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Posts posted by GhostOfTomJoad
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When the Armadillo World Headquarters closed (four years before I got here).
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In fairness to the cops, .a BAC of .43 IS a medical emergency. But it's obvious that wasn't their play, they were trying to protect their own from the get go. If he wasn't a cop, a person behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the middle of the street near an AFB would have been met by half the force with guns drawn. When he didn't obey their command & park the car/turn off the engine he would have been "combative" and "not following clear commands" & they would have lit that car up.
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Hahaha...yeah, this is EXACTLY the type of report the cops would write for Joe Q Citizen:
Quote“However, based on the lack of information, my own observations, the fact that the car was stopped (ignition on) with no motor vehicle accident or driving observations, and the lack of any additional evidence (no other noted smells, no bloodshot watery eyes, physical impairment inconsistent with my experience with DUI), it was decided that no testing would be completed at that time,” O’Keefe wrote.
QuoteSome of the officers who had first arrived on scene had contact with Ofc. Meier and smelled a very faint odor of a possible alcoholic beverage on his breath. The odor did not linger and was not prevalent. There was no evidence located in the vehicle indicating this was an incident involving alcohol. This incident was treated as an emergency medical situation until more information could be gathered.
So in a nutshell:
- cops find one of their own passed out behind the wheel of a running cop car, stopped (but not in park) in the middle of the road outside of an Air Force base
- Firefighters chock the wheels & bust open a window to gain entry, put the car in park & turn off the ignition
- Deputy Chief (O'Keefe) directs the officers & EMS to treat as a "medical emergency"
- At hospital, drunk cop (Meier) has blood drawn showing BAC of .43; this is protected under HIPPA
- Internal Affairs opens an investigation. Drunk cop immediately admits to drinking vodka while on shift. He "volunteers" and is "cooperative" so he gets away with a demotion & unpaid suspension, but keeps his job
- Aurora DA finally gets wind of this months later, but can't prosecute due to lack of evidence
- Case gets national coverage & heat is applied on the Deputy Chief who decides to retire
He must be a super duper cop with a sterling record for so many to go to bat for him, right?
QuoteMeier's 2001 application to APD revealed a bit of a spotty employment past. Meier admitted to being terminated by a previous employer, receiving a formal reprimand by a previous employer, being investigated for improper conduct or illegal activities, being convicted of a misdemeanor and previously engaging in "undetected theft of goods or property."
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Gives new meaning to "Back the Blue." On duty cop is passed out behind the wheel of his car. Cops respond w/ fire & EMS, body cam footage captures someone state "he's a little intoxicated," but the Deputy Police Chief who was on scene claimed he "didn't have enough evidence for a DUI investigation" so he "erred on the side of protecting the officer."
At the hospital a blood draw was taken and the cop's BAC was .43, more than 5X the legal limit
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Concert ticket giveaways come in many forms. How did you nab yours?
To date I've won tickets exactly one time, but it was damn good. On a Saturday night in 2009 I got in my car & was on my way (begrudingly) to meet some pals at a shitty local bar to watch a UFC fight I had no interest in watching. Halfway on the 2 mile drive to the bar the DJ on KGSR says he's got a pair of tickets to Springsteen at the Erwin Center for the first caller who can knows the first song Bruce won a Grammy for.
WTF? I've got this shit!
<<takes hand of stick shift & in days before bluetooth has to manually dial the phone number for KGSR>>
Phone rings at least 15 times. I know that means the DJ is tired of answering calls from dumb fucks. I've got this if they pick up the phone.
"KGSR. Do you know the answer?"
"Yeah, he won best rock male vocal performance for Dancing in the Dark."
<<silence for a second>>
"Did you Google that? We only needed the song."
"No, I'm in my car. I'm just a big dork."
"Congratulations, big dork. You're going to be with a lot of your friends in a few weeks."
I give the screener my info & a few minutes later pull up to the bar & tell my friends what had just happened. Now, I'd already bought (much better) tickets to the show, but it was still damn cool to win. I ended up giving the pair to my friend (RIP) who owned our local pub & had never seen a Springsteen show. Those free tickets bought me a lot of damn good IPAs and porters over the years.
Whatcha got?
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This. And it has perhaps the worst song ever playing during the opening credits. Horrendously schmaltzy with shrieking vocals & inane lyrics. But dammit, Jack was on his A game.I was always disappointed with TCS. The acting was great, but I thought it was shot/edited horribly. -
Joe Ely at a Matt the Electrician concert at the Saxon. Joe was opening for Bob Scheider actually, but I made eye contact with Joe as he was heading for the door after Matt's set, we nodded at each other, then he walked out the door like a bad ass.
Avery Johnson at the Majestic in San Antonio at a Lyle Lovett show was a surprise.
Not actually a concert, but in the early 90s we were in Minneapolis at Prince's Glam Slam club. Kent Hrbek of the Twins (big as a fucking house) almost knocked me over heading to the upstairs lounge where Prince was hanging. Dick move.-
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When my in-laws built a chicken coop on their ranch ten years ago or so they heard that it was a good idea to have a radio playing because it promoted better behavior & socialization. I'll never forget my FIL showing off the pricey (for them) outdoor rated radio with a strong enough signal to pick up Rush Limbaugh because they were "gonna raise conservative chickens, by god." Over time the chickens would peck one another to death. Or maybe it was a mass suicide to not have to listen to that fuckstick for hours on end.
I'm terrified to think what the 'pubs are going to push to rename after Rush once he's dead. Mount Rush Limbaugh, anyone?
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7 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:
You made some good points, but the article painted a picture that looked like it could be more than depression.
This. It documented how he was experiencing advanced memory loss at a very young age.
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I've been able to get a few stories recently from Prince's in house audio engineer from the early '80s. He actually built Prince's in-home studio when he was living in Chanhassen. The guy also worked with Stevie Wonder & David Bowie & was highly regarded for his technical abilities back then, especially being able to hack early drum machines to produce special effects. He's an interesting cat. He says his favorite experience was touring w/ Wonder because of how exceptionally well he treated everyone.
Prince was generally always good to him (and even paid him as a full member of the band), but he was also "a little prick" when people didn't live up to his standards. Gods have never been known to be patient with the skills and abilities of mere mortals, after all. A prime example would be his song released by The Time, 777-9311. This guy programmed that super funky drum track that Prince described to him, Prince played everything else, and Morris Day added the vocals later. The reason for the title? It was a big "fuck you" to Prince's guitarist at the time, Dez Dickerson. Dez missed a recording session and Prince exacted his revenge by using Dez's home number as the title of the song he knew was going to be a big hit. The message was clear: don't ever no show on Prince.
Oh, he also described the basketball games as "scary." Prince could be a dirty, dirty baller. But he's still amazed at how he would go into the studio, lay down tracks, play every instrument, and come back a day or two later with a dozen completed songs. He says he was the ultimate one take artist.
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Malcolm Burn (a compatriot of Daniel Lanois) co-produced the Living With the Law album. He's worked with some of the best over the years, but I think he nailed every bit of Whitley's Texas sandstorm national guitar and fever dream lyrics in that album. Song for song, I'll put that album up with Astral Weeks and Darkness on the Edge of Town as some the highest examples of story pictures, if that makes sense. You start at track one and nothing can interrupt you until the needle tracks into the final runoff groove.
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Doleman and Keith Millard were absolute destroyers. Millard was a bull with an unstoppable motor, but Chris was the first whiff of what was to come. Crazy first step. Footwork. A jab step. Leverage. Tactician.
RIP, #56. Skol.
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The audio is dead on with the audio engineer's interview after the accident that was posted several pages before Now This turned this thread upside down. Loud hovering rotor wash, quick acceleration sound, then a sudden thud & silence.
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Yeah, the dude was filled with demons. Fuck cancer, but everyone who ever met or worked with the guy figured him an overdose waiting to happen.
And you're right that his other works were very different in sound & scope. The heavy influence of his substance issues filled most of his immediate follow up work. Dirt Floor is very listenable. Just a lo-fi, two-track analog recording of Chris, his guitar & boot stomping out the beat. Think an album's worth of Phone Call from Leavenworth off LWTL.
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Still the best debut album from an absolute unknown I've ever heard.
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I'll be saddened by the passing of my musical heroes, but the beauty of it all is the music they've made over the past 50-60 years will never go away. I'm extremely thankful that at 70 Bruce is still putting out high quality & relevant work, but he's used up a great deal of the runway already.
Dylan will be the biggest loss, IMO. Paul changed pop music, but Bob changed all music. And maybe more than that.
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My take is that this is going to be a celebration of who The Band was at their best, and a reminder of their strengths & love for one another. The booze & drugs & personality conflicts may be touched on slightly by those familiar with the circumstances, but only Robbie & Garth are left to attest to all of the details, and Garth doesn't appear to be talking.
With a title like "Once Were Brothers " it sure doesn't appear that Robbie intends to shit all over the memories of his friends. I suspect at almost 77 Robertson is hoping to remind the world of how great they once all were & atone for his own mistakes that contributed to The Band's demise. -
So in. If there's a musician more into the moment than Levon Helm performing 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' during the Last Waltz I'd love to see it.
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There will be teeth gnashing and pearl clutching when the GOP senators running for election win 98% of their re-election campaigns. Because law, order & the constitution don't add up to a hill of beans in this world of team (insert letter here) politics.
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9 minutes ago, satyanash said:
Never count out Aaron Rodgers and never count out the refs. This one isn't over until it's over.
Rodgers won't want to come out for the 2nd half. Can he get his new head coach fired by the 4th quarter?
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Is Rodgers still a bitch? Sure seems that way.
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Stevie Van Zandt is promoting the idea of individual songs being elected into the TnR HOF. I think it's a great idea. These wouldn't be the huge hits by the big stars that are already in, but think your one hit wonder or a single song that was a massive influence by a band or artist that otherwise wouldn't get in.
I have hope that Warren Zevon will eventually be inducted, but if not Lawyers, Guns and Money should damn well be in. -
I'm starting to think that Jan greased the skids for Jon Landau just so Bruce can give another induction speech (he's given great ones at previous RnR HOF ceremonies).
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RIP Mr Peart. Due to overexposure and overplay on the Minnesota airwaves in the '70s, Rush was a band I just never developed a great appreciation for. There were many basement parties at friends' houses where Rush was the only music played all night.
Definitely respect their work ethic & output. They never disappointed their fans.
Dennis Prager: because of liberals, we can't even say "nigger" anymore
in Cloak Room
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If tape came out of Trump dropping the n-word he'd say it was fake news & doctored, Fox news would claim the audio engineer once went to Lilith Fair & hung around with 50,000 dope smoking lesbians, and Clinton's emails would once again go to the top of the cycle.