Oh look! Prime Devastation have just updated their website! Not only is there a tour and an EP in the works, but it looks like the band has a grudge with the Datsuns.

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the anvil says "Blink wishes only that he could write, fullstop"

I WANT to believe it is, but it's not. If you read the whole web site (as I did) it's just too hilarious. I suspect it's the masterwork of Ms Robyn Gallagher (of secret-passage.com). And it's excellent. Prime Devastation - the next big thing out of Hamilton.

wow. and I thought my geek senses were impervious to foolery ! robyn is the demi-god of "HTML In The GeoCities Style"

Now it deserves an ALoD more than ever !

// the lay-out looks dated, not because of any real insight into tragic family sites, but simply because it was made in 1998.

1997, actually.

// The Anvil also says that Miss Robyn Gallagher would be better to not comment on her own old jokes.

Ah, kiss my arse.

// The Anvil awards this site 2/10, because a, the humor is far too obvious (christians and solo mums) and if you are going to fake typing mistakes, be aware that most people hit an extra key that is immediately next to the key they mean to press and not one that is in a different row all together, so that or would more likely be miss keyed as opr, or oer and not ogr as you had

Dude, I still get emails from people who think it's real. Especially from Americans with the surname McKay who wonder if perhaps they are related. Oh, and they're not faked typing mistakes. They're real typing mistakes - that's why they don't conform to your textbook typing mistake definition.

I have great affection for the McKay family.

Can you smell what the Anvil's cooking?

you just made me laff

laff laff laff

I say "doing so would remove much satirical humour from the satirically-based family/band"

I say "stop mocking others until you can figure out how to reply to posts"

Most of all, I say "maybe I'd be able to take you seriously if you ceased talking about yourself in the third person - it makes you sound like a large wanker"

Fuckit. Sorry jimi, I forgot to refresh the page. You win.

Oh, noizyboy. I'm so in love with you.

In a totally non-threatening way, of course.

Maybe if the Anvil had any juicy ammunition, the Anvil would be funny and thought provoking. However, the Anvil only possesses good-natured email replies from a passionate photographer/promoter, and a band member requesting money to play a gig. Thus, the Anvil (who is the self-professed 'Dark Conscience of NZ Music') is reduced to name-dropping themself constantly and generally looking like a cock.

Undoubtedly the Anvil will have a very witty comeback to this, and the Jimi will be reduced to tears. The Jimi apologises for continuing to write posts in this fashion but the Jimi is starting to see the attraction in being a fuckwit.

Oikos, the Jimi.

// What did you think of the amazing gossip on the site?

I loved it. I mean, really, with lead stories like...

* indie e-zine contains idiosyncratic editorial policy!
* musician asks for payment to perform!
* reviewer gushes over average release!
* noise music sounds like random crap my four year old could make!

...he's certainly not pulling any punches. No wonder he wants to remain anonymous.

// what does [sic] mean???

Latin for 'thus' or 'so'.

Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.

noizy
can you teach me the way of the all round knowledgable guy???
because you seem to be pretty comfortable in that role...
just looking for some pointers
you know...

//Oikos, the Jimi

That's powerful net-magic you're invoking, Jimi. I bet Teh Anvil wouldn't last long under a flood of Oikos.
Man, that's a fight I'd pay to see.