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Ok, here's the scoop guys/gals. I know my involvement with the festival is shrouded in mystery and to many it may appear on the surface that I'm just some ying yang with a Facebook account. What I want to let you know first and foremost is that if I have a joke or a funny quip and I post it to our FB page, you need to not try so hard to take it as taunting or demeaning. It's absolutely NOT the case. People want to assign that to my comments, because they have nothing better to do. I am a friend of the festival and I promote the Firefly brand in the festival community. I've helped countless people with information about the festival over the years and even helped people attend who otherwise would not have been able to.
The lineup is slated to drop sometime this week, as said by Firefly/Red Frog and at the moment, that is still the case. Unlike so many others, I'll make the honest and humble statement that THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I can promise you, I'm not here for anything malicious or unkind.
~Mike G
Well. That was uneventful (and I'm not casting blame, but gah, we just want a date already).
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Ok, here's the scoop guys/gals. I know my involvement with the festival is shrouded in mystery and to many it may appear on the surface that I'm just some ying yang with a Facebook account. What I want to let you know first and foremost is that if I have a joke or a funny quip and I post it to our FB page, you need to not try so hard to take it as taunting or demeaning. It's absolutely NOT the case. People want to assign that to my comments, because they have nothing better to do. I am a friend of the festival and I promote the Firefly brand in the festival community. I've helped countless people with information about the festival over the years and even helped people attend who otherwise would not have been able to.
The lineup is slated to drop sometime this week, as said by Firefly/Red Frog and at the moment, that is still the case. Unlike so many others, I'll make the honest and humble statement that THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I can promise you, I'm not here for anything malicious or unkind.
~Mike G
Do you know if they have embargo agreements with certain publications again? Like USA Today, last year for example.
Ok, here's the scoop guys/gals. I know my involvement with the festival is shrouded in mystery and to many it may appear on the surface that I'm just some ying yang with a Facebook account. What I want to let you know first and foremost is that if I have a joke or a funny quip and I post it to our FB page, you need to not try so hard to take it as taunting or demeaning. It's absolutely NOT the case. People want to assign that to my comments, because they have nothing better to do. I am a friend of the festival and I promote the Firefly brand in the festival community. I've helped countless people with information about the festival over the years and even helped people attend who otherwise would not have been able to.
The lineup is slated to drop sometime this week, as said by Firefly/Red Frog and at the moment, that is still the case. Unlike so many others, I'll make the honest and humble statement that THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I can promise you, I'm not here for anything malicious or unkind.
~Mike G
Can't say I envy the position Red Frog puts you in this time each year.
I hear that from people a lot, but it's a total misconception. I don't get death threats or the like. Quite the opposite. I've made a shit ton of great friends and met amazing people and it FAR outweighs a few disparaging comments from people who don't have their facts straight. Thanks though, kind of you to say.
How does the first phase of the Sonar announcement effect Firefly's plans? Did Firefly just not care about booking the Chemical Brothers? WHERE'S THE BRAND LOYALTY.
Post by Jeremy Jamm on Jan 28, 2015 11:40:37 GMT -5
Honestly Mike, the only thing that anyone here really had an issue with was the constant shooting down of lineup speculation, and (occasionally) excess sarcasm. Everything beyond that was really just poking fun at the whole situation. Like NoWhereMan said, I don't envy the position you're in either. You're the bad guy basically by default since RedFrog rarely gives the fans information otherwise.
Ok, here's the scoop guys/gals. I know my involvement with the festival is shrouded in mystery and to many it may appear on the surface that I'm just some ying yang with a Facebook account. What I want to let you know first and foremost is that if I have a joke or a funny quip and I post it to our FB page, you need to not try so hard to take it as taunting or demeaning. It's absolutely NOT the case. People want to assign that to my comments, because they have nothing better to do. I am a friend of the festival and I promote the Firefly brand in the festival community. I've helped countless people with information about the festival over the years and even helped people attend who otherwise would not have been able to.
The lineup is slated to drop sometime this week, as said by Firefly/Red Frog and at the moment, that is still the case. Unlike so many others, I'll make the honest and humble statement that THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I can promise you, I'm not here for anything malicious or unkind.
~Mike G
Can't say I envy the position Red Frog puts you in this time each year.
Is this a confirnation that it's Mike G or speculation?
Regardless of the intent of the statements, they come off as extremely condescending. Why go to the official boards to deal with that? That's not a great way to represent the festival.
And getting a day the lineup will be released would sure be nice.
Do you know if they have embargo agreements with certain publications again? Like USA Today, last year for example.
What is an embargo agreement?
I'm assuming, given the situation provided in that comment, any major announcements firefly made would probably have to go through USA TODAY first, so they get to be the ones to break the story.
Ok, here's the scoop guys/gals. I know my involvement with the festival is shrouded in mystery and to many it may appear on the surface that I'm just some ying yang with a Facebook account. What I want to let you know first and foremost is that if I have a joke or a funny quip and I post it to our FB page, you need to not try so hard to take it as taunting or demeaning. It's absolutely NOT the case. People want to assign that to my comments, because they have nothing better to do. I am a friend of the festival and I promote the Firefly brand in the festival community. I've helped countless people with information about the festival over the years and even helped people attend who otherwise would not have been able to.
The lineup is slated to drop sometime this week, as said by Firefly/Red Frog and at the moment, that is still the case. Unlike so many others, I'll make the honest and humble statement that THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I can promise you, I'm not here for anything malicious or unkind.
~Mike G
Well. That was uneventful (and I'm not casting blame, but gah, we just want a date already).
Honestly, I'm not surprised. Red Frog is so disorganized, I don't think they even have a concrete idea of when the lineup will be announced.
Honestly Mike, the only thing that anyone here really had an issue with was the constant shooting down of lineup speculation, and (occasionally) excess sarcasm. Everything beyond that was really just poking fun at the whole situation. Like NoWhereMan said, I don't envy the position you're in either. You're the bad guy basically by default since RedFrog rarely gives the fans information otherwise.
Ok, but if you REALLY look at my comments you'll see I don't do that. The reason this all snowballs out of control every year is that year after year, people flat out REFUSE to believe that I don't know the lineup. I have absolutely no knowledge of it nor would I want to!!!!! So, instead of accepting that as the truth, they make up their minds to believe that I'm taunting them or ridiculing them. 100% not the case. Go back and read the flow of my comments that people call into question and I promise you I'm not putting anyone down at all.
I'm assuming, given the situation provided in that comment, any major announcements firefly made would probably have to go through USA TODAY first, so they get to be the ones to break the story.
Since we're so hung up on PR these days, essentially media outlets receive embargoed news to be able to break it at the time of an announcement (earnings, press release, event, etc.). Hypothetically, Red Frog's PR manager would reach out to people at USA Today, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Spin, etc. and provide them with the lineup ahead of time barring an agreement to not release the information before a time set by Red Frog. It allows the reporters time to write and file their stories so when news breaks they're ready to post. Hopefully that helps..
Honestly Mike, the only thing that anyone here really had an issue with was the constant shooting down of lineup speculation, and (occasionally) excess sarcasm. Everything beyond that was really just poking fun at the whole situation. Like NoWhereMan said, I don't envy the position you're in either. You're the bad guy basically by default since RedFrog rarely gives the fans information otherwise.
Ok, but if you REALLY look at my comments you'll see I don't do that. The reason this all snowballs out of control every year is that year after year, people flat out REFUSE to believe that I don't know the lineup. I have absolutely no knowledge of it nor would I want to!!!!! So, instead of accepting that as the truth, they make up their minds to believe that I'm taunting them or ridiculing them. 100% not the case. Go back and read the flow of my comments that people call into question and I promise you I'm not putting anyone down at all.
It's probably not a coincidence that most people believe you know the lineup after the kinds of comments you make.
I'm assuming, given the situation provided in that comment, any major announcements firefly made would probably have to go through USA TODAY first, so they get to be the ones to break the story.
If I remember right, last year USA TODAY and maybe another publication or two did actually post an article with the entirety of the lineup shortly before RedFrog released the lineup video, maybe half an hour earlier or so.
I'm assuming, given the situation provided in that comment, any major announcements firefly made would probably have to go through USA TODAY first, so they get to be the ones to break the story.
If I remember right, last year USA TODAY and maybe another publication or two did actually post an article with the entirety of the lineup shortly before RedFrog released the lineup video, maybe half an hour earlier or so.
Yea something bad went down on timing, someone somewhere screwed up big because all of the artists starting tweeeting it too (which makes me think it was on Reg Frogs end). If indeed those publications did break the embargo it could have burned them for a shot at getting it ahead of time this year.
Ok, but if you REALLY look at my comments you'll see I don't do that. The reason this all snowballs out of control every year is that year after year, people flat out REFUSE to believe that I don't know the lineup. I have absolutely no knowledge of it nor would I want to!!!!! So, instead of accepting that as the truth, they make up their minds to believe that I'm taunting them or ridiculing them. 100% not the case. Go back and read the flow of my comments that people call into question and I promise you I'm not putting anyone down at all.
It's probably not a coincidence that most people believe you know the lineup after the kinds of comments you make.
Carlzner, respectfully I have to stick to my guns here. Really take the time to read what I write. You're generalizing here.