[kj] Atkins and the PiL DVD

[Paul Rangecroft]

what a nice man.

On 2/9/06, meddle <_meddle at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Here's a word or two regarding the bootleg Pil DVD from Martin Atkins via
> the
> latest Underground, Inc. newsletter:
>
> *From Martin*: A Lapse of Judgment...
> I met Jah Wobble last night at his show here in Chicago. Things didn't end
> very well
> between him and I with The Damage Manual, so I wanted to show my face and
> say
> hello to the guy I was in PiL with 27 years ago! It was good to see him,
> but he was
> upset about the PiL DVD bootleg that I put up on the site - I explained
> why I had
> done it - that someone was making money on it - why not me too? But,
> standing in
> front of him, I realized several things: that, basically, two wrongs don't
> make a right,
> that it makes me look like I am manufacturing the thing (I bought some
> from a
> distributor) and, worst of all, it takes the piss out of my ex-bandmates
> whose
> performances are also on the DVD.
> I apologized and told him I would remove it from the site today. I think
> that this
> episode defines the phrase "lapse of judgment" perfectly and I humbly
> apologize
> to all concerned.
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