Jul 12, 2010 10:37
Hello again folks!
I just wanted to say thank you for all the well wishes I've received because of the virus I caught while at AnthroCon. I do feel much better now and I am sorry for delivering what I believe was a sub-standard charity show on Sunday because of my illness.
AnthroCon was, once again, amazing. There are so many great people I was able to visit while I was there, such as Jenner, Dark Natasha, Cheetah, Azrael, Agent Elrond, Witchiebunny, Gavin... the list goes on. There were even more people I wanted to see, but didn't have a chance to.
Of course, I can't begin to express my thanks to the enormous number of people who came to watch my show on Friday night. You were all so patient, waiting in a line that damn near went back to the dealer room! I truly do hope you enjoyed the performance.
Which brings me to the subject. I know some of you out there filmed the performance on cameras and cell phones. Some of those videos have surfaced on Youtube and other video sites. And, as some people have inquired about, some of them have since been removed.
I certainly don't want to cause any hard feelings to anyone who filmed the show and put it on Youtube, but my policy on such things goes like this... Yes, you can film the shows. Yes, you can even put bits of them up on Youtube. But if you put my whole damn show up there, I'm probably going to have it taken down. Remember, these shows are how I pay rent and buy groceries. I certainly don't mind when someone puts their favorite parts of my act up to share with others, but if you toss the entire performance up there... well, that could lead to less groceries for me. And birds get cranky when there is less food in their refrigerators.
So, no offense to anyone who might have filmed the videos that were removed. I've got nothing against them personally. I just want to make sure my audience's experience is worth the time and effort they make to actually come out and wait in long lines to see me on stage. And to me, it just doesn't seem like it would be as special if you can download the whole darn thing from the internet, you know?