[TaDow] 06.30.03
Drama, PT style: Day 2.
[TaDow]
06.29.03
I wanted to post a lot of sweet goodies here tonight, but alas, I cannot do so. For you see, I come home and I am notified by Majik Records that we are taken off of the Twiztid Interview. Yup, because we posted the pictures from the Green Book, we got taken off.
[TaDow]
06.24.03
Well, as you may have checked out, Twiztid.com announced their top ten sites to submit questions, and PT was on the list. So thanks to everyone who sent that in, congrats to everyone on the list, and now everyone gets to get to work again.
[TaDow]
06.20.03
Ah yes, more quick updates. First up, this is the weekend of Zug, as there are three epic shows. I was in Cleveland last night for the show, and I shall be there tomorrow at HarleyFest, and hopefully by the middle of next week, we shall have some great pictures from both shows. Also of note, they are selling Black Hoodies with the "Skyline Logo." Yup, good times indeed.
[Suplex]
06.17.03
It's about that time again, Traders. 2 years ago we asked that you come together and vote for PT to be on the "Dot Com" song for the new Dark Lotus CD, and it worked. A year ago, I asked for you guys to submit questions for my Monoxide interview, and it was a spectacular interview. Again, we are asking for YOUR help. If you surf on over to Twiztid.com you will see they are having an interview with Twiztid. But this is no ordinary interview. The Juggalos will vote for WEBSITES to ask questions for Twiztid. The top 10 websites will ask 5 questions, and it will end up being a 50 question interview. So here is where you come in... WE NEED YOU TO GO VOTE! Vote For PT, and after you're done voting, e-mail us YOUR questions! You didn't think we were gunna ask did you? You've got merch questions, or maybe any questions about anything at all. We will ask YOUR questions if we get to be in the interview! So, loyal PT'ers, go to work like Big Blaze and VOTE:
[TaDow]
06.16.03
Quick, yet important update. They have announced the Gathering of the Juggalos Merch List on the Gathering webiste. So, check it out and start adding up what you want to bring. Some people are complaining (because that is human nature) that the list is weak. But remember.. this list is subject to change. Also, everyone just came off tour and had a TON of new merch, so to come up with even more would be tough. And if they did have an insane amount of new stuff, people would STILL complain. So, in a nut shell, deal with the cards that are dealt you.
[TaDow]
06.10.03
Ah yes, coming back with an update. I always say that updates are coming quickly, and they never seem to do. I should learn not to promise stuff like that. But, those who are observant do notice updates. On that note, many belated thanks to two old school PTers - John and Timmy - for a nice bunch of pictures that have been put up, like the new Esham merch, and some better pictures of some of the older stuff, like WCFOS and HOH Tour shirts. Not all of their works are up, but hopefully by tonight they shall be. Once again, thanks guys, for showing what I always wanted PT to be, with everyone having an active and helping hand.
[TaDow]
06.04.03
This is gonna be a real quick update. Props to Gordon the Netmaster on ICP.com for the free plug on the last new update. It surprised us, and if you are coming here because of that... welcome! If you're coming here because you procrastinated and need a Gathering ticket.. we can't personally help you. Your best bet is our Message Board, or any other major site's message board. Even if no one is directly selling them, there are so many posts about it, and the ones on ebay, you may find one that slipped under your radar.
[TaDow]
06.01.03
Quick update, since it's 4am. Two new SWK shirts over at the Majik Records web store, and they are up here under the Twiztid shirts. It's getting a tad crazy there, so we may need to make seperate MR/SWK sections for all merch, although that too could get crazy. If you have any opinions on if that stuff should get seperate sections, of if it should stay under Twiztid, let us know at swk@psychopathictraders.com. Can't say we will please everyone.. but we just like to keep a pulse on what you guys think we should do. I hope that email works.. because our (well, at least my PT) emails have been real fucked up lately.
I wanted to quickly give a huge thanks to everyone who emailed us, IMed me, and posted oun our message board - both positive and negative - about the whole situation. Your voices will be heard, that I can guarantee.
In some of those emails and posts, people have asked what questions we were going to ask. Well, wait no longer, for here you go:
PT's Top Ten for Twiztid
One theory amongst the conspirasists is that our questions were too "edgy," and that the whole Green Book artwork deal was just a cover for that. I'm not one for speculating on such accusations, although man has not landed on the moon - Moon Movie - but it's been knocked around. So you can check that out, and see what everyone is missing out on.
That's it for today. Tonight at Rock of Ages is the... Twiztid In-store. If you are going, I shall see you there. Later.
Now, I have many, many feelings about this, and I am killing myself to try and keep this civil until we get it resolved. Simply put, at first, I was against the idea. But, more and more people said that seeing those made them want to get the CD even more, where as before they were only going to burn it. Oh yeah, it's already all over the internet, and everyone is bumping it, you can "Believe That", Theodore Long style. We show how sweet the booklet is, and get told that is "just as bad as posting the tracks," yet I guartantee that any message board you go to, you can get the MP3s. But we are the bad guys.
And it's not even the fact that we got "busted," if you will. It was the manner it was done. Usually when Psychopathic has a problem with a site, they email them, and work things out. They've done it with us before, no big deal. We flat out got our balls busted, in my opinion, by Majik Records, with no "Please take this down" or anything of the sort. If they came to us and asked us to take it down, I would have done it in a second, flat out, no questions asked. But to do us how they did spurs our problems.
I don't even need to get into the hypocrisy of the whole situation. I mean.. other than the previous opinion that this doesn't bring down sales, but only increses them.. how about doing an autograph session at a store in the Detroit area that sells cds weeks early (they sold The Wraith starting Oct 29th because the release party was going to cut into their profits, they admitted) and is probably selling the Green Book right now; a store that bootlegs CDs, stickers, and flats to trick kids; a store that used to have ALL the new merch, but when Psychopathic caught wind, they got cut off. Yeah Rock of Ages.. you're a real asset to the Detroit rap game. But that is ok to support, while we are the downfall of the music business, and we'll be blamed if the Green Book doesn't push its weight.
I could seriously go on and on and on, as most people that know me know. Maybe you agree with me.. maybe you know hate us. Maybe this will make Majik Records realize that perhaps they were a little rash in their decision.. most likely they will hate us more. But, the bottom line is, if we get the interview back, cool, because honestly we KILLED it with ten solid fuckin questions. And if not, that is totally cool also, for we shall live on.
If you agree or disagree with us, feel free to email me - tadow48334@aol.com - but please don't go emailing Psychopathic or Majik Records, because you don't know who is behind this, or the whole story, really. Perhaps if this clears up, or blows up even more, I'll go with a straight up shoot-style interview. Until then... I dunno, we just felt the need to tell you guys our side of the story. We've already gotten a lot of positive feedback in our favor, with people flat out saying they won't buy the Green Book now because of this. So props to you guys for showing PT some love after the 5+ years of love we have shown you.
That's it for now. Stay tuned for all the latest news regarding the interview, and hey... maybe we'll get past the drama and actually get back into trading. I guarantee my next news post to be epic... whether it be with good merch news, or another melt down on the previous topic. So much like Jay Williams' career, I am fuckin done.
Email us your questions for Twiztid
We could sit here and pump out the same ol questions like Steve Garvy pumps chicks... but you got us here, so you get the chance to... pump out... the same.. old questions. I am sure each site has the "Why did Blaze leave?" and "Are you leaving Psychopathic?" questions. If you want to ask those... shoot! But odds are better for unique questions, so keep that in mind. Click the link above to email them to us (I put our AOL addys and not our PT ones, because I always fear those don't always work), we will sift through them, maybe add some of our own, and boom. We may also be checking with other sites to see what they have lined up, so if you think your question was good and we didn't do it up, maybe another site had it locked down, or maybe they just didn't answer it! Don't hate the player, hate the game.
Twiztid.com also announced an In Store at Rock of Ages here in Michigan. I thought I speculated about that here a few weeks ago.. maybe not. Regardless, there it is, and if you are around and are gonna go, sweet.
That is it for right now. I have some goodies to post later on, but alas, I am a busy beaver. So, until then, send us those questions quickly, and I am out.
Also starting up this weekend I believe is the ABK In-Store Tour. We just added the ABK Flat to the b.w Flat section, so I can only assume those will be available in masses at these events. If anyone can get a better pic of it then we have, sweet. Or if you can scoop me an unsigned one and trade/sell it to me, even better.
I think that is it. I'm surly as hell tonight, so no fun and hilarity out of me. Although, before I go, I'd like to say if you haven't seen behindthepaint.com, then you should check it out, for there is a mass of potential there. With that, I am done.
Send An E-mail to speakmylanguage@comcast.net and request PsychopathicTraders.com For The TWIZTID Interview!
Thanx for your help Traders! Peace!
In other news, we have a long time PTer who is coming into some serious problems. His name is Fat Joe, and he has a TON of stuff to sell -- Gathering 02 Football, Rydas Football, Blue/Green Freekshow Hockey, 2001 and 2002 Gathering Crew shirts, and more and more. So email him if you are looking for some older jerseys, and see what magic can happen.
I had more, but I am in a rush. But I shall return with even more news. So, until then, I'll be seein ya.
You also may have seen on ICP.com the news about "Behind the Paint." Now that.. is gonna be cool. For those wondering.. I think their discography is going to be very sweet, and many of the rare pictures I believe will be ones that have hung in the Joker Card tents at the Gathering, and you know how epic those are. So overall, I'll be anxious to pick that up. We can only hope for an official book signing tour to follow that.
I believe that to be all right now. If you emailed us to be on the list, we have a few on-deck, so be patient on those. And it's back to work for me, so until next time, I'll smell you all later.
Big update on HatchetGear.com yesterday, with some baby gear and visros/bandanas. Also, we should, seriously, have some updates here tonight, so.. as I always say, c'mon back for that. So like Sammy Sosa's credibility, I am done.
In other news.. last night was IWF, and Rude Boy no-showed for one reason or the other. I can't kayfabe you guys.. I've seen Rudy talk shit about the IWF, so I was surprised he was even scheduled to be here this month. Alas, he was not there, and kids who drove all the way from Kentucky to see him went home a little sour, I think. I also can't say the show was very stellar overall. Maybe I am just hard to please.
I believe that is all. Days ago I promised big updates and changes.. and those are still coming, so keep your pants on. So, until next time, I am out.