[acid-jazz] SOUL-PATROL HAS BEEN HACKED (but we will be back soon)

From: Bob Davis (earthjuice_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 2005-02-21 19:22:06

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    SOUL-PATROL HAS BEEN HACKED

    Due to unforeseen technical difficulties Soul-Patrol.com and Soul-Patrol.net are temporarily
    down.

    Mike has spent the better part of this morning (2/21/2005) researching this problem from a
    technology perspective. Based on his analysis, it is clear that this was the result of an
    intentional attack on Soul-Patrol by either the "mass media powers that be" (AOL, MSN, Yahoo,
    BET, Live 365, Cathy Hughes/Radio One, Clear Channel, etc) or "culture bandits".

    As you are all aware, this is not the first time that this has occurred, nor will it be the
    last. Clearly we have been aware for some time, that there are some folks who do not think
    that we should exist and they aren't going to give up trying to shut us down permanently as an
    voice in the wilderness for an independent Black perspective on music/culture.

    I suppose that for these people the recent article about Soul-Patrol in Billboard Magazine was
    just a little bit too much attention for some "colored boys from Brooklyn" to be getting?
    http://www.billboard.com/bb/tangledweb/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800309

    We regret any inconvenience this might be causing you at this time, but I can assure you that
    it is nowhere near the inconvenience that it is causing me.

    Mike has informed me that we should be back up within a week or so.
    (These bastards have never been able to keep our internet resources down for long and they
    never will...)

    As always we thank our sponsors for their continuing support and love. Obviously any and all
    sponsorship agreements will be extended accordingly.

    We will let you know via email when we are back up.

    Please pass this message along to others that you know who may want to be made aware of this
    situation.

    Thanks in advance
    Bob Davis
    earthjuice_at_prodigy.net

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     Bob Davis
    earthjuice_at_prodigy.net

    "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
    hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
    There's also a negative side."

    -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)
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