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Cease and desist... NOW

November 29th, 2007

Cyrius Balles writes:

I am neither a fan nor a person who enjoys listening to music. While I was visiting my nephew on Renfrew Avenue last night I heard what sounded suspiciously like Setbacks music coming from the band's rehearsal space. I represent the legal interests of Steve Palmer and without his written consent you are all strictly forbidden to play any Setbacks songs - in whole or in part. I cannot overstate the urgency and importance of this formal legal request and I expect that you will obey it and not be douchebags about it immediately.


Trevor		 Listen BALLES, I checked with some legal counsel and found that issuing a cease and desist order through an advice website does not constitute any legal binding documentation as required by the law.

I have personally told Steve that if he wishes to pursue any legal action he should consider hiring a lawyer that doesn't run his office out of the back door of the local mmmmuffins franchise at the mall. Yes, I am implying that this is where your law office is located. Be insulted.

For all the rest of the readers, you can now see some of the internal struggles that lead to the demise of the Setbacks. This is why Chris set his drums up in such a way that he would never have to look at Steve.

Steve		 Woah. This is the first I've heard of this. Cyrius - please contact me directly to discuss how we'll prepare our case. I have a few surprise witnesses I'd like to call to the stand. The first is Todd (aka Todd from Understorey, Trodvor 2000). This guy is hilarious and does can do this really funny high-pitched voice. I'd love to get him to do it in the courtroom. He'd have the jury in stitches. Can you coordinate this?

Mike and Brett are another couple of good witnesses. Both are totally cool and stand-up guys. I think we should call them too. I haven't seen either of them in a while.

Also, can we request that Judge Reinhold sit on the bench?

Paul		 Wow. That takes some...uh... serious balls to make accusation like that. First of all you say that you don't even like music but you can walk by a random house and say that you heard a song that may sound like it if from one of Ottawa's most underrated bands?

Sure, you may have walked by the house where 3/4 of The Setbacks were playing together but you did not hear a Setbacks song. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm sort of insulted. To think that we were playing painfully weak covers of Attack in Black and Starling and you thought it sounded like The Setbacks. Ouch. Please buy a Setbacks CD and listen to it a couple times to rid your ears of any previous music you have heard.

Douchebag.

Chris		 Awaiting wisdom...badda bing badda boom
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