Fwd: Holy Starship Batman !

[Annie <pagesangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I keep forgetting to hit the reply to all button....


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From: Annie <pagesangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Holy Starship Batman !
To: FRANK SMITH <captcrunge@xxxxxxxxx>


It's news to me that Jimmy reads FBO, but if he does then I really
hope that this lady walks, and talks, with dignity.  It must be awful
to read things about yourself that you wish other people had the grace
to keep silent about.  I wouldn't want certain people talking about me
and my past or things that I had done or said in private.  The warning
flag went up when you said that you had to leave things out of what
she said, so naturally I wondered.

I'm really very picky about what I read about them and tend to only
read interviews they have given.  I have never read a single book
about them or most articles that other people write.  I've said before
I am too sensitive about it, so I don't torture myself unnecessarily.
When I had the programme done for the Knebworth exhibit I was really
strict about what I accepted.  Something the journalist I know (who
was also on tour with them) wrote at the end of his piece made me
really happy.  He said, "I implore people to take Led Zeppelin's
utterly extraordinary musical prowess, talent, some would say genius,
seriously.  It should be placed well above the drugs, wrecked hotel
rooms, groupies, pranks and outrageous parties.  Memories of Led
Zeppelin should be, above all, those of music."

To that I say a big Amen. :)

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:57 PM, FRANK SMITH <captcrunge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Annie,
>
> It's a little known secret that Jimmy reads FBO-as you and I know well.
>
> So I kept that in mind when recounting her stories. She didn't say a
> bad thing about them.
>
> She was just very casual about it all because she did it for many many
> bands and wasn't a fan then.
>
> But in hindsight,she gave me the impression that she appreciates the
> adventure she was part of.
>
> She's a classy lady and I will not ask or post any distasteful questions.
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:53 AM, FRANK SMITH <captcrunge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Of course.
>>
>> Which is why I left out a few things she told me-in deference to taste
>> and respect for the band.
>>
>> And she stated that she wouldn't want to tell anything in bad taste
>> out of respect for the family members of the band.