[trash-talk] foockin' money makin'
Mark Perry
msp0 at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 23 04:57:57 PDT 2005
I think this sort of thing is totally out of order. Shell works for a
living. He does his best in trying circumstances by the sound of it,
and
if you have a problem with the content on g.com, complain to the
management.
He and Sirin are great people and they don't need these sort of attacks
in public.
I'm a paid up member and I'm happy I've got access to pre-sale tickets.
Anything else is purely icing on the cake IMHO.
cheers,
mark
--- Slava <deadwood at inbox.ru> wrote:
> What you fighting for?
> For pictures? No need...
> Fans are pretty happy with sites like Garbage box (check out Tourbox
> if
> it's all about pictures for you) or garbagedisco.
> There's (and always was) 'by the fans for the fans' stuff already,
> but
> you're working for this 'milking money' machine. And we can see the
> results of this work...
>
> Current garbage.com is REALLY shameful, not a 'naive slap' from Matt.
>
> "nobody else will"... megalomania?..
>
>
> Slava
>
>
> Shell Bryson wrote:
> > You have no idea how hard we all work here to try and deliver
> ANYTHING for
> > the fans. It's a constant battle with the label and management to
> get a damn
> > thing for the fans. We have to struggle for even the most simple
> things, and
> > it takes MONTHS to get anything at all to happen. Have you any clue
> at all
> > the pitch battles that take place to get even simple competitions
> to happen?
> >
> > The problem is you see, to a *label* a web site is just another
> commercial
> > tool. It's there to make money and to promote the band. It's got
> nothing to
> > do with fans, other than milking money from them. Luckily, in the
> case of
> > Garbage, there are a few dedicated fans involved trying to make
> sure that at
> > least some things happen that are not driven by making money.
> >
> > Sirin and I have worked really hard for the best part of 5 years on
> fan
> > things, and for what? We've been really lucky in this last year or
> so to be
> > asked to be involved in the commericial aspects of garbage.com,
> which has
> > given us the oportunity to go to events like Jane to shoot pictures
> FOR
> > fans.
> >
> > So, ashamed? No. You might be bitter, but a few of us are still out
> there
> > trying to fight for something better for fans. If that means we
> have to sit
> > on the labels side of the fense from time to time, so be it.
> >
> > Frankly, a naïve slap in the face like that from you Matt is
> shameful.
> >
> > Meanwhile, we'll keep doing everything we can, and we WILL be at
> every
> > Garbage event we can possibly get to so that we can have something
> for the
> > fansite - because if we dont, nobody else will.
> >
> > s.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: trash-talk-bounces at tcp.com
> [mailto:trash-talk-bounces at tcp.com] On
> > Behalf Of matt
> > Sent: 23 August 2005 06:08
> > To: trash-talk at tcp.com
> > Subject: Re: [trash-talk] G and Amsterjam
> >
> > hmm, I stopped being positive around two months ago,
> > when I realized everything that comes out of your
> > mouth is an empty promise and a lie.
> >
> > If I were you, I wouldn't be so keen to talk about how
> > much fun I had with Shirley, while simultaneously
> > cheating hundreds of Garbage fans out of their hard
> > earned money with the farce of a website that is
> > garbage.com.
> >
> > You should be ashamed of yourself.
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