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  • From: Martin Percival <martinpercival AT yahoo.com>
  • To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] return of the giant slits reissue
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:15:21 -0700 (PDT)

Funny, I heard it was Ari who was trying to cut the
others out. Oh boy. All pretty sad anyway.

Martin


--- HunnyPi007 AT aol.com wrote:
> that's really sad about viv's current stance on the
> slits (about which i had
> no idea). apparently, the slits now mean $ to her
> which is patently
> contrary to their original aesthetic. or maybe ari
> did her wrong???
>
> lydia
>
> p.s.: imho & in common practice, responses to
> posts should go ABOVE the
> post being replied to so that people don't have to
> scroll down to see the new
> post (an email and mailing list pet peave of mine),
> i.e. the new text is right at
> the top. : )
>
> In a message dated 5/7/04 6:58:15 PM,
> perfectlist AT furious.com writes:
>
>
> > At 03:42 PM 5/7/2004 -0700, weaselw AT juno.com
> wrote:
> > > > Good news for us fans but bad news for Ari
> Up.  As usual with these
> > > > reissues, she had no idea this was happening
> (wasn't told or asked
> > > > about  this) and will not see royalties for
> this.  That ain't justice.
> > >Why don't you advise Ari to call the fucking
> record company? It couldn't
> > >possibly be that hard. Didn't someone say that
> Tessa and Viv were getting
> > >their royalties just fine? Sometimes we get the
> "justice" we make for
> > >ourselves (or don't make for ourselves).
> >
> > Gee Walter, that's a really brilliant idea.  And
> who exactly would she
> > speak to at the label?  Ever try to call these big
> labels
> > yourself?  They're not exactly the most helpful
> people you'll find.
> >
> > Viv has pretty much cut Ari out of the equation,
> claiming that she's the
> > Slits herself.  That probably means that she's
> signing off on the rights
> > and the record company can then claim that it's an
> issue between the band
> > members.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > Perfect Sound Forever
> > online music magazine
> > http://www.perfectsoundforever.com
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