reasonable discussion place for a wide variety of musics (and not just the coming and goings of Spacemen 3-related bands), the list response was along the lines of bemused pity (Kember's persona was never the sort to suggest he was often in touch with reality- back issues of Conflict and Forced Exposure have fairly incriminating interviews with the man that demonstrate this fairly handily). In other words, being crapped on by your idols is actually a good sign. -rob