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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:35 pm 
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Yeah. A fucking bar fight. I wish I was kidding.

The Cap'N and I played our weekly gig last night and it went fine. By fine I mean we played as well as we usually do and no one clapped except my girlfriend and her Mom. But whatever...

Cap'N left and I was finishing my beer. And in walks this pretty big group of out of towners, I think from New York. You could tell they were kind of drunk already (this was like 11:45pm).

There was this one guy that just sorta looked like trouble. You know how you can just tell? That was him, trouble. He was just kinda smarting off to everyone and just acting like an ass basically. So I already had my eye on him.

Anyway, I'm watching this guy and I see him slowly make his way over to where my guitar is lying on the floor, in it's case. Then he neds down and is trying to open it up. I'm like, "Hey!". He looks up, "What, man?". I tell him not to touch the guitar. He's like, "Dude, I just wanna play one song". I say, "No, I can't let you do that". "Please don't touch my guitar".

Long story short, we go back and forth for like 5 minutes. "Let me play". "No". That sort of thing. He just will not let up. And he keeps trying to open the case. So finally I'm like pushing the guy away from the case, like literally pusjing him. And then he GOES BACK FOR IT. So I say, "Dude, if you touch the case one more time I gonna slap you". And he fucking did it anyway! So I fucking slapped him in the face, REALLY HARD. This is where I fucked up. I should have just walked away and got the bouncer, but whatever, I was pissed.

So after I slapped him he just kinda stood there for what seemed like an entire minute, dumbfounded. He actually said, "I can't believe you just slapped me". The he fucking lunged at me. So I just tackled him and started puching him in the head, over and over. He just wouldn't quit. Before I knew it the bouncer was pulling me off of him and there were people all over the place.

His entire "entourage was blaming the entire thing on me to the bouncer and the ownership, but they know me and knew better. So they promptly kick the guys out and called the cops. The tried to go in the bar across the street and the bartender called that bar and told them what happened. So the bar across the street kicked them out as well. Same with the next place they went to. It's nice having bartenders/owners as friends.

Anyway, I have a pretty black eye to show for it, which sucks. I mean, I DO NOT FIGHT, EVER! I'm not bragging in any way, shape, or form. I just can't believe it happened in the first place. It's pretty embarrasing to be honest. Walking around the office with a black eye doesn't make me feel very cool. It makes me feel like that dude got the best of me. But whatever, happens I guess.

Just thought I'd share.


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you did the right thing. a man doesn't fuck with someone else's instrument without permission. i don't play shit and i know that.

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Busty, knockin niggas out the box all the time.

This may be the best Busty story EVER in a long line of them, especially slapping the guy like a little bitch. "I told you I was going to"

Put a steak on that eye, champ.

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Pagoda Wrote:
Boss - "Is that your blood?"

Busty "Tyler Durden" Rhodes - "Some of it."


That's funny. I had a meeting this morning with my boss. He was like "What the hell happened to you?" I said "Well, it was a long night". That was it, he understood.


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I hate fights, but the last time I got into one was the night before my friends wedding. I was a groomsman. Looked really stupid walking down the aisle with a shiner. Actually two of us got into the fight and we both had shiners. Felt really bad about it, but the families thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Sometimes people just need a good ass kickin'.

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So after I slapped him he just kinda stood there for what seemed like an entire minute, dumbfounded. He actually said, "I can't believe you just slapped me".


this is pretty funny

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And men bitch slapping either other is pretty funny.

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Sometimes people just need a good ass kickin'.


Exactly, word for word what I said to Bloor this morning.


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Busty that totally sucks. I trust your girlfriend and her mom were in there throwing it down when it all went pear shaped. I let no one but trusted friends touch my guitar ever again.

My bad gig story from August 2004:

Open mic night in suburban Atlanta.

In walks a new player with guitar in hand. I, being the congenial
host, approach and engage in introductions and witty banter. During the
conversation I learn that Shane is living in Oslo, signed with Arista,
produced by the guy that made hits with AHA in the 80's, best friends
with Bjork and The Indigo Girls and has cowritten with Shawn Mullins.
I'm thinking we are not worthy. I tell Shane it'll be an hour or so
before he can play as there are others ahead of him.

An hour later Shane steps up for his turn behind the mic. He plays
something that sounds like a Bob Dylan songs and he attacks the mic and
guitar like a drunken junkie monkey, howling and pacing and starting
to sweat. He's got his own unusual "style". That's a good thing. He's
not trying to sound like or be like anyone but his own self, but his
guitar is badly out of tune and he does not recognize the fact. People
start coming over to me and asking me to make it stop. At the end of
the second song I step in and tell him that his guitar needs some
tuning. He is playing a hollow bosied Epiphone semi-acoustic that looks
OK and is probably fine except for the tuning problem. "Yeah I know my
guitar sucks." say he. He makes no attempt to fix it and starts to
play. I stop him and tell him he can use my guitar which is in tune and
on the stand behind him. He agrees.

The next song sounds MUCH better and Shane is energized. He plays
several more songs and then descends into some dark place and thrashes
out a version of "Keep on Rockin' In the Free World" as the drugs kick
in. He's gone. There is no bar, there are no people, just Shane and his
soul swirling around the mic.

Many people ask to make it stop. I step in and give him the universal
cut sign, grab the mike and ask the crowd for a hand. They clap in
collective relief. He hands me back my guitar. It is covered in blood. All
over the front, the splatter looking a bit like a pickguard.

I set the guitar down and hand him his guitar as I collect my self and
consider my next move. As he steps away from the mic he grabs his
guitar by the neck, raises it over his head and stops. I grab the mic
and say "NO", but it's too late. The axe comes down with a very loud
crack and then again and again until there are only splinters and
shards and a neck. He walks to the bar, takes a seat and orders a
drink. The whole place is stunned into silence. There is no
conversation, no house music, no breathing. All eyes are on his back
and no one is quite sure if that just really happened or what to do
about it.

I grab the mic and say "Shane...dude...pick your shit up." He grabs
handfuls of broken wood and hands it one of the servers and asks if
they can put it in the back room so he can take it home later.

After the dust settled I pulled him aside and suggested that this was
not the appropriate venue for the El Kabong routine and that the whole
thing was pretty disturbing. He seemed surprised to hear this.

I grabbed my guitar to clean it up and found blood and bits of skin
caked on the strings. Hundreds of little blood drops splattered on the
front surface and even more blood inside the body, soaked into the
structural supports.

A friend tells me that this guy is a dope fiend and probably injects.
I'm thinking, great so how I do I clean this thing. I realize that I
probably can't clean it enough to be safe and ask Shane to step outside
for a discussion.

Most of the folks in the bar think that it was my guitar he smashed
and that I am leading him to parking lot to kick some ass. I justed
wanted to get away from the smoke and noise and settle the matter
quietly. I asked him what he thought he should do about it. He deferred
to my opinion. I suggested he pay me for the guitar right there and
then and take it with him. He now had no guitar of his own and this
would make a fine substitute. He said money was no object as he had
$20,000 on him. He DID!

At that moment the owner of the place asked Shane to leave. He paid
his tab and split. Before he left I got his passport#, pilots license
info and name address and phone number.

I called him the next day and he was very apologetic and agreed to buy
the guitar for the same amount I paid for it. I'm meeting him on
Tuesday to close the deal.

I am now starting to calm down. Normally a pretty calm person this got
me very wound up. My guitar, an Ovation, while not the most expensive
instrument, was important to me and was a gift from my wife. I will
feel much better when this chapter closes next week.

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NOBODY FUCKS WITH THA JESUS!!!

Fuck that punk Mike he had it comin. You gave him ample opportunity to stop being a dick. Sometimes folks are just knuckleheads that need to be gaffled.


Being drunk is still no excuse to be a meathead.

I woulda had yr back.

Don't sweat it dude, you were COMPLETELY justified in your actions IMO.


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PS: Shane never paid me a dime. My guitar is still playable but still has blood splatered on the inside.

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Nicely done bro. I would have punched him without warning if he was grabbing my guitar. We need a pic of the black eye. Did either of you get the Captain Kirk blood trickle coming out of your mouth? You need to get Loogar to work security for your shows.

My favorite part of the story is "by fine, only my girlfriend and her mom clapped". God knows I can relate to that.

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robotboy Wrote:
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So after I slapped him he just kinda stood there for what seemed like an entire minute, dumbfounded. He actually said, "I can't believe you just slapped me".


this is pretty funny


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New York, eh? Was his name Leo?

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fighting's pretty fucking awful, but he certainly had it coming.

I'm glad you kicked his ass.


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My first words to Busty, after the obligatory "You got knocked the fuck out" were "Do I need to get on a plane?"

I am not violent by nature, but you fuck with my friends, yr. fuckin with me.

apparently he took care of it himself, tho.

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i love my guitar, and i hate when people i don't know what to play it without at least having a conversation with me.

i feel ya man.

i never come to blows, but i've been in very similar situations.

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SHIT!!!

I'd ask if you're serious, but something tells me you are...

You mean to tell me that after I walked out, all that shit happened?? Oh man I feel so bad I wasn't there to help, which I probably would've done by grabbing Carlise or Jason or someone, pronto. The guy was actually trying to open your guitar case?!?!! I would've fucking killed him if he'd gone for mine, I'm serious. Nobody fucking touches my guitar without asking. Hell, even when they do ask I say no most of the time.... I can't afford to replace it. The balls on that jackass.

In all seriousness, how did this end with the bar? Are we cool? I know they don't "blame" you, but do you think anyone holds it against us in any way? Was any property damaged?

Damn, man, I am truly sorry I wasn't there for you.

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Nah the whole thing happened in the space where we play, so there wasn't anything there to get damaged. The bar is cool. They totally backed me up. Jason (the owner) almost got into it with someone in this fuckboy's group after we got separated. The bouncer (your buddy from Verizon) had to hold HIM back. It was pretty crazy dude.

Everyone @ the bar is fine with us. Jay said he wanted to jump over the bar to help me, but there were too many people in front of him.

I wish you were there to keep me from slapping the guy. But to be honest, I'm glad that I did.


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Wait, TC from verizon was the DOORMAN?!? I thought he was just hanging out! Dude, he's a biiiig boy. I feel better knowing Jason was getting into it.

How's yer eye lookin? I wish you had a camera there, that'd be just priceless.




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Wow, I was talking to my sister in Athens last night and her bar was rowdy, too. Something in the water.


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The eye fucking hurts dude. I mean I can barely open it. It's nice and bruised up. I hope it heals before the wedding next weekend. Whatever, it'll be a good story if not I guess.

I didn't know that dude was the bouncer either. But he's good at what he does, I'll tell ya that.


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Wow, I was talking to my sister in Athens last night and her bar was rowdy, too. Something in the water.


You have an Athens-bar-owning sister?? Damn that rocks. Which bar?

By the way, this has happened to us before. Back in the ATL, we had a regular gig at a sportsbar with a full band, Bloor included. One night, two steroid taking, coke huffing regulars were in the mood for some world domination, so they began roaming the bar choking people, knocking over drinks, and generally harrassing the place to no end. The owner would only give them the old "now, boys..." routine, because they drop CASH there regularly. Then one of them decides it'd be a good idea to throw a glass ashtray at us while playing. It went (apparently, as my eyes were closed that split second) a few inches past my nose and hit the wall beside our percussionist, who has NO qualms about mixing it up, and promptly launched himself in their direction. We restrained him, but barely, and things got UGLY. The owner eventually showed up and started in with the "Now, boys..." bit again, and I'd had it. "You know how much money is in the gear these fuckers are throwing ashtrays at? That's 2 grand sitting behind just me. Not to mention the lawsuit you'd get if one of us actually got HIT with a flying ashtray..."

I don't think he even kicked them out. I could be wrong, but I know they were back there drinking again the next day.

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Eh, she runs the restaurant at Bissets. Don't go bugging her on my account, ok?

I hate it when people touch my stuff. Feel better, Busty.


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