I'll take my soul with butter any time.
Me too !
Had seen that NYT bit and the first thing I thought of was - - please, please, please do a toned down, or better yet a sit-on-the-stool acoustic, song to really show off your vocals to this reviewer tonight
The Beacon is such a special venue - may decide to do the actual cellcert for the first time - usually just read
off to do the "real world" stuff - yuk !
Gray's post on Monkbot April 17th.
I’ll post one thought on one board today and it’s here. I have a great deal of respect for Shelley because she did exactly what Dave said in the quote. She put it out there - good for her.
Out on the internet people are protected by their anonymity. They say things they wouldn’t say directly to a person’s face, they make assumptions they judge. In short, they forget that they are human beings.
For over a year I put it out there - almost every day. I created something that I can be proud of. I got lots of help from people like Shelley who jumped in to experience something and made their own contributions. Whatever happened it awakened a desire in many to create music, words or a new relationship. Holy crap - that’s something isn’t it?
Do I expect some criticism in the way I ran the site, my choice of words or attitude? You bet I do. Most of it I took well, some not so well. The stuff I didn’t take well had an element of the personal in it. A desire to critique me, the person, rather than the job I was doing or the site I was running. Oh, I could name names - but I won’t. No need no need at this point. Wander around to a few other websites and you’ll see them, they’re out there right now.
I received a lot of support when the criticism came in. Thank you for that - it really helped. Still, I am shocked at people’s willingness to just say “let’s move on”, “let’s not deal with it” in the face of astoundingly rude and inappropriate behavior. “Let’s look the other way everyone, let’s focus on Taylor on the music. Isn’t this all what it’s about anyway?”
For me, no - it’s not. It was always about a whole lot more. It was about music, and pop culture and community and writing and music and trying to understand a business model and . . . you get the point. Criticize that if you want - it’s cool. I never hid it from anyone - in one of the first conversations I ever had with Taylor I made that clear.
What kind of community have you created when many people would rather look the other way rather than deal with those who want to tear down, wreck and destroy? From where I sit you have a community that I don’t want to be a part of anymore.
For what it's worth I agree with him on this one-these people should be
dealt with as they are such a downer to the SP's image and I'm sure
to Taylor as well!