Where would I be without my hate mail? Without my hate mail I would be under the mistaken impression that Morbid Angel shows are funny and Queensrÿche fans like me. Actually, I still think that Morbid Angel shows are funny, but I certainly know that Queensrÿche fans do not like me. And apparently, neither do fans of Led Zeppelin. If you've read my hate mail before, you know the routine. The mail on its own, then the mail with bonus commentary.
Exhibit One
I just checked out your website for the first time. I found it to be quite entertaining. I am capable of respecting the opinions of others, even if they differ from my own, as long as they show some signs of intelligence in the expression of these opinions. You seemed to be consistently able to do this right up until I got to the "If There's a Bustle in your Hedgerow" article. There you blew it. To say you don't like Zeppelin is one thing, but then to extol the virtues of the freaking BEE GEES in the same article is something all together different. By the way, doesn't being a Bee Gees fan while at the same time being a Carmine Appice disco beat basher constitute a major contradiction? So much for consistency.
Exhibit Two
I just checked out your website for the first time.
More often than not, my positive mail begins this way.
I found it to be quite entertaining.
Still going well.
I am capable of respecting the opinions of others, even if they differ from my own, as long as they show some signs of intelligence in the expression of these opinions.
It sounds like someone is about to question my intelligence, and I really don't care for that.
You seemed to be consistently able to do this right up until I got to the "If There's a Bustle in your Hedgerow" article.
Uh-oh. A Led Zeppelin fan has been identified. And the while the tag line was If There's A Bustle In Your Hedgerow...don't be alarmed now, the actual article is titled Caller, Go Ahead.
There you blew it.
He said blew.
To say you don't like Zeppelin is one thing, but then to extol the virtues of the freaking BEE GEES in the same article is something all together different.
Oh, I see how it is. My opinions were intelligent right up until the moment that I said I don't like Led Zeppelin. The fact that I don't like Led Zeppelin has nothing to do with the fact that I do like the Bee Gees. These are two unrelated statements in the same article.
In the first part of the article, I mention that I think the Bee Gees are a good group. Why didn't he stop right there and fire off some hate mail? I know why! Because I hadn't yet said anything about his beloved Zep. Once I got to the part where I don't like Zeppelin, suddenly it was time to get mad. So I guess when I originally mentioned the Bee Gees, I was still expressing my opinion intelligently, but when I said that I don't like Zeppelin I immediately lost all credibility.
By the way, doesn't being a Bee Gees fan while at the same time being a Carmine Appice disco beat basher constitute a major contradiction?
Nope. Carmine was not in a disco group, Carmine was in a rock group that was following the current trends by including a disco beat. Also, CEB is the one who made the first (and most hilarious) comment about Carmine's disco beat. Actually I just took a look, and CEB made both of the hilarious comments about Disco Carmine. Once again, CEB has caused me to get hate mail. But that's okay, I like CEB. He's not a member of Led Zeppelin.
So much for consistency.
If he is such a stickler for consistency, why didn't he notice that I was not the one who made the disco comments in the first place? I guess love for Led Zeppelin is blind.