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Fake badge doesn’t fool fifth-grader
Fake badge doesn’t fool fifth-grader
*Man reportedly tried to abduct North East boy, 10, at school bus stop
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:56 AM EDT
By Scott Goss sgoss@cecilwhig.com
A man posing as a police officer reportedly tried to coax a fifth-grade North East Elementary School student away from a bus stop and into his car Friday.
“We told him that if anything like that ever happens again to scream and yell and try to run away, but do not get in a stranger’s car even if they do say they’re a police officer,” the boy’s grandmother said Tuesday. “His father has been warning the entire neighborhood ever since we found out.”
A spokesman for the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office said the 10-year-old boy was waiting at a bus stop on East Old Philadelphia Road on Friday morning when a man parked in a bluish-silver Honda or Toyota attempted to start a conversation.
The boy told police the man showed him a star-shaped badge and offered to let the boy sit in his car while he waited for the school bus. The boy told police the man opened the passenger door, but drove away when the school bus arrived.
The student ignored the man and got on the school bus.
The boy’s grandmother said the youngster later felt guilty because he thought he had disobeyed a police officer.
Detective Sgt. Bernard Chiominto said the man could not have been a police officer because of his behavior.
The boy described the man as thin and white with sandy blond hair.
The boy’s grandfather said he remembers seeing the car parked near the bus stop as he watched from inside a nearby home.
“I recognized that it wasn’t a car I knew, but I figured it was one of the other parents,” he said. “From where I was, I couldn’t even tell that he was talking to my grandson.”
North East Elementary School Principal Georgia Clark said the boy’s neighbors first reported the incident to her Tuesday morning.
“This is the first time all year I’ve heard of something like this happening her,” she said. “We take matters like this very seriously and I called the central office right away.”
School officials sent out an automated voice message to the parents of all 16,000 Cecil County public school students Tuesday evening recommending they talk to their children about avoiding strangers.
“We also want to remind parents that elementary school-age students should be supervised while they’re waiting for the bus,” said schools’ spokeswoman Kelly Keeton. “It’s important that we all take steps to help ensure our students’ safety.”
Bob Markwardt, the school system’s director of transportation, said that while the bus driver in this incident may not have seen anything unusual, all bus drivers are trained to take preventative action if they witness anything suspicious.
“We tell them that if they see something out of place or something that just doesn’t feel right, it’s better to keep the student on the bus and call the school then to let them go,” he said.
Anyone with any information about the purported incident is asked to call the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office at (410) 996-5500.
Posted by onebuckwild on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 (14:11:11)
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RIP Mitchell L. Redlich
Well Im sad to say that one of the three founders of Nocturnalbreak.com (onebuckwild.com) Mitchell L. Redlich, My friend and a brother to me as far as I feel, Was struck by a car sunday morning and he passed away. He will be missed by large base of family and friends. He brought light into everyones life that he touched. One of the funniest people I have ever come to know. So please bare with us this week as I try to find time to work on the photos.
Thank You
JB
Posted by onebuckwild on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (13:06:20)
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James Brown dies after being hospitalized with pneumonia
James Brown dies after being hospitalized with pneumonia
• Agent says it is unclear what 73-year-old singer died of
• Groundbreaking hits include "I Feel Good," "Sex Machine"
• Death ends revolutionary career at forefront of funk and disco
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ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit was by his side, he said.
Copsidas said Brown's family was being notified of his death and that the cause was still uncertain. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," he said.
Along with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and a handful of others, Brown was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years. At least one generation idolized him, and sometimes openly copied him.
His rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among others. Songs such as David Bowie's "Fame," Prince's "Kiss," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" were clearly based on Brown's rhythms and vocal style.
If Brown's claim to the invention of soul can be challenged by fans of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, then his rights to the genres of rap, disco and funk are beyond question. He was to rhythm and dance music what Dylan was to lyrics: the unchallenged popular innovator. (Watch the "Hardest Working Man in Show Business" do his thing Video)
"James presented obviously the best grooves," rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy once told The Associated Press. "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close."
His hit singles include such classics as "Out of Sight," "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Out Loud -- I'm Black and I'm Proud," a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride.
"I clearly remember we were calling ourselves colored, and after the song, we were calling ourselves black," Brown said in a 2003 Associated Press interview. "The song showed even people to that day that lyrics and music and a song can change society."
He won a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers.
'Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown'
He triumphed despite an often unhappy personal life. Brown, who lived in Beech Island near the Georgia line, spent more than two years in a South Carolina prison for aggravated assault and failing to stop for a police officer. After his release on in 1991, Brown said he wanted to "try to straighten out" rock music.
From the 1950s, when Brown had his first R&B hit, "Please, Please, Please" in 1956, through the mid-1970s, Brown went on a frenzy of cross-country tours, concerts and new songs. He earned the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business."
With his tight pants, shimmering feet, eye makeup and outrageous hair, Brown set the stage for younger stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince.
In 1986, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And rap stars of recent years overwhelmingly have borrowed his lyrics with a digital technique called sampling.
Brown's work has been replayed by the Fat Boys, Ice-T, Public Enemy and a host of other rappers. "The music out there is only as good as my last record," Brown joked in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
"Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me," he told the AP in 2003.
Born in poverty in Barnwell, South Carolina, in 1933, he was abandoned as a 4-year-old to the care of relatives and friends and grew up on the streets of Augusta, Georgia, in an "ill-repute area," as he once called it. There he learned to wheel and deal.
"I wanted to be somebody," Brown said.
By the eighth grade in 1949, Brown had served 3 1/2 years in Alto Reform School near Toccoa, Georgia, for breaking into cars.
While there, he met Bobby Byrd, whose family took Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his group, the Gospel Starlighters. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B.
In January 1956, King Records of Cincinnati signed the group, and four months later "Please, Please, Please" was in the R&B Top Ten.
While most of Brown's life was glitz and glitter, he was plagued with charges of abusing drugs and alcohol and of hitting his third wife, Adrienne.
In September 1988, Brown, high on PCP and carrying a shotgun, entered an insurance seminar next to his Augusta office. Police said he asked seminar participants if they were using his private restroom.
Police chased Brown for a half-hour from Augusta into South Carolina and back to Georgia. The chase ended when police shot out the tires of his truck.
Brown received a six-year prison sentence. He spent 15 months in a South Carolina prison and 10 months in a work release program before being paroled in February 1991. In 2003, the South Carolina parole board granted him a pardon for his crimes in that state.
Soon after his release, Brown was on stage again with an audience that included millions of cable television viewers nationwide who watched the three-hour, pay-per-view concert at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
Adrienne Brown died in 1996 in Los Angeles at age 47. She took PCP and several prescription drugs while she had a bad heart and was weak from cosmetic surgery two days earlier, the coroner said.
More recently, he married his fourth wife, Tomi Raye Hynie, one of his backup singers. The couple had a son, James Jr.
Two years later, Brown spent a week in a private Columbia hospital, recovering from what his agent said was dependency on painkillers. Brown's attorney, Albert "Buddy" Dallas, said singer was exhausted from six years of road shows.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted by onebuckwild on Monday, December 25, 2006 (18:42:36)
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The King is Dead. Long Live the King. (news of Kahuna closing 11/27/06)
The King is Dead. Long Live the King!
WILMINGTON, DE—In response to the shocking news of the demise of Wilmington's once-premiere destination for dancing and girls-nights-out, we say: "The King is Dead. Long Live the King."
Wikipedia explains this phrase as the proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch upon the death of the previous monarch. It tells the country and the world that, "The throne shall never be empty; the country shall never be without a monarch."
The crown prince of the Delaware nightlife scene ascends to the throne. LUX Lounge – a European-style urban nightclub – is the only destination for those who need dance beats and 'tinis to make their weekends complete.
What is it that gets people to settle on a nightlife destination? Stripper poles…porta-toilets…seeing your ex-boyfriend out with his new girlfriend? No. It's good fun, good drinks, good music and the possibility of meeting your future ex-boyfriend.
What does LUX have to offer?
No stripper poles, sorry. Just this: 3,000 square feet. An LED illuminated bar. Rock-star quality bottle service in the exclusive VIP-only balcony. State-of-the-art sound system with local resident and national/international guest DJs spinning FRESH tunes (maybe not that Britney Spears remix, but definitely something you'd hear on any dancefloor from London to Rome, LA to NYC). Visual sensory technology (that means hot cyber chicks dancing on the six-foot tall plasma screen, or maybe the nail-biting last quarter of the big game on the upstairs 50" hi-def screen). Nominated by The News Journal for best girls-night-out / bachelorette party, LUX also boasts the best mojitos in town, as well as an espresso bar for the designated drivers in the group. And it's as good for your date night as it is for your girls-only/guys-only night out.
And PARKING! Safe, plentiful parking directly in front of the venue. You can sprint from your car to the door in your 4-inch stilettos and corset top despite any wind chill. Just ask our bartenders (have you SEEN the corsets on these ladies?).
It is clear from the blogs on delawareonline.com that people in Delaware fear the "local monarchy" will be overtaken by "foreign interests." No need to go to Philly, dear subjects; the new king has been crowned…the throne has been ascended.
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Ongoing events:
Downtown Fridays Happy Hour – every other Friday from 5:30 – 9 p.m. – live DJs, drink specials, food, brought to you by Bad Influence Promotions. This week (12/1)—DJ Zip and special guests spinning funky house.
Friday nights – 9 p.m. til 1 a.m. (2 a.m. for those with bottle service) – remix house (house music remixes of classics, 80s and new wave) with DJ Zip, or groovy house and mainstream dance with DJ Avery Smith
Saturday nights – 9 p.m. til 1 a.m. (2 a.m. for those with bottle service) – electronic club music and progressive house with residents Chris Gallagher, Ripp & Darby Jones, and other guest DJs
Wednesdays and Thursdays – happy hour pricing from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursdays feature lounge and electronic club music
Sundays – drink specials all night sponsored by Budweiser
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Resident DJs:
Chris Gallagher – former resident of Florida's legendary SIMONS, Chris was known for playing 8-hour sets every Friday night for 3 years. His 2001 record release "Rippin Up Wax" was selected for DJ Baby Anne's "Dark Side of the Boom" CD.
DJ Zip – this New Castle native brings the dirtiest Eurotrash disco sounds to the dancefloors of Delaware. LUX Lounge is Zip's third residency in Wilmington. DJ Zip was seen at the 2006 Rent Party in downtown Wilmington, and in last winter's City Life feature story on Wilmington DJs.
Ripp & Darby Jones – super-promoters of Philly's Deep Nights warehouse parties, Ripp and Darby Jones bring their progressive house sounds to the suburbs.
DJ Avery Smith – a longtime house music junkie, Avery has translated his love for original B-Boy hip hop to a soulful style of inspired house music, with a little modern-day hip-hop and R&B sprinkled in.
Regular guest DJs and promoters include Bad Influence Promotions, DJ Bis, promoter Crystal B., DJ Donato.
Guest DJs have included: Jeff Heart, DJ Passable Plastic/Casey Grabowski, DJ Mech, DJ 2E, DJ Johnny Baum, Ms. Buttakup, DJ Taurus and Angelo from Greece.
LUX Lounge is located at 524 S. Walnut St. in Wilmington. 302-777-1201. www.lux-lounge.com
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Posted by BadInfluence on Thursday, November 30, 2006 (17:29:08)
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Stealing December win spot on Zippo Hot Tour
This is a local band most of us here saw open for MR Bigguns at a few show. They are now on the Zippo Hot tour opening for Papa Roach. So get over to myspace and check them out @ www.myspace.com/stealingdecember
Posted by onebuckwild on Monday, October 09, 2006 (20:15:21)
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