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When did this happen?

In a message dated 5/27/2010 11:04:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com writes:

I suppose. Specifically I was referring to his rape and beating of a 14 year old girl.

What are you Chris, our resident GOSSIP guy?
If I want to read this kind of crap, I can get a tabloid newspaper.

Clay

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Chris Dale wrote:
>

> You're right - it is a horrible thing to say - regardless of whether it9;s
> true or not
>
>
> The "unofficial" story is that he had some 14 year old fan-groupie over and
> when she didn't want to do what he wanted her to do, he beat the shit out of
> her while force feeding her drugs which almost killed her.
>
> The "official" story (doctored by their management for the media) is that
> she was a 16 year old prostitute who ingested too much drugs.
>
>
> If you care to look through enough Google to find it, you probably will.
> But the story I read was so disgusting it made me sick to my stomach.
>
> I thought later it was just a bunch of BS. I forgot about it for a while
> until a visit to LA to see Richard Chamberlin. While there I visited a
> lawyer friend of mine who lives in LA. .He considers the 'unofficial'
> version closer to the truth. So now his songs give me the creeps.
>
>
> Anyway, I think you guys should make your own minds up.
>
> Here's some captions with links. The "Ben Stiller" one suggests the
> 'unofficial9; version isn't an isolated incident. .
>
> *The early samples of Henley's album contain some striking ballads, but the
> main tone is even more aggressive musically and biting lyrically than most
> of his work with the Eagles. It's as if he were trying to exorcise some of
> the anger and pain of 1980.*
>
> *One especially biting track is titled "Nobody's Business," an apparent
> reference to a 1980 arrest for cocaine possession. With the hint offered in
> the song title, you don't expect Henley to comment on the much-publicized
> incident, but he did say, "I was at the bottom of the barrel emotionally
> when that happened. What really happened never really came out and I don't
> really care to talk about it. But I will say this: I feel like what I do on
> record and on stage is everybody's property because I'm in show business,
> but what I do in my own house-as long as I'm not hurting anybody-is just
> like the song says: nobody's business."*
>
> from:
> http://www.eaglesfans.com/info/articles/the_long_run_is_over.html
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>
>
> *Don Henley was arrested in 1980 in Los Angeles and charged with
> contributing to the delinquency of a minor when paramedics were called to
> his home to save a naked 16-year-old girl overdosing on cocaine and
> Quaaludes. He was fined $2,000 and given two years' probation and ordered
> into a drug counseling program. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
> *
> from:
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> http://www.artistfacts.com/detail.php?id=217
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>
> The DON HENLEY File
>
> Some quips from the ever-quotable Don Henley:
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> "Besides being kind of slimy and mean-spirited, it wasn't particularly
> funny. It didn't have any redeeming qualities. I know Ben Stiller a bit and
> I intend to ask him the next time I see him, 'What the hell was that
> supposed to be?' "
>
> -- On a recent SNL short film featuring Will Farrell as Glenn Frey sexually
> torturing Stiller during a one-night stand
>
>
> from:
> http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/H/Henley_Don/2000/05/21/pf-745953.html
>
>
>
> Anyway regardless of the severity of what happened - the guy is a loser. .
>
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> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Gary Brumm wrote:
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> >
> > I googled it and find no such reference to it…..just a drug bust from the
> > 80's.
> >
> > Where did you get your info? This is a horrible thing to say if it isn't
> > true.
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:

> > newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *lsf5275@...
> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:34 PM

> > *To:* newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Announcing the all new Digital
> > Byrotron B 90D
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > When did this happen?
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/27/2010 11:04:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> > unobtainiumkeys@... writes:
> >
> > I suppose. Specifically I was referring to his rape and beating of a 14
> > year old girl.
> >;
> >
> >
>

Stop hijacking my thread, Chris! I'm sure that with a little creative thought you could figure out how to start one of your own.

In a message dated 5/30/2010 2:48:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com writes:

Oh we're still on this........well okay.......

Tony - thanks very much for your kind support, but I should explain.....some of our list members here are vying for the "MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR" award.

It's a very happy event where we all get to shine and show the world the nature we eventually become remembered and acknowledged for!!

This contest is open to anyone on Mellotron lists past or present:

MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR CONTEST

Qualifications:

- Sense of Humour, Thick Skin, Thick Skull, and Irradiated Testicles

- Ownership or involvement with the Mellotron or any and all of it's related offshoots.

- Measurable "Non Apology" for asshole-type behaviour

- Proven ability to drive away list members, customers, and would be-non-participants

- Narcisstic propensities

- Delusions of grandeur

- Inability to conduct business, display social skills, or display consideration for standard ethics or principals

- Measured "Ability To Pretend Asshole Type Behaviour" did not occur, and if mentioned, then to quickly relinquish responsibility for one's actions

The contest involves:

Insulting and berating fellow list members

Insulting related potential clients

Ruining one's own reputation within the music business community

Ridiculing posts - any technical inquiries by neophytes are especially desirable

Harassing fellow lists members off list

Displays of unethical business practices

Acquiring and maintaining a reputation for being an asshole and having that reputation sustained and projected to future mellotron owners, future participants of the mellotron community, music business contacts and music fans worldwide.

RULES:

Asshole behaviour can be a one time occurrence but must be noteworthy in severity to count towards MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR designation.

It's recommended however that the behaviour be a repeated and consistent succession of asshole behaviours which can be pointed to and attributed for consistently. A range of actions from insults, ridicule and unethical business practices up to and including inciting malleable minded others to engage in the same practices is strongly recommended.

1ST PRIZE:

The winner will accompany Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods, and the current serving president of the Ku Klux Klan for a re-enactment of the movie "Deliverance" with Eagles members Don Henley and Glen Frey acting as "The Hillbillies"; (and intoxicated with very powerful stimulants and libido arousing drugs). Don Henley himself will perform in the position of first "catalyst act".

Note: It is the express wish of Childrens' Aid Societies, various Environmental, Animal Rights, Human Rights, and Family Crisis Management groups worldwide that both sides win.

2ND PRIZE:

The runner up will spend a weekend in an empty, tightly locked and windowless room with Henry Kissinger, Tiger Woods, Sarah Palin, the current serving president of the Ku Klux Klan, and Charles Manson.

Outside contact with the world is not permitted in any form.

Requirements for Food, Water, and Toiletries is the sole responsibility of the residents of the room.

3RD PRIZE:

This runner up gets to participate in extended military pharmaceutical research projects involving various biological and biohazardous agents, corrosives, and radioactive elements. It is the hope of various AIDS and Cancer research laboratories that the cures for these debilitating diseases will be discovered through this series of experiments.

JUDGES AND ORGANIZATION

Winners will be selected through Frank's recently modified and patented "Fuck O' Meter".

which has been re-designed to be used as an ASSHOLE meter. The greater the degree of the asshole behaviour and propensity for such behaviour, the higher the numeric register will be. It has proven to be infallible in a recent contest between Dennis Briefel of MTI and Travis Twit of Coll Audio, who won MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR awards in 2008 and 2002 respectively. Actual e-mail and police phone recordings available upon request through Canada's Freedom Of Information Act.

Clay and an anonymous "Misses Loo-iss" (sic) will assist in the organization, and signage, using Mattias' trademarked "copy, paste, edit, and re-contextualize' e-mail techniques, an example of which is exhibited here from an e-mail of astute observation:

a bunch of A55H01ES

The few panel judges will be ex-list members who left our lists between the years 1999 and 2010, numbering in the range of about 50-100, and have and hold various grievances and grudges towards current and past list members and contest winners.

(Editors note: I also hope to win this contest via my post here, though I apparently have a lot of catching up to do, and hopefully the mere mention of this contest puts me in good 'asshole' stead with that select few of you.)

Lastly, additional responses to this e-mail will be counted towards submission of application to the MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR contest. Any and all parties through their responses agree to hold, indemnify, and save harmless the party editors and organizers of the MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR contest and any of thier representatives, families, associates, and colleagues in perpetuity. Any submissions become the property of the editors, holders, and organizers of MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR contest and can be copied, edited, stored, retrieved, and reproduced in perpetuity for the purposes of advertisement and testament to the character of would be applicant(s), and or to be used as evidence in a court of law.

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:58 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

We all love Chris, Tony. In a manly way, of course. I personally believe that Chris is here, because like the rest of us, he possesses the proper requirements... Thick skin...thick skull. Oh, and he likes Mellotrons (almost forgot).

Frank

In a message dated 5/28/2010 10:15:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, atm655@verizon.net writes:



What part of my post don't you people understand?

Get off Chris's back, he's getting shit from my post.

He is a friend and deserves better.

I looked for the information and was both shocked, disgusted and skeptical.

Throw as much shit at me as you want to, it means nothing to me personally.

Tony

----- Original Message -----

Freezing someone in carbonite comes to mind right now.

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:40 AM, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

Stop hijacking my thread, Chris! I'm sure that with a little creative thought you could figure out how to start one of your own.

In a message dated 5/30/2010 2:48:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, unobtainiumkeys@gmail.com writes:

Oh we're still on this........well okay.......

Tony - thanks very much for your kind support, but I should explain.....some of our list members here are vying for the "MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR" award.

It's a very happy event where we all get to shine and show the world the nature we eventually become remembered and acknowledged for!!

This contest is open to anyone on Mellotron lists past or present:

MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR CONTEST

Qualifications:

- Sense of Humour, Thick Skin, Thick Skull, and Irradiated Testicles

- Ownership or involvement with the Mellotron or any and all of it's related offshoots.

- Measurable "Non Apology" for asshole-type behaviour

- Proven ability to drive away list members, customers, and would be-non-participants

- Narcisstic propensities

- Delusions of grandeur

- Inability to conduct business, display social skills, or display consideration for standard ethics or principals

- Measured "Ability To Pretend Asshole Type Behaviour" did not occur, and if mentioned, then to quickly relinquish responsibility for one's actions

The contest involves:

Insulting and berating fellow list members

Insulting related potential clients

Ruining one's own reputation within the music business community

Ridiculing posts - any technical inquiries by neophytes are especially desirable

Harassing fellow lists members off list

Displays of unethical business practices

Acquiring and maintaining a reputation for being an asshole and having that reputation sustained and projected to future mellotron owners, future participants of the mellotron community, music business contacts and music fans worldwide.

RULES:

Asshole behaviour can be a one time occurrence but must be noteworthy in severity to count towards MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR designation.

It's recommended however that the behaviour be a repeated and consistent succession of asshole behaviours which can be pointed to and attributed for consistently. A range of actions from insults, ridicule and unethical business practices up to and including inciting malleable minded others to engage in the same practices is strongly recommended.

1ST PRIZE:

The winner will accompany Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods, and the current serving president of the Ku Klux Klan for a re-enactment of the movie "Deliverance" with Eagles members Don Henley and Glen Frey acting as "The Hillbillies" (and intoxicated with very powerful stimulants and libido arousing drugs). Don Henley himself will perform in the position of first "catalyst act".

Note: It is the express wish of Childrens' Aid Societies, various Environmental, Animal Rights, Human Rights, and Family Crisis Management groups worldwide that both sides win.

2ND PRIZE:

The runner up will spend a weekend in an empty, tightly locked and windowless room with Henry Kissinger, Tiger Woods, Sarah Palin, the current serving president of the Ku Klux Klan, and Charles Manson.

Outside contact with the world is not permitted in any form.

Requirements for Food, Water, and Toiletries is the sole responsibility of the residents of the room.

3RD PRIZE:

This runner up gets to participate in extended military pharmaceutical research projects involving various biological and biohazardous agents, corrosives, and radioactive elements. It is the hope of various AIDS and Cancer research laboratories that the cures for these debilitating diseases will be discovered through this series of experiments.

JUDGES AND ORGANIZATION

Winners will be selected through Frank's recently modified and patented "Fuck O'; Meter".

which has been re-designed to be used as an ASSHOLE meter. The greater the degree of the asshole behaviour and propensity for such behaviour, the higher the numeric register will be. It has proven to be infallible in a recent contest between Dennis Briefel of MTI and Travis Twit of Coll Audio, who won MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR awards in 2008 and 2002 respectively. Actual e-mail and police phone recordings available upon request through Canada's Freedom Of Information Act.

Clay and an anonymous "Misses Loo-iss" (sic) will assist in the organization, and signage, using Mattias' trademarked "copy, paste, edit, and re-contextualize' e-mail techniques, an example of which is exhibited here from an e-mail of astute observation:

a bunch of A55H01ES

The few panel judges will be ex-list members who left our lists between the years 1999 and 2010, numbering in the range of about 50-100, and have and hold various grievances and grudges towards current and past list members and contest winners.

(Editors note: I also hope to win this contest via my post here, though I apparently have a lot of catching up to do, and hopefully the mere mention of this contest puts me in good 'asshole' stead with that select few of you.)

Lastly, additional responses to this e-mail will be counted towards submission of application to the MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR contest. Any and all parties through their responses agree to hold, indemnify, and save harmless the party editors and organizers of the MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR contest and any of thier representatives, families, associates, and colleagues in perpetuity. Any submissions become the property of the editors, holders, and organizers of MELLOTRON ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR contest and can be copied, edited, stored, retrieved, and reproduced in perpetuity for the purposes of advertisement and testament to the character of would be applicant(s), and or to be used as evidence in a court of law.

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:58 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com>; wrote:

We all love Chris, Tony. In a manly way, of course. I personally believe that Chris is here, because like the rest of us, he possesses the proper requirements... Thick skin...thick skull. Oh, and he likes Mellotrons (almost forgot).

Frank

In a message dated 5/28/2010 10:15:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, atm655@verizon.net writes:



What part of my post don't you people understand?

Get off Chris's back, he's getting shit from my post.

He is a friend and deserves better.

I looked for the information and was both shocked, disgusted and skeptical.

Throw as much shit at me as you want to, it means nothing to me personally.

Tony

----- Original Message -----

Not until he learns how to start his own thread.

Wong Waytronics, huh? Vewy cweative!

In a message dated 5/30/2010 2:09:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wonggster@gmail.com writes:

I vote that we canonize Chis Dale and declare him an honorable Tape Head.

G Wong

Wong Waytronics Ltd