Several members of a Christian family band from Boise, Idaho, got into a brawl and gunfight with police in a Walmart parking lot in Cottonwood, Arizona, on Saturday night, leaving one member of the family dead and the rest in police custody. The group, which called itself "Matthew 24 Now" (GET IT???*) looked forward to the coming End Times, and apparently felt the need to hurry up the schedule a little when they attacked police and fired on them. Maybe they just loved the smell of cordite in the evening.
I know, right? I kinda got a little whiplash from how fast we got from "systemic abuse of authority" to "hero cops battle crazy end times family". I mean, maybe it DID go down exactly how they're selling it, who knows, but why are we so eager to buy into the "official" story THIS time?
Okay, so a couple of years ago, we lived in Boise for, like, 8 hot minutes and, apparently, shared this grocery store with Dok Zoom (when we weren't being precious at the co-op, obviously...when we could afford it...okay, we went to the co-op maybe three times, whatever, sue us). And in just about all weather conditions this varying cast of characters would be playing guitar and percussion (very badly, I might add) at the exit of this grocery store, almost always just two of them at a time. No singing, but sometimes one of them would whistle along with his guitar music, old west style.
They seemed harmless enough at the time. They all seemed to share the same guitar and they had written stuff on it - a bible verse reference and some pun on Son/Sun, if I recall (oh wait, yes, it was "Busking in the Son" - an aphorism with such a religious twist that it no longer meant anything). Looks like they upgraded the guitar to a Gibson Armageddon for their current tour.
We would occasionally joke about them after we moved away and I always wondered what the hell they were about. Now I know - those guys in the mug shots sure are them.
Sorry, that was pointless story number two of the day.
How many trees went to waste over Susan Dey?
You mean like for kleenex and stuff?
Only a matter of time…
I don't know, I kinda dig the Mondrian homage.
I know, right? I kinda got a little whiplash from how fast we got from "systemic abuse of authority" to "hero cops battle crazy end times family". I mean, maybe it DID go down exactly how they're selling it, who knows, but why are we so eager to buy into the "official" story THIS time?
Granted but Susan Dey is the one who haunted my boyhood dreams and caused stirrings in certain - ahem - areas.
The man in the bottom right picture is not actually wearing a shirt they just placed one on top of him.
That would be a Harlan County, Kentucky libelish thing. But maybe not.
Okay, so a couple of years ago, we lived in Boise for, like, 8 hot minutes and, apparently, shared this grocery store with Dok Zoom (when we weren't being precious at the co-op, obviously...when we could afford it...okay, we went to the co-op maybe three times, whatever, sue us). And in just about all weather conditions this varying cast of characters would be playing guitar and percussion (very badly, I might add) at the exit of this grocery store, almost always just two of them at a time. No singing, but sometimes one of them would whistle along with his guitar music, old west style.
They seemed harmless enough at the time. They all seemed to share the same guitar and they had written stuff on it - a bible verse reference and some pun on Son/Sun, if I recall (oh wait, yes, it was "Busking in the Son" - an aphorism with such a religious twist that it no longer meant anything). Looks like they upgraded the guitar to a Gibson Armageddon for their current tour.
We would occasionally joke about them after we moved away and I always wondered what the hell they were about. Now I know - those guys in the mug shots sure are them.
Sorry, that was pointless story number two of the day.
When is MY Walmart going to have a shooting? Feeling so left out!
Not to miss the point or anything, but, I mean, those people don't appear to be good looking enough to be a band. Just sayin'...
This may be the most fun story on here in weeks. I've been smiling ever since I read it. God, I would love to do the biopic on this one.
I bet Jesus told them to "kill those f*ckin' pigs".
Take a black friend.
The paper said that they were crying because the pipe got broken.
If they loved their kids, they wouldn't have taken them to Arizona.
I'll miss the band. Their cover of "Whipping Post" was awesome.