I wonder if the band visits fan dedicated sites

[DeadliestPoison]

At the concert I went to (Indianapolis last year), it was Mick's birthday and people in the audience were shouting either 56 or 61 or something, regarding how old they thought he was. Lindsey said something along the lines of "I guess they believe the computers." Thusly, I think that if they don't visit fansites, that they at least know what's going on.

If that made sense.

[earthdreamer]

You make perfect sense

[David]

Originally Posted by DeadliestPoison

At the concert I went to (Indianapolis last year), it was Mick's birthday and people in the audience were shouting either 56 or 61 or something, regarding how old they thought he was. Lindsey said something along the lines of "I guess they believe the computers." Thusly, I think that if they don't visit fansites, that they at least know what's going on.

Their first exposure to the Internet was a profoundly negative one, thanks to that nutcase Ginny Kamano, who developed such a pathological hatred of the online fans that she used to troll Stevie's newsgroup under various pseudonyms, flaming & harassing others. Naturally, her (totally unfair & unfounded) impression of the fans who use the Net to communicate got back to Stevie's brother & friends, & from there it just spread to virtually everyone in the FM enclave. That's why it's great to see guys like Taku pop up, because he obviously is tuned in to Internet culture & understands it.

It's taken many years to begin to undo the damage Ginny created; unfortunately, we've got a Long Way To Go.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by David

Their first exposure to the Internet was a profoundly negative one, thanks to that nutcase Ginny Kamano, who developed such a pathological hatred of the online fans that she used to troll Stevie's newsgroup under various pseudonyms, flaming & harassing others. Naturally, her (totally unfair & unfounded) impression of the fans who use the Net to communicate got back to Stevie's brother & friends, & from there it just spread to virtually everyone in the FM enclave. That's why it's great to see guys like Taku pop up, because he obviously is tuned in to Internet culture & understands it.

It's taken many years to begin to undo the damage Ginny created; unfortunately, we've got a Long Way To Go.

Huh. And I thought I was the only one who thought Ginny was a nutcase. She truly is in a class all her own. Let Chris (gldstwmn) tell you about how she boasted to everyone about having a 30 minute version of Sara and various other lies. I wonder if she's still getting psychiatric treatment, she was for awhile. Oh well, Stevie never did surround herself with the brightest crayons in the Crayola box.

[earthdreamer]

yeah whatever happened to ginny kamano? i got like the worst email from her, the last i heard was she was in a bad car accident, man ginny was with stevie for a very long time!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by earthdreamer

yeah whatever happened to ginny kamano? i got like the worst email from her, the last i heard was she was in a bad car accident, man ginny was with stevie for a very long time!

Like I said, the last I heard, she was being treated for her nutty, psychotic tendencies. I'm not suprised about that email, I got a nasty handwritten letter from the chick (she used to handle Stevie's fan mail). A total windbag she is.

[Jessica]

What exactly was the deal with Ginny Kamano, anyway? I wasn't paying that much attention to FM right when it happened, though I do remember hearing just a bit about the situation. GK was the one who used to answer Stevie's fanmail way back when, right?

Jessica

[Jessica]

I guess everyone was thinking alike at the same moment...

[earthdreamer]

Oh yeah, I made a joke about something, and somehow she got upset about it, and then went on to say, I am forwarding this to Chris, Stevie's brother. And I was joking about something, I forget what though.

[sodascouts]

Stevie has a laptop? Yikes, I hope she doesn't surf the internet! She might get her feelings hurt.

As for Lindsey - did you see him slicing tape by hand on the DR doc? I bet he views the internet as my parents do - an inexplicable magical phenomenon that allows colorful pictures and words to appear when you hit those underlined words with the clicker-thingy.

John, the internet junkie. Wonder how much he tells his fellow bandmates? I'm thnking not much, lol.

Mick is involved with the internet it seems, so it's hard to say in his case. He seems to rely heavily on other people to filter it for him so I doubt he surfs it on his own.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by dissention

Huh. And I thought I was the only one who thought Ginny was a nutcase. She truly is in a class all her own. Let Chris (gldstwmn) tell you about how she boasted to everyone about having a 30 minute version of Sara and various other lies. I wonder if she's still getting psychiatric treatment, she was for awhile. Oh well, Stevie never did surround herself with the brightest crayons in the Crayola box.

We never figured out who that was but we suspected. The person didn't seem like a fan and was especially nasty to anyone who talked about bootlegs.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

As for Lindsey - did you see him slicing tape by hand on the DR doc? I bet he views the internet as my parents do - an inexplicable magical phenomenon that allows colorful pictures and words to appear when you hit those underlined words with the clicker-thingy.

My thoughts exactly.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by earthdreamer

Oh yeah, I made a joke about something, and somehow she got upset about it, and then went on to say, I am forwarding this to Chris, Stevie's brother. And I was joking about something, I forget what though.

He's a real mooch of a drunk if I've ever seen one. He's always fully cocked and stammering aorund the parking lot after a show, yelling and moaning about utter nonsense. And he's the one who f'ed up Stevie's fan club. She was insane enough to put him in charge of it and he stole a lot of the money and never sent the merch. Ask people who went to the club offices in NY, it was cleaned out and no one worked there. Plus, he seems to think that being Stevie's brother automatically makes him King Turd of the **** hill and he tried to pick up fans at the shows. More like a wet fart of a human turd if you ask me.

[SaraRhiannon]

Did any of you visit the Stevie usenet group back in the day when Ginny was terrorizing everyone? FUN TIMES!

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=gi...aol.com&rnum=1

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=gi...aol.com&rnum=3


(DISCLAIMER: some of that stuff is, um... a tad disturbing. Read at your own risk!)

[dissention]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

We never figured out who that was but we suspected. The person didn't seem like a fan and was especially nasty to anyone who talked about bootlegs.

Even though we were VERY suspicious that it was Ms. Kamano. I'm still convinced it is. Has she posted lately over there? That place freaks me out, so I never go there. I remember that she said we shouldn't have anything to do with bootlegs, and that she'd bring it to the attention of the record company. Then she bragged about having a 30 minute version of Sara (bless her, I'd be crazy too if I listened to Stevie pund on the piano for 30 minutes straight ).