Bunnymen Mangement Lies

by **black francis** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:50 pm

I remember when he sent me a PM about having two forum screen names and it was kind of accusatory in tone. The old screen name was 2 years old with 2 posts to its name which I had completely forgotten about and hadn't touched in two years. He referred to it as "the offending account" which struck me as a bit odd sounding.

But then the remaining correspondence on removing it was as pleasant as could be.

Who knows? I have no ill will for the guy and only rarely post on the official forum cause most of my posts here are fart jokes which don't seem appopriate at the official site. Although in my defense Chris Adams said I was funny with both Jack and withahip as witnesses. Unfortunately Jack hasn't been the same since.

by **black francis** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:59 pm

I have to say though accusing a VT member of threatening to kill him was pretty awesome.

by **jumpingbean** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:03 pm

Theres a lot of crazy people out there, running around the North West of England in wedding dresses. Say no more :lol:

by **JackT** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:49 pm

jumpingbean wrote:The forum may be for fans but they pay for the forum, therefore it's up to them how it is run and who runs it. I agree its appropriate for fans to take issue but it is irrelevant what either you or I think, it will not change anything and it's pretty pointless getting defensive about it.

Yes it is up to them how they do what they do. That is the whole point of the criticism. If it were not up to them, then criticism would be pointless, correct?

I would disagree strongly with the notion that the opinion of the fans is irrelevent. In fact, I would say that nothing could be more relevant. (You could say that they pay for the forum with money that comes, utlimately, from the fans.)

As far as getting defensive, I'm not sure who you are referring to, as I am not aware of anyone who is defending anything (except for you, who seems to be defending the status quo of the official forum). :neutral:

by **withahip** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:51 pm

black francis wrote:I remember when he sent me a PM about having two forum screen names and it was kind of accusatory in tone. The old screen name was 2 years old with 2 posts to its name which I had completely forgotten about and hadn't touched in two years. He referred to it as "the offending account" which struck me as a bit odd sounding.

He did the same thing to me and then banned me when I called him out in pm (not on the board) for accusing a VT member of threatening him without proof. He said, "I have proof and it is now in the hands of the band's lawyers."

Stilled banned.
Yeah, great guy.

by **JackT** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:53 pm

withahip wrote:He did the same thing to me and then banned me when I called him out in pm (not on the board) for accusing a VT member of threatening him without proof. He said, "I have proof and it is now in the hands of the band's lawyers."

Stilled banned.
Yeah, great guy.

I wonder how that case is coming along. I'm actually surprised the forum lets you use the word "lawyers."

by **withahip** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:54 pm

I believe they based an episode of Law & Order on it.

by **black francis** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:59 pm

JackT wrote:I wonder how that case is coming along.

I'm sure the noose is closing in on the perp as we speak.

by **withahip** » Tue May 12, 2009 2:31 pm

"It is irrelevant what fans think."

Well, have fun playing empty venues.

by **jumpingbean** » Tue May 12, 2009 5:45 pm

JackT wrote:Yes it is up to them how they do what they do. That is the whole point of the criticism. If it were not up to them, then criticism would be pointless, correct?

I would disagree strongly with the notion that the opinion of the fans is irrelevent. In fact, I would say that nothing could be more relevant. (You could say that they pay for the forum with money that comes, utlimately, from the fans.)

As far as getting defensive, I'm not sure who you are referring to, as I am not aware of anyone who is defending anything (except for you, who seems to be defending the status quo of the official forum).

Defending the status quo? Just cold hard facts about who pays and hires and fires. From what you are saying you are suggesting that to fit in around here people must be anti the official forum? Why can't the two co-exist without the need for tetchyness if someone attempts to stick up for Peter, or are you snotty to most people? I never personally thought what the fans think is irrelevant, merely that the people who pay for and run the official site obviously don't see these concerns as relevant otherwise Peter would have been ousted, there's a difference.

I'm not here to fall out with people, I'm p*ssed off with the official forum but not because of the band, management or Peter, more the piss poor threads and content. I should have stuck to rubbing down my bellypan tonight, bikes don't go all Diva on you.

by **JackT** » Tue May 12, 2009 6:55 pm

jumpingbean wrote: I should have stuck to rubbing down my bellypan tonight, bikes don't go all Diva on you.

I'm pretty sure your bike thinks you're a dick-hole.

by **Mr.Sparkle** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:01 pm

jumpingbean wrote:Defending the status quo? Just cold hard facts about who pays and hires and fires. From what you are saying you are suggesting that to fit in around here people must be anti the official forum? Why can't the two co-exist without the need for tetchyness if someone attempts to stick up for Peter, or are you snotty to most people? I never personally thought what the fans think is irrelevant, merely that the people who pay for and run the official site obviously don't see these concerns as relevant otherwise Peter would have been ousted, there's a difference.

I'm not here to fall out with people, I'm p*ssed off with the official forum but not because of the band, management or Peter, more the piss poor threads and content. I should have stuck to rubbing down my bellypan tonight, bikes don't go all Diva on you.

Maybe the threads and content are piss poor because there's nothing to talk about because there's never any interesting news coming from Peter, the band or management? Could that have something to do with it?? Maybe because most questions by fans go unanswered... I seem to remember Peter promising streaming tracks of the Fountain about, oh, 2 or 3 months ago.

In fact that's been pretty much the MO over there, promise, promise, promise and never deliver. And I'm not blaming Peter since it's obviously out of his hands I would think.

There's only so many different ways to start a thread talking about your favorite Bunnymen album.

Like I said, pretty sad state of affairs over there.

by **withahip** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:02 pm

jumpingbean wrote: I'm p*ssed off with the official forum but not because of the band, management or Peter, more the piss poor threads and content.

Did you ever think that the threads are lacking because anything that isn't blind praise gets deleted and the poster gets banned?

Or are you saying the people at the official forum are lame? That's quite diva.

by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue May 12, 2009 7:52 pm

JackT wrote:I'm pretty sure your bike thinks you're a dick-hole.

Pyramid Hefeweizen does not feel good shooting out one's nose. Thanks Jack.

by **black francis** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:50 pm

I spit up my Diet Coke on my work monitor.

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