Lefsetz-Fan Reply of the Week
Of all the things Lefsetz does that drive me crazy, you gotta admit, his shameless posting of even the most negative feedback is semi-endearing. A recent excerpt (re:The Who/Super Bowl):
Sorry Bob, your interesting and semi-relevant posts, which make up about a fourth of all your ramblings just aren’t worth the other three-fourths in which you do nothing but remind us what a complete and utter asshole you really are.
The Who were not great. But your overstatement is just one more example of you trying to be bold and brash by overstating something and just being downright nasty. At some point, at your age, one would think you would have grown up and realized when you’re just being an ass.
Let me see if I can put it another way…..if you were Roger Daltrey (and thank God you are not) you would have sang “Who the FUCK are you?” just to somehow prove you were still hip and relevant. (Which by the way, you are not.)
I am unsubscribing because I need to spend my time reading someone with something interesting to say–somebody with something to prove who does more thanjust BITCH, BITCH, BITCH. You’ve become a a grumpy old man who is just downright depressing.
Adios,
Shaun Takarta
PS–It’s eleven fucking minutes you twit, and you wanted what? Three new Who songs?
PPS–Nice use of the word “tit.” You are so naughty and thus cool! What a groundbreaker you are.
Shaun, wherever/whoever you are, it takes balls to write a rant like that to an industry mainstay like Bob. Props. More importantly, you bring up the question I think about often:
When you’ve got Lefsetz’s kind of power (the kind that millions of people subscribe to) do you also have an obligation to somehow push the universe forward? To be… well… helpful? To lead? Or at least try? Be it blogs, radio, onstage at a gig — whatever your platform?
Yes.
And yes, we are touchy-feely here at OUTLANDOS HQ. But also doing our damnedest.
2/8/10
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[...] Of all the things Lefsetz does that drive me crazy, you gotta admit, his shameless posting of even the most negative feedback is semi-endearing. A recent excerpt (re:The Who/Super Bowl): Sorry Bob, your interesting and semi-relevant posts, which make up about a fourth of all your ramblings just aren’t worth the other three-fourths [...] [...]
Bob Lefsetz is an idiot.
Some of his “theories” have been deconstructed and proven wrong over and over again
http://enigmafon.com/2009/05/29/the-future-of-radio-part-2/
http://enigmafon.com/2009/05/20/is-streaming-the-future-of-music/
http://enigmafon.com/2009/05/18/trust-no-lawyers/