Mike's band

[SMiLE Brian]

That is not what happened, this whole thread is a setup to get people who agree with Mike Love's online PR campaign in charge on SS.

[Douchepool]

In other news, aliens control the government.

You REALLY believe that, dude? I'd like to hope you're smarter than that. Seriously. I do.

[SMiLE Brian]

All I can say is this nasty drama always seems to follow one "legendary board historian" around wherever he posts. Also with plenty of rude insults over trival facts.

[Douchepool]

So AGD and company are involved in a plot to enact a coup d'board and turn the Smiley Smile Message Board into a fascist dictatorship of Love?

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

So AGD and company are involved in a plot to enact a coup d'board and turn the Smiley Smile Message Board into a fascist dictatorship of Love?
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[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, that's enough. I'm being accused of being in the pay of Mike Love. Prove it, or shut the f*** up. Mods, that's libel. You going to ignore this too ?

[The LEGENDARY OSD]

OK, that's enough. I'm being accused of being in the pay of Mike Love. Prove it, or shut the f*** up. Mods, that's libel. You going to ignore this too ?

 

[Douchepool]

Awwww, how cute of you to edit the posts so quickly. I hope this puts the fucking retarded notion of board members being in any of the band members' pockets to sleep once and for all.

[ontor pertawst]

OK, that's enough. I'm being accused of being in the pay of Mike Love. Prove it, or shut the f*** up. Mods, that's libel. You going to ignore this too ?

Where is anyone saying you're being paid? I'm losing track of insinuations here or perhaps reading this charming thread wrong.

[Andrew G. Doe]

In response to OSD's rapidly removed original post stating that accepting freebies equates with me being on the payroll...

Have I been offered comps and BSPs by Mike's people ? Yes.

Did I accept ? Yes: I'm not entirely stupid.

Oh, and... applying this impeccable logic, I've been on Brian's payroll since the summer of 2002.  

[Andrew G. Doe]

OK, that's enough. I'm being accused of being in the pay of Mike Love. Prove it, or shut the f*** up. Mods, that's libel. You going to ignore this too ?

Where is anyone saying you're being paid? I'm losing track of insinuations here or perhaps reading this charming thread wrong.

Post #104, which originally read something along the lines of "yes, they're being paid under the table". TRBB can confirm. My post at 8.48, OSD's edit at 9.06. Not an opinion or an insinuation but a flat-out statement. That it was so rapidly removed tells you that he not only realised it was indeed libellous but is also a craven coward without the balls to stand behind his claims.

[Douchepool]

I have OSD's original pre-edited post screenshotted.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Care to share, with the board and the mods ? 

[filledeplage]

That is not what happened, this whole thread is a setup to get people who agree with Mike Love's online PR campaign in charge on SS.

The thread was started with a link from an article with a highly inappropriate (by the author) and inaccurate comment. 

Online PR campaign?  Seriously. 

[Andrew G. Doe]

Anyone who believes that is in dire need of immediate psychiatric help. Seriously. We got the dude to write the article the way it was so we could start this thread ?  That's rampant insanity and as one who's seen the inside of a fool farm, I speak with no little experience.

[SMiLE Brian]

What is the deal with the still touring trailers?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Here's the original post, at the top:

[SMiLE Brian]

Nice edit job.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Thanks to TRBB for sending me that. 

[filledeplage]

IMO the only thing worse than OSD are the Brian apologists.

As I'm fairly ignorant on the subject, could you possibly define what a Brian apologist is?

There is nothing to sorry about being a fan of Brian Wilson.

Mike fans have to bully to justify their fandom of the asshat from kokomo.

Nobody should have to justify being Brian Wilson and/or Beach Boys fans on this forum, to you or anyone else.

[Andrew G. Doe]

They're not fans: they contribute nothing to this forum, just dissent and spite and, as others in this thread have noted, the mods tacitly condone it by their inaction.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Well if that wasn't a piece of unfortunate timing, l don't know what is... 

[Custom Machine]

Is this board even being moderated anymore? With all the trollish BS permitted it certain doesn't appear to be.

I said this a few days ago and I'll say it again -- Moderators please wake up and get rid the those responsible for continually posting childish trollish bullshit.

As is very evident from recent comments, many of us are reaching the breaking point wading through this crap. The SS board and the quality of discussion contained therein is being seriously impaired due to the lack of competent moderation.

 

[Wirestone]

AGD and I differ on many things, but I agree with him that the recent state of this board leaves something to be desired. I respect GF and Billy greatly, and generally take a dim view of aggressive moderation.

But opinions are made to be changed ...

[AndrewHickey]

Seconding Wirestone.
This is my first post here in two and a half years. I don't expect to make another any time soon. I have far more respect for guitarfool and Billy as moderators than I do some of the other mods the board has had in the past, but they haven't been able to stop this board descending into the worst kind of cesspit.
I still check here every day, because it's the first place to get any kind of news, but I feel disgusted every time I do. And while OSD and SmileBrian are far from the *only* reason for that, they're by far the most obvious.
I have never, *NEVER*, seen a single post from OSD that wasn't either abusing other board members or posting childish insults about Mike and Bruce. Not once, and I've been reading this board for about six years. Mike's done *plenty* worth criticising, but I can't for the life of me imagine what could make someone be so completely consumed with hatred for someone whose greatest "crime" is singing a bit nasal (OK, he made Looking Back With Love, that was thirty-four years ago, he's paid his debt to society...).
I'm not an "important" board member. No-one really cares if I post here or not. But I've spoken to a number of more important people about this place -- people who have made important contributions -- and they feel the same way. And if I've been driven off because this place is so horrible, so will other people have been.
This used to be the single best place on the Internet to discuss the Beach Boys. I suspect that's been lost permanently, thanks to the behaviour of a number of people. But there's not even a *chance* to make it worthwhile again while OSD and SmileBrian are allowed to go around just... just *smearing sh*t* all over every single thread.
Ban them.