Gee THANKS ALOT Jeron!!!

I posted my retirement (effective after this post, retroactive to yesterday) independently of whatever else was going on in other threads.

Until I got a critical email in response to one of posts to Dan from someone claiming I do not know all the facts (which still may not be the case; I ain't no lawyer).
anyway that was the general tone of the email.

and it pissed me of royally, if you can't tell. I have sinced ironed things out with the individual and/ or individuals.

On a personal level, I really do not give a flyin' rat turd who hates who or whether someone thinks that I think a certain person ought to get their ass kissed all times of the day.

I think it's petty and childish.

Judging from the behavior I have seen from some of these so-called professionals, I can clearly see that a lot of people have some growing up to do. A lot of people also clearly have to gain a lot of perspective on things. me included. People would get fired from their jobs in real life for this sort of behavior.

which is why I am taking some time away from posting for a little bit .

the film score community is small enough as it is, and petty bickering, nitpicking, name calling and carbon copied email don't do anything to achieve the common goal of world domination, uh, world recognition of the art and value of FILM MUSIC.

Peter is trying to make a living off his website, and I'll be damned to hell before I deride his means of support simply cuz he doesn't ship internationally yet.
who am I? and who is anyone else?

which brings me to another point.

those of us who met in San Diego for the Williams concert who told Peter to his face that we would support his website REALLY ought to do so.

no response to this post is necessary.

it was just an FYI to let you know my circumstances.

quote:

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Originally posted by JJH:
Now, I am going to find myself a job in whatever field and move on with my life (course, I've been saying THAT for awhile now).

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Some things are better left undiscovered!

Think twice before unleashing this upon the world!

PS: I hope JJH and Rocco stay. I've enjoyed your insights and observations for a long time.

Would either of you two be so kind as to elaborate for those of us who aren't as lucky to have direct communication with PeterK or Shaun?

Jeron

This started the conflict:
http://www.moviemusic.com/mb/Forum1/HTML/005049.html

This is where things got a little more serious:
http://www.moviemusic.com/mb/Forum1/HTML/005066.html

That is all the public parts that I know of. There were probably a large number of emails dealt with privately.

"...diserve to be band more than anyone else."

Hmmm, by the laws of Physics, is that physically possible?

http://www.tacobell.com/nakedchihuahuastunt/htm

Yes, the rumor is true. I recently started up a website, totally dedicated to me being totally nude. Apparently go.com, the host of my site ( www.mickeysbigminnie.com ), found that it wasn't merely a tribute to Minnie Mouse and topical discussion about her recent weight gain, but was another in a long line of "Pervert Who Found Only Tops-Or-Bottoms To Disney Costumes In The Trash" websites that've sprung up lately. Anyways, long story short, I was booted from their server, and less than 24 hours later, go.com......went.

So, anyway--the Disney costumes are gone (well, I kept the Donald costume for Prentiss), and I'm fully clothed again. Let the film scores fly!!!!!! Ouch! Not really, man!

I love just about everybody who posts here and I miss telling you all what you should think.

Despite pleas by Jeron and others to maintain the community, a community isn't worth maintaining if it's run by fascists.

I admit that Kommandant K has put together a good site but he's too fussy about it like someone who cleans a house to entertain but then won't let people in for fear they'll track mud on the floor.

I give credit where it is due but I give criticism where it is due too, Pete K has earned both.

I "walked" because I was tired of Pete's blatant meddling: closing topics, deleting them, moving them, bringing them back in some hard to reach place to show he hadn't done it in the first place. I also left because I didn't see the need to ban Ford Thaxton just because he has an attitude. I would have left over Shaun's "banning" as well, but wasn't aware of it.

Once again I urge all of you to either leave the board or continue to put pressure on Pete to make things here freer and more democratic. I have nothing but respect for H Rocco, but I don't think the appeasers are "the voice of reason" in this case. Rocco should be the first one to write letters to Pete telling him to ease up the heavy-hand. If you liked Ford like you do Shaun, you'd leave over his banning. But you should stand up for the principle that no one should be banned here at all or at least without everyone having a say in it.

I completely agree with Steven Lister and his pub metaphor. This should be a place to come in, chat with some cronies about films, film music, soccer, the news, what have you. Pete's rules are for children in kindergarden and have little to do with real people in a real world.

Pete--Dump the rules. Re-instate Ford. Just live with people being what they are.

NP: the sound of breaking glass

Lou, for the record, I was banned. Not "banned".

Shaun

Now I thought you had asked Pete to close you out from the boards voluntarily so you wouldn't be tempted to post when you didn't want to, were you banned or not?

If you were banned, even for one day, that should be a warning sign to us all that we're supporting someone's ego trip.

I did ask Pete to get rid of me for a while, so the ability to post "negative vibes" to the board would be eliminated. So, I was still banned. I couldn't post.

Go form your mob, Lou. I have Atticus Finch on my side.

Lou, I will admit that I have had similar "ego trip" thoughts about the K, and never having met nor spoken to him directly, could not say one way or the other what is truly going on in his Administrator-Sized head. But I'm coming around to thinking he is not quite the ogre he may sometimes appear. Obviously (I hope), I have absolutely no reason to say this except for my own personal opinion and impression -- I am beholden to the K for no other reason than for giving me just one more messageboard wherein to rant and rave.

Good to have you back, Shaun. Are those stills from your Mazola campaign online yet? I haven't found them, search as I do (is it really only running in Malaysia?) Although I really DO think that you shouldn't even have attempted that "Chicken of the Sea" commercial (what the HELL were you thinking about with that swimming-chicken suit ... nice design by Rick Baker though) -- anyway, I'm SO glad you're working!

(note to the K -- awright, I wrote ya up nice -- transfer the funds to the bank in ACCRA, not GENEVA, if you would be so kind.)

Lou's Odyssey: After saying later, I went to sign up at the FSM board. Actually, it seemed that just about everyone from here posts there, plus people who have left earlier, and still others. Reading the posts, I noticed that people tend to put their meatier and more informative posts there and then return here to be silly.

But when I read the rules I had to agree with to join, I balked. I'm sure the board is less policed than this one, but the basic policy still seemed to be do as we say or out.

I went to join rec.music.movies figuring I could be as rude as I pleased and have lots of fun both educating and slamming the heathen hoards over there. But the combination of my weak computer know-how and my local net user prohibited me from joining. Too bad as fantasies of topics like "Zimmer should Die" and the subsequent firefight seemed too good to pass up (I'm such a rabble rouser).

Finally, I joined Filmus-L. They tolerate Ford, so why not me too. But the rules there were sticking points as well. I don't like the digest form and when I opened my mailbox to find 28 messages, I ran for the hills.

I would imagine you wouldn't be too fond of misguided character traits used to describe you, especially if they happen to be based on ill-conceived notions about who you really are. I don't either.

There are a lot of people on this message board who truly know me. All the same, there are a lot of people here who don't know me, although there is a full awareness of the "PeterK" presence on this board. The two kinds of relationships are vastly different, although most don't subscribe to this idea, as you've just proven.

Ford Thaxton rules.
He may be fat, he may be rude, he may fart a lot, he may abused poor Lukas Kendall when he was young, he may call composers in the middle of the night, but I don't care.

Thanks to him I have FLASH GORDON the orchestral score, KRULL (2 cd) and BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA (4 cds!!) and so many others I can't remember now.

Now, what you freaks did for me, except calling Hanzimza names (which is a great thing)?

Nothing!!

Bahhh...

By adding "don't worry," you've taken the tone of my comment completely out of context. I didn't say "they'll be back" to feed my own satisfaction later, as you've implied. I said "They'll be back" simply because they've left without the full knowledge that Shaun asked to be banned. You know what happened? They all came back after learning of Shaun's voluntary banishment. It had nothing to do with me.

For clarity's sake, here's the quote:

"They'll be back. This is a show of support for young Shaun Rutherford."

Like I've mentioned, I don't think anyone likes to be painted a certain way, especially when misconstrued "facts" are paraded around as definite personality traits of an individual. I certainly don't like it, and get very frustrated when people go off without really knowing my intent or who I am, or my lacking of what people call ego. If you think I have an ego, you do not know me, and that is a fact.

I laugh and laugh and laugh ... have YOU ever laughed like that?!