tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post4303356539987453292..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Thrown to the wolves?Simon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-39414167042938011492007-04-23T18:46:00.000+00:002007-04-23T18:46:00.000+00:00Anon - thanks for the link to the message on the f...Anon - thanks for the link to the message on the forum <A HREF="http://patrickwolf.proboards37.com/index.cgi?board=pw&action=display&thread=1176968699&page=6#1177265579" REL="nofollow">for people having trouble with the layout eating the end</A> - but I'm still not sure why we shouldn't treat this as a statement: it might not be delivered from a lectern in front of the world's press, but I think anyone who has ever used a computer for more than about ten minutes knows that posting something on a public forum constitutes 'taking a stand' of some sort, surely?Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-31990858135901514522007-04-23T16:24:00.000+00:002007-04-23T16:24:00.000+00:00I ain't saying that he should consult a PR person ...I ain't saying that he should consult a PR person before posting online. I'm just saying that an emotional online outburst isn't necessarily the same thing as a statement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-43570299250501836762007-04-23T15:58:00.000+00:002007-04-23T15:58:00.000+00:00If Patrick needs a PR person before hitting a keyb...If Patrick needs a PR person before hitting a keyboard (as opposed to a drummer, where all he needs are some sticks), maybe he should stick to songwriting and get someone else to ghost-write his personal messages.eyetiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565647360348069171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-16769582839663289392007-04-23T15:45:00.000+00:002007-04-23T15:45:00.000+00:00I'm just not sure that an emotional outburst on an...I'm just not sure that an emotional outburst on an internet forum by a highly-strung musician counts as a 'statement'. I think of a statement as something that's more thought out and released to the press rather than just posted online on page 6 of a thread on a forum, which is all that has happened... he may well mean it, but it's not official yet as far as I know.<BR/><BR/>And I know about the tranquilisers because he says so in the posting...admittedly that's only his word for it, but even so...<BR/><BR/>"because my drummer was causing arguments within my road family, taking sedative drugs before an important show in a city i really love, so much so he could not play the music I wrote, the songs that I have survived on in the last six years"<BR/><BR/>And here's the link:<BR/><BR/>http://patrickwolf.proboards37.com/index.cgi?board=pw&action=display&thread=1176968699&page=6#1177265579Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-84544091239533202202007-04-23T15:17:00.000+00:002007-04-23T15:17:00.000+00:00Ah. One of those postings to a website that isn't ...Ah. One of those postings to a website that isn't a statement, then? I see.<BR/><BR/>And we know the "drummer deliberately took tranquilisers" how, exactly?Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-67866603475683394512007-04-23T14:07:00.000+00:002007-04-23T14:07:00.000+00:00....the drummer (who's a bit of a loose canon) fel.......the drummer (who's a bit of a loose canon) fell asleep because he'd deliberately taken tranquilisers before the gig.<BR/><BR/>And it was never a statement. Patrick posted it on his forum and it's still there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com