#8 - John Jason Fallows

On Sunday, August 17, 2014 the idiot blogger posted this mess:

Edward G. Fallows Tries to Shake Down Steve DahlWoe unto you if you politely request to assert your right to control access to the creative product that puts food on your table and a roof over your head! There be some aging, saggy-***** internet outlaws that aren’t really down with that. Not too many, thank God. Adulthood and it’s attendant perspective and maturity has taken hold in most of those pranksters who were calling Brian Lamb at CSPAN and saying “Howard Stern” and hanging up back in the 90s. But not all……
…..and that’s just what’s wrong with the sad case of “ipokesmot” and the Steve Dahl Audio Vault ,
Steve Dahl asked the proprietor of the above linked website to stop distributing files of his old material because he wanted to use it on his own website as a subscriber-based podcast. Well, that just put a burr in John’s backside and by God, that wasn’t going to stand!
So he showed up with some of his boys and started out with the Crusader Emu approach….
Ipokesmot says:January 12, 2013 at 9:51 pmOh man, this really sucks. Especially that there’s 700 hours of stuff that have not been posted yet. If you would like you can send those mp3′s to me and I will distribute them myself through torrents. Luckily I saved every single mp3 on this site before the shutdown, so those WILL be going out someday. All is not lost folks!!
Steve Dahl responded with a very polite, well-reasoned reply which included the following:

His family. His business. His future. John Poke Smot only hears one thing.
“What??? No more free stuff???”
So he ups the ante, invites some sock puppet friends to the party and uses the trademark “nobody gives a shit about your stupid ol’ show anyway and I’m not playing with you anymore” routine that is part of almost every Fallows invention. If you’re in the mood for a laugh, check out “Anthony” He all hip-hops and dat shit.
This though, is when JJ and the boys lift the lapel and nod toward the heater real tough-like.
Ipokesmot says:
March 26, 2013 at 2:52 am
Hey DAHL.. let’s make a deal. Either allow this site to continue, or I’ll post the entire archive on foreign servers, far out of the reach of US copyright.
DEAL?
We guess it wasn’t a deal, because “Poke” as John so affectionately calls the person he has never met but who’s address he knows, made good on his threat and added this parting shot.
They keep on deleting, we just make more LOL.
Yes, we get it. Very funny.

I am in show BUSINESS, and this is how I earn my living (especially now). I am not set for life, and I work hard everyday to figure out how to stay relevant in the ever-changing world of broadcast media. Sometimes, I have to do things that are neither fun nor easy, but they are for the good of both my business and my family’s future.

Hey Steve Dahl, John Jason Fallows here. I’m sure you have a wonderful show, but to this date I’ve never heard it a single time. Feel free to find out whoever these people actually are and do whatever you need to do. I recommend hiring professional investigators, unlike Phil Hendrie.