One monkey don't stop no show.

 As you might have guessed the contention between myself and the 'gentleman' from Skaville City has been going on for quite some time. I have mentioned on this blog before that there was a time I was harassed by somebody because I didn't send them the music that they demanded quickly enough. This was because I was in the hospital with my wife who was giving birth to my youngest child. I thought that any normal human being would understand that I wasn't able to rip a record and send it to them because I was in the hospital because my wife was giving birth.

His response was "So? I make time for you, you need to make time for me!"

I have never heard such chutzpah in my life.

My youngest is about to turn four years old here shortly. That's how long I have been tolerating this guy and I have kept my mouth shut. For four years. He somehow found me on Reddit and delivered his bombardment of insults and slander. I know there were a few people on r/ska that knew who I was so he probably found out through them. I liked being anonymous on r/ska. I got told on a regular basis that I know nothing about ska by teenagers who obsess over Streetlight Manifesto. It was fun.

So, for those of you who who say I'm whining and trying to get attention, let me ask you, how long would you tolerate this?:

All of these comments (there were over 60 of them) came in over the course of more than three hours last night. It would have been about 4:00 to 7:00 in the morning British time. According to the analytics all but three of them came from the same source. 

I didn't post the libelous comments, and there were lots of them, for legal reasons but I have every intention of suing whoever made those comments and anybody else aiding them. This will not be hard to prove who did it because I still have all of our old communications. There are two giveaways that link beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were authored by the same person. The first is the over-use of the term "sleazeball". I am pretty sure I have never in my life heard anybody use this term in serious conversations. Only one person. 

As I have said in my comments I will try to keep the blog going for just one more year but, to be honest, I don't think I'll make it that far. I legitimately bored of the whole thing. 

After I made the post that I was done I had some regrets about things that I really wished I had posted before I do call it quits. I'm not going out like that. I'm not letting one person chase me out of my own blog. I don't only have music to share but a treasure trove of vintage ska 'zines that were donated to us by Rikard. I have started digitizing them but it is a hell of a task. It's taking longer than I imagined. Even if this blog still stands I might post them at Internet Archives. If I do decide to shut the blog down for my own sanity or if the 'gentleman' finds a way of getting me shut down then look for me at the Internet Archives.

 

There are lots of people who collect rare ska music and they keep it to themselves. Hoarding it. Making sure you never get to hear it. Somehow those are the good guys. 

Me? I post my stuff for anybody who wants it without asking for anything in return. I'm the stupid asshole evil bad guy sleazeball who doesn't know anything about ska. I don't get it.

 

For those of you who made comments of appreciation I thank you. That will keep me going despite that it really doesn't make any sense to do so. 

I have decided a while back to do another Facebook page. I know nobody really uses Facebook anymore so I never really did anything with the page but now I think I'll take pictures and videos of my collection and let you guys have a say in what I post next. It's not private. Not yet anyway. I don't have a Twitter or Instagram or any other social media unless you consider Discogs. MY FACEBOOK page will be the best way to communicate with me. I don't have friends or family on this page. There's no politics or humor or anything else. Just music.

 

The end is nigh.