Never Say Never

To the Editor,

Regarding Stacey Richter's "Say Never" (Tucson Weekly, April 30): I would like to remind all you kids out there that never is a very long time, and that Richter has provided us a very long list. Statistically speaking, I would venture to guess that there is at least a one-in-a-million chance of at least one of those things happening to each of us; and hey, people do win lotteries, right?

Mailbag Myself for example: I personally have lusted after many women who did in fact harbor monsters, if not in their bodies, certainly in their minds and personalities; and furthermore, believe it or not, right here in our lovely town of Tucson I am approached at least once a week by beggars, many of whom by all indications stand a pretty good chance of being leprous. See what I mean? That's two already in my own short and, for the most part, misspent, life.

And while it's true that I have seldom noticed an uncanny sense of justice to rule my doings, I have seemed to notice an uncanny sense of injustice to rule doings unto me, but then you could just say I'm kinda salty....

One thing of which I am certain, however, is that I'll never get the last word. Even now, when I most deserve it.

--Three-Car Joe

Editor's note: Ah, Joe, we'd never rob you of the last word. Never.


Savaged

To the Editor,

In her "Savage Love" column (Tucson Weekly, April 30), Lisa Weeks not only makes harsh and untrue accusations against me, but chooses to viciously attack my character and my integrity. This comes from a music editor who has met with me once, who spoke to me for less than 10 minutes and until now, has largely ignored my band for nearly two years.

In her article, Lisa writes: "Don't forget, your local media are only as good as the information they get." And the very last line of her story is: "So in the future, just give us the facts, Ma'am."

I'd like nothing more.

The Tucson Weekly does receive monthly newsletters and weekly updates via e-mail from LeeAnne Savage & Shockadelica regarding upcoming performances. However:

  1. The club listings are repeatedly incorrect. Sometimes this band is listed under the wrong venue, at times this band isn't listed at all, and other times this band is listed at two venues on any one night. And more often than not, my name is misspelled.

  2. In an e-mail and fax dated April 4, 1998, to the Tucson Weekly regarding our Club Crawl performance at O'Malley's, I stated that Shockadelica would perform a one-hour showcase featuring originals from my CD, Neptune Amor. Yet Shockadelica was billed as finishing "out the evening with one dyn-o-mite party of '80s pop at midnight." (Tucson Weekly, April 16).

  3. The Tucson Weekly continues to diss our audience, referring to them as "ball-capped, team-spirited, and beer-soaked" (Musician's Register, March 1998). If Weeks were really in attendance at any of our shows, she would find a diverse audience; the demographics primarily consisting of women 21 to 40.

  4. Weeks has quoted out of context certain lines from our "Thank You" e-mail regarding our TAMMIES awards. The point made in our e-mail was that despite the lack of press from the very magazine that sponsors the TAMMIES, the band is very grateful for the two awards that we received and thrilled to be listed as runner-ups in six categories. Our "Thank You" e-mail was just that--expressing our thanks to an audience that continues to support us. We never intended to take away from the great musicians in this town who did receive, and rightfully deserve, their TAMMIES awards.
Unfortunately, it took our April 23 e-mail in which Weeks' name is mentioned to get any press coverage for my band from the Tucson Weekly. The LeeAnne Savage & Shockadelica distribution list is how we reach our audience; just as your "Savage Love" story is how you reach yours.

Thank you for the coverage and for spelling my name correctly.

--LeeAnne Savage


To the Editor (who must've been absent when Lisa Weeks filed her "Savage Love" column [Tucson Weekly, April 30]),

You must be really excited about next year's Arizona Press Club competition. After reading the LeeAnne Savage assassination piece, I'd say that Lisa Weeks is a shoe-in for the Sour Grapes Award. It's truly amazing that a high-school girl like Lisa can find the time to come up with such a big, juvenile, petty pile of crapola.

As a former member of one of Tucson's premier cover/originals bands, (for you devoted TW readers who've never heard of the Saddle City Band, we were it in the '80s), I can sympathize with LeeAnne's predicament. You dress nice, play popular music that makes people happy, and The Weekly ignores you. You show up at Club Congress wearing your yard-work outfit and get up on stage (late) and get all pissed off, and The Weekly thinks you're Jesus Christ's first cousin.

OK, I'll admit that LeeAnne was doomed from the git go. She didn't hire Howe Gelb or Al Perry to be in her band, thereby guaranteeing The Weekly's support. So now she has to send out e-mail to make up for the lack of coverage. Well excuse me.

It's obvious that LeeAnne Savage has a life in spite of The Weekly, and Lisa Weeks is the one who is deficient in that area. But don't worry, Lisa, there's still hope. If you can just tear yourself away from those Seinfeld reruns you might be able to get your pitiful ass on the Jerry Springer Show, the "I'm Jealous Cause I Don't Have The Guts To Get Up And Sing And She Does" episode.

--Duncan Stitt


To the Editor,

Regarding Lisa Week's "Savage Love": Too bad Tucson's "Musician of the Year" cannot accept her TAMMIES awards with grace and dignity. Bravo to Lisa Weeks for putting "Trite Spice" in her place!

--Name Withheld

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