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re: I wonder why...

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Pudding 09:36 pm UTC 02/25/08
In reply to: re: I wonder why... - Smeghead 12:21 pm UTC 02/25/08

TDE and could've quite easily made it bigger had Rink not been completely neurotic about everything and anything to do with TDE.

Yes Jim could've gotten behind TDE a bit more, but he's just the organ grinder not the monkey as well.

> Jim could have gotten behind the Dream Engine and instead
> gave up on it. It may have been Rink's baby... but Jim
> was definitely intimately involved.
>
> > I don't think we can blame TDE going tits-up on Jim, lack
> > of direction and the inability to book venues is what's to
> > blame.
> >
> > This board has lost some of its appeal because when you
> > get silly twats like Susan ruining nearly every thread and
> > sod all being done about it, it pisses people off, so they
> > piss off and aren't tempted to come back. Also when the
> > only updates given are what is available from google
> > alerts anyway and very little direct from Jim, why bother
> > reading the board for new updates? And most of the topics
> > are topics that have been recycled more times than a roll
> > of Pakistani toilet paper, so there's no real new
> > discussions being created.
> >
> > > I think it is the fact that Jim makes a lot of promises
> > > and fails to deliver... Batman, The Dream Engine, A
> > > Million and One other projects. It gets disheartening
> > > after a while...
> > >
> > > > I donīt come to this board on a daily basis anymore (or at
> > > > least lately). For years I visited nearly every day at
> > > > least once!
> > > >
> > > > I just recognized it at the moment. Itīs not that Jimīs
> > > > music and lyrics have lost their fascination, even if I
> > > > donīt listen to them constantly. I just nearly blew my
> > > > (very good) desktop speakers yesterday afternoon while
> > > > listening to just one Steinsong - "Iīd Do Anything For
> > > > Love (But I wonīt Do That)" finding out that Iīm still
> > > > thrilled by this masterpiece, music wise, lyric wise and
> > > > vocally. "Iīll never stop dreaming of you every night of
> > > > my life" - yes, Smegīs posting was the initiation. It
> > > > still makes my heart pump faster and my body heat
> > > > increases immediately while listening.
> > > >
> > > > So what do I miss here? Or what is it in my live that
> > > > holds me back from visiting RR more often. Is it good, is
> > > > it bad, is it just the same? Will the Bat Musical happen?
> > > > Is Jim actually working heavy on it with a great bunch of
> > > > people? Whatīs going on? IS something going on at all?
> > > >
> > > > Many questions. Some answers. But somehow to vague for me
> > > > to gain interest. Guess thatīs why I donīt feel the need
> > > > to come back more often.
> > > >
> > > > Markus (not Justin) ;-)


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