RastaRicanAir 0 #1 March 7, 2006 So I'm flipping channels, in that last ditch effort to find something more interesting than my bed, and I catch a shot of the 40 Watt Club on TV, and someone talking about what a hot music and bar scene Athens is known for. No big whoop. Everyone talks about it, which is why the town has such an overinflated musical ego about itself. ...Only this time the guy prattling on about the B-52's and drunken coeds is City Confidential narrator Paul Winfield (the black counterpart to Bill Curtis from American Justice). If you haven't seen the show, it's where they take a fine American city and tell you all about its unique character for 15 minutes, before the music goes all creepy and you get the inside scoop on some horrible crime that has forever marred the city's image. It turns out that back in 1977, when the B-52's were still a party band, and the beer taps in our local bars were still somewhat clean, the owner of one hot local saloon tried to put the owner of the pizza bar next door out of business by conning the lease out of the landowners and making himself the landlord. Then, a few weeks later, "Athens' own Sam Malone" (No sh*t. They actually called him that!) was found slumped over his desk by his mother with a newly installed sunroof in his head. As the court records go: Pizza Guy hired the local handyman/hitman/scumbag to hide out in 'Sam Malone's' house until he got home, then pop a .45 cap in his ass. At which point the hitman did what all great professional hitmen do, bragged about it to a bartender. Funny part is, Pizza Guy walked out of minimum security prison after 18 months because he "didn't think he deserved that much time", and disappeared to Arizona where he lived as a married accountant with 2 kids for 10 years before they caught his ass again; after he saw himself on Unsolved Mysteries!! I mean, I've seen big cities like Miami (My O.G. hometown), and San Fran and Philly on this show, and I knew about the B-52's, and R.E.M., and Widespread Panic, .......and R.E.M. (Seriously, they never let you forget it here!) but I never dreamed Athens had this kind of notoriety. And I've known for years that bar owners are only a bit more taxing to work with than a chimpanzee with Tourette's Syndrome and a new set of Ginsu knives, but I had no idea how dangerous the Southern ones could really be. I have to admit, jaded though I may be, that watching footage of my favorite pizza place, the place I get my hair cut, and the dirty hippies I try not to sit too close to when I go out drinking was kind of exciting. But hearing tales of bloody revenge in the voiceover while watching that footage gave me a whole new respect for this town! ....That doesn't make me cynical does it? Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else had had that pleasure.OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airfury17 0 #2 March 7, 2006 Yea...I was flipped through the channels and good old Lebanon New Hampshire was on. A few years ago there was a double murder when two kids. Stabbed and killed 2 Dartmouth College Professors. there was a whole show on how these kids killed them and then how they were cought. Very interesting. But my favorite part is the mans Voice on those shows. Crazyness Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #3 March 7, 2006 I'm always home. I'm uncool. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoBob 0 #4 March 7, 2006 ***It turns out that back in 1977, when the B-52's were still a party band ' Quote I hung out in Athens back in the late 70's-early 80's and it was great. I was dating a fashion design major from UGA and she had gold (I mean gold not blond) hair, she wore plastic clothes (your basic freak) and she loved the B-52's. We hung out at the 40 Watts Club and the J&B Warehouse and rode around in her Fiat Spider drinking pitchers of margaritas and listening to "Rock Lobster", "Quiche Lorraine" and "Planet Claire". "I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites J_Cook 0 #5 March 7, 2006 Nothing on TV that I can remember, but we did have the nations (might have only been the states, was a while ago and can't remember) highest murder rate. We stood at 0 for 16 years in a row then had 7 in one year. With only 9,000 people in the city, we had the most murders per capita. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites RastaRicanAir 0 #6 March 8, 2006 Quote***It turns out that back in 1977, when the B-52's were still a party band ' Quote I hung out in Athens back in the late 70's-early 80's and it was great. I was dating a fashion design major from UGA and she had gold (I mean gold not blond) hair, she wore plastic clothes (your basic freak) and she loved the B-52's. We hung out at the 40 Watts Club and the J&B Warehouse and rode around in her Fiat Spider drinking pitchers of margaritas and listening to "Rock Lobster", "Quiche Lorraine" and "Planet Claire". Bob, you're getting yourself confused with Emilio Estevez again. Put down the bottle (and the other bottle with the childproof cap) and lie down. ...But if it's true, did you hang out at TK Harty's or Somebody's Pizza? That's the guy that got whacked, and the ....whacker.OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PsychoBob 0 #7 March 8, 2006 ***But if it's true, did you hang out at TK Harty's or Somebody's Pizza? That's the guy that got whacked, and the ....whacker. QuoteOnce a whacker always a whacker! I don't remember TK Hardy's or Somebody's Pizza but every now and then we would go to O'mally's or a late night club off campus. I think it was called the "Purple Onion" or something like that. I was doing a lot of acid back then and things are kind of fuzzy."I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Taylor610 0 #8 March 8, 2006 I don't know if this applies, but in '98 there were 2 fugitives from justice that got into a gun battle with the cops not far from my house. It ended up with them breaking into my house, (Thank God my wife and daughters had just left and were on the way to the DZ to bring me lunch) and before it was all over both of them were dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds...in my house...surrounded by cops to include SWAT, a couple of choppers, TV crews, newspapers, the whole mess. A very long story, but not a pretty one, including the fact that we lived out of a motel room for over a month until our home was repaired, everything at our own expense. To quote the sheriffs office, "You were neither the victim of nor a witness to a crime, contact your insurance agent". Again, I thank God that my wife and kids had just left 20 minutes prior to bring me lunch. You know it's gonna be a bad day when on the front page of the morning paper is a full color picture of your house and they are removing bodies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #9 March 8, 2006 Yep. Fresno was on A&E's City Confidential. I have only been here since summer, 2003. I saw this episode last year. It was about a kid, Dana Ewell, who killed his wealthy parents for the money. There was stuff about how in college, he convinced the yearbook staff that he was self-made. I talked to my wife about it, and she went to high school with with the kid. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Airman1270 0 #10 March 8, 2006 I sang in my church choir in NY from 1985 - 1991. In 1990 one of the women in the choir was found shot to death in her home. Several days later her husband, a respected doctor and an elder in the church, was charged in the death. We were all stunned. He later confessed. He had been having an affair with the organist and wanted her out of the way, blah blah blah. The story made PEOPLE magazine. The organist's husband later wrote a script which was turned into a made-for-TV story about the event. It aired in March 2002. They have reconciled and next year will have been married for 30 years. Meanwhile, the guy who sat behind me in the choir now resides in an upstate NY prison. Sometimes life sucks. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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J_Cook 0 #5 March 7, 2006 Nothing on TV that I can remember, but we did have the nations (might have only been the states, was a while ago and can't remember) highest murder rate. We stood at 0 for 16 years in a row then had 7 in one year. With only 9,000 people in the city, we had the most murders per capita. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RastaRicanAir 0 #6 March 8, 2006 Quote***It turns out that back in 1977, when the B-52's were still a party band ' Quote I hung out in Athens back in the late 70's-early 80's and it was great. I was dating a fashion design major from UGA and she had gold (I mean gold not blond) hair, she wore plastic clothes (your basic freak) and she loved the B-52's. We hung out at the 40 Watts Club and the J&B Warehouse and rode around in her Fiat Spider drinking pitchers of margaritas and listening to "Rock Lobster", "Quiche Lorraine" and "Planet Claire". Bob, you're getting yourself confused with Emilio Estevez again. Put down the bottle (and the other bottle with the childproof cap) and lie down. ...But if it's true, did you hang out at TK Harty's or Somebody's Pizza? That's the guy that got whacked, and the ....whacker.OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411 -"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PsychoBob 0 #7 March 8, 2006 ***But if it's true, did you hang out at TK Harty's or Somebody's Pizza? That's the guy that got whacked, and the ....whacker. QuoteOnce a whacker always a whacker! I don't remember TK Hardy's or Somebody's Pizza but every now and then we would go to O'mally's or a late night club off campus. I think it was called the "Purple Onion" or something like that. I was doing a lot of acid back then and things are kind of fuzzy."I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Taylor610 0 #8 March 8, 2006 I don't know if this applies, but in '98 there were 2 fugitives from justice that got into a gun battle with the cops not far from my house. It ended up with them breaking into my house, (Thank God my wife and daughters had just left and were on the way to the DZ to bring me lunch) and before it was all over both of them were dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds...in my house...surrounded by cops to include SWAT, a couple of choppers, TV crews, newspapers, the whole mess. A very long story, but not a pretty one, including the fact that we lived out of a motel room for over a month until our home was repaired, everything at our own expense. To quote the sheriffs office, "You were neither the victim of nor a witness to a crime, contact your insurance agent". Again, I thank God that my wife and kids had just left 20 minutes prior to bring me lunch. You know it's gonna be a bad day when on the front page of the morning paper is a full color picture of your house and they are removing bodies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #9 March 8, 2006 Yep. Fresno was on A&E's City Confidential. I have only been here since summer, 2003. I saw this episode last year. It was about a kid, Dana Ewell, who killed his wealthy parents for the money. There was stuff about how in college, he convinced the yearbook staff that he was self-made. I talked to my wife about it, and she went to high school with with the kid. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Airman1270 0 #10 March 8, 2006 I sang in my church choir in NY from 1985 - 1991. In 1990 one of the women in the choir was found shot to death in her home. Several days later her husband, a respected doctor and an elder in the church, was charged in the death. We were all stunned. He later confessed. He had been having an affair with the organist and wanted her out of the way, blah blah blah. The story made PEOPLE magazine. The organist's husband later wrote a script which was turned into a made-for-TV story about the event. It aired in March 2002. They have reconciled and next year will have been married for 30 years. Meanwhile, the guy who sat behind me in the choir now resides in an upstate NY prison. Sometimes life sucks. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
PsychoBob 0 #7 March 8, 2006 ***But if it's true, did you hang out at TK Harty's or Somebody's Pizza? That's the guy that got whacked, and the ....whacker. QuoteOnce a whacker always a whacker! I don't remember TK Hardy's or Somebody's Pizza but every now and then we would go to O'mally's or a late night club off campus. I think it was called the "Purple Onion" or something like that. I was doing a lot of acid back then and things are kind of fuzzy."I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Taylor610 0 #8 March 8, 2006 I don't know if this applies, but in '98 there were 2 fugitives from justice that got into a gun battle with the cops not far from my house. It ended up with them breaking into my house, (Thank God my wife and daughters had just left and were on the way to the DZ to bring me lunch) and before it was all over both of them were dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds...in my house...surrounded by cops to include SWAT, a couple of choppers, TV crews, newspapers, the whole mess. A very long story, but not a pretty one, including the fact that we lived out of a motel room for over a month until our home was repaired, everything at our own expense. To quote the sheriffs office, "You were neither the victim of nor a witness to a crime, contact your insurance agent". Again, I thank God that my wife and kids had just left 20 minutes prior to bring me lunch. You know it's gonna be a bad day when on the front page of the morning paper is a full color picture of your house and they are removing bodies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #9 March 8, 2006 Yep. Fresno was on A&E's City Confidential. I have only been here since summer, 2003. I saw this episode last year. It was about a kid, Dana Ewell, who killed his wealthy parents for the money. There was stuff about how in college, he convinced the yearbook staff that he was self-made. I talked to my wife about it, and she went to high school with with the kid. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Airman1270 0 #10 March 8, 2006 I sang in my church choir in NY from 1985 - 1991. In 1990 one of the women in the choir was found shot to death in her home. Several days later her husband, a respected doctor and an elder in the church, was charged in the death. We were all stunned. He later confessed. He had been having an affair with the organist and wanted her out of the way, blah blah blah. The story made PEOPLE magazine. The organist's husband later wrote a script which was turned into a made-for-TV story about the event. It aired in March 2002. They have reconciled and next year will have been married for 30 years. Meanwhile, the guy who sat behind me in the choir now resides in an upstate NY prison. Sometimes life sucks. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
Taylor610 0 #8 March 8, 2006 I don't know if this applies, but in '98 there were 2 fugitives from justice that got into a gun battle with the cops not far from my house. It ended up with them breaking into my house, (Thank God my wife and daughters had just left and were on the way to the DZ to bring me lunch) and before it was all over both of them were dead from self inflicted gunshot wounds...in my house...surrounded by cops to include SWAT, a couple of choppers, TV crews, newspapers, the whole mess. A very long story, but not a pretty one, including the fact that we lived out of a motel room for over a month until our home was repaired, everything at our own expense. To quote the sheriffs office, "You were neither the victim of nor a witness to a crime, contact your insurance agent". Again, I thank God that my wife and kids had just left 20 minutes prior to bring me lunch. You know it's gonna be a bad day when on the front page of the morning paper is a full color picture of your house and they are removing bodies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 March 8, 2006 Yep. Fresno was on A&E's City Confidential. I have only been here since summer, 2003. I saw this episode last year. It was about a kid, Dana Ewell, who killed his wealthy parents for the money. There was stuff about how in college, he convinced the yearbook staff that he was self-made. I talked to my wife about it, and she went to high school with with the kid. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #10 March 8, 2006 I sang in my church choir in NY from 1985 - 1991. In 1990 one of the women in the choir was found shot to death in her home. Several days later her husband, a respected doctor and an elder in the church, was charged in the death. We were all stunned. He later confessed. He had been having an affair with the organist and wanted her out of the way, blah blah blah. The story made PEOPLE magazine. The organist's husband later wrote a script which was turned into a made-for-TV story about the event. It aired in March 2002. They have reconciled and next year will have been married for 30 years. Meanwhile, the guy who sat behind me in the choir now resides in an upstate NY prison. Sometimes life sucks. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
