Okay, internet. I hear you. And I’ve allowed others to attach their names to this e-dventure, so it would be remiss of me to ignore their wishes.

I will cease and desist with my personal brand of charm – mixing business with the pleasure of internet folly. You would like a sober discussion, please have one. There are hundreds of people coming here with some form of interest in this saga. See if you can say something thoughtful enough to get a response.

So far, despite the personal attacks directed at me and my gall, no one has managed to disprove or justify the terrible quality of what should be a professional-standard blog. Every rebuttal seems to begin, and occasionally end with, “Yes, the blog is terrible but HOW DARE YOU…”

Should we not care about this? Does it not matter that there are people in Brisbane actually servicing and profiling the music scene extensively, articulately and for free/a pittance, while the authors of BrizBands do what is quite broadly accepted to be a sub-par job? Does the wide availability of alternative media on the same topic negate the disapproving thoughts of the consumer? Is “go somewhere else” a valid solution? Or should we be demanding a competent standard of output from the professionals we pay to do a specific role, particularly when they are public representatives and put forward as commentators on a specific sub-culture? Should we, in 2009, shrug and be okay with censorship occurring at any level within our media culture? Is the extension of the right to reply a condemnable burden when it is extended to someone who does not wish to be asked?

Can anyone who has come here to “defend” the BrizBands blog mount an argument that does not a) first seek to discredit their opposition and b) begin with “Yes, but..” and end with a list of (what seem like) irrelevant mitigations of failure.

All of it and more – discuss. If this post is anywhere near as well-attended as the one where people got to take part in the internet’s favourite hobby (mud slinging), I will accept a dare from one of my detractors.

Everyone, abide by the rules: Be civil, be informed and above all, mercy mercy, be political correct.