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revidSo, a few of you might have read the blog from the SF Bay Guardian about the Gilman Pinhead Gunpowder show that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
delfina_nothing linked over at Nothing Wrong With Me.
When I read it a few days ago there were no comments, butloser_and_user directed me back there today.
Holy Cow! It's turned a bit into a "he said, she said" pissing contest, but here's the really interesting part:
Bill Schneider:
Alex, As a member of Pinhead Gunpowder I would like to point out that your reporting of so called facts about this event and my bands relationship with Gilman are incorrect in many ways. My guitarists donation to Gilman was initiated six months before the idea was even brought up of PHGP performing. It was also intended as an anonomous donation, thanks for writing about it... The donation and up performing could not be more unrelated. The staff of gilman was in no way elitist to us or anyone else i witnessed at the show. In fact everyone I saw was having a great time.
I think that you were left jaded by our and the clubs decision to not take part in your interviews. We did not feel it was in the spirit of the event, as the show was not even advertised.I am sorry you felt the need to write about it a month later and take jabs at my band and gilman for your own insecurities. As a new journalist I hope you learn something from this experience. Spite has a nasty was of turning around on you.
Thank you for at least saying we sounded good even if you did not enjoy yourself...
Posted by Bill Schneider | March 7, 2008 05:54 PM
(Emphasis mine.)
Yet another reason to love Billie Joe Armstrong.
It's worth going over there and reading all the comments. It certainly seems that the Gilman folk were not quite as negative about PHGP playing as the blog made it seem.
delfina_nothing linked over at Nothing Wrong With Me.When I read it a few days ago there were no comments, but
loser_and_user directed me back there today.Holy Cow! It's turned a bit into a "he said, she said" pissing contest, but here's the really interesting part:
Bill Schneider:
Alex, As a member of Pinhead Gunpowder I would like to point out that your reporting of so called facts about this event and my bands relationship with Gilman are incorrect in many ways. My guitarists donation to Gilman was initiated six months before the idea was even brought up of PHGP performing. It was also intended as an anonomous donation, thanks for writing about it... The donation and up performing could not be more unrelated. The staff of gilman was in no way elitist to us or anyone else i witnessed at the show. In fact everyone I saw was having a great time.
I think that you were left jaded by our and the clubs decision to not take part in your interviews. We did not feel it was in the spirit of the event, as the show was not even advertised.I am sorry you felt the need to write about it a month later and take jabs at my band and gilman for your own insecurities. As a new journalist I hope you learn something from this experience. Spite has a nasty was of turning around on you.
Thank you for at least saying we sounded good even if you did not enjoy yourself...
Posted by Bill Schneider | March 7, 2008 05:54 PM
(Emphasis mine.)
Yet another reason to love Billie Joe Armstrong.
It's worth going over there and reading all the comments. It certainly seems that the Gilman folk were not quite as negative about PHGP playing as the blog made it seem.
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Date: 2008-03-09 02:23 am (UTC)Also... awwwwwww. *melts* I wish it had remained the anonymous gesture it was meant to be. :-( (I also wish that all this pot-stirring stuff was actually inspiring some of our fic writers. I have no time to write much of anything atm but I could manage little reading breaks!)
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Date: 2008-03-09 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-09 09:47 am (UTC)Meanwhile, Delfina, I think I owe you another apology for getting all ranty-panties in Heather's journal the other day. *hangs head* Way to get all snarly for what turns out to be very little reason at all. Ulp! *scuffs toes*
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Date: 2008-03-09 10:09 pm (UTC)So many reasons to love Billie Joe Armstrong that I have run out of numbers to count! I'm sad for him that it sounds like he wanted to quietly do something anonomously, and now the whole world is debating his motives on a bunch of message boards. But I guess it comes with the territory :(
How much do I also love Bill Schneider however!! First of all, the possessive "my guitarist" is kinda sweet, and second, I love how the guy sticks up for his friend. What a great bunch of guys they all are. Obviously an extremely tight group for a reason - you can't win for trying it seems. I'm glad Bill jumped in with his 2 cents, although it's quite the war of "he said/she said" in the comments over there!