gofreescout wrote on 12/06/09 at 7:11pm:You're really not getting this.
Sure, Michael. I'm the one who's not getting it.
Michael, it's astonishing to me that as a Baltimore music writer you don't give a damn about Jeff or Joyce or the music Jeff worked so hard to promote. Al is the only one at the City Paper who does any in-depth coverage on the non-pretentious, non-Pitchfork-covered Baltimore music scene. Had you even been to a show that Jeff taped aside from the 10 minutes you spent at The Depot for your puff piece on him?
I'm trying to help someone in a manner that upholds the spirit and character that we've come to associate with them. Joyce is alive but not able to work. She needs help, and I'm stepping up and doing something.
Michael, if you have a better way to help her out, with all of that City Paper traction behind you, then by all means please go ahead and do it. I'll be the first one to sign on to whatever you come up with. Seriously, I would love for you to prove me wrong.