Ryan Comments on JCN ordeal

[Rob]

Re: Has anybody else seen this
Author: Ryan
9/30/06 11:14:12 AM
everybody loses but the people who started this.
fans suffer
band suffers
people use my name for their agenda, i suffer
music suffers.
i write tunes and play guitar. when i play, it is in pursuit of alleviating suffering, mine and others, in search of joy. in the spirit of community. in whatever fashion.
this does not sound joyful or music related and i wouldn't even know where to begin to understand how anyone could let this happen.
it was irresponsible. all over the place. on everybodys part.
and the wrong people, in my opinon, are being made an example of,
and the enablers, and real mistakes here are not being addressed. the weakest are being used like chess pieces in someons elses game. there are more effective ways in dealing with this. i feel like i am being used, they are being used, and music is being used for purposes that should not exist in any community related to better communicating ideas.
this is not music related. and i feel gross being involved in any way.
how do you spell "easy target"?

http://ryanadams.org/Thread.aspx?ID=1550212

[foggy]

Thanks so much for posting this, Rob. I'm so glad to see Ryan has finally commented. I don't read the .org much, so I'd have missed it. I'm off to go check out that thread now.

[Tim Simmons]

Thats cool.

[hgrunwell]

Man that is crazy :mad:

[Sydneyfan]

Finally.

Its a shame he didn't say it months ago, but I'm glad he finally said it.
And that "easy targets" comment is completely spot on.

[finchattack]

Why does he always babble so much? If he feels like he is being used, why doesn't he do something about it? He should have come to the defense of his fans when they needed it!

[Nix]

Why does he always babble so much? If he feels like he is being used, why doesn't he do something about it? He should have come to the defense of his fans when they needed it!

I guess we don't know the full situation for him. Still it is good to know that he feels the same way as us.

[BigNosedDago]

Why does he always babble so much? If he feels like he is being used, why doesn't he do something about it? He should have come to the defense of his fans when they needed it!

Exactly, now that the love taps are being handed out, he can act like a hardass about it.

[Sydneyfan]

Why does he always babble so much?


:lol Why don't you say what you really think.

And yes, I have to agree, its a shame he didn't feel so outraged when all this started. Better late than never though I guess.

[kidjay]

I guarantee this has something to do with the .org shit. Lh using ryans name again...thatd be fancy. Fuckin worthless bastards

[radioradi0]

I might be a little slow, but what were Ryan's comments referring to? What JCN ordeal?

[Sydneyfan]

I might be a little slow, but what were Ryan's comments referring to? What JCN ordeal?

The alledged leaking of a couple of tracks from JCN on this board some time ago. Criminal charges were laid against two fans, including the owner of this board and are still proceeding.

[radioradi0]

OH SHIT

That's an ordeal, for reals. Wow.

[Sydneyfan]

OH SHIT

That's an ordeal, for reals. Wow.

Indeed. Those of us who supported TBY and the board owner have been hoping for Ryan to make some kind of public comment about it. He finally did just a couple of days back.

[radioradi0]

Thanks for clearing things up. Where was that, the dot org? It looks like the thread format, anyway.

[Sydneyfan]

Thanks for clearing things up. Where was that, the dot org? It looks like the thread format, anyway.

Yes it was. Someone posted a blog link about the trial that criticised RA for not saying anything about proceedings. He responded with the above comment.