TMBG and the keystone kops

[Scott Brisko]

As yet another person that was pissed off by the They Might Be Giants
show stoppage, I can only think that the reaid was something planned
beforehand by the new head of Houston's finest Sam Nuncia. Recently the
_Houston Press_ ran an article talking about how the vice squad had
raided both Lola's and The West Alabama Ice House, arresting poeople for
public intoxication without ever giving them a breatalizer test. Now I
don't know of anyone who was actaully arrested at the Vatican, but the
thing that drew similarities to the situation was:

1. The shear number of law enforcement personnel on site when we were all
told to leave.

2. The fact that I got pushed out of the way by two "undercover bubbas"
when John F. was getting somewhat defiant on stage. These guys were
dressed in tie-dye shirts with polyester "Coach Pants" and were each
about 6'5" and 250+ pounds. Similar well disguised undercover officers
showed up at Lola's wearing equally inane clothing before the bust began.

I guess in my ind it would all make a lot more sense if this was really
that had gotten out of hand. If the whole pit had erupted into a big
fight, or if the place wasreally packed to full of people to be safe.

The Man in the Fez
Scott

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[Marcel Nolan Levi]

It's easy to assume that the whole thing was pre-planned, etc.,
but I doubt that the chief of police is out to get a bunch
of teenagers, college students, and young adults. When I raised
the question a few days ago "is Fitzgerald's going to be next",
I didn't want to imply that the police have an agenda of clubs
to bust.

The police _are_ looking for any excuse to bust a club, regardless
of _where_or_what_ it is. And as a result, organizations such as
the TABC and Fire Dept. (in this case) are going to give them that
excuse a lot more readily.

What makes me believe this is the fact that no arrests were made.
If this raid were pre-planned, they _would_have_arrested_ people.
We were probably dealing with a rookie TABC guy who either knows
nothing about live venue capacities or just wanted to dick over some
"new waver punks", so he called the Fire Marshall and cops, and you
and I know how cops *love* to flock to "action spots"...

Marcel
ml...@rice.edu

[Chuck You, Dude]

hag...@fennec.sccsi.com (Scott Brisko) writes:

> As yet another person that was pissed off by the They Might Be Giants
> show stoppage, I can only think that the reaid was something planned
> beforehand by the new head of Houston's finest Sam Nuncia. Recently the
> _Houston Press_ ran an article talking about how the vice squad had
> raided both Lola's and The West Alabama Ice House, arresting poeople for
> public intoxication without ever giving them a breatalizer test. Now I

Well, call Nuchat ( Steve Nuchia's SON) and ask him, maybey he'll
know.
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