So this blog thang is over as you can tell. If your upset go check out some of the other billion or so blogs. Were taking a new approach. Fresh re-up in the coming a few weeks.

It’s going down tonight if you haven’t heard Ta$temaker will be elaborating on his infamous world beat down at Fred’s (the smokiest bar in Appalachia). Dancing ’till sundown is likely. See you there.

Seeing as how I haven’t posted in a while I’m going to catch-up on the last couple of weeks/month.

A string of articles have appeared in The Asheville Citizen-Times, Mountain Xpress, and the Daily Planet on the subject of the “graffiti problem” mostly pro-business and anti-graffiti. All this came on the heels of a press release in which the APD announced a new graffiti unit also the capturing of three graf writers. Of course they left out the fact that they only caught one and he in fact ratted out the other two.

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Show your ass!

Last week I posted something on this website entitled “Slightly drunken late night ramblings”, which was basically just a treatise about what was on my mind…mostly about how bored I am with underground culture lately, and how assimilated into the mainstream all the good underground art movements have become. Then, buried in the fifth paragraph of the blog, I said that one way to fight back against the hegemony of our modern society would be “To put as many bricks as possible through the windows of the Whiskey Tavern and Carl Mumpower’s house.” Read the rest of this entry »

From: Sgt. Mike Yelton
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:41 AM
To: Lt. Chris Young
Cc: Captain Sarah Benson; Lt. Rutledge; Sgt. Eric Lauffer
Subject: Mumpower Interference During Traffic Stops

As Sgt. Creson mentioned in his earlier email, I stopped a vehicle on Haywood Rd. tonight at 2331 hrs. Prior to stopping this vehicle, I already knew at least one of the occupants to be a known drug offender with whom DSU has dealt before. The vehicle, and all four occupants, ended up stopping right in the front parking lot of the West District office. Mark Byrd arrived moments later to assist.

At one point, Ofc. Byrd was performing the duty of cover officer as I was conducting a hand search of the vehicle for narcotics. One adult male suspect was in handcuffs, another adult male was seated on the sidewalk along with one of the female occupants. The remaining female occupant was located near the front of Officer Byrd’s vehicle. In all, Officer Byrd was responsible for watching the actions of four adults, all potential suspects at this point.

As I was searching the car, I turned my head and saw Councilman Dr. Mumpower standing near Officer Byrd speaking to him. I immediately thought this was a strange occurrence, but assumed he was conducting another of his many forays into law enforcement activities and had seen us stopped and wanted to observe. My intention was to complete my search of the vehicle and then determine if I could assist him in any manner.

A short time later, I observed him to walk towards the front of the district office where a marked unit had pulled up (which I later determined was that of Sgt. Creson). Moments later I saw him cross Haywood Road towards a grey Mazda Miata
parked in the Franklin’s parking lot and leave.

After speaking with Officer Byrd I learned the nature of the Councilman’s visit. He approached Officer Byrd and asked if he could take the time to allow him to “pass along some information”. Officer Byrd, following the principles of contact/cover, realized that doing so would decrease his ability to vigilantly observe the four suspects while I conducted the vehicle search. He then properly and politely informed Dr. Mumpower that he in fact could not do so, but offered to assist him at the conclusion of our business, explaining that we were actively involved in a vehicle stop. Dr. Mumpower continued despite the fact that we were clearly busy, asking if anyone was inside the district office to take his information. Officer Byrd replied that he did not think so, but offered to call a district supervisor for him, which he did. Sgt. Creson arrived a short time later, as detailed above. As I am told, his information for which he felt the need to interfere with officers involved in a vehicle stop involving four subjects concerned a suspicious person in Pisgah View Apartments.

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I’ve successfully negotiated the resurrection of Soul Night, Every Sunday at Broadway’s. C’mon down and hear rare and not so rare tracks of early Soul, deep funk, rare groove, R&B, etc., etc.

They have a fine sound system down there at the Broadway’s, I tell you what.

Friday March 23: the Joli Rouge will be hosting a benefit for Asheville’s transgender awareness group TranzMission. Featuring our own DJ Ta$temaker on dance party duty, but also including a drag show and also also including local punk faves Trouble Trouble Trouble and Fanger. The show starts at 9pm and it’s sliding scale $5 - $10. Come out for a good time!

You know you’re gonna drink beers on Friday nights, come do it at the Joli ROuge on Firday, ROck and SOul Night, to hear all of our unusual (and some not so unusual) records, saved from the dustbins, and served one on top of another, like some rhythm-and-bop-jump-hop-glam-psych-garage-oldskoolfunk-rock n’ roll turducken.

Friday nights, ten to close. Requests and dancing highly encouraged.

Things just didn’t come together for the tenth so instead of doing things half ass…
We’ve joined up a local circus & variety show(sunup giddy up)…

The result, well were not actually in the circus as far as I know but we are playing the after party.
The doors open at 8pm on Saturday Feb. 24 with music by Shep+ME. With juggling, Acrobatics, trapeze, fake lions, real humans all local talent!

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The truth is I haven’t been posting up to much, something I don’t really need to point out. I can only speak for my self and how hard it’s been to bring my self to sneak into an empty office building or wait at the public library for an hour just to get a post down. So this is a big fuck you to the Cable Company for shitin’ on my name I don’t owe you shit.

Now for an update…

There have been rumor of Clipse coming to town. Well it’s no longer a rumor it’s Read the rest of this entry »