TS: Rev. Jim Jones vs. John Africa (or, they were probably too fat to run from eating cheesesteaks all day)

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Before 9/11 I believe the first air strike on a large American city was in Philadelphia, ordered by their own mayor in order to take out an apartment block housing a radical separatist organisation called MOVE who were famous for all changing their names to 'Africa' and perhaps expanding the field of urban agronomy (compost-spreading division) too fast for the city's liking. Apparently this incident not only prompted erstwhile 'Delphian semiotician Sun Ra to comment "This proves Goode = bad" but the explosive rumblings inspired a young Tom Keifer to write "Shake Me" which, when performed with his band Cinderella, ensured that the proud Philadelphia rock tradition would limp into the 90s with the requisite one famous artist every 15 years or so

dave q, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

SLA/MOVE = Rolling Stones/Grateful Dead

dave q, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What the hell is a cheesesteak and where can I get one?

Lynskey, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

MOVE had a strict health-food diet which John would grant "dispensations" from for cheesesteak binges.

What does Jim Jones have to do with it? & also MOVE weren't all that seperatist until they started to get fuXoRed with around 1979 and got beat and jailed for just sorta being there.

Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you are all morons.

jess, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jim Jones had a wicked red cordial thing happening

Queen G of the night on Mulhooland Drive, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jess: elaborate.

Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cinderella --> Boyz II Men --> Beanie Seigel?

Kris, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean, are you mad coz we didn't say "free mumia!" or coz we almost did?

Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hah! Drink, Sterling!

Dan Perry, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kool Ade anyone???

brg30, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)


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