how about al’s [url http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ministry-Al-Jourgensons-Personally-Owned-Worn-Studded-Boot-Strap-/220922207401?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336ffd5ca9#ht_500wt_949] boot strap
he even wrote a note saying it’s his and that he actually wore it.
Late,
grmpysmrf
I’D PAY $75 JUST FOR THE NOTE!
I think they need to pull themselves up from their own bootstraps and at least start these things off with a penny.
This goes for Angie, too.
I’m saving my money for a pair of old gym socks or maybe a used wetnap.
the best part about this auction:
Item condition: –
Ended: Dec 31, 201116:52:51 PST
Bid history: 0 bids
the best part about this auction:
Item condition: –
Ended: Dec 31, 201116:52:51 PST
Bid history: 0 bids
Hahahaha! Al’s about 20 years too late to be trying to cash in on this type of merchandise for those types of prices. If al can’t get those prices what makes a fan think they can resell his stuff for those types of prices. Silly
Late,
grmpysmrf
I saw Peter Murphy in December, and the only item being sold at the merchbooth was a $50 photo package, in which you’d get a picture with him and he’d sign anything.
All 2011 long, all I wanted to do was tell him that The Three Shadows pt3 was the best Bauhaus song, but I wasn’t gonna pay fifty fucking dollars.
A half hour after the show we ended up talking and singing. My friend filmed it for free. It was the second time he sang a specific Brian Eno song to me that year.
It was pretty awesome, but not as awesome as the end of ^that auction.
I get that people need money, but at a certain point they should quit while they’re still metaphorically ahead/respectable. Or atleast sell something worthwhile…
how about al’s [url http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ministry-Al-Jourgensons-Personally-Owned-Worn-Studded-Boot-Strap-/220922207401?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336ffd5ca9#ht_500wt_949] boot strap
he even wrote a note saying it’s his and that he actually wore it.
Late,
grmpysmrf
That is pretty bad but it still isn’t as pathetic as some of the shit Martin Atkins tries to pawn off…ugh…
I’ll still rip on him because of the obvious, but Martin’s shenanigans have reached such epic proportions that I’ve really come to respect him as the Gordon Gecko of douchebag marketeering.
Did any of you see that Revolution 3 scam he was running? About 4 years back he was touting a “school” that he founded whereby for $5000 you get trained with industry experience and so forth. Basically, stupid and starry-eyed kids thinking they’d get a leg up in the music industry were paying $5K a piece to be unpaid interns at Invisible Records, stuffing envelopes, doing web page design, and whatever other schlub-work Martin needed.
He’d probably go to jail if someone was smart enough to sue him for taking advantage of these poor saps, but anyone stupid enough to fall for his scams are certainly not smart enough to know their own rights and actually pursue justice.
Anyway, I was in awe of his audacity in even attempting such a monumental ripoff.
Cheers, Martin! You get the Gunnar Award for Creative Entrepreneurism! Congratulations, you dodgy Bastard, you!
Yeah, that “school” was insane. I wonder how many people fell for the scam.
I’ll still rip on him because of the obvious, but Martin’s shenanigans have reached such epic proportions that I’ve really come to respect him as the Gordon Gecko of douchebag marketeering.
Did any of you see that Revolution 3 scam he was running? About 4 years back he was touting a “school” that he founded whereby for $5000 you get trained with industry experience and so forth. Basically, stupid and starry-eyed kids thinking they’d get a leg up in the music industry were paying $5K a piece to be unpaid interns at Invisible Records, stuffing envelopes, doing web page design, and whatever other schlub-work Martin needed.
He’d probably go to jail if someone was smart enough to sue him for taking advantage of these poor saps, but anyone stupid enough to fall for his scams are certainly not smart enough to know their own rights and actually pursue justice.
Anyway, I was in awe of his audacity in even attempting such a monumental ripoff.
Cheers, Martin! You get the Gunnar Award for Creative Entrepreneurism! Congratulations, you dodgy Bastard, you!
Haha,that’s funny…I was at a bookstore and saw his book in the cut-out bin(naturaly)for like $2.99 and I said what the fuck and bought it out of curiosity…it’s called “Tour Smart and Break the Band”…the thing is as thick as fucking War and Peace and is filled with such revelatory insights as “Make sure there is enough gas in the van” or the ever important “Don’t forget your keys”…invaluable advice…oh and dear old Martin didn’t leave out the ladies…one of his more important sections was that “you shouldn’t pack to much make-up”…so as you can see for $2.99,I made the steal of a lifetime and I can now become a huge rock star…my next post will be from my yacht…toodle-do…
Martin Atkins rules. Terrible dude, but he rules.
LULZ
I sent Martin two He-whores(male escorts), and four deep dish Chicago pizzas at the same time to invisible records once. Then pranked him and acted like Danny Lohner and asked how did that taste. Great way to get revenge for so much suck. Fuck Fartin Splatkins!
True Story!
I saw a YouTube clip of him promoting that book and he was explaining “The Five Pointed Star Crush” which sounds like some badass ninja move or something, but was really just “his” idea that if you want to generate some interest in a big gig you’re doing, you first do some other gigs in smaller towns surrounding your main target. It creates some sort of interdimensional vacuum or something and brings everyone to your crappy show.
It seemed like pretty straight forward common sense stuff, but he spoke of all this like he was the Dalai Lama and had just discovered how to freeze time while splitting an atom.
I saw Peter Murphy in December, and the only item being sold at the merchbooth was a $50 photo package, in which you’d get a picture with him and he’d sign anything.
Sounds like something at a fan convention rather than a show. After all, they fly out there out of pocket so any money for pics or autographs is acceptable. But at a SHOW? Wouldn’t CD’s or shirts be more fitting?
I’d make a really hideous shirt with glitter and puffy paint like those hags on Price is Right or Let’s Make a Deal and have Mr. Murphy sign it.
As a kid, I tired to get him to sign a bauhaus shirt for me, and he declined [he was sick at the time, but still, it wouldve taken less than thirty seconds as he was right-infront-of-me].
So I was very hesitant to stick around post show in Dec, esp as i was trying to get a meet-n-greet for free instead of fifty, but things worked out.
He was around a couple of times last year, and had been quite nice to me. During the summer I tied his shoe, thus the Brian Eno song. I had just had a non-loss of consciousness concussion that week and was so confused /in disbelief.
Daniel Ash was always cool as is David J.
Going back to Martin Atkins, I remember seeing a piece of the Ministry/Mind cage up for auction, anyone recall what happened with that?
Going back to Martin Atkins, I remember seeing a piece of the Ministry/Mind cage up for auction, anyone recall what happened with that?
He throws those up from time to time, though it’s probably been 2 or 3 years since the last time I saw one (I’m not actively looking). He would hack off little 8" chunks of the fence (supposedly the “actual” fence) and then write up some stupid “Certificate of Authenticity” on his Commodore 64 and then he or one of his goons would troll the fan sites like Prongs and Piss Army pretending to just be another fan who “stumbled across this really cool item”.
It was all so transparent as we’d get some new user pop up who’d had absolutely no interaction on the board but all of a sudden just had to sign up and tell us all about this awesome piece of metal that he saw listed on ebay.
Martin Rules!
More deadly than GYMKATA!!!
Five Pointed Inward Facing Star CRUSH!!!
“Tour Smart and Break the Band”…the thing is as thick as fucking War and Peace and is filled with such revelatory insights as “Make sure there is enough gas in the van” or the ever important “Don’t forget your keys”…invaluable advice…oh and dear old Martin didn’t leave out the ladies…one of his more important sections was that “you shouldn’t pack to much make-up”…so as you can see for $2.99,I made the steal of a lifetime and I can now become a huge rock star…my next post will be from my yacht…toodle-do…
HAHA!!!
If only I had that book. I was all set to break big in the industry, but there we were, my bandmates and I, staring at the van wondering how we were going to start it. I remember thinking, “If only someone had told us to bring the keys.” Ehhh, it probably didn’t have gas in it anyway.