CLIPPINGS FROM THE FRIDGE: GHOST THE CAUSE OF BOO! BOO!

Clippings From the Fridge is a regular series here, inspired by the Two Nuns, One Gun story. These are wacky true news stories straight from the insanity fringe of society.

M. F. West, looking like he saw a ghost

Fond du Lac man says wife punched, strangled by ghost

Russell Plummer, Gannett Wisconsin Media: A Fond du Lac man was arrested after he told police a “ghost” punched and strangled his wife.

Michael F. West, 41, of 281 Fond du Lac Ave., was charged Wednesday with strangulation and misdemeanors of battery, disorderly conduct and resisting or obstructing an officer.

At about 8 p.m. Jan. 15, police arrived at West’s home to find the woman crying and bleeding from her nose.

The woman was upset after West blamed her for the house being foreclosed. When the woman pointed out that she works while West sits on the couch, he became angry.

West strangled the woman twice. He then told her to call the police. As she went to grab the phone, West punched her repeatedly in the face.

West told police the woman got her injuries from falling. When asked specifically about the neck injuries, West responded, “A ghost did it.”

Officers had to struggle with an intoxicated West to place him in handcuffs after he made the ghost comment.

West is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on $1,000 bail. He was ordered to stay sober while the case is pending.

 

Of course it was a ghost.  "The devil made me do it" is so passe, and we know Michael West, no relation to Adam West or James T. West, would never, ever do such a mean spirited thing.

 

Sources: 

Claire, Chief Research Editor

Excerpted from  The Northwestern.com

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"Somebody Left the Gate Open", Into the Wild

Yeah, I know.  I blew off a Clippings From the Fridge post.  Deal with it.  It will be back next week, thanks to Claire, the Chief Research Editor of DDD, who scoured the Internet and came up with something far better than the crap I was finding.  Look for it this weekend.  JHC, now I have to pay her.  

 

There's an ad on TV for Citi Bank.  I've never had a Citi Bank card and probably never will.  Despite that, there is a clip of a song you hear briefly during the ad with the lyrics, "Somebody left the gate open".  It's catchy, different, sort of an African beat, and the woman singing has a powerful voice. 

 

Thank you, Google: Her name is Laura Pergolizzi, but she goes by L.P.  Makes sense.  However, when I saw her, I thought what the Hell is Bob Dylan doing on this video?  She sounds nothing like Dylan, thank God, but damn if she doesn't look like him...or tries to look like him?  I don't know.   

So, if you're still reading this and want to see what Dylan would look like if he switched genders and what he could sound like if he took voice lessons, check out her video.  The name of the song is Into The Wild.  

 

By the way, one of the lines in the song is "Come save us, a runaway train, gone insane."  Made me giggle that Citi Bank would use that in their ad.  

Direct link to LP's web site

Link to lyrics can be found at CowPi Journal.

Download song for free.

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Clippings From the Fridge is a regular series here, inspired by the Two Nuns, One Gun story. These are wacky true news stories straight from the insanity fringe of society.

For this week's Clippings From the Fridge, I planned on posting about Maestro Alan Gilbert, conductor of the NY Philharmonic who stopped mid performance to admonish a person in the front row with the persistent Marimba ring tone on his IPhone.  Pffft.  Cudos to Gilbert, but Tim League, CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Texas handled the problem of a texter in his theater brilliantly.  Below is his blog post and a censored version of the PSA played before each movie one weekend in Texas, the "Magnitied States of America"!

Enjoy! 

She texted. We kicked her out.

Posted on June 06, 2011 by Tim League in National 

As many of you know, I really can't abide people who talk during a movie. A couple of years ago I was accosted in the Village parking lot by a patron who was warned for talking in a movie. I've nearly come to blows more than a few times over the years with rude customers over the same issue. When we adopted our strict no talking policy back in 1997 we knew we were going to alienate some of our patrons. That was the plan. If you can't change your behavior and be quiet (or unilluminated) during a movie, then we don't want you at our venue. Follow our rules, or get the hell out and don't come back until you can.

Recently, we had a situation where a customer persisted in texting in the theater despite two warnings to stop. Our policy at that point is to eject the customer without a refund, which is exactly what went down that night.  Luckily, this former patron was so incensed at being kicked out, she quickly called the office and left us the raw ingredients for our latest "Don't Talk or Text" PSA. You can check it out below, or come to the Alamo this weekend where the video will be playing before all of our R-rated movies. 

 

Ma'am, you may be free to text in all the other theaters in the Magnited States of America, but here at our "little crappy ass theater," you are not. Why you may ask? Well, we actually do give a f*$k.

Sincerely,

Tim League
founder/CEO
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

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