Fw: Fw: Acid Thrash and LAL bitching

["Jon Rhein" <rhein@betterthanlife.com>]

Luke Pacholski asked me to forward this message to this list.  He is not on
this list, as it happens.

> I think it's very rude and childish when people feel the need to
> trash the character of others, especially without making any attempt
> to contact said persons first. I was very dismayed upon reading Jeff
> House's comments originally posted to the IGTC list. Either he is
> grossly ignorant about the facts, or has a personal vendetta against
> me for some reason. In either case, Mr. House has made no attempt to
> contact me, either personally or in a public forum such as Odds &
> Sods or alt.music.who. For the record, I've never even heard of Mr.
> House before this incident.
>
> The fact is that LAL is very close to me. I *love* the concert. I
> know it inside and out. This has nothing to do with "control". It has
> everything to do with what sounds good and what doesn't. Simply put
> the DE does *not* sound good. It *can* sound much better. Can you
> think of *any* valid reason to release an inferior product? I don't
> especially care for the 1995 CD, but the fact is, it sounds better
> than the DE. Then of course there's the bootleg...
>
> The same holds for Who's Next. Doesn't it seem a bit silly that a CD
> mastered as far back as 1985 or 1986 (the Canadian pressing) sounds
> *better* than one mastered in 1995? At the very least, a new release
> should sound the same as an old one, hopefully better. Certainly not
> *worse*.
>
> I have to question something Mr. House wrote:
>
> "It seems to me that Luke P is so enamored with his own 'remastering'
> that he feels that his opinion of any Who remasterings or re-releases
> is relevant."
>
> Relevant? My opinion is just that - my *opinion*. If you don't like
> it, don't read it. The fact is many people *do* like and/or agree
> with many of my opinions. As such, I'll continue to express them as I
> see fit. Heck, I'd continue to express them regardless.
>
> I think it was downright inappropriate of Mr. House to liken me to a
> dope fiend. Childish.
>
> If anyone would like to contact me, feel free to do so either
> privately or via O&S.
>
> Luke
> --
> "It's clear to all my friends that I habitually lie,
> I just bring them down." - Pete Townshend
>
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