The Scum Also Rises

When I put this blog on hiatus back at the end of 2009, I thought it was the end of the lunacy from the M.A.L.ady. Imagine my surprise to find out this evening that he crawled out from under his rock (not to mention his parents' basement...maybe he finally finished watching his Buffy the Vampire Slayer set for the tenth time?) last December, beginning a "2.0" version of the same old same old, complete with the same substance-free mudslinging, the same attacks on anyone who dares -- gasp! -- like Marc Adamus' photos, and, of course, the same refusal to show even a frame of his own work.

Well, if the M.A.L.ady is back again, so am I!

Frankly, I haven't had the time to do more than skim a handful of his rants, but I think it's worth pointing out several things that amuse me no end:

• The 2.0 blog has been up for almost a year, but this is the first time I ever heard of it, despite being on many photography and photographic industry venues on a daily basis. I'd say this speaks volumes about the impact the psychotic clown has had this time around -- in other words, even less than before. But, then again, sequels rarely live up to the original.
• Also, M.A.L.ady promised a new "MarcAdamusLies.net" website to accompany his blog. Well, it appears that new website has come...and gone. Now, it only leads to a CenturyLink "landing page." Whether this is because CenturyLink disconnected him (telephone company humor there) after seeing the contents of his site, or if his parents cut off his hosting allowance once again, remains to be seen.
• Finally, the funniest thing I've seen so far is the M.A.L.ady's claim that he is, in fact, a completely different person who "rescued" the venture after the "original owner" backed out (due to fears of being murdered by an Adamus supporter...I kid you not!). Strangely enough, this "new" owner just happens to write with the exact same style, cliches, and invective as M.A.L.ady 1.0. Meet the new clown, same as the old clown... (Incidentally, this was the final confirmation for me that it isn't a matter of "M.A.L.adies" but of "M.A.L.ady," since everything is written in the same voice, even when trying to convince people he's a different individual.)

Jumping the shark yet again

I swear, sometimes you just can't make this stuff up.

The M.A.L.adies, in yet another spate of uncontrollable posting, devote an entire entry to quoting Ken Rockwell on how one should not be too concerned with Photoshop (which they somehow see as a stinging rebuke of Adamus).

Ken Rockwell???

You mean Ken "the biggest joke in photography" Rockwell? The Ken Rockwell notorious for reviewing equipment he's never used or even seen? The Ken Rockwell who insists that "the camera you use doesn't matter," except that using any camera not on his "recommended" list will be guaranteed to instantly cripple your talent as a photographer? The Ken Rockwell who proclaims that the Nikon D40 is the greatest value in photography, and that no one needs anything else, but only uses it for snapshots of his kid? (When it comes to "serious" photography, for some reason his camera is always a Canon 5D. You know, just like Marc Adamus.)

Anyway, here's an experiment: go onto any major photo forum, and start a thread about whether or not Ken Rockwell gives good advice. You will get a veritable avalanche of replies full of examples of why virtually nothing the massively self-promoting and photographically-ignorant Rockwell says can be trusted. You will soon come to realize that, in photographic circles, Ken Rockwell has zero credibility.

Hmmm...I guess that means that he and you M.A.L.adies have quite a lot in common.

M.A.L.adies impersonate...Marc Adamus???

Check out this hysterical thread on NWHikers.net. A M.A.L.ady (posting as "MarcAdamusLIES" and "Eric Hut") starts a thread regurgitating all the insane garbage from their site.

A few posts later, "Marc Adamus" shows up, defending his work in not-very-convincing terms. Then...someone notices that "Marc Adamus" and "MarcAdamusLIES" are posting from the same I.P. (Oops!)

Long story short: in the end, "Eric Hut" admits to having forged the supposed post from Marc Adamus, but says he (?) committed the fraud to "make a point." Sure thing, "Eric"...and the point you made was that you and your M.A.L.adies have no regard for honesty, and feel free to lie as often and as blatantly as possible to get your alleged point across.

But, then, we've known that for some time, haven't we?

Meanwhile, it's worth noting that it has been seven days since the issuance of the M.A.L. Challenge, with no sign that the gutless wonders will respond by showing us their own photographs.