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| From | Not Lame <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Todd Subscription Shortsell and, gulp, The Cars |
| Date | Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:55:12 -0600 |
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> From: jchasin@nyc.rr.com
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: New Cars
> Message-ID: <ef8692456819.6819ef869245@rdc-nyc.rr.com>
>
> I believe there are 1800 of them.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCall <rickmccall@cox.net>
>> NOW we're getting to the bottom of this stuff. Same experience
>> here and, I
>> might add, many of the faithful feel screwed over by Todd's online
>> subscription deal that apparently didn't yield what was promised.
I was one of them.
It was pretty pathetic, actually. He barely tried to fulfill the, uh,
'vision'. But I chocked it up to an experience to support even though one
could it was taken advantage of. I can roll w/ that. He should have, at
least, tried a bit harder, I'd throw out.
Well, a lot harder, I think a lot would say.
He didn't bother to explain or, years later, say....'you know, I screwed
up....sorry. Really, I love y'all. Here's something/anything(sic) for you as
pennance'.
That would have been nice, esp. as these 1800 were part of the faithful that
followed one of the first artists to really embrace the internet's
possiblities for an artist like him in the late 90's.
But, like I said, not a big deal as I think I was very much in the majority
of those 1800 who just rolled with it and did not think much of all falling
short.
To Be Placed In The Cars Comment, Might As Well, Everyone Else Has Dept:
Seems like a lot of you out there take this way, way too seriously. What is
the big deal, I can't help but saying. I've been a fan since before the
first album came out, the first time I heard the demo on WBCN in Boston n
1976 and consider myself a huge fan(don't get me going on the genius of
"Panorama", I'll not stop!). (Btw, The Cars tribute on Not Lame, btw, is
online to make a few thousand dollars or more for The American Cancer
Society...)
It's not called The Cars. It's The New Cars and it's a pretty unrealized,
lazy name, but it's clearly not all "The Cars". Sure, they could have a
different, completely different name. But, if you were them and had been
them for all those years and identified w/ a band called "The Cars", would
you? Be honest. More than likely not. Or you could empathize w/t he
logic, however questionable.
And Mr. Rundgren has been forthright, direct from moment #1 to his great
credit, agree with him or not. (I found his first post on the initial
ripping quite refeshing...)
See them live. Buy the album coming out.
Or not.
I think it's great, just great, to see the remaining guys active and doing
something/anything(sic, again). And writing a few song that do not suck.
Doug Powell's songs for the band were better, though. (coming out in a few
months on Paisley Pop!)
Old and Getting Older rockers have a right to grow old and rock however they
choose to please. It's a new art form, this rock 'n roll stuff,after all.
It's only been around a bit more than 50 years, after all. No rules for
growing old have been firmly established or accepted (and who wants really
wants to go the 'hope I die before I get old' motiff if you have children,as
most rockers do) and this is one small part of the growing old process, I
suppose.
It's Only Rock 'n Roll. Have fun already.
Peace,
Bruce
@ Not Lame
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