i used to have this really hilarious long email arguements with him when org fanzine went under the first time, and i dared to ask him what would happen to my subscription. he told me i had been written to once and emailed twice about the matter and he had offered me a free CD. i told him i had received none of this correspondance and he was a lying wanker.

also: http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1166535 JAAAAAAAAAG!

he used to send me massive tirades about how i was doing absolutely everything for the wrong reasons (usually on public mailing lists or forums) and refused to cover any of our bands and told me to stop sending him promos, even tho they'd previously written nice things about jeniferever, for instance. that's how much its about the music.

he has sent me some of the most agressive emails i have ever recieved. his viewpoints are a childish mess and he thinks that this arrogance and ignorance of a wider world and getting involved in any shape or form with 'the industry' or business instantly makes everyone one of the devils own. he used to hate me because in my first fanzine i reviewed Muse's demo (saying it was one of the most exciting demos i'd ever heard) and then i shockingly to him, continued to like them. i was only 16 and there was this guy telling me how wrong i was.

in fact, i'm surprised he still continues because surely he sees all of these bands split up time after time and them not get any recognition outside of a small cluster of people. outside of a cluster of people on these boards who's going spend time watching a band as big in our world as 65days of Static, etc... i used to goto his nights and they'd be pretty much empty and i'd read Organ and it'd be full of mistakes and terrible terrible writing.

i think in many ways he inspired me to do almost completely the opposite.

A 12 year old boy inside a 60 year old body. If it isn't exactly how he thinks it should be, he'll cry. Simple.

The analogy of a cat has been used many a time. Stroke his ego and he'll purr for you, ignore him and he'll scratch!

You should read the myspace bulletin he wrote about us, really really funny!

And sean (DiS), funny how he's getting his mates (I assume), to promote him through what he constantly refers to as the music worlds shit pit isn't it...funny indeed!

He's really managed to make himself popular hasn't he...

I know what you're all talking about. He's been a cock to me in the past. But equally, or perhaps more than that, he's championed a lot of worthy bands and causes. For sure, he's got a bee in his bonnet that'll sting anyone who catches him on a bad day, but on the whole, I think, his ethos is sound, and he and Marina must work bloody hard to keep the whole operation going between them. Marina's lovely, by the way.

I was excited about Organ TV in writing, and a little disappointed by the reality...I think the problem is probably that they repeat too many videos from week to week, perhaps because not enough bands of an Organ bent have made videos (or videos worth broadcasting). If anyone has a decent video of their band, send it to Organ (see www.organart.com). They may not broadcast it, but they'll certainly watch it (eventually) and if they DO like it, it may end up on the box (not The Box). Then they may get a more diverse rotation on the go. My other gripe with Organ TV is that it's just too short! Half an hour a week (albeit repeated later) isn't enough time to offset the imbalance of rubbish, overexposed mega-bands that the major label publicity cannon blasts out 24 hours a day.