[Fwd: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward!]

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--- "Daniel A. Rigney Jr." <rigney at icu.com> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 12:47:55 -0400
> From: "Daniel A. Rigney Jr." <rigney at icu.com>
> To: silence at mail2.realtime.net
> Subject: [Fwd: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward!]

> 
> > >
> > >>Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 22:05:58 -0700
> > >>From: bofus? <bofus at mindspring.com>
> > >>Organization: http://hootpage.com
> > >>MIME-Version: 1.0
> > >>To: bofus at mindspring.com
> > >>Subject: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward!
> > >>
> > >>Eyemote at aol.com wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>  URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN!
> > >>>
> > >>>  july 4 1999 LA/Orange County
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>  Hello all, this is Lee from Sonic Youth
> > >>>  here, we have had a fucked up situation
> > >>>  come down on us over this last night--a
> > >>>  brand new Ryder truck parked at a Ramada
> > >>>  Inn in Orange County with ALL OF OUR GEAR
> > >>>  IN IT was STOLEN! All of our guitars,
> > >>>  tools, amplifiers, drums, synth --
> > >>>  EVERYTHING. We are fucked, both for the
> > >>>  show tonight at the "This Ain't No Picnic"
> > >>>  here in Orange Co., and for shows upcoming
> > >>>  this week in Austin and Santa Fe. Our
> > >>>  guitars are all mostly older and either
> > >>>  very modified and/or fucked up/beat up.
> > >>>  They are unmistakably ours, as are some of
> > >>>  the amps, including my own 60s Fender
> > >>>  Concert with the red/blue/yellow "Jasper
> > >>>  Johns-style" target on it.
> > >>>
> > >>>  We are asking ANYONE with ANY INFORMATION
> > >>>  about this to get in touch with us as soon
> > >>>  as possible by calling our man Aaron
> > >>>  Blitzstein in New York City at
> > >>>  212.343.2314, or via email to
> > >>>  "Mascaras66 at aol.com". Call collect if you
> > >>>  want to. Please no pranks, all, this is
> > >>>  really serious--all the gear we've used to
> > >>>  write our last few LPs worth of stuff,
> > >>>  instruments used for songs old and new
> > >>>  which if truly lost will mean those songs
> > >>>  will be lost forever.
> > >>>
> > >>>  Help us out if you can, there will be a
> > >>>  reward for any info, I'm sure. All our road
> > >>>  cases, etc, are fully marked up with our
> > >>>  name on them, the gtrs are so unusual that
> > >>>  they won't really be too hard to mistake.
> > >>>  ANY info at all will be appreciated.
> > >>>
> > >>>  If the thieves themselves read this, I'm
> > >>>  sure we'd rather buy the stuff back from
> > >>>  you than lose it forever (you fukkerz).
> > >>>
> > >>>  here are some descriptions of gear:
> > >>>
> > >>>  drums: green satin flame 60s Gretch kit (w
> > >>>  "paisley" glow in dark kik head
> > >>>
> > >>>  Fender ToneMaster head and 4x12 cabinet
> > >>>
> > >>>  Fender blackface Concert (4x10) w "Target
> > >>>  design" spraypainted on front
> > >>>
> > >>>  PeeVey RoadMaster Head
> > >>>
> > >>>  Marshal 4x12 cab
> > >>>
> > >>>  Mesa Boogie 400+ bass head/4x10 cab/18" cab
> > >>>
> > >>>  Fender Bassman head (two!)/ 2x12 fender cab
> > >>>
> > >>>  Fender presicion Bass
> > >>>
> > >>>  Gibson Les Paul Jr w snoopy sticker
> > >>>
> > >>>  Fender Jazzmasters and Jaguars--lots of
> > >>>  'em, mostly modified to hell (orig
> > >>>  electronix pulled, diff p/u's etc) and
> > >>>  usually way beat up.
> > >>>
> > >>>  Travis Beans--1 koa wood, one red beat to
> > >>>  shit
> > >>>
> > >>>  White roadcase/briefcase full of gtr tools
> > >>>
> > >>>  we will post more equip info later...
> > >>>  thanks in advance for any help...
> > >>>
> > >>>  PLEASE PASS THIS LIST ON TO ANYONE WHO
> > >>>  MIGHT BE OF HELP!
> > >>>
> > >>>  ---Lee/Sonic Youth
> > >>>

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