Lyndahere, Bootlegging, Music Piracy And Education....

A small number of people contacted Lynda Elstad @lyndahere on Twitter to thank her for the bootlegged videos she made at the Russell Crowe Indoor Garden Party. It highlights the need for education programs concerning bootlegged and pirated music in America and Canada currently being shown and distributed on YouTube across a range of Internet users in particular mature aged women.

This was particularly highlighted by one person who asked permission to use her videos with acknowledgement on her project. The person concerned is a fan of Scott Grimes. She writes a fan page on Facebook and is on good terms with him. She attends concerts and Scott Grimes Tweets her regularly. She is not what I would call a professional bootlegger but a fan who has a lot of fun doing something she loves.

@lyndahere I am doing a project for someone &was wondering if I could use “Every Breath” & “Beautiful Girls” giving you credit of course. 19 October 2012

@lyndahere Of course you can H. You can use my videos any time. More IGP videos are coming too eventually. 19 October 2012

Bootlegging ie recording live music in America is illegal and @lyndahere did not have permission from the musicians to record it. 

Education sites

Www.childnet.com Childnet Brochure (Music Film and TV What you should know) provides information for parents and teachers about accessing music, film and television safely and legally online. It provides a list of sites where people can legal access music, film and television and report illegal content.

www.childnet.com Childnet International (Young people, music and the Internet) provides information for children, young people, parents and teachers about accessing music on the Internet. It provides a list of sites including www.pro-muscio.org for everything they want to know about music online and where to access music legally.

www.riaa.com The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) site has produced a brochure “Lets Play. The American Music Business” that explores many of the issues for consumers of music in America. Their site provides information on the laws, regulations and policies, research and intellectual property rights under the American Constitution.

www.pro-musico.org WIPO or the World Intellectual Property Organisation “is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system” (www.WIPO.org 2012). WIPO has produced a document outlining copyright, public domain and copyright limitations, copyright infringements and a range of resources for interested people including teachers. A number of publications are available on topics such as copyright, patents, trademarks, and intellectual property are available to be downloaded from their site. Resources are provided to help children explore the number of people involved in creating a piece of original work and the issues involved.

Lyndahere And Snippets From Social Networking...

On the 13 October, 2012 Russell Crowe and his co-stars from Robin Hood Alan Doyle, Scott Grimes and Kevin Durand reunited for a second Indoor Garden Party in New York. Also in the cast were Samatha Barks and Irish duo Size2shoes. Lynda Elstad or @lyndahere was there as usual and her videos were the first to appear on Youtube and even made it on to a television program.

On Twitter @lyndahere wrote I finally saw it. What assholes ET are. It’s an old TOFOG song and they used the lyrics to make it look like it’s “newsworthy” Bleh 18 October 2012 as Entertainment Tonight used some of her videos for a report. Wrote the bootlegger to the music pirate. 

It seems another fan had seen seconds of one of her videos on Entertainment Tonight. @Jonellk wrote @lyndahere Just caught ET. Few secs if of your vid. They made reference that he didn’t have ring on that night. Didn’t catch what song it was though. 18 October 2012. 

If my understanding is correct then it seems the program used the video off Youtube but dubbed the sound. So they agreed that her fan videos sound was so bad they couldn’t use it in a story.

Other fans had also seen her video on Entertainment Tonight too @gregccsmith are between the rock on Youtube? If so great videos-they used a clip on Entertainment Tonight.

@lyndahere Yes, I am, thankyou and did they really? That’s pretty cool, though maybe less so the story they probably used it for. 17 October, 2012.

The story she is referring to is the breakdown of Russell Crowe’s marriage. As the news broke @lyndahere had placed three videos of songs sung by Russell on Youtube from the Indoor Garden Party and sent them to him. @lyndahere always the opportunist.

@russellcrowe first offers a few teasing TOFOG snippets then a heartfelt version Springsteen’s Highway Patrolman 15 October, 2012

@russellcrowe shares his vocal warm-up song of choice with those t the Gramercy Theatre Indoor Garden NYC 15 October, 2012

Lyndahere And Other Activities...Ticket scalping and ticket reselling.

Lynda Elstad or Lyndahere (@lyndahere) tweeted to @russellcrowe If anyone happens to need…I have a nice pair in the 7^th row that a home for face value. Friends couldn’t make it 6.54pm 13 October 2012 the day of the event.

It is difficult to determine how @lyndahere makes the money needed to supplement her lifestyle following the members of Great Big Sea and their friends around the world. This question has been asked by me and others on Twitter. She does not seem to have regular employment or a source of income. Travelling, accommodation, food and tickets cost money even if done on the cheap is expensive. There are a number of ways @lyndahere could allegedly make money to support herself, including an inheritance or payout for an accident. She may be on a pension (as she takes medication of some kind) and supplements her income through bootlegging, pirating, scalping tickets and computer work.

There is money to be made in bootlegging and pirating videos on Youtube and scalping tickets with little risk of being caught. The Indoor Garden Party in New York with Russell Crowe, Alan Doyle and friends experienced some issues with ticket resales and ticket scalpers. On September 7 the event sold out within minutes. The good news was that many loyal Crowe/Doyle Songbook 3 fans from around America and the world got tickets to the event. Unlike the first Indoor Garden Party in Newfoundland there seemed to be tickets available right up until the day of the concert with mark ups as much as $400. Russell Crowe apologised on Twitter for the tickets @russellcrowe We do realise that how the IGP tickets were handled by the venue was very uncool. We will try to make sure this doesn’t happen again 19 October 2012.

In the US reselling tickets whether or not for face value breach the conditions of sale. But whether or not this can be reinforced is questionable according Wikipedia (2012 Ticket resale) and there are always ways around the laws for enterprising individuals ready to take the risk. In America the laws on the resale of tickets and how this can be done vary from one state to the next. There are many risks for the consumer willing to purchase tickets in this way including buying fake tickets.

Ticket resale and ticket scalping in a range of countries is discussed in considerable detain by Wikipedia (2012). “Ticket resale (or ticket scalping) is the act of reselling tickets for admission to events. Tickets brokers and ticket scalpers buy up tickets and then sell them on to consumers “Scalpers would purchase tickets in bulk from the promoter hoping that the tickets would sell out causing an increase in demand for tickets and thus an increase in the ticket price, which allowed scalpers to profit on this margin” (Wikipedia 2012)

Ticket brokers operate differently from ticket scalpers in that they operate from a physical site often a store front rather than on-line or in person. Wikipedia (2012) explains “Tickets are bought from licensed sellers and are then sold for a price determined by the individual or company in possession of the tickets. Tickets sold through secondary sources may be sold for less or more than their face value depending on demand, which itself tends to vary as the event date approaches” (Wikipedia 2012).

Wikipedia (2012) examines the relationship between ticket brokers and ticket scalpers…”Ticket Brokers, allow the public to advertise, trade, sell, and buy unwanted tickets online…In some cases ticket exchanges have been used by ticket scalpers to sell tickets. Scalpers would purchase tickets in bulk from the promoter hoping that the tickets would sell out causing an increase in demand for tickets and thus an increase in the ticket price, which allowed scalpers to profit on this margin (Wikipedia 2012 Ticket exchange/brokers).

Wikipedia (2012) writes about resellers…”Resellers also argue that there is a fine line between the individuals who genuinely wish to attend a popular event (and decide to sell on their tickets later) and those that buy tickets in large quantities in order to resell their tickets for a hefty profit. The practice of reselling tickets may be defended on free market principles although some countries have outlawed the unauthorized resale of tickets (usually with exceptions where the reseller doesn't profit from the transaction)…

There are many criticisms to buying tickets in this fashion. The worst is that there were people who brought tickets with no intention of going to the event and then selling them on for a profit and people buying fake tickets.

Lyndahere, Bootlegging And Live Performances...

“If anyone could record and freely broadcast an artist’s performance then some people who would have paid for a ticket to attend the performance may prefer to watch the free broadcast”. (WIPO or the World Intellectual Property Organisation, 2012 www.wipo.org)

Although stated before in a blog post... in August of 2011 Lynda Elstad (@lyndahere) bootlegged Russell Crowe’s entire Indoor Garden Party show in St Johns Newfoundland with his co starts from the film Robin Hood Alan Doyle, Scott Grimes and Kevin Durand plus his gorgeous and talented wife Danielle Spencer and Irish duo Size2shoes.

Lyndahere put up not only one copy of each song performed in its entirety but TWO copies of nearly each song performed by all the artists and musicians. Although the concert in New York City in October 2012 was officially sold out within minutes there were issues with tickets.

It would be interesting to know what impact her bootlegging has on people attending Russell Crowe and the Indoor Garden Parties, Great Big Sea concerts and the concerts of other people associated with the band. There will of course always be the die hard fans who travel to concerts and others who know that it will be bootlegged and choose not to attend.

Smaller venues are in Lyndahere's best interest. They decrease the social distance between fans including her and the musicians. Too many fans would increase the distance between her Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea. But they do not always give new fans the opportunity to see them live, appreciate their music and even more increase sales of songs and albums.

@lyndahere tweeted to @alanthomasdoyle We have the worst seats in the house - K 22-23 - for the Best Songwriter in the country. You're going to be great. 

Lyndahere...Thank you to the readers of my blog.

Dear Readers

I would like to thank all the people who have taken the time to read my blog. I hope it has made you think about the issues that involve so many of the musicians we love and admire. My hits have gone through the roof. The aim of this blog is not to bully Lyndahere (@lyndahere) with abusive and rude comments. The aim is not to make the musicians chose sides because the side they will chose is what is best for their family and those they love. Which they should. The musicians have been dealing with these issues and this person for many years and they are still producing music and having sell out concerts in Canada and overseas.

The aim is to get Lyndahere to change her behaviour and work within the laws that protect the musicians who create the work we love and admire. That is to get permission ie a license to record and reproduce music. She snobs the laws meant to protect musicians. Research shows that regularly broadcast live music can deter ticket sales.

It is the musicians choice about how they choose to promote their music and who they tweet and retweet on Twitter and how they use social media. But I am a consumer and how I buy and view music on YouTube is my choice. I hope that my blog makes you think about the issues involved for us as consumers and for the musicians.

If you feel strongly enough about this issue report it to the appropriate authorities including US customs and the anti piracy commission in Canada. A list will be provided soon. I have provided a list of options for you to take action on the post Free Culture.

Liz Smith

Lyndahere, Music Marketing, Bootlegging And Hypocrisy...(revised)

A response to a Lyndahere @lyndahere Twitter tweet…

Today on her Twitter page @lyndahere wrote “Need to craft a persuasive argument for how actions should follow words. Thinking it might be better made w. action instead of words”. 9 October 2012.

Lyndahere ‘s actions say a lot about her. Lyndahere’s actions of tweeting official videos of musicians like Russell Crowe, Scott Grimes, Alan Doyle and Dean Brody but not bringing down her own bootlegged versions when official videos are made seem kind of hypocritical. She makes bootlegged videos without getting a licence or asking the people that she alleged to have a heap of respect for.

Indoor Garden Party St John’s Newfoundland 2011...

Russell Crowe and Alan Doyle have become my heroes in the fight against bootlegged material. In August of 2011 Lyndahere bootlegged Russell Crowe’s entire Indoor Garden Party show in St Johns with his co starts from the film Robin Hood Alan Doyle, Scott Grimes and Kevin Durand plus his gorgeous and talented wife Danielle Spencer and Irish duo Size2shoes. Lyndahere put them on YouTube and as consequence had thousands of hits. She seemed to have the monopoly of bootlegged videos as no one else who attended the event put any up. I don’t care how much money Russell Crowe makes in the movies. If he writes a song or makes a video then those involved are entitled to the proceeds of it.

Over the past six months Russell Crowe has released his own recordings from the Indoor Garden Party on his South Sydney Media YouTube site in competition with Lyndahere. Better late than never. Scott Grimes and Russell Crowe have remained firm friends since they made the film Mystery Alaska together. He has high praise for his friend’s music abilities. Russell Crowe has tweeted on two occasions that he has not been impressed by the quality of videos being offered by Lyndahere of the event. He wrote on his Twitter page “Even with shit fanvid sound,you just can't deny @scottgrimes From Here Clear To The Ocean Garden Par...: http://youtu.be/i_liG8Aa0YA  via @youtube “ 13 September 2012.

And Lyndahere was quick to respond to Russell Crowe’s criticism with the following tweets. @russellcrowe @ScottGrimes And if fanvid sound were not shit, people would simply grab the audio & not bother buying the song. Not the goal. 14 September 2012

@russellcrowe @ScottGrimes The videos are supposed to whet the appetite, not sate it. 14 September 2012.

Lyndahere wrote they were only meant to whet the appetite and if they had quality sound no one would buy the song. Whet means to stimulate. Lyndahere put up not only one copy of each song performed in its entirety but there are TWO copies of nearly each song performed by all the artists in its entirety. It certainly would not make for a pleasant experience watching someone perform through the view finder of a camera. Concert after concert after concert watching musicians perform so brilliantly according to her through a camera view finder. I wonder when she last watched a concert for music. The purpose of buying a ticket to a concert is to enjoy it and appreciate the music. The function of a ticket is that you pay for that event only not a life time of bootlegged videos. Actions and words Lyndahere.

So for what purpose was this filmed I wonder. Actions and words Lyndahere. To ‘whet the appetite’ more like flood and monopolise the market for fan videos on this event. Filming entire concerts and putting them up on YouTube is an interesting marketing strategy I find difficult to comprehend. That shit quality music videos will sell songs according to Lyndahere. I am wondering which marketing firm would promote that kind of philosophy and why if it were true is it is unique to only to music. There is no product and company in the world that would use inferior products to advertise a better product in the store. And no reasonable person would buy something based on an inferior product. If it doesn’t make sense then it isn’t true. There are now quality official videos of the Indoor Garden Party and Alan Doyle songs from his Boy on Bridge album including the song 'Testify 'and 'I Have Seen a Little' but she has yet to bring down her bootlegged videos on YouTube.

It does however make a quality product more difficult to find in amongst all the rubbish. A bit like looking for a needle in a hay stack unless you know where to look (Alan Doyle official, Great Big Sea official or South Sydney Media official YouTube sites and a range of other sites). The videos on Between the Rock occupy priority place in some Google searches and makes it difficult to find official videos. Whetting the appetite of potential song buyers should be done through official videos where viewers can buy songs directly via links to itunes or other music purchasing sites. Lyndahere provides no links to itunes where viewers can buy the goods.

'Testify'...

'Testify' is the latest song that Alan Doyle wrote with Russell Crowe. They have produced a video together filmed in Iceland. An excellent video with spectacular scenery and high quality sound and an Academy award winning actor producing and starring in it. The video has had over 17 000 hits in just a couple of weeks. Lyndahere has approximately 10 videos of the song 'Testify' that she filmed on Alan Doyle’s tour, promotion events and the Garden Party. Yet she has not brought down the bootlegged copies of the song 'Testify' of YouTube to support her claims they are there to whet the appetite of potential song buyers.

I have watched some videos by people who attend Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea events who are what not I term professional bootleggers. They are excellent. They are often little watched videos way down the list on Youtube searches with only a couple of hundred hits. They highlight the brilliance of the musicians performing at live venues with just a guitar.

'It's Friday' by Dean Brody and Great Big Sea...

'It’s Friday' by Dean Brody and Great Big Sea is another song that has been bootlegged by Lyndahere on more than one occasion. On Twitter Lyndahere wrote @alanthomasdoyle @bobhallet join @deanbrody on a downtown St. John’s rooftop to film the “Its Friday” music video. 1 Sept 2012. She put up a video way before the official one was released. She does tweet links to the official version but does not bring down her own versions that continue to remain on YouTube accumulating hits and in opposition to the official videos.

Charity events...

Another example of Lyndahere’s problem with actions and words was the benefit concert for Newfoundland musician Ron Hynes who is fighting cancer and the opening of Ronald McDonald house in Newfoundland for sick children with Great Big Sea. Lyndahere always the opportunist filmed both events and peddled them on her Twitter site showing little respect for causes they were helping. I did not watch her videos because I found them totally offensive that she would film at such events and without the permission for those who held the event and then peddle them to the artists involved. What got lost to her was that the concerts were for very sick people. Not one of the artists responded to her about the videos.

Lyndahere, Fandom And "Mean Girl Shit"...

“Correct and appropriate usage of these essentials (strategies) establishes fan status. Usage that is socially approved and deemed authentic may heighten one’s social position within a fan community Usage that appears bogus or inappropriate, however, can spoil identity and lower status” (Narvaez, 2007)

Peter Narvaez from Memorial University in St John’s Newfoundland wrote a paper titled “Fandom as Magical Practice: Great Big Sea, Stockwell Day and Spoiled Identity” published in the Newfoundland and Labrador Studies in 2007. Narvaez provides background information on fandom studies (the study of fans of aspects of popular culture) in which he describes how the fans of famous celebrities change their environment and personal circumstances to be similar to and lessen the distance between themselves and the famous person. These people in reality are relatively unknown to their fans and do not acknowledge their existence. He compares this change to the practice of magic. For the most part being a fan of popular culture phenomena is fun and brings people together that share a common interest.

“The central problem for the fan is one of emotion, how to feel socially closer to persons who you believe you know quite well and care a great deal about, but persons who do not even acknowledge your existence as an individual” (Narvaez, 2007).

The first strategy involves decreasing the distance between themselves and a famous celebrity. It can include obtaining memorabilia items that have direct contact with the celebrity and include items that have been personally autographed, photographs, calendars, posters, CDs, and DVDs from a range of sources including other fans and online internet sites. Other strategies include attending live performances, visiting geographical locations connected with the performer, communicating directly with the celebrity in a variety of contexts and participating in online fan communities via social media including Facebook and Twitter. All of these are activities are engaged in by @lyndahere in particular attending ALL of Alan Doyle’s and Great Big Sea’s live concerts and peddling her video recordings on YouTube via social media. She spends a regular amount of time in St John’s where Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea are based. However, her contact with Great Big Sea fans and what information she chooses to share is based around her own needs and exclusiveness of opportunities that arise for her. They may include articles, photographs, information but mostly her own videos. In July during the Newfoundland Folk Festival Alan Doyle joined some musician friends on stage. It was only after the event that she mentioned it on Twitter and peddled videos on her site.

The second strategy suggested by Narvaez for fans aimed at decreasing the distance is “similitude emulation, attempting to master the same knowledge that the admired performer possesses by trying to understand and often to relive the artists most important experiences and influences”. Narvaez states that fans do this by taking on the role of researcher and documenting sources of information and performances in order to copy their lifestyle. As it has been documented by herself Lyndahere (@lyndahere) tries to attend every public event attended by Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea taking thousands of photographs and videos and documenting the experiences. She lives part of the time in St John’s Newfoundland and only briefly to return to Seattle. Klapp as sited in Narvaez (2007) refers to this transformation as “identity voyages” “a mimetic process whereby a fan vicariously lives through a performer, imitating their speech, appearance behaviour and sometimes adopting their attitudes and ideas as well”. This includes watching NHL hockey and of course following Alan Doyle’s beloved Habs ect and attending many of the same events and places he does including charity events, restaurants and pubs. The following Tweets off Twitter over the past three months demonstrate this.

‘There are better choices to make than repeatedly running away from following through on a heart’s desire. Stay put and let it be yours @lyndahere 14 July 2012’

My life is your life

@alanthomasdoyle Love your Half-Naked Scene best. Watching RH now reminds me of seeing it in Rome – English Italian subtitles - & Cannes 2 September 2012

@alanthomasdoyle @bobhallet join @deanbrody on a downtown St. John’s rooftop to film the “Its Friday” music video. 1 Sept 2012

@lyndahere Already have my companion persuaded for The Once – you should Guy Forsythe if you can. Caught him Tonder – awesome.

@lyndahere I’m excited too. I’ve been planning my flights around this show. Can’t wait in response to @corytelford and the Critical List at the Fat Cat.

@lyndahere It will be great. Sean and @obriensearch are a good combo. Be nice if they worked out some more shows together. 1 August 2012

@lyndahere Sweetest sight tonight Jim Cuddy taking a photo of his family members with his phone @ the Duke. Great show tonight by him and his band. 28 July 2012.

@lyndahere Kenny Roger’s the world’s biggest screech-in & now @obriensearch too? A fascinating George St Festival combo. Gotta go watch this unfold. 25 July 2012

@lyndahere @alanthomasdoyle I have supper plans there the day I get back. Sounds awesome. 18 July 2012

About living in St John’s…

@lyndahere Yet another gorgeous summer day in St John’s. Awesome. 30August 2012

@lyndahere @alanthomasdoyle And yes, it’s been a blissfully lovely summer here. More than makes up for last year. God only knows about next year. 28 August 2012

Your interests are my interests…

@alanthomasdoyle Studied Medieval Icelandic Saga in uni. If you have some free time pick up Njal’s Saga. Great stuff. RC should film him. 15 August 2012

@alanthomasdoyle I fell in Iceland when they chose when I learned they chose between Christianity and paganism. No wars…they voted in 1000 AD. 15 August 2012

Mixing in the same circles…even though Alan Doyle was not on the program she was there just in case.

@lyndahere went to a performance of the Thomas Trio reunion at the Newfoundland Folk Festival. The following tweets were sent to Alan Doyle who advertised on Twitter how exited he was because he was to be going. She of course went and filmed it and placed in on her YouTube site.

@lyndahere Influential ‘90’s St John’s band Thomas Trio & The Red Albino rock the Ship at their 1st reunion gig plus link to her YouTube site. 25 July 2012

@lyndahere It was a blast. Enjoyed it so much I’m going to catch the Thomas Trio’s George Street Festival gig too. 24 July 2012

@lyndahere Really impressed by Thomas Trio & The Red Albino tonight. Light years better than I expected it to be. 24 July 2012

@lyndahere They made the most of their opportunity tonight. Which is something worth respecting. 24 July 2012

@lyndahere Fascinated that your manager and guitar tech came from these guys. 24 July 2012

@lyndahere What a great end to the NL Folk Festival 2 nights in a row seeing the 3 of you onstage…love it Alan. 6August 2012

Belonging to a fan community examples of @lyndahere’s mean girl shit…

On her Twitter page @lyndahere wrote “Best response to the same old Grade 8 Mean Girl shit is the usual. It’s not about me. It’s not about you (hard isn’t it?) but about him” 31 August 2012”. Mean girl shit. Judge for yourself.

Great Big Sea’s sharing is never enough for @lyndahere after Alan Doyle offered the words of his on his webpage and photos from his Iceland trip.

@lyndahere And what about all those Bonus Tracks lyrics? Would love to be sure of every one of your words? 27 August 2012

@alanthomasdoyle Things haven’t changed all that much, have they? (love the photos –keep them coming please and thanks) 15 August 2012 from Iceland.

Flooding the internet with poor quality out of focus photographs and then blame it on the camera…

@lyndahere After using one camera for 8 years and thats intense use – I can’t believe the new one’s autofocus is malfunctioning after two months. 27 August 2012 Lyndahere bragged on her webpage she had taken 250 photographs plus videos at the performances of Alan Doyle at his recent appearances at a writer’s festival in Newfoundland. (Excessive and unnecessary by anyone’s standards).

Making announcements before things happen.

Announcing the lyrics on his webpage before Alan Doyle.

@lyndahere At last! Official ‘Boy on Bridge’ lyrics from @alanthomasdoyle:alandoyle.ca/look-listen (now I can safely write about the songs)

@lyndahere Can barely wait for Testify. Release date coordinated with the Boy On Bridge documentary (10 years out in Sept too)

Complaining about the GBS fan community and their lack of appreciation of her ‘work’ and criticism.

@lyndahere Sometimes I wonder what it’s like to be one of those people who can’t show gratitude. But then I decided it’s probably better not to know. 13 August 2012

@carbonbhoy Yeah better if I’d instead how much I appreciate those who feel free to express their gratitude. Best to stay positive. 13 August 2012

Sharing when I feel like it…

@lyndahere What a great end to the NL Folk Festival 2 nights in a row seeing the 3 of you onstage…love it Alan 6August 2012

@lyndahere My blog starts in 2006. Started seeing GBS in the Fall of 2001. Tons of early photos scattered about no videos till 2005/6 …in response to another GBS fan request for old photos of GBS.

Alan Doyle doesn’t like being talked about like this…in a sexist manner.

@lyndahere @alanthomasdoyle And a sexy Animal too. 22 August 2012

@lyndahere @alanthomasdoyle Its beautiful. I loved your concert attire last night too. Better than your tux shirt. Sweet animal. 22 August 2012

@lyndahere There ought to be a law against being this cute. Resistance is futile @alanthomasdoyle 26 July 2012

@alanthomasdoyle Love your Half-Naked Scene best. Watching RH now reminds me of seeing it in Rome – English Italian subtitles - & Cannes 2 September 2012

Correcting Alan Doyle’s spelling constantly…

@lyndahere Alan when you spell “Niagara” that way, it always makes me think “Viagra” Now segue to “Let’s get it in”. Smiling now. 7 September 2012.

@lyndahere I know you did those official BoB lyrics yourself Alan. Stamp of Authenticity in how you spelled “discreetly’. Loves it.

@lyndahere I love your typos Alan. Is the Torbay gig outly hours away now too? Ready for both options.

There is a difference between advertising a band on twitter to get a few more people to attend than recording and putting it up on YouTube for others to see. It is truly unfortunate that bands who want to play the music they love with the people they love can no longer do so in St Johns without it appearing on YouTube for the world to see. It is also truly unfortunate that Alan Doyle and others who attended a nice evening at the pub were threatened with being filmed and placed on YouTube. Its ‘foreigners’ like Lyndahere that threaten the culture and way of life a community with her constant prying and unwanted filming without the consent of the people who live there.