Comments on: Music criticism http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Leinenkugel http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-113028 Leinenkugel Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:35:04 +0000 #comment-113028 I didn't think he was insane or caught in a tame warp. I just thought he was an idiot. I didn’t think he was insane or caught in a tame warp. I just thought he was an idiot.

]]> By: Wha?? http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-113027 Wha?? Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:26:39 +0000 #comment-113027 Looks like Mr. Hallett has backpedaled and amended his column with the following statement at the beginning:<br /> <br /> <em>NOTE: Apparently, I didn't make clear that I'm mourning Johnny Ramones loss in retrospect here in these pages, so please keep in mind that I realize Johnny's actual passing happened several years ago and that, despite appearances, I am not insane or caught in some kind of time-warp. Sorry for any misunderstandings- thanks to Stevie "Wonder" B. for catching this error when he did!! I'm still playing a live Ramones gig from '76 tonight at my DJ gig in honor of Johnny, and I plan on cranking it to "11." I hope you all do/have done the same. Hey Ho- Let's Go!!</em><br /> <br /> That's just weird. In a reply to a comment further down the page (which I guess you can't edit) he clearly signs it RIP - JOHNNY RAMONE 19482007. And there's really no mistaking what he meant when he ORIGINALLY wrote this: "I'm draggin' ass today because this past weekend we lost the third founding member of The Ramones in a decade. Johnny, King Of The Three Chord (and sometimes two) Guitars, passed away on Sat., 9/15."<br /> <br /> This is like some Alberto Gonzales-level stuff. Looks like Mr. Hallett has backpedaled and amended his column with the following statement at the beginning:

NOTE: Apparently, I didn’t make clear that I’m mourning Johnny Ramones loss in retrospect here in these pages, so please keep in mind that I realize Johnny’s actual passing happened several years ago and that, despite appearances, I am not insane or caught in some kind of time-warp. Sorry for any misunderstandings- thanks to Stevie “Wonder” B. for catching this error when he did!! I’m still playing a live Ramones gig from ‘76 tonight at my DJ gig in honor of Johnny, and I plan on cranking it to “11.” I hope you all do/have done the same. Hey Ho- Let’s Go!!

That’s just weird. In a reply to a comment further down the page (which I guess you can’t edit) he clearly signs it RIP – JOHNNY RAMONE 19482007. And there’s really no mistaking what he meant when he ORIGINALLY wrote this: “I’m draggin’ ass today because this past weekend we lost the third founding member of The Ramones in a decade. Johnny, King Of The Three Chord (and sometimes two) Guitars, passed away on Sat., 9/15.”

This is like some Alberto Gonzales-level stuff.

]]> By: Phillip http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112972 Phillip Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:47:11 +0000 #comment-112972 Kevin,<br /> <br /> Strike three then, I guess. Kevin,

Strike three then, I guess.

]]> By: Duderino http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112879 Duderino Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:40:06 +0000 #comment-112879 Isn't Ian Anderson the flautist/singer in Jethro Tull? Isn’t Ian Anderson the flautist/singer in Jethro Tull?

]]> By: Kevin http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112777 Kevin Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:26:46 +0000 #comment-112777 Phillip,<br /> <br /> the Treehouse vs. Ian Anderson thing MIGHT have been newsworthy when it actually happened...<br /> <br /> Back in JULY...<br /> <br /> maybe it is "newsworthy", but why not contact the Strib, PP, or City Pages, instead of an up and coming online only magazine with a pretty small readership at this point.<br /> <br /> Trehus whined constantly to us on the Modern Radio message board about it until the mods and other members got sick and tired of it. i support Mark, but he's gone about this thing all wrong so far. if he truly has as good of case as he says he claims, he should have already taken Ian's ass to court, but methinks he realizes that legally he doesn't have that great of a case.<br /> <br /> From a few lawyer friends i've talked to about the issue, what Ian has been accused of, while shady, isn't illegal. he's accused of overcharging for his work, which is something that as a business manager, Trehus is in charge of taking care of (and should have noticed long before 9 months). Phillip,

the Treehouse vs. Ian Anderson thing MIGHT have been newsworthy when it actually happened…

Back in JULY…

maybe it is “newsworthy”, but why not contact the Strib, PP, or City Pages, instead of an up and coming online only magazine with a pretty small readership at this point.

Trehus whined constantly to us on the Modern Radio message board about it until the mods and other members got sick and tired of it. i support Mark, but he’s gone about this thing all wrong so far. if he truly has as good of case as he says he claims, he should have already taken Ian’s ass to court, but methinks he realizes that legally he doesn’t have that great of a case.

From a few lawyer friends i’ve talked to about the issue, what Ian has been accused of, while shady, isn’t illegal. he’s accused of overcharging for his work, which is something that as a business manager, Trehus is in charge of taking care of (and should have noticed long before 9 months).

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112712 msparber Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:04:01 +0000 #comment-112712 Hallett actually <a href="http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=1350" target="_blank">wrote about Johnny Ramon's death when it happened</a>. I guess he forgot. Hallett actually wrote about Johnny Ramon’s death when it happened. I guess he forgot.

]]> By: Duderino http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112710 Duderino Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:39:12 +0000 #comment-112710 What would you rather do, stick your head in a boiling pot of asphalt for one hour or read Hallett's blog entry?<br /> <br /> R.I.P Johnny Ramone, 1948 - 2007... classic! He's even got it in his sig line...<br /> <br /> What would you rather do, stick your head in a boiling pot of asphalt for one hour or read Hallett’s blog entry?

R.I.P Johnny Ramone, 1948 – 2007… classic! He’s even got it in his sig line…

]]> By: Phillip http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112688 Phillip Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:59:36 +0000 #comment-112688 I can't believe that the Reveille folks took Tom Hallett along with them in the first place. They're well rid of him. Reading his columns is like putting a high-pressure water hose into your eye. And the Johnny Ramone thing is so perfectly botched that it's almost a work of art. But he's right that "what the hell is going on between Treehouse Records and Ian Anderson" is newsworthy. I can’t believe that the Reveille folks took Tom Hallett along with them in the first place. They’re well rid of him. Reading his columns is like putting a high-pressure water hose into your eye. And the Johnny Ramone thing is so perfectly botched that it’s almost a work of art. But he’s right that “what the hell is going on between Treehouse Records and Ian Anderson” is newsworthy.

]]> By: mike_s http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112632 mike_s Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:30:42 +0000 #comment-112632 <br /> Ditto MunsingW's request. <br /> <br /> That blog entry was pretty much incomprehensible. Ditto MunsingW’s request.

That blog entry was pretty much incomprehensible.

]]> By: MunsingW http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11018#comment-112599 MunsingW Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:14:00 +0000 #comment-112599 Does anybody know any more about the Treehouse issues? What's really going on there? Does anybody know any more about the Treehouse issues? What’s really going on there?

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