Spring Break
Entertainment Mailbox: Segal's response
Issue date: 3/12/09 Section: Entertainment
03/12/09 - To Ms. Mitchitson,
First and foremost, I appreciate you referring to me as Ms. Segal. I think it makes me sound more professional.
Secondly, I am glad that you wrote a letter to the Good 5-Cent Cigar providing your view of the concert. I am glad that you decided to utilize your First Amendment rights, just as I did in writing the article "Brand New is brand bad" last Friday.
One of the first things that I learned growing up was that no matter what, I had a voice. I have an opinion, and my opinion can be heard because of my First Amendment right to speak. My opinion can be written in the Good 5-Cent Cigar because of the freedom of the press.
And I used that right in my article last week following the Brand Bad concert that I saw.
To be fair to Ms. Michitson, I will explain the things she asks to be explained. But I think I will start from the bottom of her letter.
The Cigar didn't assign the review to me for any other reason besides the fact that I requested to be assigned to it. Actually, I bought my ticket to the show before I asked to write the article about the show. Why? Because, I am a Brand New fan. I have been since the first time I heard the song "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" when I was starting high school.
In fact, when I was in high school, my AIM profile was full of the beautiful lyrics that came off of Deja Entendu, and my high school project on the use of metaphors was all about the song "Play Crack the Sky." If you don't believe me, I ask you to check out my Facebook profile page where you will find Brand New listed under my favorite music.
I want to ask fans who enjoyed the concert to think back to a time when maybe they went to another concert or a movie and it didn't turn out the way they thought it would. My guess is that is how you felt when you picked up the Good 5-Cent Cigar on Friday morning expecting to read a review that matched exactly how you felt about the concert.
First and foremost, I appreciate you referring to me as Ms. Segal. I think it makes me sound more professional.
Secondly, I am glad that you wrote a letter to the Good 5-Cent Cigar providing your view of the concert. I am glad that you decided to utilize your First Amendment rights, just as I did in writing the article "Brand New is brand bad" last Friday.
One of the first things that I learned growing up was that no matter what, I had a voice. I have an opinion, and my opinion can be heard because of my First Amendment right to speak. My opinion can be written in the Good 5-Cent Cigar because of the freedom of the press.
And I used that right in my article last week following the Brand Bad concert that I saw.
To be fair to Ms. Michitson, I will explain the things she asks to be explained. But I think I will start from the bottom of her letter.
The Cigar didn't assign the review to me for any other reason besides the fact that I requested to be assigned to it. Actually, I bought my ticket to the show before I asked to write the article about the show. Why? Because, I am a Brand New fan. I have been since the first time I heard the song "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" when I was starting high school.
In fact, when I was in high school, my AIM profile was full of the beautiful lyrics that came off of Deja Entendu, and my high school project on the use of metaphors was all about the song "Play Crack the Sky." If you don't believe me, I ask you to check out my Facebook profile page where you will find Brand New listed under my favorite music.
I want to ask fans who enjoyed the concert to think back to a time when maybe they went to another concert or a movie and it didn't turn out the way they thought it would. My guess is that is how you felt when you picked up the Good 5-Cent Cigar on Friday morning expecting to read a review that matched exactly how you felt about the concert.
