Re: The Dark Times

[ACLGC <antonioclaudiocerqueira@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Mister Jim, we know who you are, very
schizophrenic, huh. Send regards to Mr. Townshend. And
tell him that the truth is being disclosed, and the
truth will prevail, whatever it be. Give me water,
water, and maybe, somebody's daughter. It's me, for a
moment... very weirdo, huh. Who are we to judge! God
only knows... but you know that time is passing, and
the moment passed away... that was left only the vice,
the nostalgia, the rememberings... sad, huh!


--- Jim Sigel <drjimmy_mrjim@hotmail.com> escreveu: >
Hey all, hope you're all well.  Been away and/or
> lurking for sometime now.
> Life has been good, despite some of the usual
> hurdles, but the State of The
> Who, particularly Mr. Townshend has really put a
> wild mindfuck on your humble
> narrator.  But first, kudos and congrats to everyone
> who did what they could
> to show support for Pete.  Especially Lela, Johanna,
> Jon, et al.  Nice work;
> it felt good knowing that something could and was
> being done at a time when I
> personally felt rather helpless and powerless to do
> anything about it.  I
> don't think Pete is a pedophile.  A knucklehead yes,
> but a creep who gets his
> evil jollies out of child porn?  I just can't
> believe it.  Maybe WON'T believe
> it, but somewhere deep down I think it's impossible.
> 
> This is a hard time on a billion different levels
> for us, The Faithful.  Scott
> Schrade's current state is a perfect example of what
> it's like to be a
> disciple of Pete Townshend nowadays - anger,
> despair, humiliation, confusion,
> etc, etc, but hope (I hope), as well.  It's tough
> right now, real tough; I'm
> still sort of reeling from it.  A whirlwind of
> feeling and thought and
> uncertainty within my own mind has been echoed by
> just about everyone here at
> one point or another, and I've gotten a sort of
> healing from reading
> everyone's posts.  Well, most everyone's - the
> current trend in
> paranoid-liberal grandstanding is old and tired. 
> But like that other bad
> time, less than a year ago when the Ox checked out,
> The Who list has been
> helpful and healing.
> 
> I don't know if it's been touched on here, but
> what's hit me deepest has been
> shock of this entire odyssey down to my central
> core.  It's very hard to put
> into words, but to put it plainly, the man who has
> written the soundtrack of
> my life; the man who has been one of the few true
> inspirations to me, has been
> accused of arguably the most unforgivable of crimes.
>  A crime in which,
> whether he's guilty or innocent, he's finished as
> the man we knew him to be.
> The man who's inspired and touched each one of us
> here in one way or another,
> gone.  I believe Pete's account of his actions and I
> will stand by him, as it
> appears now.  But what if the police find more? 
> What if his computer
> incriminates him and proves what our deepest fears
> regarding him warn?  I
> think this is the depth of my personal agony over
> this nightmare.
> 
> Aside from very few others throughout my lifetime,
> Pete Townshend has perhaps
> had the strongest influence on my life.  Like many
> of us, Pete's art has been
> a way of life to us.  He's a part of us, it doesn't
> matter that we may have
> never have met him.  He's in us.  He and his art are
> a part of me.  Which is
> where the terrible dilemma enters the picture.  If
> he's guilty of such an
> awful thing and, paradoxically, a true part of me,
> then what does that say
> about me?  Could it be a part of my character to let
> such a horrible creature
> be such a huge influence on my psyche?  By default
> then, what does it say
> about me if my "hero" is a pedophile?  The answer of
> course, it says nothing
> about me, but it's still quite a heavy issue to be
> confronted with and damn
> that big nosed moron for putting himself and us into
> this mess.  These are the
> dark times.
> 
> But there's a sweet irony to this problem.  As I've
> said and I know many can
> relate, The Who, Pete, has touched us so deeply that
> it's become a part of us.
> Speaking for myself, I'm pretty happy with the
> success rate of my instincts so
> far in my life.  I didn't choose to become a
> disciple of Pete, I knew it by
> instinct.  So I'm sticking with them now and feeling
> pretty confident that
> Pete will not get charged or convicted, simply
> because he is not a sicko freak
> pedophile.  There will be more to come in this
> matter as we know and the
> jury's still out.  Someone said a few days ago, that
> just "knowing" Pete is
> innocent isn't enough.  For me right now, it's more
> than enough.  Hey, I like
> to think I'm a pretty good guy, hell it's even been
> said of me once or twice.
> So if I am a good guy, I like to think I've had some
> good influences.  Pete
> Townshend has been a huge influence on me.  The
> cynic might say that I've been
> duped or "fooled again" by Pete, but I don't think
> so.  I've got pretty good
> instincts. 

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