Jeremy wrote:

Every time I see this picture i wonder if he actually plays piano or if he's listening to the tone of it for some technical/micing application.

All I see is that fucking watch.

It may have seemed like a novelty at some point, but it is serious business now.

I have learned to use Google as a calculator while wiping tears away with my bare wrist.

Sigh.

One good way of preserving one's anonymity online is to impersonate someone who really exists. Trust me, Clayton Counts wouldn't mind, given his well-established penchant for causing trouble, and his undying hatred of Steve Albini.

Not that it's so easy to impersonate him without drawing from his contributions. His use of English is respectable, better than anyone here except for possibly Steve himself, which could be a clue as to my true identity. He was an easy choice, since he links to Fred's site and likes to stir up trouble online, but, unless I'm missing something, he doesn't refer to himself as a mash-up artist. You guys were closer when you were guessing Axl Rose.

FYI, though, Clayton's been in quite a few magazines, and he's a heck of a guy. I just saw a blurb about him in American Songwriter over the weekend. I, on the other hand, have been a bit luckier in life. And me and Jerry Lewis go way back. That's a little in-joke for Stevie. Let the games continue!

Claytron wrote:Sigh.

One good way of preserving one's anonymity online is to impersonate someone who really exists. Trust me, Clayton Counts wouldn't mind, given his well-established penchant for causing trouble, and his undying hatred of Steve Albini.

Not that it's so easy to impersonate him without drawing from his contributions. His use of English is respectable, better than anyone here except for possibly Steve himself, which could be a clue as to my true identity. He was an easy choice, since he links to Fred's site and likes to stir up trouble online, but, unless I'm missing something, he doesn't refer to himself as a mash-up artist. You guys were closer when you were guessing Axl Rose.

FYI, though, Clayton's been in quite a few magazines, and he's a heck of a guy. I just saw a blurb about him in American Songwriter over the weekend. I, on the other hand, have been a bit luckier in life. And me and Jerry Lewis go way back. That's a little in-joke for Stevie. Let the games continue!

good god.

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Claytron wrote:Sigh.

One good way of preserving one's anonymity online is to impersonate someone who really exists. Trust me, Clayton Counts wouldn't mind, given his well-established penchant for causing trouble, and his undying hatred of Steve Albini.

Not that it's so easy to impersonate him without drawing from his contributions. His use of English is respectable, better than anyone here except for possibly Steve himself, which could be a clue as to my true identity. He was an easy choice, since he links to Fred's site and likes to stir up trouble online, but, unless I'm missing something, he doesn't refer to himself as a mash-up artist. You guys were closer when you were guessing Axl Rose.

FYI, though, Clayton's been in quite a few magazines, and he's a heck of a guy. I just saw a blurb about him in American Songwriter over the weekend. I, on the other hand, have been a bit luckier in life. And me and Jerry Lewis go way back. That's a little in-joke for Stevie. Let the games continue!

good god.

So lame.

It's transparently you, dude. You don't have enough friends to have impersonators.

You're a little dude. No one cares. You're 1/8 as clever as you think you are. At least you have the Web. Go bleat like a little sheep in your blog.

Good luck.

Who would pretend to be Clayton Counts, anyways?

If you really want to stick up for your friend why would you keep your identity secret?

I'm not trying to be a dick, really. I just don't understand the secrecy thing. The only thing that keeping your name off this board proves is that your ashamed of your actions/words.

If you look back to the first posts on this thread I actually stuck up for Fred first. So I'm not here contesting your sticking up for your bud. Just perplexed by your insisting on anonymity.

Thanks
Doug Grean
http://www.myspace.com/douglasgrean
www.douglasgrean.com

Links posted here to make a point

otisroom wrote:If you really want to stick up for your friend why would you keep your identity secret?

I'm not trying to be a dick, really. I just don't understand the secrecy thing. The only thing that keeping your name off this board proves is that your ashamed of your actions/words.

If you look back to the first posts on this thread I actually stuck up for Fred first. So I'm not here contesting your sticking up for your bud. Just perplexed by your insisting on anonymity.

Thanks
Doug Grean
http://www.myspace.com/douglasgrean
www.douglasgrean.com

Links posted here to make a point

I feel bad. I'm sure (positive, even) that I totally slammed velvet revolver on here somewhere. Not that I redact what I said but I may have used less severity knowing that a perfectly descent fellow user is involved.

Slam away my good friend. No offense taken.

I this Claytron character. it's like Walter Malling with deliberately "look how smart I am!" kinda language. Re-read his posts. Literally a hundred attempts to use language to prove his intellect. The sign of a true genius!

I just wanna throw this out there for the sake of tying pop culture references together...

"Where's Axl? Hi Axl! Hi Axl! Where's Axl?!"




This thread really is kinda awesome. And by now, it might actually serve to boost interest in Fred's guitars, which is a fine thing, Fred's posts here aside.

Oh, and um... do a Google search for "Fred Mangan".

I just checked it, and this thread showed up on the first page.

Make of that what you will.