a kind, appreciative word.

not so much.

as you might have noticed, i am a big fan of using my site to give some shine to the music that i love. from time to time i’ve been known to run wild with the youtube videos in order to provide that exposure. somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind i believed that one day one of my subjects would happen upon this site – see their material – and give a little thanks. perhaps a kind, appreciative word along the lines of:

“thank you jayare. i’m glad you enjoy my music enough to share it with your friends.”

while taking a hiatus from writing this page, i tried my best to keep up with the comments being posted. the other day i was shocked to find that one of the musicians i support had sent me a message. for reasons that you will soon understand, i will be hence fourth be referring to this musician as YB. anyway, i rushed to the comment approval page to see what had been said. this is the message i found:

HI HOW ARE U ,I AM YAMIBOLO AND I WILL NEED TO KNOW WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHTS TO PUT MY IMAGE AND VIDEO ON YOUR DISGUSTING SITE ,WARNING NOTICE TAKE THIS OFF IMMEDIATELY OTHER WISE I WILL FILE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU FOR DAMAGES OF MY CAREER. YOU DON,T KNOW ME AND DON,T HAVE ANY CLUE OF THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM ,I AM A MAN OF GOD, SO BE AWARE
OF YOU ACTIONS WHO EVER YOU ARE I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU TO HUMILIATE YOURSELF AND DAMAGE MY IMAGE.BBLESS (link)

wow.

hey, you know what would be good? IF YOU DISABLED THE MOTHERFUCKING CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD, DIPSHIT. seriously.

also – how fun is it that “men of god” are always the quickest to judge you right to your face? don’t want me to post your video on this site? fine. why does it need to be a disgusting site, though? i used to work in the internet porn industry, and let me tell you that in the hierarchy of disgusting sites on the internet, consumption addict is pretty low on the totem pole. if i were a disgusting person i would go around saying off the wall shit like this:

see? big difference.

another thing… your legal strategy leaves a lot to be desired. let me get this straight – you don’t like my posting your video on my site, and you want to sue me.

ME.

last month i had to borrow $40 from my dad so that i could keep the check i sent to cingular wireless from bouncing. what were you hoping to accomplish by suing me? keep me from text messaging for a month? you’d spend more money hiring a lawyer than you would ever get in a settlement. but hey – here’s an idea…

fetishing hyper-lexis? why not threaten legal action against the party that’s sharing your material? see that little box that plays videos…? that there is the youtube, mister bolo. or in terms you’d better understand: THAT THERE IS THE YOUTUBE, MISTER BOLO. and youtube is owned by a multi-billion dollar company called google. so if you’re pissed about someone using your content, why not harass the distributors of said content? are their pockets not deep enough?

eh, i’m sure you’re right, though. i mean…why WOULDN’T you insult, threaten, and admonish the people who love your music. it just makes sense.

no wait… it doesn’t.

and now i’d just like to congratulate you, ass-hat. you found one of the 11 non-jamaican fans you had in america and managed to make him hate you. the video has been removed from this disgusting site, so you can feel free to continue your self-righteous web surfing without further humiliation at the hands of people who listen to reggae music. in the immortal words of rick james:

BBLESS.