The cops came a knockin'....

[Robert]

Apparently, it's not a good idea to rehearse classic rock tunes at 11:30 at night in the city, if the doors are wide open.

It was hot in our room, so a guy opened a door for a bit while I was wailing on "Still Got The Blues". In the middle of my solo, everybody suddenly stopped. I figured I must have sucked really bad for them all to just stop playing.

I looked up, and I noticed we have company. The cops showed up, warning us we can't do continue like this. TOO LOUD! People had phoned the police and complained.

We are hoping it will be okay with the doors closed. I guess we will find out next week. There will be a $150.00 fine if we do this again, they said. :french

Ahh, the life of a rock'n roller!

 

[poodlesrule]

Offer to play for free at the next Police Ball..?

 

[bcdon]

Shouldn't they be back at their real office instead of bothering you?

 

[Robert]

Haha, yes so true!

 

[Tonz]

I was charged with omitting a sound with an electronic device, it was $50. ticket years ago.

 

[Robert]

I was using a 120 watt Peavey Windsor. Yeah, it was LOUD.

 

[mainestratman]

$150 is a small price to pay for rock n' roll..

:beer:

 

[sumitomo]

Sorry officer I had G.A.S. Sumi

 

[Tig]

You shoulda' asked how far away the complaints came from, and then explained how you were only trying to beat your previous record. :bootyshake

Cops only have a sense of humor after they have someone in cuffs!

 

[otaypanky]

Man! Do I miss Tim Horton's !!! Mmm ~

When I was in college back in the early 70's I went to school in the mountains of N.H. I lived in a little cabin out on a dirt road. I was high on the ridge of Sugar Hill. There was a giant bowl of a valley out in front of my cabin, where Franconia Notch became Easton Valley. One night I had a huge party in the fields out in front of the cabin, complete with a giant bonfire. There were easily 100-200 people there. For music I wheeled my insanely large amp, a Kasino 400, out on the front porch. It was 400 watts and 8x12"s in one enormous unit. I had a turntable plugged in and Jimi was blaring. When Ernie Doolan the town cop showed up, (we only had one cop in town), he said there were complaints from as far as 30 miles away at the other end of the valley! It was like a natural amphitheater

 

[guitarhack]

Man! Do I miss Tim Horton's !!! Mmm ~

When I was in college back in the early 70's I went to school in the mountains of N.H. I lived in a little cabin out on a dirt road. I was high on the ridge of Sugar Hill. There was a giant bowl of a valley out in front of my cabin, where Franconia Notch became Easton Valley. One night I had a huge party in the fields out in front of the cabin, complete with a giant bonfire. There were easily 100-200 people there. For music I wheeled my insanely large amp, a Kasino 400, out on the front porch. It was 400 watts and 8x12"s in one enormous unit. I had a turntable plugged in and Jimi was blaring. When Ernie Doolan the town cop showed up, (we only had one cop in town), he said there were complaints from as far as 30 miles away at the other end of the valley! It was like a natural amphitheater

That's got to be some kind of record. Has anyone checked with Guiness? :applause :dude

 

[Bloozcat]

You couldn't convince the cops that people pay to hear you play, and not the other way around, Robert?

And, bribing the cops should be relatively easy in Canada...

There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than anywhere else on the planet. Canadians eat more doughnuts than any other country's citizens. Although the doughnut is often seen as an American icon, it has become Canada's unofficial national snack. The popularity of the deep fried treats has to do with Canada's love affair with coffee, reports CBC's Beth Harrington. Coffee and doughnuts go hand in hand. And since coffee is Canada's number one beverage, its partner in crime, the humble doughnut, ranks up there in popularity.

And of course along with their fine coffee, Tim Hortons is the most popular doughnut chain in Canada. There are currently over 2,500 Tim Hortons shops across Canada selling over three million doughnuts a day.

Fancy a doughnut, eh? How abowt some coffee to go with that, constable?
:drool :rotflmao:

 

[Tig]

That's got to be some kind of record. Has anyone checked with Guiness? :applause :dude

Yes, we should get them involved as much as possible! :beer:
Oh, the other Guinness... Damn!

 

[hubberjub]

Man! Do I miss Tim Horton's !!! Mmm ~

When I was in college back in the early 70's I went to school in the mountains of N.H. I lived in a little cabin out on a dirt road. I was high on the ridge of Sugar Hill. There was a giant bowl of a valley out in front of my cabin, where Franconia Notch became Easton Valley. One night I had a huge party in the fields out in front of the cabin, complete with a giant bonfire. There were easily 100-200 people there. For music I wheeled my insanely large amp, a Kasino 400, out on the front porch. It was 400 watts and 8x12"s in one enormous unit. I had a turntable plugged in and Jimi was blaring. When Ernie Doolan the town cop showed up, (we only had one cop in town), he said there were complaints from as far as 30 miles away at the other end of the valley! It was like a natural amphitheater

I could just be NH cops though. When I was going to college in Keene, NH I managed to garner four noise violations within one semester. Either we were too loud or people really didn't like my band.

 

[otaypanky]

This will give you an idea of what Franconia Notch is like. I think you can see how sound would just reverberate for a long way ~

 

[sumitomo]

:what Just look you blew away all the trees!Mudman goes deer hunting with a Marshall stack,just puts it on his back poarch and WAM!!! power cord,drop's 'em dead in their tracks.Sumi

 

[poodlesrule]

This will give you an idea of what Franconia Notch is like. I think you can see how sound would just reverberate for a long way ~

Thunder reverberates in amazing ways in mountain/rocky settings like that.
I have memories of that as a kid, at my uncle's cabin in the Alps. One storm lasted nearly all night, awesome feeling of being totally surrounded by sound and fury! Next morning, after gingerly tiptoeing out of the house, perfect calm..!

 

[otaypanky]

I know what you mean Shawn. I was on that very ridge on a 3 day hike and we camped on top of Lafayette Mtn. As you can see it was above timberline. We got caught in a huge storm that surprised everyone in the mountains that day. Being in the middle of the clouds with lightning striking all around us and the deafening thunder was pretty terrifying. I was so sure I was about to die I actually experienced that little movie of your life that people talk about with a near death experience

 

[bcdon]

Absolutely stunning! I have to visit there now. Thanks!

This will give you an idea of what Franconia Notch is like. I think you can see how sound would just reverberate for a long way ~

 

[poodlesrule]

An experienced hiker from Boston got lost in the WMs a couple of years ago, and it took a while to find him. Being older, he kept his cool, and remained very rational throughout.
Many would-be hikers leave without proper emergency food and clothing, and can be taken out very quickly by a sudden change in temp/precipitation. A lost boy recently just barely made it, advanced hypothermia, pretty scary.

 

[Jipes]

A friend of mine once stated while we were playing in a bar with some serious fight going on while us still playing "it's not a good gig if it doesn't end up in a fight with Policemen around" :happy

 

[otaypanky]

A friend of mine once stated while we were playing in a bar with some serious fight going on while us still playing "it's not a good gig if it doesn't end up in a fight with Policemen around" :happy

You ain't havin' fun 'til ya' gotta' call 911 !

 

[otaypanky]

An experienced hiker from Boston got lost in the WMs a couple of years ago, and it took a while to find him. Being older, he kept his cool, and remained very rational throughout.
Many would-be hikers leave without proper emergency food and clothing, and can be taken out very quickly by a sudden change in temp/precipitation. A lost boy recently just barely made it, advanced hypothermia, pretty scary.

A hiker was zapped the same month we were caught in that storm. He also was above timberline and lay down so he wouldn't be the tallest thing around. he wasn't counting on lightning striking the mountain and the wet ground being the conductor.