Austinist: This One Goes to Eleven

Uriel Dugan

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:42:38 -0600

Madonna says she may adopt another child from abroad following her proposed adoption of a Malawian boy...

john

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:12:37 -0600

doesn't everyone just wish it was Declan the cop tackles and fucks up? How can we back up time and make this happen? If it were up to the collective desire, I guess it would have already happened.

a

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:49:58 -0600

if you notice, the guy that is basically the only SANE one in the first part of the video (trying to hold the cop and band back) is Mose, the sound guy from the parish here in Austin. there are 4 parts to this melee as i have seen via video and discussed via internet. 1. cop tells club to stop music..music doesn't stop. 2. cop goes on stage and essentially attacks dudes on stage (2nd half of that is seen in clip above) 3. cop throws some guys' camera accross the club and then chases him into a corner and tells him he isn't "going anywhere" after the kid just pleads with the cop, "i just want to leave, man. can i just leave?" and 4. cop chases another group around the back side of the bar into a small corner and i assume this is when the taser happened. 5.(post) backup arrives and they arrest what i have heard to be as many as 7 people. i don't want to say that this is the cop's fault..becuase it is obvious that the crowd is provoking him. but what i cannot understand is why this could not have just ended after stage 2. i also don't really understand why this cop went alone to the scene, when it was a noise complaint, you would expect to enter into a CROWD of people. it would have been wise for the cop to wait for backup BEFORE he tried to difuse the situation.

Huey Newton

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:01:39 -0600

Shoot pigs in the face.

whitney

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:55:14 -0600

The "university student writing a field paper" is my friend!

JUBCHA

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:03:52 -0600

I WAS THERE AND SAW IT ALL GO DOWN AND HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD VIDEO BUT IF I POST IT MY P.O. WILL GET WIND AND I MAY GO BACK UP. ....IVE' SAID TOO MUCH...

Benji

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:30:26 -0600

My favorite part is the end, when the cop starts talking into his radio and you can hear a girl retort, "WE need backup! Fuck you!" Word.

Declan McManus

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:58:42 -0600

That's a pretty good description actually. I wholeheartedly approve. You didn't say hi at Sufjan. I was sad. I even shaved and was wearing pants.

odam

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:54:25 -0600

that's what i get for believing the mainstream media. ok, i revised after giving them a brief listen. so, if you don't like it, well, i'll taser you. hell, i'll taser you, IRREGARDLESS, declan. IR.RE.GRAD.LESS. ok. nice seeing you at Sufjan, btw.

Declan McManus

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:47:57 -0600

And before you call me out on my inability to quote what you said.. alt-country, country rock, laidback, laid-back, etc blah blah etc. It's been a long day, and I still haven't gotten tased yet!

Declan McManus

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:46:26 -0600

Two Gallants are neither laidback nor (really) alt-country. But, they are pretty damned good and Saturday's show at Emo's was orders of magnitude better than the derivative hipster dance rock outside.