Mark Knopfler's New Album......

[Shoaib]

I don't think TK reads Guy's forum!   

Yes... Sad but true.... 
TK only posts news when the news is 200% confirmed..... 

[ds1984]

I don't think TK reads Guy's forum!   

Yes... Sad but true.... 
TK only posts news when the news is 200% confirmed..... 

In the same time this is usually how it works when being the official voice. And we should assume that there was still a lot of people that were not aware of the news. TK easy target on matter?

[ingridswing]

Is he still the official voice? I really doubt it, didn't see him much around during the 2010 tour. And WE have all the news earlier  
I think he still might be the official newssite, but he doesn't get much info or doesn't have much contact with PCM.
Bleeding to death ....

[dustyvalentino]

Is he still the official voice? I really doubt it, didn't see him much around during the 2010 tour. And WE have all the news earlier 

Seems fairly clear that for "some reason", MK News' status was downgraded when the mk.com thing was set up. And Guy is of course a direct conduit to the fans and therefore pretty much "straight from the horse's mouth".

[Jules]

The news at mk.com are posted by TK himself at the same time he post them at mknews.

I talked about this with TK and he told me that, "as the official source for information" he can only put the news when he is told to do it, although everybody knows it because other sources (Guy itself) he can

[Jules]

Maybe some of you you should translate this "funny" comments to PC himself, and wait for his answer, and offer yourself as a "real time news poster" for the official site, and good luck with it...

[ds1984]

+1 jb

[Waterline Man]

The news at mk.com are posted by TK himself at the same time he post them at mknews.

I talked about this with TK and he told me that, "as the official source for information" he can only put the news when he is told to do it, although everybody knows it because other sources (Guy itself) he can

[Jules]

Fair enough if he cant post it until he's told to do so, but the main difference between here & there is freedom of speech,some things that are posted here wouldnt last 5 mins over there,even if they were true

The main reason between us and between MKNEWS is that we are an UNOFFICIAL forum, and as soon as we read something we comment it inmediatly, whatever the source is, and MKNEWS is OFFICIAL, and in order to release a piece of news it needs the OK from the OFFICIAL sources.

And I

[tunnel85]

By who? I dont remember what he told me, but its very likely its Paul Crockford who does it.

I wonder if sometimes PC did not hack TK's account to post on the forum.
TK was so stubborn on subjects like video recording ! Maybe it was PC himself  

[Waterline Man]

Fair enough if he cant post it until he's told to do so, but the main difference between here & there is freedom of speech,some things that are posted here wouldnt last 5 mins over there,even if they were true

The main reason between us and between MKNEWS is that we are an UNOFFICIAL forum, and as soon as we read something we comment it inmediatly, whatever the source is, and MKNEWS is OFFICIAL, and in order to release a piece of news it needs the OK from the OFFICIAL sources.

And I

[dustyvalentino]

I wonder if sometimes PC did not hack TK's account to post on the forum.
TK was so stubborn on subjects like video recording ! Maybe it was PC himself  

I have sympathy for TK over things like this, clearly his hands were tied by "the powers that be".

There are other things which I most certainly do NOT have sympathy with TK over, but I understand that GF for one is aware of these and that they are directly related to the aforementioned "changes" in the MK setup.

[Jules]

Whaaaatttt,this is'nt the official MK forum,I'm off,yeeezz are pirates & its highly illegal & rude to be discussing someone the way ye do,if I'd known this I'd still be posting on Jurassic Park

Are we approved by PCM, MK or Universal Records in order to be an official MK forum? NO  

Are we entitled to have a fans forum, manteined by fans, where fans can talk freely about everything? YES  

Do we need to be official? WHAT FOR?  

Are we able to see the difference between OFFICIAL or UNOFFICIAL? YES, I AM, AND YOU?

 

[Love Expresso]

Almost everybody who used to post over there seems to be emigrated into this nice place - apart from a very small (although relevant) group of people. Would be nice to see some of them over here, too! So the forum over there IS dead, it is twitching sometimes, but over all, exitus. I had a very unpleasant experience last year over there and haven't logged in ever since.

But for News, the status of "official" is not significant anymore. I mean, can anyone remember that there was a canard or some wrong information being spread on AMIT? We are the most critical and accurate bunch of people around when it comes to MK, because we are FANS! TK only seems to become spirited when it goes about (his) guitars...

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[Fieneke2]

About 5 years ago when I discovered the music of Mark and DS, I went to MKnews for information. It was great to see all the messages with information about Mark and DS! Everybody tried to help me and explained my (perhaps stupid) questions. Thanks to the wonderful, intelligent, fantastic and helpful fans at MKnews, I felt welcome and became a part of the Knopfler family as well!

Just like many fans, I also think Terry was too severe, especial when we had a LOT of fun with writing stupid and crazy messages about Mark and other band members! We all really had a great time and it was a shame that so many messages were deleted because we were joking. Haha I remember that stupid thread with all the emoticons and one of the serious fans didn