Anonymous wrote:MySpace URLOther "official" websites seem to get information such as tour dates, etc. wrong and Shane thought this would be the best way to open up a direct line of communication with his fans around the world & bypass irresponsible webmasters who are content to pass on misinformation.
I'll make the assumption that this is genuine for the purposes of a rebuttal.
This is a dig at the <i>Friends of Shane</i>, <i>Pumpaction Paddy</i>, and <i>Medusa</i> sites and our ability to keep accurate dates regarding Shane and his shows (though I wonder to what extent <i>Medusa</i> is included since I have never claimed to be an authoritative source of information for Shane's shows). Never-the-less, I feel as though we are all being branded unfairly and must respond.
The problems with making reliable information available to fans has never been due to a lack of desire to provide timely and accurate information, nor a twisted desire to provide misguided and misleading information. It's always been due to the (very well advertised) lack of effective communication from Shane's management. If errors were made in trying to get information to the fans, they were made with the best of intentions and based upon the only information available.
The janitors for these sites have extremely easy to locate contact information on their pages. If Shane has been misrepresented by the sites a simple solution has always been for Shane (or his designated representatives) to simply email the janitors with timely and accurate information. I'm absolutely positive each of us would be delighted to make the information available in a professional way.
So an open offer to Shane, his representatives, and all the rest of The Pogues and their representatives:
If you want to get word out to your fans about live shows, music releases, your latest projects, your opinions on the merits of fine literature, etc you are cordially invited to contact me directly at "dzm@dzm.com". I will be delighted to make your information available on
http://www.pogues.com . Some members of The Pogues do this today with satisfactory results, and some go so far as directly participating on the fora here, again with satisfactory results. I am positive that if you extend the courtesy of contact to the site janitors of
http://www.shanemacgowan.com and
http://www.pumpactionpaddy.com they will also extend to you like services, all for the low low cost of "free."
I have confidence that working with us will get you much more positive results than establishing difficult to find and infrequently updated web sites (
http://www.shanemacgowanofficialtourdates.com ) or membership in cliquish community sites (
http://www.myspace.com/shanemacgowan ).
Thanks for your attention, and I look forward to hearing from you.
DzM
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Other "official" websites seem to get information such as tour dates, etc. wrong and Shane thought this would be the best way to open up a direct line of communication with his fans around the world & bypass irresponsible webmasters who are content to pass on misinformation.[/quote]I'll make the assumption that this is genuine for the purposes of a rebuttal.
This is a dig at the <i>Friends of Shane</i>, <i>Pumpaction Paddy</i>, and <i>Medusa</i> sites and our ability to keep accurate dates regarding Shane and his shows (though I wonder to what extent <i>Medusa</i> is included since I have never claimed to be an authoritative source of information for Shane's shows). Never-the-less, I feel as though we are all being branded unfairly and must respond.
The problems with making reliable information available to fans has never been due to a lack of desire to provide timely and accurate information, nor a twisted desire to provide misguided and misleading information. It's always been due to the (very well advertised) lack of effective communication from Shane's management. If errors were made in trying to get information to the fans, they were made with the best of intentions and based upon the only information available.
The janitors for these sites have extremely easy to locate contact information on their pages. If Shane has been misrepresented by the sites a simple solution has always been for Shane (or his designated representatives) to simply email the janitors with timely and accurate information. I'm absolutely positive each of us would be delighted to make the information available in a professional way.
So an open offer to Shane, his representatives, and all the rest of The Pogues and their representatives:
If you want to get word out to your fans about live shows, music releases, your latest projects, your opinions on the merits of fine literature, etc you are cordially invited to contact me directly at "dzm@dzm.com". I will be delighted to make your information available on http://www.pogues.com . Some members of The Pogues do this today with satisfactory results, and some go so far as directly participating on the fora here, again with satisfactory results. I am positive that if you extend the courtesy of contact to the site janitors of http://www.shanemacgowan.com and http://www.pumpactionpaddy.com they will also extend to you like services, all for the low low cost of "free."
I have confidence that working with us will get you much more positive results than establishing difficult to find and infrequently updated web sites ( http://www.shanemacgowanofficialtourdates.com ) or membership in cliquish community sites ( http://www.myspace.com/shanemacgowan ).
Thanks for your attention, and I look forward to hearing from you.
DzM
