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  • From: Matthew Paul <mpaulREMOVETHIS AT duke.edu>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Durham music scene
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:24:45 -0500

Anne Gomez wrote:
> James Hepler is a soul-sucking vortex.
>
> On 1/18/06, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
>>James:
>>
>>Surely you wouldn't question the Public Relations Skills of a Help Desk
>>Manager at Southern Private University, would you? I'm sure he picked up
>>that "call them gay" strategy in one of his mandatory Diversity Training
>>Workshops.
>>
>>What do you have against the rebirth of the Downtown Durham Scene
>>anyway? Why does Durham always have to fall apart into regional
>>factionalism? Lakewood vs. Hope Valley vs. Old North Durham vs.
>>Downtown; every time a hot club gets going in one of the old
>>neighborhoods, it's just a never-ending stream of Hating from Hepler
>>until the whole thing collapses.
>>
>>Ross
>>
>>James Hepler wrote:
>>
>>>Well, the "he" is obviously the one talking to us like
>>>a frigging commercial. The "we" is obviously the
>>>audience, or as "he" sees it, the market.
>>>
>>>It was funny. I read my post over and over again
>>>before I hit send, thinking that I ought to put
>>>something in it to make it clear that I was trying to
>>>be funny since not everyone here knows that I've
>>>always had trouble defining the "scene". So I
>>>considered adding some sort of emoticon to clue the
>>>people who don't know me as well in on the fact that I
>>>wasn't being serious. But you know, I think it turned
>>>out even better this way. I mean, with so many
>>>intelligent, wonderful people here, I think it's good
>>>that we have a reminder that there are still people
>>>here who think that "you're gay" is a fitting insult.
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Matthew Paul <mpaulREMOVETHIS AT heplerisgay.edu>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>James Hepler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>OK, so you're obviously a promoter. Do you really
>>>>>think you can tell US what the scene is? WE ARE
>>>>
>>>>THE
>>>>
>>>>>SCENE, man. You don't tell us, WE TELL YOU. You
>>>>
>>>>can
>>>>
>>>>>take your scene and create a myspace account for
>>>>
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>>This one is open:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.myspace.com/WeDon'tGiveAFuck
>>>>>
>>>>>Think I'm kidding around? I challenged the entire
>>>>>town of Marietta, OH to a fight today and NO ONE
>>>>
>>>>had
>>>>
>>>>>the guts to take me up on it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If he posts here doesn't that make him part of your
>>>>"we?" Or is there
>>>>some special signature or something that the "we"
>>>>you speak of, use to
>>>>indicate who can post about the "scene?" Am I part
>>>>of the "they?" (most
>>>>likely not) Or perhaps there is a whole other
>>>>newsgroup for the cool
>>>>people. Like: alt.jameshepler.isafuckingasshole
>>>>-- ch-scene: the list that mirrors
>>>>alt.music.chapel-hill --
>>>>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ch-scene
>>>>

Sorry, you are right. My post wasn't cool at all. You ever drink too
much and wake up the next day and think "omg I did that?" That is what I
feel like right now. I'm switching to decaf and unsubscribing right now.




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