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Hey Gang!
Thanks to your support, we’ve been invited back to Sullivan’s to play for you all night on Saturday, March 28th (this weekend).
We couldn’t be more thrilled and thankful to all of our friends that have cheered us on the entire way!
So come out and make sure Sullivan’s won’t forget TrueBone and how wild our fans are!
Just click on the Sullivan’s logo below to get directions, etc.
Can’t wait to see ya!
TrueBone
http://www.truebone.info
“Anatomy of a Well Formed LART”
by Phillip B. Holmes
A derogatory email or publicly displayed post to groups, lists or forums on the Internet are often referred to as a flame or a LART (Loser Attitude Readjustment Tool). It is hyper-critical that said communications be correct in grammar, punctuation and spelling , as the reciprocating individual(s) may be given more ‘ammunition’ for future mockery and criticism. It is highly recommended by more experienced LARTers (which are often hackers / computer engineers) that less experienced LARTers employ a spell and grammar checker prior to replying to their intended audience AND that all facts used in said content are free of factual discrepancies. Typing in all caps (especially the subject lines) is an immediate flag for all to review and are often the most malformed LARTs on the Internet. If needed, many examples of well formed LARTs can be found all over the web. However, copying another LARTer’s LARTs is often looked down upon by senior LARTers.
Often LARTers are overcome by emotions at the moment of sending the LART or flame, giving hours of fun filled enjoyment for ‘lurkers’ in the public forum or group. Lurkers are readers or subscribers of public forums or groups that do not contribute to said forum, only follow it’s content. Lurker’s will often ’sit on the side lines’ with a buttery bowl of popcorn, ready to munch upon, whilst the engaging hours of remedial dialog between the said ‘open mouth heavy breather LARTers’ (individuals that seem to enjoy embarrassing themselves in front of the entire planet) continues.
As you can imagine, if you choose to participate in this type of mutual abuse, the ‘anatomy of a LART’ is an important topic to review. In conclusion, following correct LARTer form will save you hours of ‘red faced’ moments in the future.
Hope This Helps,
Phillip B. Holmes
http://myspace.com/phillipholmes
p.s.
I need gigs!
On May 23rd, the band Truebone was scheduled to play at Kristie’s Bar and Grill (Midway at Rosemeade, Dallas). At the end of the show, despite a good crowd, the general manager left early giving no instructions to the staff as to how the band was to be paid. Subsequent phone calls to the manager and the owner have resulted in no return calls. In short, the band got screwed. If you’re in the band business to make money, we’d suggest you find another venue.
–Update - As of June 30th–
After a month of empty promises to send a check, visits met by blank stares and excuses, Kristie’s has still not paid us the amount that they claimed we brought in the door.
Received my 2 NOS RCA 5751 tubes via CaTubes (an eBay Power Seller).
The tubes weren’t for me and had more of a tele tone than I wanted. Now here is the rub. I contacted CaTubes and let him know I was not 100% happy with the tubes and showed him that I re-listed them on eBay. I used the photo he used figuring ‘what use could he have for a photo of tubes that he had just sold to me? Right?’.
I guess that either out of hurt feelings that I didn’t like his tubes or I was selling the tubes I bought from him at no reserve, CaTubes reported me to eBay for using the photo he took of the tubes for his listing. eBay promptly took my listing down and I lost my listing fee! I didn’t even get a return email from him that said ’sorry you didn’t dig the tubes’ or anything of that sort. Just a report to eBay that I used his picture.
So in summary, I lost my listing fees due to the fact that CaTubes didn’t have the common courtesy to simply email me and request I take my own photo.
It is my estimation that the person at CaTubes that reported me is a vindictive, petty, anally retentive, small little man that has very little to do with this time.
Do yourself a favor and don’t do business with CaTubes!
I had a horrible time with this guy (Brad).
Buyer beware!!! IF you do business with Musicians Advocate, be prepared for the worst.
My purchase of an Art TCS started out as a regular old eBay purchase and turned into a nightmare. Do not buy from these people. They have the absolute worst customer service I have ever experienced.
The owner’s name and city of residence, seems to be:
Bradley L Hagen
Las Vegas, NV 89102 United States
July 17th, 2007:
I purchased the item from Musicians Advocate on eBay and accidentally sent an eCheck through PayPal instead of a direct draft. Realizing I had made an honest mistake, I looked up the 800 number listed in the eBay auction item. Upon calling their advertised 800 number, the answering machine informed me that Musicians Advocate no longer provided phone support for their clients and the 800 number was no specifically for their vendors only. That is when I got worried.
I simply wanted to but the item again via a credit card and have them refund my original purchase once paypal sent through the eCheck.
After several days of abusive emails from Brad / his company that offered no resolution to re-checking out, my e-Check finally cleared and he refunded my account. When he found out that I filed a BBB complaint on him, Brad opened a unpaid item dispute with eBay AFTER he refunded my $233.50. Again, I went to eBay’s Safeharbor and they assure me action was taken. I recommended for eBay to strip Musicians Advocate of their power seller status and told them they should kick sellers like this. Musicians Advocate uses the eBay system against their customers, have horrible customer support, advertise support 800 numbers that are answered by a machine that tells you that the number is no longer used for client support and lie about unpaid items after they refund you. I have found several other eBayers that Brad has done this to in order to coerce them into changing their eBay rating.
This Brad person is obviously a very immature individual and if you cause him any extra effort, be prepared for the worst scenario.
Brad finally delete the bogus unpaid item report and he and I had some pretty harsh words over email. He also sent a very childish response to me through the BBB (which I couldnt believe he did due to the fact that they see it). It was literally the most moronic scribblings I’ve ever read. I’ll post it soon as a JPG.
This guy is obviously not customer service oriented and Lord help you if anything goes wrong with your order. What is very obvious to me is that if he didn’t blackmail / coerce people into removing their negative eBay comments, he would never be a power seller.
Buyer Beware of Musicians Advocate!
UPDATE:
This unit completely fell apart after the first gig.
I withdraw my endorsement of the Nady-1 DKW and went out and spent the cash on a Digital Reference DR 3500 (which is doing fine).
Here are the new demos created by CheckSix. We’re currently sending these to all the coolest clubs to help get us booked. As usual, Lou sounds flawless. Kudos to Bill Hammon for doing a great job producing the songs!
If you would like to book CheckSix, please call or email me. My contact information can be found here.
Enjoy 
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