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Ratt Doesn't Want You to Read This Blog - Beyond Behind the Music
June 10, 2010: Ratt have canceled their upcoming European tour because vocalist Stephen Pearcy will be undergoing urgent hernia surgery this week. Pearcy's doctors anticipate a full recovery in time for Ratt's North American touring schedule, which includes a run with The Scorpions, beginning in July and running through September. Metal Sludge reports that Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer was recently arrested for a DUI. They obtained public records that show Blotzer was arrested over Memorial Day weekend at Lake Havasu in Arizona, while at the 'wheel' of a boat.
— June 10, 2010 7:05 a.m.
Ratt 'n' Roll
Ratt just canceled a tour and drummer Bobby Blotzer was recently arrested while driving -- a boat! Tho the website is mangling links lately, let's try again to direct you toward "Ratt Doesn't Want You To Read This Blog" --
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/…
— June 10, 2010 6:57 a.m.
Ratt 'n' Roll
Ratt doesn't want you to read this blog, beyond Behind the Music -
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/…
— June 9, 2010 12:49 p.m.
Farmer Seth
BTW, the issue of photo rights via the internet does indeed merit discussion, and perhaps even investigation - I'm just not qualified to weigh in myself, and I'm not interested in the topic enough to write an article or do further research. Not passing the buck - to write for the Reader, I don't need to know how the photos are chosen, any more than I need to know the brand of ink used at the printers or the gasoline grade preferred by delivery drivers. Unless I'm shooting pics for my own story, which - luckily for all - I rarely do. Or when a subject provides me with a relevant pic, in which case the paper obtains permission/clearance to use (either from the subject claiming pic ownership or from the photog) and credits the photographer.
— June 7, 2010 10:39 p.m.
Farmer Seth
(I still do applaud and encourage Seth's original stated intent at sddialedin, to use his CityBeat departure to reconnect with his creative muse - we are what we create, so I would champion any such brave endeavor)
— June 7, 2010 10:08 p.m.
Farmer Seth
#27 - You're still so delusional that you think any time one reporter covers the same subject as another, one must be a "copycat" (not the first time you've cracked me up over "rehashing Locals Only stories" I've never read and/or that I wrote and the Reader typeset before any CityBeat coverage saw print!) -- And you're still wont to fabricate specious and demonstrably incorrect claims like "Even the guy who wrote the song about me (which you were writing about) called you out on your bulls*** reporting" Oh really? And where/when pray tell was this supposed calling out? Do you mean in the comments section following the article you reference, wherein the songwriter (Rob Deez) takes responsibility himSELF for citing an incorrect date THAT HE GOT FROM THE CITYBEAT SITE?
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/oct/28/bl…
If Deez ever DID call me out on story bulls***, anywhere other than within your own cloudy headspace anyway, I invite clarification! However, given your tendency toward self aggrandizing delusion ("They're all copying me at Blurt!"), and due to your apparent inability to repeat something you've read without twisting the words AND the speaker's intent (Deez was backing up the Reader report, not "calling out" the writer's "bulls***") to suit your amusing delusion, it seems pointless to further engage you RE these matters. (And that's when JAS walked away humming Deez'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCYD2LHcRbo
--- which for some reason reminds him of
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9EWcaS7II
)
— June 7, 2010 9:55 p.m.
Farmer Seth
RE #23: Not sure who you're screaming at in caps, but I can't answer a question I know nothing about. Only editorial knows how the photo sitch works - I feel safe assuming that their editorial methods comply with all attendant considerations and legalities, seeing as how the Reader and countless other publications seem to have been applying the same methodology for years now (whatever that methodology and the reasoning behind, I have no idea), with no apparent problem. I applaud the original reason you gave Rosey at sddialedin for your departure from CityBeat, in essence to refresh your writing muse. You could clearly use such a sabbatical, and I maintain hope that your future writing will someday at least approach the distinctness and quality of local-centric contemporaries like Ed Decker, Enrique Limon, Dave Maass, and Kinsee Morlan (to name a few strong CityBeat contribs), not to mention the majority of writers currently doing work for the Reader.
— June 7, 2010 7:16 p.m.
The death and attempted suicide of Ginger and Frank Bass
My POV is that you can tell a lot by looking at a PERSON, not a photograph --- Sure, not all outward signs are stereotypically accurate. Because I haven't had a haircut since Led Zep were still together, people frequently assume I'm some kind of hippie. And yet I can't stand being around (most) hippies, nor do I concur with (most) hippie "philosophies," and I detest (most) of the music (and recreational drugs!) that (most) hippies tend to champion -- see "Why I Don't Like Hippies" at
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/autobiograp…
I don't cut my hair simply because I like it, and I don't HAVE to cut it. No other statement intended - sometimes, it's just fun to be the exception to the rule. However, what you CAN tell about me by looking at my hair is that I'm not likely in the military or running a bank, so something about me IS still being indicated by my hair...just not something stereotypical like "he's a hippie."
— June 7, 2010 6:17 p.m.
The death and attempted suicide of Ginger and Frank Bass
Much nonsense being spouted here amongst the comments, but I would like to second one opinion - you can indeed tell a lot about a person simply by how they look. Certain types of clothing, hair styles, and even body language can reveal a helluva lot about that person --- you see one guy wearing a cowboy hat, another wearing a hemp toque, and a third wearing a silk lined fedora, it's pretty safe to bet which one you're more likely to find at concerts featuring Travis Tritt, Ziggy Marley, and Leonard Cohen. Sure, there are exceptions, but you get what I mean - we wear who we are in countless ways. Even ignoring outward "signs" that people drape over themselves, someone's face can be even more revealing - as I've been quoted saying before, by the time we reach the age of forty, almost everyone pretty much has exactly the face they deserve.
— June 7, 2010 5:25 p.m.
Farmer Seth
Okay, Seth pulled one over on Blurt's "new guy" - however, in so doing, he publicly reveals himself to be a liar who can't be trusted. That should finish off any slight journalistic cred he might've had in San Diego - CityBeat has been on a solid roll since its reimagining at the hands of Dave Maass, especially its local music coverage - I was dismayed at the name calling (poorly)disguised as journalism that CityBeat seemed to embrace when Seth did his first mean-spirited Great Demo Reviews (some would say - and DID say - his work was "hateful"). I look forward to far less trashy-talk in the future --- having a strong paper like CityBeat working the same market as the very-different SD Reader can only make better reading for everyone out there ---
— June 5, 2010 6:43 p.m.
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Ratt Doesn't Want You to Read This Blog - Beyond Behind the Music
June 10, 2010: Ratt have canceled their upcoming European tour because vocalist Stephen Pearcy will be undergoing urgent hernia surgery this week. Pearcy's doctors anticipate a full recovery in time for Ratt's North American touring schedule, which includes a run with The Scorpions, beginning in July and running through September. Metal Sludge reports that Ratt drummer Bobby Blotzer was recently arrested for a DUI. They obtained public records that show Blotzer was arrested over Memorial Day weekend at Lake Havasu in Arizona, while at the 'wheel' of a boat.— June 10, 2010 7:05 a.m.
Ratt 'n' Roll
Ratt just canceled a tour and drummer Bobby Blotzer was recently arrested while driving -- a boat! Tho the website is mangling links lately, let's try again to direct you toward "Ratt Doesn't Want You To Read This Blog" -- http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/…— June 10, 2010 6:57 a.m.
Ratt 'n' Roll
Ratt doesn't want you to read this blog, beyond Behind the Music - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2007/…— June 9, 2010 12:49 p.m.
Farmer Seth
BTW, the issue of photo rights via the internet does indeed merit discussion, and perhaps even investigation - I'm just not qualified to weigh in myself, and I'm not interested in the topic enough to write an article or do further research. Not passing the buck - to write for the Reader, I don't need to know how the photos are chosen, any more than I need to know the brand of ink used at the printers or the gasoline grade preferred by delivery drivers. Unless I'm shooting pics for my own story, which - luckily for all - I rarely do. Or when a subject provides me with a relevant pic, in which case the paper obtains permission/clearance to use (either from the subject claiming pic ownership or from the photog) and credits the photographer.— June 7, 2010 10:39 p.m.
Farmer Seth
(I still do applaud and encourage Seth's original stated intent at sddialedin, to use his CityBeat departure to reconnect with his creative muse - we are what we create, so I would champion any such brave endeavor)— June 7, 2010 10:08 p.m.
Farmer Seth
#27 - You're still so delusional that you think any time one reporter covers the same subject as another, one must be a "copycat" (not the first time you've cracked me up over "rehashing Locals Only stories" I've never read and/or that I wrote and the Reader typeset before any CityBeat coverage saw print!) -- And you're still wont to fabricate specious and demonstrably incorrect claims like "Even the guy who wrote the song about me (which you were writing about) called you out on your bulls*** reporting" Oh really? And where/when pray tell was this supposed calling out? Do you mean in the comments section following the article you reference, wherein the songwriter (Rob Deez) takes responsibility himSELF for citing an incorrect date THAT HE GOT FROM THE CITYBEAT SITE? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/oct/28/bl… If Deez ever DID call me out on story bulls***, anywhere other than within your own cloudy headspace anyway, I invite clarification! However, given your tendency toward self aggrandizing delusion ("They're all copying me at Blurt!"), and due to your apparent inability to repeat something you've read without twisting the words AND the speaker's intent (Deez was backing up the Reader report, not "calling out" the writer's "bulls***") to suit your amusing delusion, it seems pointless to further engage you RE these matters. (And that's when JAS walked away humming Deez' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCYD2LHcRbo --- which for some reason reminds him of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9EWcaS7II )— June 7, 2010 9:55 p.m.
Farmer Seth
RE #23: Not sure who you're screaming at in caps, but I can't answer a question I know nothing about. Only editorial knows how the photo sitch works - I feel safe assuming that their editorial methods comply with all attendant considerations and legalities, seeing as how the Reader and countless other publications seem to have been applying the same methodology for years now (whatever that methodology and the reasoning behind, I have no idea), with no apparent problem. I applaud the original reason you gave Rosey at sddialedin for your departure from CityBeat, in essence to refresh your writing muse. You could clearly use such a sabbatical, and I maintain hope that your future writing will someday at least approach the distinctness and quality of local-centric contemporaries like Ed Decker, Enrique Limon, Dave Maass, and Kinsee Morlan (to name a few strong CityBeat contribs), not to mention the majority of writers currently doing work for the Reader.— June 7, 2010 7:16 p.m.
The death and attempted suicide of Ginger and Frank Bass
My POV is that you can tell a lot by looking at a PERSON, not a photograph --- Sure, not all outward signs are stereotypically accurate. Because I haven't had a haircut since Led Zep were still together, people frequently assume I'm some kind of hippie. And yet I can't stand being around (most) hippies, nor do I concur with (most) hippie "philosophies," and I detest (most) of the music (and recreational drugs!) that (most) hippies tend to champion -- see "Why I Don't Like Hippies" at http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/autobiograp… I don't cut my hair simply because I like it, and I don't HAVE to cut it. No other statement intended - sometimes, it's just fun to be the exception to the rule. However, what you CAN tell about me by looking at my hair is that I'm not likely in the military or running a bank, so something about me IS still being indicated by my hair...just not something stereotypical like "he's a hippie."— June 7, 2010 6:17 p.m.
The death and attempted suicide of Ginger and Frank Bass
Much nonsense being spouted here amongst the comments, but I would like to second one opinion - you can indeed tell a lot about a person simply by how they look. Certain types of clothing, hair styles, and even body language can reveal a helluva lot about that person --- you see one guy wearing a cowboy hat, another wearing a hemp toque, and a third wearing a silk lined fedora, it's pretty safe to bet which one you're more likely to find at concerts featuring Travis Tritt, Ziggy Marley, and Leonard Cohen. Sure, there are exceptions, but you get what I mean - we wear who we are in countless ways. Even ignoring outward "signs" that people drape over themselves, someone's face can be even more revealing - as I've been quoted saying before, by the time we reach the age of forty, almost everyone pretty much has exactly the face they deserve.— June 7, 2010 5:25 p.m.
Farmer Seth
Okay, Seth pulled one over on Blurt's "new guy" - however, in so doing, he publicly reveals himself to be a liar who can't be trusted. That should finish off any slight journalistic cred he might've had in San Diego - CityBeat has been on a solid roll since its reimagining at the hands of Dave Maass, especially its local music coverage - I was dismayed at the name calling (poorly)disguised as journalism that CityBeat seemed to embrace when Seth did his first mean-spirited Great Demo Reviews (some would say - and DID say - his work was "hateful"). I look forward to far less trashy-talk in the future --- having a strong paper like CityBeat working the same market as the very-different SD Reader can only make better reading for everyone out there ---— June 5, 2010 6:43 p.m.