How to bust a Rave, American Style..

Driveway · Post by **Driveway** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:34 pm

stuart...you found a rave that wasn't selling tickets at the door?

The Celocanth rises!

*Digs his party-kid kit out from storage, blows the dust off his candy, and shakes out his phat-pants.*

Anyone know where I can get a decent soother these days?

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:38 pm

We aren't even allowed to brew our own beer in Utah!

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_235232945.html

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:44 pm

*crypto deals with the odd vision that pops into her head of millions of Utahans going next door to brew thier neighbor's beer*

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:55 pm

AntiM wrote:We aren't even allowed to brew our own beer in Utah!

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_235232945.html

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrggggggggg!!!!!

[rant mode on]
I love the fact that the mayor says he doesn't want "people going blind" through home brewing. I HATE this myth! If you use grains to ferment (which is what beer is)- you will NOT get methanol in any quantities worthy of note. You have to deliberately be trying to get methanol from non-grain sources and then DISTILL THE DAMN THING!

In order to get 'bad' alcohols from a grain distiallation, you would have to save the initial portion of the distillation over numerous batches (the portion you throw away) and then drink quite a bit of it besides. You literally have to be trying to poisoning yourself.

Rantingly,
The BoozeMythBuster
[/rant mode off]

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:52 pm

Yeah, Mayor Rocky usually isn't quite so short-sighted; probably misinformed. After all, he was one of the ringleaders at the anti-war rally a couple days ago when Bush visited Utah.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:03 pm

I've been out for a while. I see that the organizers have hired Brian Fucking Barnard. This is a good sign for them. (For those who don't know, B-squared has been fighting and winning civil liberties cases in UT for a very long time, including taking back a block of main street from the LDS church that was sold illegally. Mayor Rocky did sell it back, but he actually made a lot of good out of it, and felt it important to fulfill the city's obligations regarding the deal which was struck by his predecessor.)

I've met Mr. Barnard a few times, and tend to follow his cases. He's very good, and one of my heroes.

Incidentally, Wes Losser is not Mayor of SLC. He's mayor of South Salt Lake. Rocky is extremely intelligent, well-informed, and liberal (suprisingly). I had to go and check when such a quote was seemingly attributed to him, because I would have been extremely surprised had it been.