Bad Trader: ballsdeep

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http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...d.php?t=108577

Originally Posted by ballsdeep

I can't upload, though I have a TON of not sure if there's a way to do a "3 way" trade, 90% of what you see is accessible (some '10 and '11 audios/videos are lost on a drive thats NOT broken, but can only be hooked up to a desktop, or so I've been told)

I cut and pasted this quote from the above thread. It's a line that I've heard from ballsdeep myself.

Sometime early last year, I was putting together a multi-cam of Van Halen's 2012 St. Louis show. ballsdeep mentioned that he had some footage from that show and he would send it to me if I wanted it. I got his footage and mixed it into the project and he seemed happy with the way it turned out, and a long exchange of emails followed in which he told me he had dozens and dozens of shows that were just waiting to be authored to DVD. I expressed interest in doing this for him. I concluded that the only practical way to do this was for him to put his raw videos on a hard drive. So in June 2013, I purchased a 2TB hard drive for $130 and sent it to him. I got regular reports from him about how he was transferring videos to the hard drive. It seemed like it would take a lot of time and work to transfer all the videos, but I was in the process from moving overseas to the US, so there wasn't any rush, as it would have to wait until after I finished my move.

In early October, I was finally was ready to get back into doing video projects, and I contacted him and told him I was ready to get started on the hard drive. He responded and mentioned he had this other hard drive (the one he mentioned in his above post) that was loaded with videos, but he couldn't access it. I asked him several questions about the drive, and did some research on it, but I never really got a good idea of how it operated. I was busy getting started in a new job, and didn't respond right away to an email he sent me on 8 October. And then on 10 October, he sent me a short email saying, "ok, I guess you're not interested...no worries, be well."

I replied and said it's not that I'm not interested in this other drive - it's that I had just started a new job and couldn't respond right away. We exchanged a few more emails discussing the other drive. His last email to me was on 26 October, and he said, "ok, again, it seems like you're not interested, so be well, sorry to have bothered you."

And that's the last I've ever heard from him. I've sent him numerous emails since then, I've PMed him here at TTD and at Dime (he logs into both sites daily), and I've asked other people to contact him on my behalf.

In my last attempts at corresponding, I told him if he's no longer interested in me working on his videos - that was fine. I simply asked that he send me back the new hard drive I sent him.

But not a word from him.

So a word to anyone considering any kind of a trade or transaction with ballsdeep: BEWARE.

[retired]

So wait, you're saying you sent him a drive and he told you he would do something with said drive.
He didn't, you asked him to return the drive.
Now he refuses to respond to your pm's several months later, yet he logs in here almost daily.

...sure sounds exactly like what he whined about someone else doing to him
http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...d.php?t=100054

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Wow ... never saw that thread before. ...shaking head in disbelief...

[mooncusser]

ain't that ironic...

[dorrcoq]

HMMMMMMM Steve has sent me lots of stuff, and I've been slow getting to it. Always seemed honorable to me.

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I've been in contact with other people to whom he's sent stuff since he cut off communication with me. And that has a lot to do with why I finally spoke up after waiting over three months. In spite of him not replying to multiple emails and PMs from different sites, I was giving him the benefit of a doubt ... thinking maybe he was out on the road or on vacation or something.

But now I find out in the meantime he's been corresponding with other people and sending them stuff. So obviously, he's not dealing with me in good faith. In fact, he's flat out ripping me off.

[ballsdeep]

this is an interesting situation on many different levels, but there are actually a few key differences.


1. what I sent to trustthex was a drive full of music, on my nickel, a whole 16 gigs worth; whereas in this situation I was expected to fill up an UNsolicited 2TB harddrive (we were having vague discussions about doing something, then 4 days later this drive was at the doorstep) with ALL of my masters, going back to 2010

2. Mr. Silver Stallion (Randy) is not being completely forthcoming in regards to his timeline and how after being ignored for a 2nd time (the first time was from June 25 thru Oct 7 with nary a word; then after sending specific information about drive #2 to him on Oct 10-11, and not hearing a word from him for 2+ weeks again, I was like "fuck it, once my fault, twice his fault"...it would have been a LOT LONGER that 2 weeks, I imagine, if I'd not sent a "ok, you're not interested" note on Oct 26.

3. I never met Randy here, and he actually was contacting friends of mine thru FB that DO NOT TRADE HERE OR ON DIME asking about me...

4. being already rubbed a bit the wrong way by his lack of communication, it kind of weirded me out that not only was he soliciting friends of mine, but that when the shoe is on the other foot (being ignored) for him, he gets pretty impatient pretty quick. I ALSO was a bit peeved that he acted irritated that this friend of mine (Jort, in the Netherlands) was putting to DVD some Crowes videos from the Fillmore in 2010, and Randy implied that I'd """"""""promised""""""""" those videos to him when talking to Jort via FB

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MEMO TO RANDY:

----MY HARD DRIVE FAILED IN MY BRAND NEW CAMERA THAT WEEK (bought the cam in Nov of '10, and it kept having buffer override probs, apparently the top-end Sony handcams now top out at 32g internal drives, which kind of surprises me, I figgered they'd be up to a 500gig one by now)

----IT WAS A 120GIG MODEL, AND IT HAD BUFFER PROBLEMS FROM THE GET GO, BUT IT WOULD RECORD TO FLASH CARDS JUST FINE

----IN JAPANTOWN IN SF, A SINGLE 16GIG CARD, class 4 at that, WAS AROUND $50 @ WALGREENS

----SO, INSTEAD OF BLOWING $200 ON FLASH CARDS, JORT LOANED ME HIS SINGLE 16 GIGGER, AND WE DUMPED THE FILES ON 3 DIFF COMPUTERS EACH AND EVERY NIGHT

and, most importantly....

----JORT WAITED FOR THAT FOOTAGE FOR THREE YEARS, WITH NARY THE ATTITUDE YOU'VE PULLED ON ME IN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS TIME (November thru January)


BOTTOM LINE: WITHOUT JORT'S CARD, THERE WOULD BE NO CROWES VIDEOS. HENCE, HE PRETTY MUCH HAD DIBS. AND HE WAITED THREE YEARS TO GET THEM
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the drive holds 1.8 TB, it is now 129 gigs short of being full....or yeah, it has just short of 1.7TB of material on there.

it sure as SHIT needs to be cloned, probably twice, before being sent.

90% of what is on it is UNTORRENTED, UNCIRCULATED MASTERS, most of the videos ARE tripod shot...probably an easy $40-50K spend on obtaining said footage and audio, as I live in Alaska, and don't drive (though will be getting the license back this year, I lost it in '06 and just never bothered getting it back, driving 300K miles in the 90's taping shows will do that to ya)...I've spent over $10K alone on plane tickets since 2010.





in November, when Randy's undies got all in a bunch when I was serving him the medicine he had previously served me(being ignored), I was also out taping a couple PJ shows, 3 Meat Puppets gigs, Nine Inch Nails, Band Of Heathens, and Monster Magnet, and celebrating a birthday

December is holiday month, and January is "recover from the holiday bills month".


throw in separating from the girlfriend in that 3 month timeframe as well (we still get along fine, I've moved across the street, no one is fucking anyone else, we talk daily and eat dinner together every night), and yeah, I've been a bit busy.


what was the question again?


oh yeah, I have no problem honoring my original commitment Randy, as I always do what I say I'm going to do. if you're itching to do some dvds, I now own a few 64g sticks, pick some shows and I can dump 'em and send 'em this week.

however, it's gonna be 2-3 months before I get loot together to clone the drive, and possibly longer if I go to Jazzfest and Beal in late April/May....IF the Foo Fighters and Fogerty get added to Beale's already awesome lineup, it's pretty much guaranteed that I'll go....pretty much ALL of the good acts for Jazzfest are playing the weekend before Beale (I'll miss Springsteen, boohoo), and Alice In Chains is in Tunica the day before Beale....hoping for some Blackberry Smoke, or Toadies, or Willie Nelson, or Emmylou Harris, or....



it never felt so good to be so bad.....

balls out.

[ballsdeep]

Originally Posted by Silver Stallion DVDs

And that has a lot to do with why I finally spoke up after waiting over three months.

from June 25 thru October 7, I heard nary a word from you.

should I go start a thread about it?

[ballsdeep]

oh yeah, this is what Randy is waiting on....not ALL of it mind you (as there's some pretty cool "unlistable" stuff as well), but this is right near the 1.4TB mark, I believe.....


2009

November 12 - Tesla/Sledd, Birmingham AL, Workplay Theater
November 13 - Tesla/Sledd, Charleston SC, The Music Farm
November 17 - The Black Crowes, Seattle WA, Showbox @ SoDo
November 19 - Wolfmother/Heartless Bastards, Portland OR, Roseland Theater
November 20 - The Black Crowes, Portland OR, Roseland Theater
November 22 - Them Crooked Vultures, Portland OR, Roseland Theater

there has to be more than this for 2009, but I haven't given the tapes/flash cards a once-over yet

2010

Jan 9 - Sick Puppies, Fairbanks, Blue Loon

February 4 - Alice In Chains/Creature With The Atom Brain, Seattle WA, Paramount Theater
February 5 - Tesla, Lincoln City OR, Chinook Winds Casino
February 6 - Tesla, Lincoln City OR, Chinook Winds Casino
February 8 - Alice In Chains/CWTAB, Boise ID, Knitting Factory
February 18 - Alice In Chains/CWTAB, Denver CO, Fillmore
February 18(scheduled)/19(actual) - Nick Oliveri solo acoustic, Denver CO, Three Kings Tavern
February 20 - The Steepwater Band w/ Marc Ford, Chicago IL, House Of Blues
February 21 - The Steepwater Band w/ Marc Ford, Sheboygan WI, The Green Room
February 25 - Alice In Chains/Middle Class Rut, Atlanta GA, The Tabernacle
February 26 - Alice In Chains/Middle Class Rut, Atlanta GA, The Tabernacle
February 27 - Tesla/ - Chicago IL, House Of Blues

March 27 - Korn, Anchorage, De'Naina Center
March 28 - Korn, Anchorage, De'Naina Center

April 1 - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Anchorage AK, Bear Tooth Theater
April 26 - Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes , Atlanta GA, The Tabernacle
April 27 - Alice In Chains/Shooter Jennings, Asheville NC, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
April 28 - Alice In Chains/Shooter Jennings, Chattanooga TN, Memorial Auditorium
April 29 - The Steepwater Band, Bowling Green KY, Tidball's
April 30 - Alice In Chains/Akon/Seether/Theory Of A Deadman/Fuel, Birmingham AL, BJCC parking lot(Schaeffer Crawfish Boil)

May 1 - Drive-By Truckers/Gov't Mule/Alice In Chains (rainout), Memphis TN, Beale St. Music Fest
May 2 - Drive-By Truckers, Columbia MO, The Blue Note
May 3 - Pearl Jam/Band Of Horses, Kansas City MO, Sprint Center
May 4 - Pearl Jam/Band Of Horses, St. Louis MO, Scottrade Center
May 22 - Atreyu, Fairbanks, Eagles Hall (last show ever?)

June 4 - Sweating Honey (5 piece), Fairbanks, Big I shed out back
June 18 - 311/Presidents Of The United States Of America, Fairbanks, Blue Loon outdoor stage

July 15 - Brandi Carlile (acoustic), Fairbanks, Blue Loon
July 23 - Everclear, Fairbanks, Blue Loon outdoor stage

August 26 - Hinder, Palmer, Borealis Pavilion @ Alaska State Fair
August 27 - Collective Soul, Palmer, Borealis Pavilion @ Alaska State Fair
August 28 - Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven, Denver CO, Bluebird Theater
August 29 - an evening with The Black Crowes, Denver CO, Fillmore
August 31 - The Black Crowes, Salt Lake City UT, The Depot

September 1 - Slash/Taking Dawn, Denver CO, Ogden Theater
September 3 - Slayer/Megadeth/Testament, Seattle WA, WaMu Theater @ Safeco (or the football one, can't remember...)
September 4 - Maldives/Justin Townes Earle/Neko Case/Bob Dylan, Seattle WA, Bumbershoot @ Seattle Center
September 5 - Crash Kings/Rise Against (partial)/Hole/Weezer (dropouts), Seattle WA, Bumbershoot @ Seattle Center
September 6 - The Whigs(occasional dropouts)/Meat Puppets (severe dropouts)/Baroness (partial, last half)/Anvil (partial, 1st half)/poster eXpo artist discussion with Mike McCready (Pearl Jam)/David Yow (Jesus Lizard)/Jay Ryan (artist)/Brad Klausen (artist), Seattle WA, Bumbershoot @ Seattle Center

October 13 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Fairbanks AK, The Blue Loon

November 6 - Agent Orange, Fairbanks, AK, The Blue Loon (audio only, as I bought the vidcam in Alabama, but didn't have the balls to film the Angles/Mountain sets, the cam was too new)
November 15 - Black Mountain/Black Angels, Birmingham AL, Bottletree Cafe
November 16 - an evening with The Black Crowes, Richmond VA, (not audio taped, rough 75m of video)
November 17 - an evening with The Black Crowes, Norfolk VA, NorVa (not audio taped, rough 35m of video)
November 19 - an evening with The Black Crowes, Atlanta GA, The Tabernacle (not audio taped, acoustic set video)
November 20 - an evening with The Black Crowes, Atlanta GA, The Tabernacle (not audio taped, 20m of video)

December 3 - an evening with The Black Crowes, Portland OR, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (audio tape is ROUGH)
December 4 - The Black Crowes, Tacoma WA, Emerald Queen Casino (audio from front row)
December ? - Dina Martina, Seattle WA, ReBar (you'd have to hear (s)him to believe (s)him)
December 14 - an evening with The Black Crowes, San Francisco CA, The Fillmore (no ext audio or film))
December 15 - an evening with The Black Crowes, San Francisco CA, The Fillmore (no ext audio, 2.5 hours of film)
December 17 - an evening with The Black Crowes, San Francisco CA, The Fillmore (no ext audio, all but 5 seconds filmed)
December 18 - an evening with The Black Crowes, San Francisco CA, The Fillmore (no ext audio, complete 1st set and 90% of 1 song, 2nd set)
December 19 - an evening with The Black Crowes, San Francisco CA, The Fillmore (no ext audio, complete video)
December 21 - Frank Hannon, Sacramento CA, Dimple Records in-store (missing 1st 2 songs)

not sure if this is complete, I'm sure there's a Tim Easton show in there...

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2011

January 15 - Cheech & Chong, Fairbanks, Carlson Center
January 22 - Static Cycle/Resistance Training Lab, Fairbanks AK, Blue Loon

February 2 - Rusted Root/Sweating Honey (4pc.)
February 5 - Suzanne Vega, Fairbanks, Hering Auditorium (no video)
February 16 - Tim Easton, Fairbanks AK, KUAC Studios (FM, interview/music)
February 17 - Tim Easton w/ Kliff Hopson, Fairbanks AK, Blue Loon

March 11 - Heroes & Zeros, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
March 25 - Seven Mary Three, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
March 31 - Helmet/St. Vitus, Portland OR, Roseland Theater (no video)

April 1 - Tesla, Lincoln City OR, Chinook Winds Casino (with soundcheck)
April 2 - Tesla, Lincoln City OR, Chinook Winds Casino (with soundcheck)
April 3 - Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Santa Cruz CA, Moe's Alley
April 4 - Ani DiFranco/Animal Prufrock, Santa Cruz CA, Rio Theater
April 5 - Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Sacramento CA, Harlows (video only)
April 20 - Tim Easton w/ Kliff Hopson, Fairbanks, Shakespeare Theatre benefit
April 29 - Aesop Rock/MURS, Fairbanks AK, Patty Center

May 6 - Willy Porter/Antje Duvekot, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
May 13 - Sweating Honey, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
May 21 - Unearth/Turbid North, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
May 26 - Crystal Method, Fairbanks Blue Loon

June 4 - Keller Williams, Fairbanks, Blue Loon (soundboard)
June 8 - Peter Rowan, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
June 24 - Murder By Death, Fairbanks, UAF Wood Center Pub
June 29 - Pato Banton, Fairbanks, Blue Loon

July 8 - Hinder, Fairbanks, Blue Loon outdoor stage
July 15 - Brandi Carlile (electric), Fairbanks, Blue Loon (video, 1st 50m only)
July 27 - The Wailers/Sweating Honey (5 pc.), Fairbanks, Blue Loon
July 29 - Papa Roach, Fairbanks, Blue Loon outdoor stage

August ?? - Tom Bodett, Fairbanks AK, UAF (what's the name of the concert hall up there? no video)
August 19 - Tim Easton w/ Kliff Hopson, Fairbanks, Blue Loon (soundboard, one channel only)
August 25 - Queensryche, Palmer, Borealis Pavilion @ Alaska State Fair (no video)
August 26 - Chevelle, Palmer, Borealis Pavilion @ Alaska State Fair (no video)

September 15 - kd lang, Fairbanks, Hering Auditorium
September 23 - Sweating Honey (partial, 1st set only)

October 14 - The Romany Rye w/ The Whipsaws, Fairbanks, The Marlin
October 15 - The Romany Rye w/ The Whipsaws, Fairbanks, Wood Center Pub @ UAF

November 4 - Tesla, Kansas City MO, The Midland Theater (w/ partial soundcheck)
November 5 - Tesla/Built By Stereo, Wichita KS, The Cotillion Ballroom (w/ soundcheck)
November 6 - Tesla/Built By Stereo, Tulsa OK, Cain's Ballroom (w/ soundcheck)
November 8 - Tesla, Oklahoma City OK, Diamond Ballroom (w/ soundcheck)
November 9 - Tesla/Six Weeks Sober, Sauget IL, Pop's Nightclub (no soundcheck)
November 10 - The Jayhawks (missing part of 1st song), St. Louis MO, The Pageant
November 11 - The Jayhawks/Jolie Holland, Columbia MO, The Blue Note
November 12 - Guns N Roses/Adelita's Way, Kansas City MO, Sprint Center
November 13 - Driving Wheel, Columbia MO, Mojo's Blues Showcase
November 13 - Mastodon/Dillinger Escape Plan/Red Fang, Sauget IL, Pop's Nightclub (no Red Fang video, various DEP shots, Mastodon steady, film on a bunk card, it says the data is there, but cannot extract or watch it...same with a couple of the above Tesla shows and the GNR and Jayhawks...DON'T buy 32g cards on Ebay is the moral of that story!!!)

December 3 - The Crystal Method, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
December 10 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Christmas show), Fairbanks, Hering Auditorium
December 10 - Filter/Young Fangs, Fairbanks, Blue Loon
December 14 - Portugal. The Man/Young Fangs, Fairbanks, Blue Loon and KUAC studios


2012

January 6 - AWOLNation/Young Fangs - Fairbanks, Blue Loon
January 19 - The Scurvies, Fairbanks, - College Coffeehouse
January 20 - The Scurvies/Avery Wolves - Fairbanks, Lower L.A.

February 22 - Pato Banton - Fairbanks, Blue Loon

March 30 - Lily Tomlin - Fairbanks, Hering Auditorium (she postponed till May and I was flying back the day of in Anchorage, but decided against), so CANCELLED!!!

Paula Poundstone is in here somewhere....

April 25 - Cowboy Junkies - Nashville, TN,
April 26 - Merle Haggard/The Haggard Family Band - Paducah, KY, fuck if I remember the name of the venue
April 27 - Van Halen/Kool And The Gang - Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
April 28 - Social Distortion/Toadies/Lindi Ortega - Sauget IL, Pop's
April 29 - Van Halen (skipped KATG) - St. Louis, Scottrade Center
April 30 - Portugal. The Man/A Lonely Forest - Kansas City, Beaumont Club

May 1 - Clutch/Hellyeah/Monstro/Kyng - Springfield MO, Gillioz Theater
May 4 - Chris Robinson Brotherhood - New Orleans, Tipitina's (doors @ 1am), THEN drive to Birmingham AL for Blackberry Smoke/Cult/Janes Addiction (no BBS vid, Cult and Janes is "vidscreen proshot"style)
May 5 - Son Volt (partial/unusable)/Buddy Guy/The Cult/Al Green/Gary Clark Jr./Janes Addiction - Memphis, Beale St. (Al Green and Gary Clark Jr. video, rest audio only)
May 6 - Chris Robinson Brotherhood/Black Stone Cherry/Bush/Coheed & Cambria/Primus - Memphis, Beale St. (Primus video, rest audio only)
May 8 - Black Keys/Arctic Monkeys - Seattle, Key Arena

June 22 - Buckcherry - Fairbanks, Blue Loon Outdoor Stage


July 18 - Brandi Carlile - Anchorage, Anchorage Center for the Performing Arts
July 19 - Brandi Carlile - Fairbanks, Hering Auditorium
July 23 - Larry And His Flask - Fairbanks, house party @ The Cardboard Castle

August 3 - Leftover Salmon/Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band - Fairbanks AK, Blue Loon
August 9 - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit/Tim Easton, Anchorage, Tap Root Cafe (no video, audio was tough but we pulled it)
August 10 - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit/Jack River Kings, Anchorage, Tap Root Cafe
August 11 - Evan Phillips (The Whipsaws)/Tim Easton/Spiff - Anchorage, REAP Fair
August 11 - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit/The Whipsaws - Anchorage, Tap Root Cafe
August 18 - "The Tim Easton Experience" (Tim, Megan & Kliffy) - Fairbanks, Blue Loon
August 21 - Creed/Theory Of A Deadman - Fairbanks, Carlson Center
August 31 - Five Finger Death Punch - Palmer, Borealis Pavilion @ Alaska State Fair

September 1 - Nokie Edwards, Palmer, The Sluicebox @ ASF,
September 1 - George Thorogood, Palmer, Borealis Pavilion @ ASF (no video for any of the fair shows)
September 5 - The Melvins/Ghost Hands, Anchorage, Bear Tooth Theater
September 8 - Dr. Dog/Sweating Honey (FINAL show before hiatus) - Fairbanks, The Pub @ UAF
September 29 - Flogging Molly/Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss - Fairbanks, Blue Loon
September 30 - Flogging Molly/Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss - Fairbanks, Blue Loon (both Flogging Molly shows I was told to tear down but filmed anyway, the 2nd one is hilarious, you can see security point me out at least 3 times....)

November or December had The Deadly Gentlemen @ The College Coffeehouse and The Whipsaws @ The Marlin


December 27 - Clutch/Mondo Generator - Asheville, Orange Peel
December 28 - Clutch/Mondo Generator - Lexington, Busters
December 29 - Clutch/Mondo Generator - Columbus, Newport Music Hall
December 30 - Primus - San Francisco, The Warfield (no audio, shitty video, one of my worst experiences ever)
December 31 - Frank Hannon Band w/ special guests - Rocklin CA, Strikes

2013

January 4 - The Tubes, Snoqualimie, WA, Casino Ballroom (audio only)

February 22/23 - Young Dubliners w/ The Thkneads, Fairbanks AK, The Blue Loon, filmed with band permission

March 28 - Strangled Darlings, Pub @ Wood Center, College AK (2 cam)
March 29 - Strangled Darlings, College Coffeehouse, College AK (2 cam)

I know there was a local gig or two up there as well, will have to research...

April 20 - Tone Loc, Blue Loon, Fairbanks AK
April 30 - Alice In Chains, BJCC Theater, Birmingham AL

May 1: Shelly Colvin/Kevn Kinney (Drivin N Cryin), Eddie's Attic, Atlanta GA
May 2: Black Keys/Flaming Lips, Aaron's Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA (complete, though the audio may need a bit of work...)
May 3: Beale (Wallflowers/Sheryl Crow audio only, AIC audio/tripod video from "bleachers" (LONG story, it's gem!), Tom Lee Park, Memphis TN
May 4: Beale (Star&Micey/HeartlessBastards/PattiSmith audio only, Dwight Yoakam/Black Keys/ZZ Top aud/vid, though the Keys has a rough patch 30m in until the end), Tom Lee Park, Memphis TN
May 5: Beale (Public Enemy/Gary Clark Jr./Lucero/Black Crowes aud/vid, GCJr. missing 1st 5-10m) Tom Lee Park, Memphis TN
May 7: Soundgarden, Tabernacle, Atlanta GA (complete, single cam + audio)
May 8: Soundgarden, Tabernacle, Atlanta GA (complete, LOTS of zoom, + 2 other sources)
May 10: Tesla, Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City OR (2 cam)
May 11: Tesla, Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City OR (2 cam)
May 13: Black Angels/Hanni El Katib/Wall Of Death, Neptune Theater, Seattle
May 14: Jim James/Cold Specks, Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR
May 15: Black Angels/Hanni El Katib/Wall Of Death, Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR
May 16: Rehab, Mavericks Bar & Grill, Bend OR (2 cam)
May 17: Tesla, Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma WA (audio only)
May 18: Tesla, Northern Quest Casino, Spokane WA (2 cam)

June 6 - Heartless Bastards, Tap Root Cafe, Anchorage AK (2 cam)
June 7 - Heartless Bastards, Tap Root Cafe, Anchorage AK (2 cam)
June 21 - Primus, Blue Loon Outdoor Stage, Fairbanks AK (2 cam)
June 22 - Primus, Moose's Tooth Outdoor Stage, Anchorage AK

July 3 - Nick Oliveri + Men With Guns & other guests, S-Lounge, Anchorage AK (2 cam)
July 4 - Nick Oliveri + MWG & other guests, Tug Bar, Knik AK (2 cam)
July 5 - Nick Oliveri + MWG & other guests, River Lodge, Tonsina AK (2 cam)
July 12 - Dropkick Murphys/The Scurvies/Gay Porn (yeah, that was their name), Blue Loon Outdoor Stage, Fairbanks AK (2 cam)


August 3 - Salmonstock, Ninilchik AK
August 4 - Salmonstock, Ninilchik AK (14 hours of aud/vid footage)
August 5 and 6 - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sullivan Arena, Anchorage AK (tix in hand for the 6th)
August 11 - Nokie Edwards (Ventures guitarist), TVSF, Fairbanks AK
August 30 - 3 Doors Down, Borealis Pavilion @ ASF, Palmer AK
August 31 - Young Dubliners, unknown stage @ ASF, Palmer AK


September 1 - Bret Michaels, Borealis Pavilion @ ASF, Palmer AK

and Dave Chappelle and Martin Short, and the November trip, and.....


I know, there's not much there....

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I am going to take the unprecedented step of posting my personal correspondence with Steve. I know it goes against internet etiquette. However, I feel I have been slandered to the point that this is the only real option I have. I have redacted a lot of information (last names, email addresses, home addresses, etc.). This isn't the entirely of our correspondence, as I didn't include emails that were not pertinent to the matter at hand (shows he was planning on seeing, filming techniques, long show lists, etc., etc,).

So it all started when I noticed this post that Steve made at Dime in a thread for a DVD that I had uploaded.



I sent him a PM and that got the ball rolling.



Looks promising doesn't it ... "You'll have footage in hand by this time next month."









Notice all the other shows that Steve starts talking about...



As you can see, I waited patiently ... for weeks and weeks. And even offer to send an SD card.












And here Steve starts telling me about all the stuff he has. So I make an offer to send him a drive to put it on to send to me for authoring.



And here Steve says "I could give it a shot...I've got a LOT of stuff." Sounds like he likes my idea of sending him a drive, doesn't it? But look what he wrote in his post above: "in this situation I was expected to fill up an UNsolicited 2TB harddrive (we were having vague discussions about doing something, then 4 days later this drive was at the doorstep) with ALL of my masters, going back to 2010."













Look at what is at the top of the first list that Steve sends me -- Black Crowes. Lots of Black Crowes. And by the way - I closed my Facebook account a couple of years ago. So that's a flat out lie that I contacted someone via Facebook. I contacted Jort via PM at Dime.



Very important point here - I clearly state that I'm moving back to the US in July. And I'll reach a point where I'll be out of the net and unable to work on shows. Steve says he'll shoot to mail the drive between 10-15 June.



Steve now has this "UNsolicitated" drive and is trying to figure out how to use it.





I continue to wait patiently ... and it looks like that 10-15 June date has slipped a little. But not by much.



Well ... maybe it is by much. I wait almost two months with zero communication from Steve, so finally I contact him.



Notice in his list of what he's "nailed down so far" Steve clearly lists Black Crowes shows.



It seems quite clear that Steve is sending me Black Crowes - so in the meantime, I've been tracking down soundboards for these shows.



So another month and half goes by ... with nary a peep out of Steve. But that's OK, as I told him, I was going to be living out a suitcase for quite a while. So no biggie.



Very key point here: "In roughly a month I'll clone the entire drive and wing it your way." So I shouldn't really expect anything until around November 7 or so ... right?



So here we start the discussion about the other drive Steve has. Steve goes weeks and months at times without saying a word ... I don't say anything for two days ... and now I'm "ignoring" him.



I haven't got a clue about this other drive ... so yeah ... I didn't respond to his email from October 11. But he's gonna be sending me the main drive sometime in early November anyway ... and I've already suggested he send this other drive with the drive I sent him. So what is there to talk about at this point?



Oh~!!! But maybe there was something to talk about and since I "ignored" Steve -- apparently that hurt his feelings.



I make a few attempts at trying to contact Steve ... but as we now know ... he was serving me my medicine for "ignoring" him.



You folks can read through this correspondence and decide for yourself who the bad guy is in all of this.

[paddington]

I don't see a "bad guy".


It looks like you have asked for a TON of footage spanning like 15 years or so.

Since we can assume collating his stuff for you isn't his full time job, you probably just need to have a bit more patience and you guys' projects can come to fruition.

[ballsdeep]

I can forgive the 4 month ignore over the summer, as I'd no idea you were moving, or I guess I should say "wasn't paying attention".

I also totally forgot the August correspondence on FB, as you never contacted me that way again, or if so, it was months and months ago.


as for the more recent ignores, you did the same to me twice in October, the 2nd time for 2+ weeks, over a simple question. (CAN YOU CONVERT/GET THE STUFF OFF OF THIS DRIVE?)


I will get to it when I get to it, as after you didn't reply in October, I've been working my way backwards on who I owe from 2010 (the Crowes footage), and am now at the beginning of 2012.

again, a 2TB drive is ALMOST FULL.

1800 mothafuckin' GIGABYTES.

there is a LOT of shit on there I didn't tape, from others I trade with, that has NOT been torrented...like the soundman from Bear's Tooth in Anchorage who relocated to Colorado 2 months after I met him.

and ijwthstd, he sent me .flac DVD upon .flac DVD of more untorrented goodies.

and 55 gigs of sweet Meat Puppets from popskull

and..........


if I'm the 1st "procrastinator" you've met in this hobby, well then shucky darned and slop the chickens.

it's not that the stuff hasn't been going onto the drive, but it's like, why would I send you a 2 TB drive with only 700 gigs, or 1200 gigs?

and why would I send the ONLY copies of EVERYTHING from the last 4 years thru the mail w/o backing 'em up?

and there's still nearly a TB on the unaccessible drive, so my apologies for the underestimation of what was there. there is a bit of audio duplicity in 2010 and 2011 with the 2TB drive, but all my 2010 and a large chunk of the 2011 vids are on it.


with love,

the baddest motherfucker on the top of the world, aka 129 to go (actually won't fill it up to the brim, will probably stop with 100 to go


p.s. Feb has 2 Bobcat gigs, Peter Mulvey AND Young Dubliners back-to-back then Ani DiFranco from the front row in Anchorage 2 days later on the 17th...if I go, I'll fly down, which is $300 r/t....that will eat up the "clone drive" money next month, easily.

Ying Yang Twins on March 1.


lookin' like a 3TB cloner, that's for sure.

BOTTOM LINE: I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE A BAD GUY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT PATIENCE AND COMMON COURTESY ARE A TWO WAY STREET

just ask trustthex (BLAHAHAHAHA)

[dorrcoq]

I want to know why the fuck my posts on this thread were deleted?

[Silver Stallion DVDs]

Originally Posted by jameskg

I don't see a "bad guy".

It looks like you have asked for a TON of footage spanning like 15 years or so.

Since we can assume collating his stuff for you isn't his full time job, you probably just need to have a bit more patience and you guys' projects can come to fruition.

I never asked for ANYTHING (other than the Van Halen clips from one show). He made it known he had a lot of stuff he wanted authored to DVD, and I not only offered to do it for him, I sent him a brand new 2TB drive to facilitate sending it to me.

[Silver Stallion DVDs]

Originally Posted by ballsdeep

I also totally forgot the August correspondence on FB, as you never contacted me that way again, or if so, it was months and months ago.

This is the second reference you've made to FB. I do NOT have a Facebook account. I haven't had one in a couple of years. Other than two posts from Dime, everything I posted above is from email.

Originally Posted by ballsdeep

if I'm the 1st "procrastinator" you've met in this hobby, well then shucky darned and slop the chickens.

When did I ever say a single word to you about you procrastinating? In spite of you making numerous promises to mail things out and never following through - and you going months without ever providing any updates ... I waited patiently one month after another.

Originally Posted by ballsdeep

BOTTOM LINE: I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE A BAD GUY. I'M JUST SAYING THAT PATIENCE AND COMMON COURTESY ARE A TWO WAY STREET

I've been very patient.

Common courtesy?? You make up lies about me, and you have the balls to talk about common courtesy?

I seriously doubt that I'll ever get this drive back from you, so I'll tell you what. Just keep it for yourself. A $130 gift from me to you.