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Tales of an (alleged) punk rock gangland kingpin
“When I see you again, Vinnie, it better not be north of Sixth Street, or west of Red River. This is my ground, no one else’s. It belongs to me now.”
Forgive that bit of overwrought just-now improvised movie dialogue, but I was feeling inspired after reading this bit of news about Boston music heavy and aspiring filmmaker Elgin James, who the FBI says led a Boston-based street gang that sought to control the local music scene using intimidation and violence as its main tools.
There’s not really an Austin connection here, other than the daydream scenarios you could work up involving a blood feud between local heavy hitter promotion groups Transmission Entertainment and C3 Presents, and the scores of dead and dying hipsters littering the streets as a result.
Heh, just kidding Graham and Charles.(gulp)
Now, if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna grab some copyright forms and register a MySpace Music page for the surely soon-to-form band Red River Mafia.
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By Space Ghost
July 20, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this
That’s what’s comical about this if you read the article, the FBI spent over three years trying to make a case that one guy is controlling the punk rock music scene coast to coast? Shouldn’t this guy be spending his time on pop music, at least he’d make some money. And his accuser is Tony Lovato from Mest, a guy who admits to being a murderer and in white power bands. Doesn’t the FBI have better things to spend their time on, like Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney committing treason?