The Impyrial Death March/San Marcos Incident ...Bad News

Everyone,

I have to extend my apologies to all of you. I'll understand if my
credibility has been shaken with some if not most of you but the only
thing I ask is the ability to explain.

First, The Three-Day Impyrial Death March has not gone down as
expected. The show lasted from approximately 7pm EST until 4am EST.
Why? The server's encoder constantly errored stating that it couldn't
send information quickly enough. After discussion with Doc, the
station's head, we figured it must be my connection. Severe
thunderstorms over this past weekend did temporarily take out both my
internet AND my phone. Even though it only took out my internet for
only about two hours (I'm on DSL), it took out my phone until Monday
afternoon sometime.

A call to tech support after a full reboot of both the tower and the
modem lead to a speed test which showed my range being awesome, I
tried reconnecting and with no luck. I still have about four hours
worth of the original playlist left, though it's changed a bit. I'll
send it out and set times and dates. I'll be doing shows as I can over
the next couple of days...possibly into Halloween. The giveaways?
They'll still happen. The premiers? Same thing, they're still going to
happen. I just won't be going straight through with it as I was. As
for the length of the shows, I can go that long. I used to do it all
the time on Hear The Pulse where my shifts would last for 12 hours.

The San Marcos Incident:

Tonight, I cancelled on the event. Here is a complete history behind
it and trust me, you'll understand.

San Marcos is roughly about three to four hours away from me. At
present, my car is out of order and, until it's fixed, I'm stuck going
nowhere slowly. The one throwing the event told me ON THE AIR that if
I agreed to work this event, arrangements would be made to transport
both me and the equipment, board me, feed me...whatever. I wasn't
going to be paid for it, I was doing it because I had nothing planned
for this Halloween and I thought it might be some fun for me, get some
more exposure for you guys and on top of it all, if people found that
they could party to your music (which undoubtedly they can) then that
would drive your CD sales up.

Last week, I was asked by this person if I'd still planned on going.

"Goddamn Right!" I answered, "I've been talking about this event like crazy."

"Ok, how are you getting there?" he asked me.

I was floored. Suddenly, I had to figure something out. Friday, an
opportunity for some overtime at work would have afforded me a way to
rent a car, get a room, feed myself and literally transport myself
back and forth easily and wouldn't have gotten in the way of a damned
thing. That, however was cut out quickly when what would have been a
simple 16-hour shift turned into a 23-hour shift. My partner and I
were not allowed to return to work the next night thereby turning our
overtime into compensatory time. In essence, we got fucked. The only
way to actually square it would be to bring the whole thing before the
labor board but by the time I figured up what I'd be spending vs. what
I'd had coming to me, it was far more time, money and trouble than it
was worth. Leaving that being my best option out, I asked him if he
had any ideas. Since he never got back to me, I just cancelled. Again,
I had to consult with Doc and then we figured some things out. He has
called back since telling me to let him see if he can "pull a miracle
out" but at this rate I'm not holding my breath.

After tonight's disasterpiece theatre, I pretty much figured my
credibility was blown to bits due to technical issues and people I
wouldn't dare enter into agreements with unless contracts of the
ironclad variety were involved.

Again, I apologize to all of you in the bands and those of you in my
audience that wondered just what the hell happened. I figured if
nothing else, you deserve an explanation at the very least.

If there is anything I can do to make it up to you guys, simply let me
know and consider it yours.