Pantera Publicist Bitch-Slaps the E! Channel
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Newsferatu,
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Monday, August 21, 2006 @ 12:31 AM
Tasteless Request
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We've dealt with Janie Hoffman over the years, and she's a no-nonsense pro who has served Pantera, Vinnie Paul and extended family well for some time.
Below is an e-mail Janie sent in response to a licensing request from the E! Channel to re-enact the murder of Dimebag Darrell.
Hi Beau. Iım leaving Johnıs comments in cause heıs a nice guy and I know
this was difficult for him to send on through. Iım also blind copying a
whole list of folks who will most likely copy a whole other list of folks
until maybe this spreads like a good email should and end up on 100,000
websites to show the world what a collective bunch of tasteless morons you
all are.
Dimeıs birthday is this coming Sunday and your timing couldnıt be worse. Not
that there is a good time. In fact, in honor of his birthday, I think Iıll
send this around to a few of our favorite music websites who will most
likely print the whole damn thing word for word, including your phone number
and email. For good measure, Iım going to throw in the top 50 major daily
music and some of the top TV writers in the country and why not, the
weeklies as well.
I realize there is nothing anyone can do to stop E! from producing garbage
like this below, as youıve built your audience on the backs of other
peopleıs private lives, creating some type of warped reality out of your
garbage, which is merely excuses for programming on the cheap and at the
expense of others.
I would like to request that you please read this out out loud to all the
creative geniuses in the programming department that came up with this idea.
...
We have received your request to license footage on Dimebag Darrell Abbott
for your upcoming production of, "25 Most Chilling Hollywood Murders."
While we realize the average E! audience most likely has the IQ of an
umbrella, they collectively are a smarter bunch than the lot of you. Your
programming creativity falls somewhere to the bottom of the middle at best,
and thatıs saying a lot.
I ask that you all please take a moment from your busy days and close your
eyes. Live out the fantasy of playing your favorite instrument onstage.
Your closest friends in the world surround you, either in the band or in
your crew. From one side of the stage, a man approaches. Thinking heıs a
security guy or a drunk fan whoıs just a bit out a line, you continue to
perform. Two seconds later, he lifts his arms, aims a rifle at your brother,
your best friend, your buddy and blows his brains out, not three feet from
where you are. In the nanosecond it takes you to comprehend the magnitude of
what just happened, he does it again ...and again ...and again ...and again
...and again ...and again before taking aim and murdering additional members
of your extended family as well as fans that have come to see you play. Two
of your crew are shot but survive, but of course, will never be the same
gain.
Now imagine itıs a few years later and you turn on the TV set. Just in case
you may be having at least a five minute respite from that scene that plays
over and over in your head, just in case .....you flip through the channels
and there it is. Again. Only with some two bit actor who thinks this is his
big Hollywood break.
And please, if you donıt like that scenario, make believe itıs your child
who got his brains splattered all over a stage in Ohio. And then you turn on
E! Oh, the magic of television!
In case none of this appears clear enough and you need a definitive answer
to your request...no. The answer if no, and on behalf of everyone that was
there that night and everyone that misses him every day, you can take that
no and shove it up your collective asses.
And, for your second request, yes, you can quote me on that.
Jonoftown - 9/1/2006 2:09:15 PM SORRY REAL MARKN73.THIS JOKERS A REAL ASS THOUGH.HE NEEDS TO BE PUT IN CHECK.
OverShadow - 8/31/2006 9:48:34 AM NYC-Harley, your are 100% correct. Jane Hoffman should be an example for exectuives in the entire entertainment industry of this country that being decent and tasteful and doing what's right is more importanat than a few dollars and a ratings point. Sadly, most of these Hollywood 'big wigs' are no-talent, bottom-feeding, bottom-line bean counters who sold their souls for a BMW and a corner office and would put their own mothers' execution on pay-per-view to get ahead because they can only dream about having any sort of artistic ablility. Thanks to Jane Hoffman for her strong character and loyalty to the Abbott family. R.I.P. Darrell.
wed13 - 8/31/2006 7:24:16 AM dude, everyone knows you're not mark. when markn73 posts, it is at least a lucid thought that makes sense. and he is not a shit talker.
rnark73n - 8/31/2006 6:30:07 AM SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU CLONE
mark73n - 8/30/2006 4:09:43 AM ok, I've tried to hit all posts I usually post in to let all know I've changed my name. Anyway, I changed for the better because change is good when it's better for the change of betterness. And to illustrate how stupid all of this is so if you see me again maybe it's me or maybe it isn't I don't really give a shit anymore. Fuck this and Fuck YOU Markn73_!!! And you to Markn73. They are all dead to me because I am the real me.
drumbum666 - 8/29/2006 4:53:32 PM AGAIN.... and AGAIN, RIP BROTHER DIME WE LOVE YOU BRO!
Mark, We KNOW when its you bro... WE all know it's SpicDoctor.
no worries, keep it cool, and SMOKE WEED.
markn73 - 8/29/2006 3:55:25 AM if you look at the way the imposter spells it, there is _ at the end. look at other boards, you'll see that _ talks shit about every band. i however do not. if i dont like a band, or if the topic doesn't intrest me, i dont post.
NYC_Harley - 8/28/2006 2:28:40 PM After reading this a few times, I thought about the kind of acountability and ethicism it must have taken to write something like this and send it to the people she did. I think the entire music world owes Jane Hoffman thier respect for setting a good example, and for putting the wishes of her client ahead of the desire to make money. She should be a role model for any young music exec in the business today. The business only exists because the art sustains it!
Jonoftown - 8/28/2006 12:59:12 PM GO FUCK YOURSELF MARKN73!!!!
Jonoftown - 8/28/2006 12:54:28 PM THANK YOU NYC HARLEY
Jonoftown - 8/28/2006 12:52:33 PM WHATS UP WITH THESE MARKS TALKING SHIT ?THE ONE WHO IS DOWN 4 DIME , ROCK ON !! THE ONE WHO IS TALKING SHIT @ TOTALLY DISRESPECTING , YOU SERIOUSLY NEED THE FUCKIN SHIT KICKED OUT OF YOU !!! I CANNOT BELEIVE THE DISRESPECT YOU HAVE. IF I EVER MET YOU FUCKER,ID WIPE THE FUCKIN FLOOR WITH YOU!!!!GET A FUCKIN LIFE.LOG ON TO A SITE THATS MORE YOUR STYLE,TRY WWW.GAYBOY.COM YOU FUCKIN NON-METALHEAD PUSSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NYC_Harley - 8/28/2006 11:52:44 AM markn73_ is the result of a failed experiment by the Bush administration to bereed intelligence completely out of the human race. While the experiment was very close to succeeding (obviously), unfortunately markn73_ retained the ability to write. Thus these insensitive, ignorant, homophobic, racist pieces of verbal excrement which have recently befouled this board. Be assured, however, that upon completion of the experiment, markn73_ will be neutered by means of an electric cattle prod to the testicles, removing the ability of such dangerous stupidity to propagate.
markn73 - 8/28/2006 8:38:28 AM nevermind frank, i forget i'm not the only mark here. but i am the only heterosexual and caucasian one. the other is my escaped yard nigger. definitly homo.
markn73 - 8/28/2006 6:15:24 AM frankwastakin; dont fucking start cocksucker. one asshole is enough.
markn73 - 8/28/2006 6:13:28 AM are you still playing your stupid game toby? do you really have nothing better to do? here's an idea; get a job, and stop living off my tax dollars.
