Northern Wish Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 A plea to the fuckwads stealing gear in Montreal: Radiohead is gracing your fair town on Aug. 6th. Please just leave their shit alone and let us enjoy their show, played with their instruments.....That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Actually, let's slightly edit that so as not to make it too easy for the thieves....A plea to the fuckwads stealing gear in Montreal: Radiohead is gracing your fair town on Aug. 10th. Please just leave their shit alone and let us enjoy their show, played with their instruments.....That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I get the feeling that radiohead will have the necessary measures in place to ensure that their gear makes it to the next show. They don't tour in a 15-foot Ryder truck, if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 it wasn't the truck's fault.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Its not the size of the truck, but the size of the lock that matters........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 i'm not blaming the truck, i"m saying that you don't see Celine Dion's "truck" getting robbed, and for similar reasons you're unlikely to see Radiohead's. They are likely to have secure, monitored equipment storage because an operation that size does. Sonic Youth got their shit stolen a while back, but I think that's the biggest band I"ve heard get cleaned out (ie. not just a guitar or case of stuff grabbed).That said, the epidemic in Montreal is horrible. I'm sure it's related to the organized crime in the city, and the fact that there's a healthy black market for stolen goods here (pawn shops and retailers that knowingly purchase stolen stuff on a regular basis and yet somehow continue to get away with it). On a montreal music board people were talking about trying to get GPS tracking into some dummy equipment to be stolen to be able to track it down. Sounds like a good potential idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Between AD and I we could run the technical side of that operation.......I've had an idea for a musicians home away from home type hotel/ b+b for some time. A place to stay, have meals cooked for them, a secure storage location and an on site studio. Maybe its not just a pipe dream after all. I think I could convince insurance companies/ music managers and promoters to pony up for the bands fee eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 ahh NW I was totally hoping for a mascara running down the face youtube video like the 'leave britney alone' one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Its not the size of the truck, but the size of the lock that matters........would you lock the truck to a tree or something then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 That said, the epidemic in Montreal is horrible. I'm sure it's related to the organized crime in the city, and the fact that there's a healthy black market for stolen goods here (pawn shops and retailers that knowingly purchase stolen stuff on a regular basis and yet somehow continue to get away with it). On a montreal music board people were talking about trying to get GPS tracking into some dummy equipment to be stolen to be able to track it down. Sounds like a good potential idea.I've heard theories in the past about the proximity of the Indian reserve to the island, cars/gear/whatever is on a boat and out of the country within minutes of being stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 No I'd seal the cargo door with a good lock. Unless they have one of those nifty Jaws of Life device to open the walls like a can of tuna...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 It's actually not the size of the lock that matters but how you use it...Or how big and heavily armed the guy guarding said lock is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 It's actually not the size of the lock that matters but how you use it...Have you been told this before...in a ...ummm...different context? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 No I'd seal the cargo door with a good lock. Unless they have one of those nifty Jaws of Life device to open the walls like a can of tuna......yeah but the thieves in the Iggy Pop case stole the truck, not just the contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 No I'd seal the cargo door with a good lock. Unless they have one of those nifty Jaws of Life device to open the walls like a can of tuna......yeah but the thieves in the Iggy Pop case stole the truck' date=' not just the contents.[/quote']Yeah, I'm pretty sure these people have figured out how to get beyond a good lock by now (and I'm sure bands are putting good locks on their vehicles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Between AD and I we could run the technical side of that operation.......I've had an idea for a musicians home away from home type hotel/ b+b for some time. A place to stay, have meals cooked for them, a secure storage location and an on site studio. Maybe its not just a pipe dream after all. I think I could convince insurance companies/ music managers and promoters to pony up for the bands fee eh?funny. sharon and I talked about doing that a few years back. We were doing it for a couple of bands anyway, so why not upgrade the service into a business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Dress dry folks. She is going to be a wet one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Methinks most of the bigger bands drive at night - load out, pull out, arrive, load in, sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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