ONCE AGAIN I BRING YOU THE "WEEKLY" WHOOOOOOOOOO! YEAH!
YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU READ THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS YOUR "COOL" FACTOR INCREASES
ALMOST 7 FOLD! AVENGE 7 FOLD THAT IS!! HA HA! OK I SUCK. BUT YOU TRY TO
WRITE THIS THING!! SEE IF YOU COULD DO BETTER! HA HA. I'M AN EDUCATED MAN
DAMN IT!! HA HA! HERE WE GO... THE "COPS SHUT US DOWN" STORY!
OK, ON JUNE 28TH WE MADE OUR WAY OVER AND UP TO DUNKIRK OHIO TO PLAY
SONNY'S TAVERN (FORMERLY THE OLE TOWN TAVERN). THEY PUT US OUTSIDE ON A REAL
NICE PATIO AND WE PLAYED TO THE OUTDOOR AREA. IT IS REAL NICE TOO! LOTS OF
SPACE AND PICNIC TABLES, A FIRE PIT, AND IT IS ALL SURROUNDED BY A 8 FT
FENCE! COOL! GREG (THE OWNERS SON AND BAR MANAGER) STARTED A FIRE IN THE PIT
AND THE SOUND WAS REAL NICE OUT THERE. NOW BOTH GREG AND MYSELF WENT OUTSIDE
THE FENCE TO CHECK ON HOW LOUD IT WAS, AND IT WAS NOT VERY LOUD AT ALL. THE
FENCE REALLY CONTAINED THE NOISE. BUT YA KNOW... SOMEBODYS GOTTA BITCH!! HA
HA!
NOW WHEN YOU PLAY IN A BAND, AND YOUR PLAYING OUTSIDE, IT IS ALMOST A
MANDATORY "PARTY" BY-LAW THAT THE COPS GET CALLED AT LEAST ONCE! RIGHT!! IT
AIN'T A PARTY TILL THE COPS GET CALLED! SO IT IS ALWAYS A GOAL OF MINE TO GET
THE CROWD FIRED UP ENOUGH TO WARRANT A LITTLE, UH, ACTION!! HA HA! SO AT
SONNY'S WE PLAY FROM ABOUT 840 TILL 1235 BECAUSE IT IS OUTDOORS AND IT ALLOWS
THEM TO GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THERE. WELL WE ARE ON OUR NEXT TO LAST SONG AND I
SEE DOUGIE THE SOUND MAN LAUGHING AND COME OVER AND TURN THE SOUND WAY DOWN!!
I KNEW. GOAL ACHIEVED!! SO GREG COMES OVER LAUGHING AND SAYS YOU GOT YOUR
WISH, THE COPS ARE HERE!! SO IT IS ALL GOOD RIGHT? WE COMPLIED, TURNED DOWN,
WILL BE DONE IN A SONG ANYWAY AND EVERYBODYS HAPPY! RIGHT? NOPE.
I NOTICED A LOT OF THE PEOPLE OUT ON THE LAWN WERE KINDA CONFUSED WHY THE
SOUND SUDDENLY WENT WAY DOWN AND I TOLD THEM HOW THE COPS WERE HERE AND WE HAD
TO TURN DOWN. THEY ALL STARTED BOOING AND CUSSIN THE POOR PO PO SO I SAID-
HEY IT IS NOT HIS FAULT, HE WAS JUST HERE ON A DISPATCH AND THIS WAS THE LAST
PLACE HE WANTED TO BE. I SAID THE PERSON WE SHOULD BE MAD AT IS THE OLE FUDDY
DUDDY SITTIN OUT ON THEIR PORCH AT 1230AM CALLIN THE COPS ON US LONG HAIR
ROCKERS! HA HA! I TOLD THEM THERE WAS NO NOISE ORDINANCE IN DUNKIRK AND IT
WILL TAKE 3 MORE CALLS TILL THEY CAN SHUT US DOWN SO ON THE COUNT OF 3 LETS
MAKE SOME NOISE... 1 2 3... CROWD WENT NUTS!! AND THEN.......
THE DEPUTY STEPPED INTO THE LIGHT AND SAID "YOUR DONE, SHUT IT DOWN YOUR
DONE NOW." I WAS LIKE WHAT THE? WHY WE COMPLIED WHAT'S THE PROBLEM. HE SAID
MY SMART ASSED MOUTH AND MY "3 CALLS COMMENT" SO NOW YOU ARE DONE NOW! I
TOLD HIM THAT THERE WASN'T A NOISE ORDINANCE IN DUNKIRK AND THAT I AM THE
HIRED HELP AND I DO WHAT THE OWNER SAYS. THE DEPUTY TOLD ME HE TALKED TO THE
OWNER AND I WAS DONE NOW! (MIND YOU I HAVE THE MIKE ON THE WHOLE TIME AND
EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE CAN HEAR THIS JACK ASS HA HA!) SO THE OWNER SONNY
COMES OVER AND IS ASKING WHY WE HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN AND AGAIN TOLD THE DEPUTY
THAT THERE WAS NOT A NOISE ORDINANCE IN THE TOWN. HE THEN SAID THAT HE WOULD
ARREST US FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT. WHAT THE FUCK? HE THEN TOLD SONNY AND ME
AGAIN THAT HE HAD TALKED TO THE OWNER AND AND THAT WE WERE DONE. THEN SONNY
SAID YOU DIDN'T TALK TO THE OWNER... I'M THE OWNER!! WOW. NOTHING LIKE THE
POLICE LYING TO YOUR FACE!! HA HA!
NOW... I COULD HAVE STOOD UP FOR MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND JAMMED
OUT ANOTHER TUNE. IF ANYTHING JUST FOR SPITE! BUT YOU GOTTA KNOW WHEN TO PICK
YOU BATTLES!! I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WOULD HAVE STUCK, BUT I COULDA WENT TO
JAIL THAT NIGHT!! TOO LONG A TRIP HOME FOR THAT! WE LAUGHED ABOUT THAT JACK
ASS FOR HOURS!! ANOTHER FUNNY THING WAS I ACTUALLY ASKED THE CROWD WHILE THE
DEPUTY WAS STILL THERE IF I WAS EVER DISRESPECTFUL OR RAISED MY VOICE IN ANY
WAY!! HA HA. THEY LET HIM HAVE IT AFTER THAT TOO!! EVEN HEARD A FEW CHANTS
OF "FUCK THE POLICE!!" HA HA! (NOT BY ANY OF BAMBOO THOUGH. WE HAD CAUSED
ENOUGH TROUBLE!!) ME AND MY BIG MOUTH!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO! PROBABLY A GOOD
THING THEY DON'T HAVE CABO THERE!!
SOMEBODY HAD ASKED ME IF WE HAD EVER BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE COPS BEFORE.
SURE WE HAD. AND MOST OF THE TIME DESERVED IT! BUT THIS ONE TIME IN LIKE
1993-94 OR SOMETHING WE WERE PLAYING A TOWN CALLED PROSPECT JUST SOUTH OF
MARION AND WE GOT SHUT DOWN WHILE PLAYING INDOORS, IN A BRICK BUILDING IN A
BACK ROOM!!! THE CALL CAME FROM ACROSS TOWN. GO FIGURE!! ANOTHER TIME I
REMEMBER WE WERE JAMMING OUT "BREAKING THE LAW" BY JUDAS PRIEST AND LOOKING
OVER AND SEEING THE TOWN COPS HEAD BANGING ALONG! HA HA! THINK THAT WAS IN
BELLEFONTAINE. OH WELL... TILL NEXT TIME!! LATER YOU CRAZY BITCHES!!
BIG MAN. ANTHONY C. TUSSING