Jorge Murillo was visiting the big city of Chicago from Benton Harbor, Mich., when he found himself drunk in the wee hours of the morning Wednesday and needing a ride home, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Rather than spare some pocket change to ride the el or take a taxi, Murillo came up with an ingenious idea for a FREE ride home. Though you'd think he'd have been too addled to hit upon a plan like this, Murillo swiftly put it in motion. Grabbing his cell phone, Murillo called 911 at 2:30 am to report that he'd been robbed and kidnapped.
Officers responding to the call found an inebriated Murillo and began to doubt his story quickly. Quickly relinquishing the ruse, the drunk admitted he had not been robbed or kidnapped, and simply needed a ride home.
He was arrested by 2:40 am.
Murillo got to sleep it off in police custody. It is unclear if he wanted a ride back to his hotel or friend's home or all the way to Benton Harbor.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Friday night Fun - Texas Tornados - Mendocino
Trixie's cranking up the way-back machine with the Texas Tornados doing the classic 'Mendocino.' I was looking for the Bottle Rockets version but couldn't find it. Hey this one is even cooler!
Friday night Fun - Supersuckers - Creepy Jackalope Eye
Super fun with the Supersuckers... Creepy Jackalope Eye
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday night Fun - Flying Burrito Brothers - Six Days on the Road
It's Flying Burrito Brothers night here at Naperville City Desk and boy are we excited. Gram Parsons is a big favorite and his work with the FBB is fantastic. Oddly, my first exposure to this song was not from FBB or Steve Earle who covered it. No, the first place I remember hearing it was the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. On Fridays they had a country cover band of assorted Ann Arbor locals and they'd play happy hour from 5 to 8 pm or so. I went with my friend Mimi just about every Friday for about three years, until the Blind Pig decided they didn't want them anymore and they moved over to the Cavern Club, a perfectly awful venue. Goofy stage, bad visibility and a microscopic dance floor. The country nights ended pretty soon after that but I still have fond memories of Pistol Pete covering Conway Twitty's 'Make Believe' and this song.
Friday night Fun - Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City
Video #2 is 'Sin City' by the Flying Burrito Brothers. Gram Parsons is the father of the country-rock movement, a description he despised, preferring to call it 'cosmic American music.'
Friday night Fun - Flying Burrito Horses - Wild Horses
It's a defining classic - Wild Horses, made famous by the Rolling Stones, but Gram Parsons played pedal steel on the track and maintained (albeit in a drug-induced haze) that he actually wrote it. Small matter - it's such a beautiful haunting song I'm just glad it is out there for us lucky listeners to consume. Gram died way too young but his influence lives on... Here's Gram singing lead with the Flying Burrito Brothers. It's a toss-up as to whose version is better - I think I've gotta give the edge to Gram.
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