LerxstLady

I'm hoping for the same thing - being lucky enough to meet him - even just for a couple minutes, you know? ::sigh::

Here's a little something to brighten everyone's day. Please ignore the strange brunette in the shot - I'm not quite sure what he'd doing there

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As it stands what we know is that the author of the aritcle took quotes from three previous interviews, included them in his article in such a way as to make it appear that they were answers he elicited from Alex during the current interview. The way the article was originally posted, there was no indication that any of the material had not come from the actual interview that the author says he conducted, nor any credit given to the interviewers who actually did get those quotes from Alex. The author claims it is a "normal" practice in interviewing, though I, personally, have never heard of anyone else doing it (though I'm not an expert by any means), but even if it IS a normal practice for an author to ask a subject if he still stands by an earlier quote and then reuse that quote as part of a new article, I can almost *guarantee* you that is it NOT established practice to take a quote from someone else - even a close friend and co-worker of the subject - and claim that it is a new quote from the person being interviewed. This, however, is exactly what the author did when he took a quote from Geddy and attributed it to Alex.

As a result of these kinds of deceptive practices (leading people to believe that old quotes are actually from a new interview and leading people to believe that the subject said something that was actually said by someone else) opens the ENTIRE article to questions of credibility and opens ALL of the quotes to questions of legitimacy. You simply cannot assume that an author that recycles quotes form other articles and puts other people's words in his subject's mouth doesn't take other liberties in reporting the article.

So, what we have is an article that the author and the editor of the website that published it initially are saying IS a legitimate article and taken from a legitimate interviews, claiming that, except for the borrowed quotes, everything else is from Alex directly, but you also have an author that has very little credibilty just because of how he wrote the article.

I cannot say whether or not Alex actually said anything in that interview or not. Andy (the author) and Bart (the editor) claim that he did, but the questionable nature of the article gives all of use just cause to be skeptical about any claims regaring the article in general - including the veracity of the quotes.

So, it IS possible that Alex did say what the article says he did. And the phrasing of the quotes does sound a lot like how Alex usually speaks - based on the many interviews with him that I've read and/or heard. However, he has so far refused to discuss the NYE incident at all, and at least one interviewer was told that if the question was even raised, Alex would have to terminate the call (since he cannot talk about it for legal reason), so for him to suddenly open up to this one reporter does seem a bit suspicious. But it's not imposible.

I honestly don't know if he said it or not. I tend to think it's unlikely, but I certainly don't *know*. In either event, though, the quotes could have a detrimental effect on his situation in Florida. If he DID make those comments, then that's his problem, but if the author made them up, that's a whole different matter. So far, though, all we have is the author and editor's word that this is an authentic interview. Anthem has not conmmented either way, and until or unless they do, I don't think it can be conclusively determined if it's a legit interview or not.

Well, what Bart from the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages is saying is that there were three answers that were taken from previous interviews - one that Alex did in 2002 with DoubleAgent5150 from the Counterparts site (for that site), one that Alex did for CNN in 2002, and one that GEDDY did this year with Billboard Magazine, but that the rest of the material is taken from a new interview that Andy Read did with Alex in June of this year. Bart also says that the reason Andy reused the three quotes is that he only had 30 minutes to speak with Alex, so rather than having him expound on questions he'd answered previously, Andy basically read the quotes to Alex and asked him if those statements were still accurate, and then included them in his piece.

It still bothers me, though, that one of the quotes was orignally said by Geddy, and in this interview, Andy was basically trying to put Geddy's words in Alex's mouth. If he had wanted to get Alex's opinion on that matter, I'd think he would actually ask Alex about it, or Alex would have given him his OWN statement. So that just seems kind of odd, but....

The ont I have the biggest problem with, though, is the answer about the NYE incident. It very well may be a genuine quote from Alex - according to Bart it is. But I know from a previous article that when journalists were given the chance to talk to Alex, they were told that if they brought up the NYE incident that he would terminate the call because he cannot speak about it. Any comments he makes could be used against him by the prosecution if it actually goes to trial. Plus, stuff like what he's quoted as saying in this article could just piss the prosecutors off enough that they might not be as willing to make a favourable plea-bargain with him. When I first read the article, the emotional impact of that section really got to me because I'm SUCH a fan of his, but the more I reflected on it, the more out of character it seemed that he would have said that in an interview - but the phrasing sounds enough like how he talks that I didn't think at all that it wasn't a real quote until questions about article as a whole were raised.

Which is basically a very long way of saying that I don't know if the rest of the article is genuine or not. I have my doubts at this point, but the editor of the DPRP is standing behind the story.

After Bart from the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages made his post to the Counterparts board, I had written to him to point out a problem with the revised article in regards to the quote from Geddy that had been used (specifically that even after the clarification, the part attributed to Alex was actually STILL from Geddy.) He also stopped by this form and saw a post I'd made there in which I commented that I'd also noticed that some of the quotes from the CNN article was still included as "current" material. Someone had asked why, if the author of the interview, had been able to get Alex to open up as much as he appears to have in the interview, would he find it necessary to use quotes from other articles. Here's my comment on that part of the matter:

Ok, there is further follow-up on the DPRP interview with Alex - here is a message posted at the Counterparts message board (where the questions about the article started) by one of the editors of DPRP magazine.

Thought you all would want to know - it turns out that the interview with Alex at the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages wasn't a legitimate interview. One of the guys at Counterparts, who'd done an interview with Alex for the CP site back in 2002, noticed that one of the answers Alex supposedly gave was almost word-for-word identical to a passage from the earlier interview.

After reading about that, I checked some of the other passages in the interview and found one where it looks like the guy took parts of a couple answers from a 2002 CNN interview and edited them down into a single "statement", and another where he took an answer GEDDY gave in a Billboard interview published in the May 15th issue this year - and didn't even change a reference to "Alex and Neil" to being "Geddy and Neil" which it should have been if it had really been Alex speaking. (I felt really stupid about not picking up on that. The comment had sounded familiar, but I figure since I read so many interviews I'd just seen one where a similar question had been asked, and ascribed the name mix up to being a typo. Ugh! I HATE getting suckered like that).

The worst part, though, is that since several chunks were obviously plagarized from other interviews, it would appear that NO interview took place at all - meaning that most of the other answers are likely complete fabrications, with the author putting his views into Alex's mouth.

The DPRP has pulled the interview from it's website, and I noticed that the author is no longer listed as a member of their staff. Still, it's really sad that someone would do something like this - especially to Alex. Some of the comments in that interview were about the NYE incident and could potentially have caused Alex problems in his case. The whole thing REALLY pisses me off.

I'm definately a long-haired guy fan, too and I absolutely LOVE my husband's long and luscious locks (and oh.... is his hair ever soft! ::swoon:. But like you, Donna, I'll take him any way I can get him - who he IS is a hell of a lot more important to me than what he looks like.

But, hey, if he like looking the way I like having him look, then so much the better, eh?

Yes, he's VERY cute NPG

Pixey, he's Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Currently he can be seen in "Vanity Fair" and he'll also be in the movie "Alexander" (with Colin Farrell) when it comes out in the fall. He was also in "Bend it like Beckham" which is one of the VERY few roles where he doesn't play a charming, seductive cad. Very good movie! And yes, he is VERY

HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT !!!!!

Ok, more pressies for the LerxstLusters in the house!

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And here's one of my most gorgeous guy - my hubby

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Here's a shot of the 3rd most gorgeous guy in the Universe According to Kriselda (first, of course, being my husband and second, my beloved Lerxst [at any age])

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Hello!

I come bearing gifts!

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This one was taken by Ganjagal from CP, and is one of my absolute FAVOURITE Lerxst shots I'm going to be using it for a new logo for my Alex Fan Community (with her permission, of course) - it was taken at Darien Lake.

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Hope that's a good start

For those who've not met me yet, I'm a non-recovering Lerxtaholic and unrepentant Lerxtophile. He inspired me to pick up the guitar myself, and no matter what else happens, I will ALWAYS be grateful to him for that - it's one of the things that's helped keep me sane I'm homebound and disabled, so I have WAY too much time on my hands.

I run LerxstOnline: An Unofficial Alex Lifeson Fan Community, which is less a place for Lerxst Lust (I do enough of that at everyone elses boards), and more for discussion of his work and of guitar playing in general. (There is one forum for "tasteful appreciation of his non-musical aspects, however, so it's not ALL boring *g*)

I also run Fanlistings for the guys and Rush as a whole. Fanlistings are basically databases where fans can sign up to indicate they're interested in talking to other fans around the world, and then look other fans up to get in touch with them. If you're interested in those they're are:

• La Villa Strangiato - The Rush Fanlisting
• A Lerxst In Wonderland - The Alex Lifeson Fanlisting
• Bassic Instinct - The Geddy Lee Fanlisting
• The Professor - The Neil Peart Fanlisting

• Rush News - Um, a Rush News site that doesn't have a cool name yet

(Like I said, I have WAY too much time on my hands *g*)

Anyway, thought I'd come and share in the Lerxst Appreciation and offer a few contributions to the cause!