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[beefstew]

i've heard bands like this.  and guess what, they're not around anymore, but mashed tates still is.

i've read posters like this. and guess what, they're not
around anymore, but aaronburke still is.

[beefstew]

I guess all us gals better stop answering our e-mail.

In this case, I'm dealing with an elitist metalhead who thinks his genre deserves more ink than anything else we might cover, including hip-hop, hard rock, Americana, indie rock, experimental stuff, hardcore, punk, ska, world music, industrial, garage, pop, electronic, blues, dance music, rockabilly, reggae, or any hyphenated combination of the above.

she forgot jazz AND classical. what a fucking bitch.

i guess all of these genres are a derivitive of jazz and classical, so i'll take it back. i'll blame satan.

awesome article.

[bobby]

I don't ssssssee what's wrong with this ssssssong. I kind of like it.

A few more chords would add sssssssomething but maybe that's what
the artist is going for, a desolate landscape just the like the one we live
in, where sssssssso many people don't sssssseem to care. It's a sssssssad
portrate he paints of our sssssssociety, realy.

And let's admit. Leslie can be a bitch sssssssometimes.

[lit up like a monument]

when someone deletes you from their myspace friends it is bad enough, but to go out and block you?! jesus christ, DISSSSSS, in your face leslie! now modified only has 20494656272904857 friends, amatuer hour is over

[Brodie]

Time for a sig. change...

[ladydemon]

this thread will be over soon, but one last thing, i emailed him with the subject line You're right, and then said "some of the contacts i sent you were outdated, my apologies."

then i got this back..oh the things you'll see on mulberry street!

From : <destinationsunknown@earthlink.net>
Reply-To : destinationsunknown@earthlink.net
Sent : Wednesday, April 26, 2006 11:59 PM
To : LESLIE BARTON <lesliebarton1031@msn.com>
Subject : You're Wrong

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LB(J)...

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A CONFIRMED SHOW FOR ME,
YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT SHOW AND YOU CAN AGREE TO KEEP YOUR CRITICISM TO YOUR
SELF.? IF AND WHEN YOU'RE EVER READY TO DO THAT, THEN LET ME KNOW.

You need to put your money where your mouth is or keep quiet.? Destinations
Unknown is not some fly-by-night local Arizona jam band that's been around for a
few months.? If you don't think this is a high profile act, then I invite you to
visit some of my friends at MySpace.? I can assure you none of those people will
take anyone's shit either.

I've played bigger venues than Modified and in bigger markets than Phoenix where
there was a helluva a lot more pressure to draw a crowd.? I've never waited
around so long to get a show than I have in Phoenix.? I've been living here on
and off for three or four years and I'm sorry to say that the music scene is
weak.? If you're jerking other people off the way you've done to me, it doesn't
say much for Modified helping the music scene to thrive.?

I understand the game you're trying to play...that's what you get paid to do,
but I don't have time for it.? Let's be clear, I don't need you to be my
producer, my partner or my band manager and I don't wanna be your daddy.? I'm
building Destinations Unknown piece by piece and no one is gonna twist my arm or
force me to do anything I don't want to do.? If I want you to critique my songs,
give me advice or decide my set lists for me, then I'll let you know.

I have more than fifty songs in my catalogue, all of them sound a little bit
different.? You should at least reserve your opinions until you've seen me play
live a few times.? I recently played two one-hour sets in March at the PHIX to
shake off the cobwebs after a two year hiatus and I've been rehearsing and
recording non-stop ever since Christmas...I'm ready to play again.

I have zero tolerance or patience for censorship.? If you or anyone else want to
stand in the way of Destinations Unknown playing live, then you'll have to take
all the abuse and assume all the risks that go along with that.? As they say,
"if you can't stand the heat, then you should get out of the kitchen."

Besides that, I'm not gonna audition for you nor I'm gonna play too many
unannounced free shows.? Just as you have to be concerned with booking shows
that will draw a crowd, I have worries of my own.? If I snapped at you, then I
apologize, but I've got holes in my teeth and I can't afford to have them fixed.
This is not your problem of course, but the truth is that I'm very much in the
red and my expenses have been adding up over the years and I can't afford not to
get paid anymore.? The bottom line for me is to sell CD's and I won't be able to
do that unless I can play live and tour.? How and where you, Modified or the
Phoenix music scene fit into that equation, remains to be seen.

The best I can offer you is to play one free show on a Tuesday nite as long as
you can guarantee a second show on a Thursday or Friday nite.? I don't care if
I'm the opener, the support or the headliner.? That's your call.? Take it or
leave it.? In all honesty, after the funk you were dishing out yesterday, I
don't care one way or the other if I ever play Modified.? It seems a bit shaky
down there and it may be too much of a risk for me to deal with????


Kris Jarvis
Destinations Unknown
(480) 242-0526

www.destinationsunknownusa.com
www.myspace.com/destinationsunknownusa

[lit up like a monument]

ok that was fucking funny, i like how instead of saying "us" or "we" he says "Destination Unknown"... it is like the ricky henderson bit but with this ultimate deep echo on his voice.... "D E S T I N A T I ON N N U N K N O W N N N N N"

[Brodie]

Leslie Barton - she really dishes out the funk.

[lit up like a monument]

hey at least they got shows coming up!

Destinations Unknown

June, 6 2006 at To Be Announced
Not Available, Phoenix, 85004
Cost:

Dates are unconfirmed and subject to change

[bob]

yeah, i see where this guy is coming from. that whole modified area is pretty sketchy. i don't like going down there at all. it's only with deep suspicions of anyone with a complexion not like my own that i spend hours and hours there followed by hours and hours at bikini, which is another really sketchy spot where people, again, might have complexions and means of income far different from my own, and i'm really not all that comfortable with that. and it's really only worth coming down on a thursday or a friday, when there might be more people with like values and aesthetics as me in the area. i can't wait till they get that starbucks up, because then it won't be such a scary area.

[thebiggameover]

but I've got holes in my teeth and I can't afford to have them fixed.

fucking rad!! and all the ? in his email make them hard to read?

[larah]

this makes me want to friend him and put him in my top 8.

[mancopter]

He doesn't wanna be your daddy, LB.

[unluckycharm]

? what is this guy's ? obsession with question marks? ?????? and is he related to optimist ? because they seem like they could be blood brothers? ? heh..

[church]

your first, and only, email to him ever should have stated simply:

i love missing persons!