Re: For Badgeholders Only

[Annie <pagesangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Happy New Year to you Nech, and to all my friends here.  FBO is really
like a family it seems to me, and like all families, we fuss at each
other a bit, but I think when push comes to shove, we'd all stand up
to anyone outside the family who said mean things to us or about our
band!

I've loved every minute of 2008, and I agree there is SO MUCH more to
look forward to in '09.  I am going to do my part to keep the Zeppelin
beacon shining - not they need my help, but to discover new things and
be even a tiny part of passing on the legacy of their achievements to
fans of the future, well I'm in!!  I'm just as excited as that day in
1972 when I first heard them play, and refused going to get an ice
cream because I didn't want to delay for one second hearing the most
amazing music I have ever heard.  I still feel the same, everything
pales in comparison to it.

Get rested up now all of you that are inclined to help me with more
charitable projects.  I promise I have more on the horizon!  Ahhh, so
much Zeppelin, so much Jimmy, so little time!  :)

Now I am off to do some serious partying.  Have a good one everybody!  *wave*

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Nech <tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As 2008 winds down rapidly a few things to consider ...
>
> This is a year that started off with great expectations and wild hopes of
> great endeavors.
>
> I know I was certainly stoked, and with the knowledge that at least 3 J's
> were indeed playing together and working on new stuff, I think I certainly
> had the right to be. Alas as the year wore on, and the time wore on, and the
> news and then lack of wore on, the hope in our hand turned to clay and let's
> face it... the bitterness showed.
>
> Apologies and forgiveness to all, as I, as rabid a Zep fan as there can ever
> be, can certainly understand.
>
> However, it does sadden me that our frustration and despair made us turn on
> each other and even on our own heroes. It was a knife thru my heart when a
> person I consider perhaps the most articulate Zep historian and friend,
> nominated For Bitchin Only as post of the year. ouch that hurt.
> We have lost sight of what this place is supposed to be about. Of what we
> are about, Of what the music of Led Zeppelin is about.
>
> FBO is , was, and always should be one thing.  A celebration.
>
> A celebration of the music and musicians of Led Zeppelin. Past, Present and
> ever onwards always hoping for, future.
>
> So a New Years resolution.....
>
> remember....
>
> We Are the Ocean.
>
> Zep wrote the song the Ocean in celebration and honor of the vast waves of
> people that came to join them in a celebration of their music. To share in
> their spirit, to be moved by them, to be forever changed by them and their
> music. I know I was, and forever will be. It is a part of me. A very big and
> deep part that sometimes I cannot even explain. To date my wife still asks
> me as I zone out, tear over, and tune out, "Just what is it about you and
> these guys?" and all I can say is I don't know. Sometimes, I just don't
> know.
>
> So folks, lets do our best to remember that this is a celebration, and along
> with me wishing you all the best of life, health and happiness, I also wish
> upon us all, the joy and brotherhood of love and appreciation of ALL things
> Led Zeppelin.
>
> Whilst we wait in hopes of future endeavors, let us not forget that there is
> still plenty , and I mean plenty to be discovered about Led Zeppelin. Be it
> stories, pictures, new tapes, old tapes, ..it is all out there. Think of us
> all as being on an Zeppelin archaeological dig and we are junior
> paleantologists...looking for that big assed dinosaur bone that will rocket
> us into fame. Sometimes even a small bone is a big find. Sometimes it is
> just a discarded chicken bone from a passing motorist...but it dosen't mean
> we stop looking. Give up and hang our hands and heads in frustrtion and
> bitch out our comrades in arms because they decided they like the taste of
> chicken.
>
> I for one am thrilled to have stumbled upon a possible new full aud source
> of 3/20/75. Even if it turns out to be not so, it does not matter... It
> strengthens and reaffirms my love of digging out stuff on this band, this
> legend, this piece of musical history that we are all still a part of.
>
> It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase.
>
> WE ARE THE OCEAN....let's not forget that.
>
> Peace, love , brotherhood, health,  happines, and  all things Zeppelin to
> you all.
>
> Have a Happy and safe New Years.
>
> I am and shall always be,
>
> Nech
>
>