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Re: “Love/Hate Mail, April 26, 2012”
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Re: “Love/Hate Mail, June 7, 2012”
Hey Rocky, bitter much?
Your insight into human sexuality is quite comprehensive and intimidating. "...when afraid to go with the other sex or something." You really are a wordsmith. I can see how easily you crafted ten number one hits in the UK. I think it was the "or something" that I found to be most profound.
Is five grand really all that stands between you and super stardom? Really?
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, June 7, 2012”
I would like to make three comments. First off inform Cheyl Wright she is not the pride of Nashville, no one is born gay that is a choice one makes when afraid to go with other sex or something. Next off The Blues Is Back in Town on jefferson street, what a joke, Nashville know naught of blues instead listen to pop country, I should know I am a registered singer/songwriter in blues with BMI, have ten number one hits in UK, a member of Blues society and yet can not even get a corporate sponsor or private sponsor from the money prostitute Nashville. For 5k I could be on Preety boy Records released on major market radio all over US but all they want to back here is country pop unless born rich like T. Swift whose dad backed her, have been on another media and have some talent like Kristin than no chance in Nashville.
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, May 24, 2012”
As somone who works in the Nashville City Center, I've often noticed the delivery person for the Scene making their rounds. And I was wondering in this time of people "trying" to be greener why doesn't the Scene recycle their unwanted papers vs. throwing them into the trash? There is surely a recycle area there at the office - can't they just bring them back to be recycled verses laying out in a landfill waiting to "break down"??
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, April 26, 2012”
I understood the meaning of the Title and agree it is a Positive one. I was only posting a comment due to the fact that I had several people ask me the meaning of "Redemption Song" as the title of my Letter to the Editor. Again I thank the Nashville Scene and Editor for posting my letter. Any and all comments are welcome.
Scott Shepherd
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Re: “Love/Hate Mail, April 26, 2012”
Apparently y'all aren't Bob Marley fans. It's the name of a song. A very hopeful, positive song, about redemption. No condescension intended.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFGgbT_VasI
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, April 26, 2012”
Concerning the letter by Scott Shepherd, "Redemption Song," I also found the title to be condescending, not sure that was the intent, but that's how I took it also.
I myself appreciate you publicly telling your story. You are sending a positive message to others through your experiences with racism. A positive message of HOPE.
Thank you for trying to make a difference!
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, April 26, 2012”
Thanks for printing my Letter to the Editor! You titled my Letter "Redemption Song" I however wish to make it clear that my views and feelings today are sincere and from the Heart! I understand that some may sing a song and not be sincere. With me this is not the case! I think my actions so far by publicly stating how I am today, proves my sincerity! My views and feelings on the racism issue has been made public to those that I once considered enemies, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center with their Anti-Racism Programs. I assure you all I am sincere!
Thank you,
Scott Shepherd
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, March 15, 2012”
Have you guys check in on Judge Solomn Lately?
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, March 15, 2012”
Fabulous letter re: William Gay...told me much about the man. And the letter writer. One wishes on-line forums contained many more in its spirit.
Re: “Love/Hate Mail”
Thanks Les Woodmont! Sky was a dear friend and I must admit I was pretty tired of hearing how "if he only had a helmet he'd still be alive!" He wasn't going fast and just happened to hit the curb after his chain broke. Sky had told me that he knew something special was going to happen to him shortly and it would be life changing. We often talked about how the year 33 is very important in a man's life. He was a kind man and wanted to make a difference. He did when his physical remains helped save 7 people that needed what he had to offer, given through no fault of his own. Fate is a strange thing. I miss him dearly and it does me no good to play the "what if" game.
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, Feb. 9, 2012”
Mumbles is self-conscious? Hmmm.... How many critics are blowing in the wind?
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, Feb. 9, 2012”
To Rhio Hirsch: "Self-conscious pop mythologizing" is not a very opaque phrase. Let's break it down:
1. "Self-conscious." The author states that Dylan is conscious of this thing that he's doing.
2. "Pop." The thing Dylan's doing relates to a mass audience.
3. "Mythologizing." Dylan is making a myth of himself. What he tells about himself and the way he relates to the public combine with his music to make him a bigger-than-life figure who fascinates people. He deliberately cultivates a little mystery about himself, and contradicts himself frequently, to help make this happen. He means a lot to a lot of people, but what he means to each person is different.
Was that so hard? I'm guessing you haven't read a lot of criticism by Robert Christgau and Greil Marcus. Some of THEIR writing amounts to self-conscious not-so-pop mystification. Which is not the same thing.
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, Dec. 1, 2011”
YESSS!! T.Clark, very seasoned but delicious.
Re: “Love/Hate Mail”
This ambitious mega-convention center project is prone to be
a mega-disaster for the local economy and tax payers of Davidson county
that will mega-affect many surrounding small business as well
as other not-so-small ones, will mega-drive them out of business!
What is going to happen with the old convention center?
What is the city's mega-idea?
the Renaisance hotel folks may start mega-worry
about their upcoming mega-losses, maybe up to 60%...
And at the very end the mega-property will go under into a mega-foreclosure, as many have gone lately, and the mega-minds behind our mega-local's government mega-easy-solution
will be to mega-increase MEGA-TAXES for residents of Mega-Davidson County
Seems as its mega-creators have made for themselves some mega-profits
mega-fleecing the tax payer not-so-mega-funds...
Is no wonder why hardly ever no one hits the mega-millions lotto game.
I'm not mega-negative but mega-realistic, that this mega-project was mega-made on the mega-basis of mega-personal interest, wouldn't be surprised to to find out anomalies like mega-conflict of interets!
The truth always comes up... mega-sooner than later
Happy Hooligans!
Re: “Love/Hate Mail”
I have to say that I DO NOT like the new "Mob Flashes" section of the Scene. I have nothing against Heather but the section looks exactly like what she did in Metromix. It had no substance and this is a regurgitation of it! I have no interest in her local celebrity sightings!
Re: “Love/Hate Mail”
For as long as our local Governments keep on "pretending" finding solutions to the economy issues by intentionally making them worse, there will be more protest, after all if one does not talk, no body can hear!
The solution to plenty of new jobs for americans is simpler than one may think, take for instance our present electrical grid, which is well over 100 yrs old! Currently we have all the technological tools and knowledge to bring it down to a system of 12-24 volts, anyways most everything nowadays functions on low voltage electricity, civilization has invented lasers that can work very well on water as well as home heating and cooking. I have been to europe and north africa, places in which their electrical grids still are 220 volts...! as I got back home wondering as to why in the world someone needs 220 volts on each residential home? The electrical and economic electrical energy & job crisis can be solved by simply using our present new technology to design an economical and efficient electrical grid system for america, therefore reducing costs to users and opening a wide variety of new jobs for the construction and redisigning of the electrical grid, manufacturing and sales of "new" low votage appliances the will work efficiently and conveniently in our homes, industrial and commercial industries... come on, open your eyes and you'll see that the only door that is always open is the doorway that leads to the future.
Re: “Love/Hate Mail”
Are we just done with letters? Is this the last letters column ever to appear?
Re: “Love/Hate Mail, April 26, 2012”
Another Information Blog!
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