From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V2 #119 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Thursday, July 8 1999 Volume 02 : Number 119 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Off Topic but pertinent - Fw: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward! (fwd) ["Mack" Subject: Off Topic but pertinent - Fw: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward! (fwd) > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Subject: Fwd: URGENT/SY GEAR STOLEN! --> please forward! > > 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@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 > ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V2 #119 *******************************