My OPEN letter to Nick Options

[VoodooLady]

Dear Nick,

I’ve debated writing this, mainly because I struggle to put into words the effect your posts have on me. Yet, here I am feeling the need to put some words to paper – so I will give it a go.

There were a few days a week or so ago, where your presence was notably absent – and in reading the boards I felt an odd sense of what some might construe as peace, a sense of healing even. Reading the posts folks were making about Chad’s blog, I found myself starting to “forgive” Ed (for a lack of a better word). The hardness in my heart started to thaw. Geez, I even debated maybe downloading a few of the songs from Alive that folks here seem to agree were among the best from the album. I do truly adore Ed’s voice- and I have missed it – and I’ve found listening to the old stuff painful. After reading Chad’s words, I listened to my favorite Live album – SS – refreshed and anew.

Were there still EK vs. TGF debates and discussions going on, absolutely- and as tough as before. BUT - to my amazement, I could read the debates rationally without some bizarre feeling of anger creeping in.

And now you are back. And in reading the discussion threads that you’ve been posting in, there came back that old icky feeling. Your blind devotion to Ed and your inability to honestly critique him (or TGF for that matter) is infuriating to watch. I found myself thinking, “WTF was I thinking of downloading some of Alive? No way”

Go ahead and argue all you want with this post – nothing you can say will change the way I feel. At the end of the day, all I want to accomplish in this “letter” to you is make one point, or rather pose one question to you.

Has it ever dawned on you that you might be doing Ed more harm than good? That the negative emotions you manage to evoke here might very well be transferred to one’s feelings about Ed? And if so, how can that possibly be good for “marketing?”

Ok. That is all, and I truly feel like a tool for writing this – peace out.