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Someone has the balls to say no to exploitation
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Pantera Publicist tells E! Where to Stick It [2006-08-23 21:18:48]
Section: music
Tired of exploitative fluff television about celebrities and their
private lives? You're not the only one. E! evidently has plans to do
a(nother) show about Hollywood murders, and wanted to include a segment on
the late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell. Intrigued? Don't be; the
Dimebag segment probably won't be happening.
Here is a letter from Pantera's publicist to E!, in regards to a
request for footage to be used to re-create the Dimebag murder. As you will
see, no punches were pulled, and it's admirable that the people Dimebag
left behind aren't going out of their way to make his death more of a
spectacle than it has to be.
Article here
Hi Beau. I?m leaving John?s comments in cause he?s a nice guy and
I know this was difficult for him to send on through. I?m also blind
copying a whole list of folks who will most likely copy a whole other
list of folks until maybe this spreads like a good email should and end up
on 100,000 websites to show the world what a collective bunch of
tasteless morons you all are.
Dime?s birthday is this coming Sunday and your timing couldn?t be
worse. Not that there is a good time. In fact, in honor of his
birthday, I think I?ll send this around to a few of our favorite music websites
who will most likely print the whole damn thing word for word,
including your phone number and email. For good measure, I?m going to throw in
the top 50 major daily music and some of the top TV writers in the
country and why not, the weeklies as well.
I realize there is nothing anyone can do to stop E! from
producing garbage like this below, as you?ve built your audience on the backs
of other people?s private lives, creating some type of warped reality
out of your garbage, which is merely excuses for programming on the cheap
and at the expense of others.
I would like to request that you please read this out out loud to
all the creative geniuses in the programming department that came up
with this idea.
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We have received your request to license footage on Dimebag
Darrell Abbott for your upcoming production of, "25 Most Chilling Hollywood
Murders."
While we realize the average E! audience most likely has the IQ
of an umbrella, they collectively are a smarter bunch than the lot of
you. Your programming creativity falls somewhere to the bottom of the
middle at best, and that?s saying a lot.
I ask that you all please take a moment from your busy days and
close your eyes. Live out the fantasy of playing your favorite
instrument onstage. Your closest friends in the world surround you, either in
the band or in your crew. From one side of the stage, a man approaches.
Thinking he?s a security guy or a drunk fan who?s just a bit out a line,
you continue to perform. Two seconds later, he lifts his arms, aims a
rifle at your brother, your best friend, your buddy and blows his brains
out, not three feet from where you are. In the nanosecond it takes you
to comprehend the magnitude of what just happened, he does it again
...and again ...and again ...and again ...and again ...and again before
taking aim and murdering additional members of your extended family as
well as fans that have come to see you play. Two of your crew are shot
but survive, but of course, will never be the same gain.
Now imagine it?s a few years later and you turn on the TV set.
Just in case you may be having at least a five minute respite from that
scene that plays over and over in your head, just in case .....you flip
through the channels and there it is. Again. Only with some two bit
actor who thinks this is his big Hollywood break.
And please, if you don?t like that scenario, make believe it?s
your child who got his brains splattered all over a stage in Ohio. And
then you turn on E! Oh, the magic of television!
In case none of this appears clear enough and you need a
definitive answer to your request...no. The answer is no, and on behalf of
everyone that was there that night and everyone that misses him every day,
you can take that no and shove it up your collective asses.
And, for your second request, yes, you can quote me on that.
Sincerely,
Jane Hoffman
Up Yours, E!: Dimebag
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DaveMoral
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Beautiful.
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BDx13
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brilliant.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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upyerbum
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Wicked.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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clevohardcore
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awsome.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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Voodoobillyman
The Artist Formerly Known As...
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spectacular!!!!!
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Discipline
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It's nice to see for once. I'm sick of people pimping out the lives of others for a quick buck.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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RomanticViolence
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Indeed!!!!
Have you ever noticed how crayons are a lot like M&M's? All the colors tend to taste the same.
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upyerbum
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There's a movie out about th e Montreal shootings next week.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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