Matthew Anderson on BN.net board

[Cour]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

and these savvy sharp fans are getting their dirt from unreliable yet believable sources

I don't believe I said they're getting dirt from anyone. I think I said they persue anyone with a connection to the band or industry hoping they can. I also see some information is never enough for some and every bit of minutiae is important to them

He seems to have his head on straight. I tend to think he wanted to find out a little more about his mother because I wonder how much she was discussed while he was growing up.

I'm sure that's true and considering that Mick or Stevie couldn't give him those wonderful videos with his mother I would imagine it must have great for him to get them from the fan from this thread who sent them. Perhaps telling Stevie he's seen those will spur her to put someone to work finding all the other great films she has of his mother. After all, what is she saving them for? If digging them out for Mathew to see his mother isn't the best reason possible, I don't know what would be.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally Posted by Cour

I don't believe I said they're getting dirt from anyone. I think I said they persue anyone with a connection to the band or industry hoping they can. I also see some information is never enough for some and every bit of minutiae is important to them

Sorry, I assumed your "taken in" was getting taken for a ride with unreliable information (i.e. "dirt") from said calculated and manipulative fans. Then again, some people that have psuedo connections to the band are quite quick to make statements alluding to the fact they know someone or something, are quick to defend and often at times just as rabid with their opinions and statements as those who believe these incredible lies. They make it their quest to rectify the injustices they see occuring. I'm not sure which fan is "crazier" (although we can't call them that because they're prominent) It seems like each is manipulating to me

[Cour]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

Sorry, I assumed your "taken in" was getting taken for a ride with unreliable information (i.e. "dirt") from said calculated and manipulative fans.

I think you misunderstood what I meant. The people being taken for the ride (savvy longtime fans) are the ones who do have a connection to the band and don't realize the fans who want to get close to and befriend them are really only interested in who they might know and what that might mean to them in terms of information or access to industry or band members. Hope that clarifies it.

Then again, some people that have psuedo connections to the band are quite quick to make statements alluding to the fact they know someone or something, are quick to defend and often at times just as rabid with their opinions and statements as those who believe these incredible lies. They make it their quest to rectify the injustices they see occuring. I'm not sure which fan is "crazier" (although we can't call them that because they're prominent) It seems like each is manipulating to me

The word crazy when it comes to fans is very subjective, there's all kinds of crazy. Like you said in your other post, there's ten kinds of crazy floating around out there in FMland and one person's crazy is another person's gospel truth