The Past 8 Months By Kurt Hampton
December...memories of Christmas, right before hearing the Glass Prison mp3 laying on the floor with the bad headphones connected to the speaker output. It was cold, yet I remeber burning it and sharing it with everyone. My favroite band was back with a vengence. Man this was gonna be a great few months. the shows, the concerts, the bootlegs, it would all be so good.
Jan 29th...I actually found the credit card receipt tonight when I bought 6 DOIT. The drive home then to Anthrax and Priest with one thing on my mind, dream theater. School was very stressful, I had recently taken a shitty job and was depressed about everything, my relationship was going through extreme turmoil. All the fears of graduating college, the uncertainty, but I could always look to the shelf of DT, and I knew I would be able to see em, either in Houston, Atlanta or at the HOB here in New Orleans, shit the SOLD OUT the past 2 times.
February...TOUR DATES!!!!Really bad month in the " real world" relationship problems are getting worse, man I cant wait to get out of town or go see DT. By now my whole life is revolving around 1 thing and 1 thing alone, DT headlining somewhere. But that wouldnt be the case. Southern promoters wouldnt offer up the $$ to bring em down, that sucks, i found out about it over a rude IM from a not to be mentioned forumer, I was upset about something that night, and I lashed out HARD. I had never been so pissed off in my life. The one thing I was looking forward too was not gonna happen.
But that was ok, after about a week of complaining or so ,i dropped it but no one else could let it go, yeah I said some really shitty insulting things about teh band, management, etc etc etc. I was upset, as many other fans were. I would get emails from people expressing how they agree with me, but no one would come out and say the things Kurt said. Kurt bad.
Then there was the whole megadeth board incident. Back in 2001 or so this board was a riot, and friends and I used to goof off, I forgot what I said over there, but someone at ANOTHER board no to be mentioned started some shit and it exploded from there....it was a big mess. I saw the
and havent been back since, no less, its just the internet.
Its actually kinda funny, I remember being here back in 99, thinking wow what a great place, it still is. Im the #4 poster, that in itself is pretty cool. There is a small number of individuals however that just dont get the Kurt. Im gonn say this one time and one time only:
1. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN A GOD AWFUL ASSHOLE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I AM SORRY FOR THE SHIT OVE BEEN STIRRING UP. At first it was out of rage and anger, but then it got to be fun, like a power trip. No one banned me. I had stopped for a while but now reading some threads regarding my atlanta experience coming up i must clarify.
I am gonna look MP the man himself in the eye, extend out my hand and say " im Kurt, and Im sorry" thats what i was plannin on doing out by the buses, but an opportunity presented itself that I could do it in a less tense, more relaxed environment with fewer people around. I just want a chance to apologize face to face, the way it should be done. I have an opprtunity to do some good hear, to set things straight, the way the should have been from the start.
To everyone here...all a brother ever wanted to do was see his favroite group on probably their best tour in history. The brother spoke out and is sorry.
But this probably will go un-noticed, people still wont understand or forgive. Yeah Ill still be around. I look forward to kicking everyones ass in Fanstasy football. I look forward to meeting everyone in Atlanta. I look forward to a time when people can say " hey that guy Kurt, he' s ok"
" hey that guy Kurt, he' s ok"
Kurt 8/21/02 12:00 am