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    Paul Kahan on 08/08/2015 at 7:39 PM
    If you're willing to tear someone down on an article on the website of a local free magazine, and it hurts your ego that much to see someone else in a band get attention.. I pity the pathetic life you live. I pity you even more because it's a piece about the guys sobriety. How pathetic and sad can ones ego be to do something like that? Throw in the cowardice of anonymity.

    I've actually worked on shows with Chris, and the effort the guy puts in to his bands performances and shows is one that has been largely unrivaled in this scene (which is why bands like Cantankerous Dingos and Battlestar, who were also well known for their showmanship often played with them).

    When my friend fell off her bike and lost all of her teeth, my work came to me, looking for someone to find a way to make money to help with her bills. The Missing came and guest grilled at Mongolian grill for free before their show at the grog shop, brought in a bunch of friends and family. To this day the girl has a full smile, because chris and those guys helped.

    When my band played at bounce in a benefit for lgbt scholarships at Cleveland State, a whole bunch of bands in the "scene" mocked us for playing in a gay club. One guy in a band on your list told me to my face it was super uncool that we played in a gay club. Another band on your list told me it was disgusting. The next year I took over the booking for it. Who do you think we had headline? The Missing. Chris not only headlined the show but sold his own artwork at the show to help raise money. We raised 5 times the money that year. People couldn't move in there. It was that crowded.

    It's pathetic, that people still do shit like this. It's even more pathetic because the people who posted are probably grown men. I hope you guys find some happiness, the way Chris did. Because your catty comments are going to stay on this page, and you're just going to be left with the cowardice and fragile egos we're going to be laughing about years from now.

    Paul Kahan
    Bleak Productions
    The Dagger Rebellion
    Stark's Pond

    (inb4.. all those bands suck.. and?)
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    Paul Kahan on 08/08/2015 at 7:33 PM
    If you're willing to tear someone down on an article on the website of a local free magazine, and it hurts your ego that much to see someone else in a band get attention.. I pity the pathetic life you live. I pity you even more because it's a piece about the guys sobriety. How pathetic and sad can ones ego be to do something like that? Throw in the cowardice of anonymity.

    I've actually worked on shows with Chris, and the effort the guy puts in to his bands performances and shows is one that has been largely unrivaled in this scene (which is why bands like Cantankerous Dingos and Battlestar, who were also well known for their showmanship often played with them).

    When my friend fell off her bike and lost all of her teeth, my work came to me, looking for someone to find a way to make money to help with her bills. The Missing came and guest grilled at Mongolian grill for free before their show at the grog shop, brought in a bunch of friends and family. To this day the girl has a full smile, because chris and those guys helped.

    When my band played at bounce at a benefit for lgbt scholarships at Cleveland State, a whole bunch of bands in the "scene" mocked us for playing in a gay club. One guy in a band on your list told me to my face it was super uncool that we played in a gay club. Another band on your list told me it was disgusting. The next year I took over the booking for it. Who do you think we had headline? The Missing. Chris not only headlined the show but sold his own artwork at the show to help raise money. We raised 5 times the money that year. People couldn't move in there. It was that crowded.

    It's pathetic, that people still do shit like this. It's even more pathetic because the people who posted are probably grown men. I hope you guys find some happiness, the way Chris did. Because your catty comments are going to stay on this page, and you're just going to be left with the cowardice and fragile egos we're going to be laughing about years from now.

    Paul Kahan
    Bleak Productions
    The Dagger Rebellion
    Stark's Pond

    (inb4.. all those bands suck.. and?)
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