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[JMJ]

uh, ok, this is fucking really weird. i pulled this off the vhml. say and think what you will, it's all very odd and it's slightly a bit long...here goes
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Hello Edward, Alex & Mike,
>
> Perhaps you do, perhaps you do not know of me. I am writing to
tell you
>that due to your presence within the rock and roll community, albeit a
very
>nonpublic presence as of late and due to the internets powerful
nature,
good
>times have come and gone and most likely will rise again. It seems
that I
>am only part of a small number of people whom appreciate Van Halen
III.
>That is according to the emails and newsposts I have read since III.
>However, the III tour concert attendance overshadows the writings of
the
>many. Some brief detailed history.
>
>1. Chris Morris, a CIA trained non-lethal advocate, owner of
>www.m2technologiesinc.com is my wife's uncle. His wife, Janet is my
wife
>Leondas aunt via Leondas deceased mother Debra whom died of kidney
failure
>in 1979. While facing his computer screen, Chris told me that I (as
in me)
>wrote Van Halen III. I do not recall "writing" III. However, there
was a
>time and place in the late eighties that I recall being in well a
bubble of
>time where every note of every song past, present and future was
performed.
>This memory remains with me daily. I am sure there are others whom
>experienced the same reality. I did write of the preceding via the
Van
>Halen Mailing List and alt.music.van-halen around the time III was in
>production. Quickly, fact turned to fiction and I was and still to
this
day
>referred to as the author of III. I state for the record, that even
with
>that bubble, you three individualistic musicians and Gary Cherone did
the
>hands on work based on your creativity as a newly formed unit and
there is
>no dispute over that fact.
>
>2. While using the Van Halen Mailing List and alt.music.van-halen, I
found
>there were far too many expletives arriving daily into my email box.
Not
>necessarily directed at me yet before my eyes and into my brain. Not
once
>did I ever mention my family or friends personal and professional
lives. I
>left the Van Halen Mailing List for in my opinion there was absolutely
no
>creativity and room to expand and grow there. Approximately six
months
>after leaving the VHML, I was in my fathers office and about to use
his
>computer. I removed some papers and to my astonishment, I found a
dozen or
>so names that were identical to names from the VHML and
alt.music.van-halen.
>Same persons? I honestly to this day know very little. My father
left the
>company he was with and likewise, Gary Cherone left Van Halen too.
>
>3. I was writing about red hair in alt.music.van-halen and about a
now
>disbanded band named "Stillwater" led by bassist-vocalist Sheri Lynn
and
>where the band was to perform (Cousins of West Yarmouth, MA). That
night,
>six red headed woman arrived at Cousins...
>
>4. Around the same time period, an individual of the same size and
facial
>make up of you Alex arrived at Cousins. Silently he played pool. The
man
>had white splotches all over his neck. Alex, with you in a neck brace
on
>stage, I wonder exactly why there is a coincidence.
>
>5. While using alt.music.van-halen and the Van Halen Yahoogroups
mailing
>list, I can say I was for the most part, insightful and polite. I
believe
>for that reason I was allowed the opportunity to record the Fleet
Center
>show during the III tour. During the search just beyond the
entrance, a
>guard said I could go in even with my recording device. In plain
sight my
>wife and I sat while I hooked up the microphone to the recorder while
an
>usher explained to at least two other people that they could not
record and
>I was allowed the opportunity. Unfortunately I left the radio on and
all I
>had was a blank cassette at the end of the excellent performance.
>
>6. During that same summer I wrote either alt.music.van-halen or the
>yahoogroups Van Halen mailing list a letter about a life long friend
of
mine
>and his rental property located in West Yarmouth, MA. There had been
word
>that a vacation was planned for the then, four of you and your
families, a
>break from the routine. My friend, mentor and the man I can call my
father
>even though we are not related was trying to fill a week in August on
one
>side of his duplex located very close to the ocean. 10 minute walking
>distance with the aromatic smell of marsh drifting into the area
sometimes.
>I wrote in the email/post that I enjoy watermelon and asked that
should we
>meet that you bring along some watermelon for my efforts. I never
asked
>about whom rented the vacation home and never showed up at my friends
rental
>property until a little bit after checkout time on a Saturday. In the
>refrigerator was two nicely sized slices of watermelon.
>
>So, I ask you to ask yourselves, what do you make of this
"phenomenon"
>called the internet and its simple yet complex relationship with the
>individual. I have read that some of you frequent the internet so I
surmise
>that there will be a definitive reaction to this post. In light of
that, I
>must say that I am a singer and I am part of the "germination" process
of
>creating original material with some very talented local musicians.
We
plan
>on performing "Mean Street", "Right Now" and "Dreams" in the rehearsal
>studio. Most likely one of those three will be performed on the stage
for
a
>freely admitted audience, hopefully sometime soon. There are four
original
>MP3's and five sets of lyrics located at my site,
>www.mahlers.com/musicality.htm. Copy write protected of course.
Please
>feel free to do as you will with them should you choose to. It would
be a
>tremendous impact should you choose to communicate with me.
>
>Catch a magic moment and do it right here and now,
>It means everything.
>
>Regards,
>
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JMJ

[Elwood P.]

This dude must have been on a Grassy Knoll in Roswell, New Mexico, when he wrote that.

[Glenn]

Duder, Vince G already started this topic today right here
http://www.vhforums.com/vhlforum/ult...c&f=2&t=009457

gonna close this one. [img]smile.gif[/img]