***SHITTY BAND UPDATE***
Hell on Earth "Postpones Performance" Due to "Web Attack"


WHY did I have a feeling that it wouldn't happen? According to Jason Trindade, the host of hellonearth.net, the site was "attacked Saturday evening by a flood of data from computers somewhere in Hong Kong..." Whether that is actually the case or not remains to be seen... I certainly can buy that the traffic coming into the site around 7pm Eastern was probably incredible, and that could bring a server to its knees in a hurry... I don't know whether I believe a DoS (Denial of Service) attack was the culprit or just another step in a pretty shitty bit of a publicity stunt...

Supposedly, the website was up and had a link to another site and a caption that read "Next week the show will go on," but at my last check (a couple seconds ago), the site was still not responding...

Bandleader Billy Tourtelot (who earlier stated, "There's nothing bad about [it]. It's giving the right to die with human dignity and compassion for those that we love." so... offing yourself in a public forum is dignified and compassionate there, assjockey?) said he would "defy threats of criminal charges" for facilitating and/or assisting suicide (a second-degree felony in Florida which carries fifteen years in prison)... Go ahead, Billy... Defy it all you want... and then, after it's over, try to defy your cellmate, Bubba, from pounding you in the ass on an hourly basis for the next fifteen years...

The terminally-ill person in question is supposedly doing it to show his support for "right-to-die" views...

My personal message to this person is this:
"People all over the planet are now well aware of your wishes and your views... Some shitty no-name band has helped you get the word out that you want to die... There are a lot of people that would disagree with your decision, but that's not important... If it's that important to you, if you are, indeed, suffering so badly at this point that you feel you need to end your life... fuck the band, fuck the Internet, and fuck the people that disagree with your decision... do yourself, end your suffering, and let the rest of us get on with ignoring the lame-assed band that you're such a big fan of..."

Listening to: APC