00100: Multiscan of the Month
By: omnicolor[ Author note: This month I'm doing something a little different. Because of
the lack of logs submitted, and the supreme Multiscanness of Bonnie Hobbs, I
am inclined to print a little article I wrote about her for my column. -oc ]
'Deep Woodstock' Features 16 bands
Bonnie Hobbs and her shitty little articles did a great diservice on Friday June 13. A group of Centreville teens decided to put on a concert, both to give other teens something safe and fun to do, and to give some of the local bands a chance to be seen. The concert would have been a success, but it ended up being shut down by the poor journalism of Hobbs.
Bonnie Hobbs, according to a source that wishes to remain nameless, is a practicing lesbian. She has thought very seriously about having a sex change, but couldn't come up with the money. She has a habit of printing articles that would be better left unprinted, and having facts that are no where near true, and leaving the responsibilty of checking the articles to the people the article is about.
For instance, in the article printed about Deepwoodstock, she neglected to get in touch with the people that set up the concert, instead taking the word of a single band over the phone. While we do hold Nerve (the band she interviewed that gave her the wrong information) partly responsible, she is much more at fault for not checking up on the facts.
Specific errors include a misspelling of the name of the concert, which is named after Deepwood Veterinary Clinic where it was held, hence Deepwoodstock, not Deep Woodstock. She also claimed there would be 16 bands at the concert. Never during the entire planning of the concert was there even 16 bands that contacted me. While this might be beneficial, although it would make us guilty of bait and switch, the next untrue tidbit of information got us shut down. She claimed there was going to be a bonfire. While it is true that originally we had wanted to have a bonfire, the realities of permits and insurance made that a legal nightmare that we could avoid, so we cancelled it. While talking on the phone with Hobbs, she claimed that Nerve had read it directly off a flier, and it named 16 bands and a bonfire after it. Well, the zoning board got a hold of the article and decided with their infinite bureacratic wisdom that this was totally unacceptable. Never mind the fact that the information was wrong. Who would you believe, a bunch of teenagers or a newspaper? So they shut us down, and threatened to revoke the land permit of the Deepwood Veterinary Clinic if we continued with the party.
They sent out a large group of police officers to make sure that the party did not continue on anyway. Funny how we were the most important thing for a day as far as the police were concerned. All other crime must have stopped, since they considered harassing a bunch of teenagers much higher on the agenda. As one of the unhappy would be concert go-ers commented, "It seems kind of funny. If a bunch of teens are standing on the street corner, the cops come and tell you to break it up and go find something to do. Well, here was something safe to do, with no alcohol, no drugs, and a security force on site, and they broke it up." Looks like they want us out wandering the streets, getting smashed or high celebrating our impending graduation.
Another of the problems with Hobbs' article was the title versus content. It's titled "'Deep Woodstock' features 16 bands" and ends up being an article about Nerve. Nerve was opening for Deepwoodstock. If you've never been to a concert, let me explain what opening is for. It's either just another band added to the ticket to allow them to charge more for the ticket and make the concert more appealing, or it's a terrible band put first to make the rest look better. Nerve was on the ticket for more of the latter reason. They were one of the first bands to show some interest (desperation?) in playing at the concert, so we gave them a spot. We ended up having to cut another band near the end, even though we would have rather cut Nerve. I've heard them play, and they are not all that decent. But Hobbs' article makes Nerve sound like they were headlining the show, and the other bands were just there to take up time. The article reads "Besides Nerve, the ska band Zcattercats and the acoustic-music group Bleached Venus will also perform. Also on tap are Bloated Sasquatch, 33, Drastically Galactic, Suburban Turbans, Ground Zero, Rodent, and UHS." A few short of 16, and there's some errors just in the list of bands. Scattercats, the ska AND PUNK band, did not like seeing their name spelled horribly wrong like that, making them look like a bunch of bad spelling posers. UHF felt like they were wronged too. While we're still wondering why Scattercats and Bleached Venus got the honor of being in the same sentence as Nerve. We had three bands headlining, and Nerve was definately not one of them. 33, Scattercats, and UHF were supposed to be headlining, with the other bands playing a part as important, just not getting the covetted late spots.
The article itself about Nerve was rather interesting, talking about how they were "'sense oriented,' using synthesizers and computized sounds..." while in the very next paragraph they say they are guitar based because they can't afford the synthesizers. For some reason they have the gall to compare themselves to Nine Inch Nails and Stabbing Westward. They should show at least some respect for the bands.
Later, Weiner is quoted as saying "People at our school and in Centreville know about us." From the reactions of people that heard Nerve was playing at Deepwoodstock, that's probably not a good thing.
One other thing needs to be noted. Carl (I'm not putting that fucking exclaimation point after his name) Simon, who is a minor, is shown smoking in the picture of the band.
In talking to Hobbs about the article and what it was going to do to our concert, she claimed it was our responsibilty to get in touch with her about the article, to make sure the facts were all straight. Lemme see if I understand this... Maybe you all do. We, the people putting on the conert, who did NOT want an article in the paper were resposible for calling the newspaper to review facts that were put in an article we did not know was going to be printed by a band that was unauthorized to put the article in the paper. Am I missing something? Isn't there a little journalistic responsibility there? Big papers have fact checkers to do this. Maybe that's why the Centreview has remained so small. Hobbs claimed to have been under the impression that one of the band members was putting on the concert, and that she had never heard of any of the people that were putting on the concert in truth. She did however, know where it was going to be held, and neglected to call Deepwood for confirmation or information about the concert. On the phone she confided in me that she had in fact heard the name of one of the real organizers of the concert, but neglected to call him.
In another part of the newspaper, the Centre View claimed that Deep Woodstock's music would go on late into the night. The organizers of the concert had decided 11:00PM was a good time to cut off the music to allow people to sleep, but the Centreview makes no mention of this fact, making it sound like we were pulling an all nighter. The question is, is it good sense to print TWO articles in a widely read newspaper without checking the facts?
the lack of logs submitted, and the supreme Multiscanness of Bonnie Hobbs, I
am inclined to print a little article I wrote about her for my column. -oc ]
'Deep Woodstock' Features 16 bands
Bonnie Hobbs and her shitty little articles did a great diservice on Friday June 13. A group of Centreville teens decided to put on a concert, both to give other teens something safe and fun to do, and to give some of the local bands a chance to be seen. The concert would have been a success, but it ended up being shut down by the poor journalism of Hobbs.
Bonnie Hobbs, according to a source that wishes to remain nameless, is a practicing lesbian. She has thought very seriously about having a sex change, but couldn't come up with the money. She has a habit of printing articles that would be better left unprinted, and having facts that are no where near true, and leaving the responsibilty of checking the articles to the people the article is about.
For instance, in the article printed about Deepwoodstock, she neglected to get in touch with the people that set up the concert, instead taking the word of a single band over the phone. While we do hold Nerve (the band she interviewed that gave her the wrong information) partly responsible, she is much more at fault for not checking up on the facts.
Specific errors include a misspelling of the name of the concert, which is named after Deepwood Veterinary Clinic where it was held, hence Deepwoodstock, not Deep Woodstock. She also claimed there would be 16 bands at the concert. Never during the entire planning of the concert was there even 16 bands that contacted me. While this might be beneficial, although it would make us guilty of bait and switch, the next untrue tidbit of information got us shut down. She claimed there was going to be a bonfire. While it is true that originally we had wanted to have a bonfire, the realities of permits and insurance made that a legal nightmare that we could avoid, so we cancelled it. While talking on the phone with Hobbs, she claimed that Nerve had read it directly off a flier, and it named 16 bands and a bonfire after it. Well, the zoning board got a hold of the article and decided with their infinite bureacratic wisdom that this was totally unacceptable. Never mind the fact that the information was wrong. Who would you believe, a bunch of teenagers or a newspaper? So they shut us down, and threatened to revoke the land permit of the Deepwood Veterinary Clinic if we continued with the party.
They sent out a large group of police officers to make sure that the party did not continue on anyway. Funny how we were the most important thing for a day as far as the police were concerned. All other crime must have stopped, since they considered harassing a bunch of teenagers much higher on the agenda. As one of the unhappy would be concert go-ers commented, "It seems kind of funny. If a bunch of teens are standing on the street corner, the cops come and tell you to break it up and go find something to do. Well, here was something safe to do, with no alcohol, no drugs, and a security force on site, and they broke it up." Looks like they want us out wandering the streets, getting smashed or high celebrating our impending graduation.
Another of the problems with Hobbs' article was the title versus content. It's titled "'Deep Woodstock' features 16 bands" and ends up being an article about Nerve. Nerve was opening for Deepwoodstock. If you've never been to a concert, let me explain what opening is for. It's either just another band added to the ticket to allow them to charge more for the ticket and make the concert more appealing, or it's a terrible band put first to make the rest look better. Nerve was on the ticket for more of the latter reason. They were one of the first bands to show some interest (desperation?) in playing at the concert, so we gave them a spot. We ended up having to cut another band near the end, even though we would have rather cut Nerve. I've heard them play, and they are not all that decent. But Hobbs' article makes Nerve sound like they were headlining the show, and the other bands were just there to take up time. The article reads "Besides Nerve, the ska band Zcattercats and the acoustic-music group Bleached Venus will also perform. Also on tap are Bloated Sasquatch, 33, Drastically Galactic, Suburban Turbans, Ground Zero, Rodent, and UHS." A few short of 16, and there's some errors just in the list of bands. Scattercats, the ska AND PUNK band, did not like seeing their name spelled horribly wrong like that, making them look like a bunch of bad spelling posers. UHF felt like they were wronged too. While we're still wondering why Scattercats and Bleached Venus got the honor of being in the same sentence as Nerve. We had three bands headlining, and Nerve was definately not one of them. 33, Scattercats, and UHF were supposed to be headlining, with the other bands playing a part as important, just not getting the covetted late spots.
The article itself about Nerve was rather interesting, talking about how they were "'sense oriented,' using synthesizers and computized sounds..." while in the very next paragraph they say they are guitar based because they can't afford the synthesizers. For some reason they have the gall to compare themselves to Nine Inch Nails and Stabbing Westward. They should show at least some respect for the bands.
Later, Weiner is quoted as saying "People at our school and in Centreville know about us." From the reactions of people that heard Nerve was playing at Deepwoodstock, that's probably not a good thing.
One other thing needs to be noted. Carl (I'm not putting that fucking exclaimation point after his name) Simon, who is a minor, is shown smoking in the picture of the band.
In talking to Hobbs about the article and what it was going to do to our concert, she claimed it was our responsibilty to get in touch with her about the article, to make sure the facts were all straight. Lemme see if I understand this... Maybe you all do. We, the people putting on the conert, who did NOT want an article in the paper were resposible for calling the newspaper to review facts that were put in an article we did not know was going to be printed by a band that was unauthorized to put the article in the paper. Am I missing something? Isn't there a little journalistic responsibility there? Big papers have fact checkers to do this. Maybe that's why the Centreview has remained so small. Hobbs claimed to have been under the impression that one of the band members was putting on the concert, and that she had never heard of any of the people that were putting on the concert in truth. She did however, know where it was going to be held, and neglected to call Deepwood for confirmation or information about the concert. On the phone she confided in me that she had in fact heard the name of one of the real organizers of the concert, but neglected to call him.
In another part of the newspaper, the Centre View claimed that Deep Woodstock's music would go on late into the night. The organizers of the concert had decided 11:00PM was a good time to cut off the music to allow people to sleep, but the Centreview makes no mention of this fact, making it sound like we were pulling an all nighter. The question is, is it good sense to print TWO articles in a widely read newspaper without checking the facts?
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