i dont mind listening to people with intelligence about asbury park,
you gary are just not one of them...
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Jun 5, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Hinge wrote:
>
> > Gary,
> > I give you permission to ignore the jackass who feels it's
> > important to put you down here.
> > I have a feeling it's somebody we know using a different name...
> >
> The person felt so strong about this that he sent me a personal
email
> where he says things like:
>
> 1) I've never lived in Asbury
> (that's true, I've only lived between 3 miles and 12 miles of
Asbury
> my whole life)
>
> 2) You were never part of the music scene here till about 2 years
ago.
> (it's funny when people like to think that... truth is I go back
to
> 1986. I have no reason to put up a resume but it's funny how
people
> who supposedly think they "know" want to believe that I just
showed
> up rather than grew up in this area. I don't even characterize
> myself as part of the scene. I'm a writer that writes about the
> local scene among other things. I don't claim to be an expert on
> this or virtually anything. I do, however, believe that music
> tourism was practically gift wrapped to this town and the town
failed
> and still fails to see just how easy it would be to make music
> tourism thrive for Asbury.
>
> 3) Nobody really cares what any of you (all 8 of you) on this
board
> thinks or says.
> (and yet, apparently, he does care because he keeps coming back)
>
> He then tries asking simple questions to "test" my music
history.
> Did I go to the Warped Tour, the WNEW shows, or have I ever seen
> Bruce live at the Stone Pony.
>
> *************
> What I don't understand is what is the fascination that Asbury
Park
> people have with ONLY having long-time Asbury residents have a say
in
> anything? Sure I don't live in town (although I have worked in
town
> and run a business in town) but these people don't want to listen
to
> home owners who haven't been in Asbury longer than a decade or
so.
> And others don't care what you say unless your parents lived in
> Asbury or you're 3rd generation Asbury.
>
> Doesn't that seem kind of ridiculous to you? Maybe if they
didn't
> try so hard to restrict ideas from the outside world the city
> wouldn't be in the state it is today.
>
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