I run 6th Avenue, and I have gotten my fair share of emails
and guestbook signings that are addressed to the band,
which are nice to read, since they usually have something
nice to say. But every now and then, I get a message that
is unexcusably idiotic.
The lion's share of these dumb messages go something like:
"You are so HOT!" And the girl fails to address it to at
least a specific band member, or anyone, for that matter.
If they are telling *me*, that I'm "hot," well, thanks for
the compliment. But even though I'm single, I don't swing that way.
Others are like "heh, cool, I'm emailing the Wallflowers."
And they have nothing else to say? If you are going to make
an effort to send an email that you think could be read by
the Wallflowers, wouldn't you at least make some effort to
sound intelligent, or at least interesting?
Another fine example of this is a guestbook signing from a
while back by a girl in Bakersfield. She said how much she
enjoyed the show at the Kern County Fair back in September
of '97 (I was there, too, it was a great show). She also
said they should come back and play again in '98. That's
cool, too. But then she adds that she wants to get
piss-drunk at the show and act really stupid. Now, as a
fan, would you want to tell Jakob that you want to get
piss-drunk at their show? I think that'd be the last thing I'd ever tell them.
So really, if you're going to mistakenly email me under
the assumption that I am Jakob, Mike, Rami, Mario, Greg or
all of the above, please, at least try not to sound like an idiot. Thanks.
~ Susie
