Rest In Peace

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:33 am

Evil Knievel made the Big Jump and landed pefectly on the other side.

See Ya' Mr. Butte, Montana!

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:52 am

Yeah, R.I.P. Evel.
And thank you.....

When I heard the news yesterday, a huge weight sunk through my chest.
I've never felt this type of "dread" before, not even when family members have died.
This is different. This is the death of a hero.

I grew up in Butte.
With myself being born in 68', Evel had a huge influence
on my childhood. The hype was everywhere in Butte
during the early 70's. I had the wind-up Stunt bike set, the lunch
boxes, tee-shirts, and probaly every other toy that was him.
I also had the Evel BMX bike and every time I jumped it
I WAS Evel Knievel. I wore his costume for 3 halloweens
in a row. He was like Superman to me, only he was real.
His legacy will live on through every Hollywood stuntman and
adrenalin junkies worldwide.

Evel Knievel lived the American Dream
Thanks Evel, you were a hero to me.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:57 am

Evel is jumpin over the devil in the big blue sea now. Hope they make a decent film about his life sometime soon.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:09 am

Well, there was Viva Knievel, horribly acted though.
I remember a TV movie about 8 years ago. it was ok.
I am sure they will re-run the Evel Knievel biography on cable.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:22 am

I spent a day in Butte once. Kinda liked it. it's pretty much what I htought of when I heard the news.

someone I hope is resting in the nastiness of hell, without any peace at all: Henry Hyde...

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:06 pm

theCryptofishist wrote: someone I hope is resting in the nastiness of hell, without any peace at all: Henry Hyde...

He's helping to stoke the fires for the special reserved space that the Rev. Fred Phelps is going to occupy when his time comes.

erri2000 · Post by **erri2000** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:19 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:This is the death of a hero.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Knievel in Las Vegas Nevada in/around 1992; we where both killing time in the lounge of the Casino. Very cool guy.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:24 pm

well , let's not forget Vern Texas...climbed McKinley in the dead of winter, perpetually dark and -60. Texas is still alive though....

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:38 pm

Vern who ?
Did he ever get dragged behind a dragster going 200+ MPH on a rope ?
Oh, no he dangled from it.
Vern who ?

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:15 pm

Climbing Denali is more of an accomplishment IMHO than any Snake River Canyon jump could ever be. I don't understand why people like to celebrate failure and give people celebrity status that don't really deserve it. Good riddance.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:04 pm

When Evel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon in 74', he was
already at or beyond the pinnacle of his career. The stunt was dangerous

enough thet he had his tombstone made beforehand, only to have the
rocket powered motorcycle's chute ejaculate prematurely, and then
the controversey that ensued ensured his career's demise. Not to mention
the next jump he attempted was crash also, but that was his draw.
That is what his career as a daredevil was about, Sensationalism.
What made him popular was that the audience was watching a
stuntman doing unheard of things that could easily end his life if
they were to go wrong, possibly in horrific fashion.
If David Blaine was to climb Denali naked on his hands upside down, then
that would be comperable to Evel's style. People would
watch, on pins and needles, waiting for him to fuck up.
Comparing a career mountain climbers carefully planned hike up a hill to
Evel's career as a Daredevil is kinda like comparing
Sir Edmond Hillary to Elvis Presley.
IMHO

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:08 pm

Wow. Now that I think of it, I should have sold tickets to people who wanted to watch me get on that train in Austria.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:10 pm

If ya got it on video, it would still draw some cash.
Especially if you were wearing an Evel Knievel jumpsuit.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:13 pm

Sorry, it was an Elvis jumpsuit. Well, it's still 70s and with some careful work from the special effects department, it might fly.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:20 pm

I wonder who inspired who , or if they both have thier own reasons.
I know Evel's suit was always red,white, and blue, sometimes
having U.S.A. engrained into the design.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:23 pm

I remember stars too.

It was so 70s. Just in the air then. Like smog.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:25 pm

Don't worry, we will be getting our fill of that with next years theme.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:30 pm

That's right. The true American Dream is the 70s! I'm gonna go found Bicentennial Quarter Camp, Where Commerce is Pure!

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:23 pm

If you have a 76' quarter, shouldn't it be worth $1.35 in Canada ?
(think grandfather clause)

ALICEtheGOON · Post by **ALICEtheGOON** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:45 am

R I P EVEL

i had all the Evel toys...

watched all his jumps ....

...the man had that special gene.

all my heroes are ghosts.

help · Post by **help** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:42 pm

Please join me in a solemn moment of musical contemplation and rememberance for "The Leader of the Band," Dan Fogelberg, who died yesterday at age 56, of prostate cancer. R.I.P. Dan.

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:19 pm

Yes.

56, too young.

Fuck cancer.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:07 pm

Good Bye Ike Turner.

Past away last week without having a street named after him in his home town- see what one little bitch slap does to your rap except if your name is James Brown and you're the king of soul.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:01 pm

Guess what other Bitch Slapper die recently:

Brian Sean Griffith, 40, Plotter in Attack on Skater, Is Dead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 19, 2007
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â€” Brian Sean Griffith, who as a bodyguard for the figure skater Tonya Harding admitted that he had a role in the attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan during Olympics tryouts, died last Wednesday. He was 40 and lived in Beaverton.

Griffith died of what his doctor reported as natural causes, according to the Washington County medical examinerâ€™s office. The specific cause had not yet been determined, the office said.

Formerly Shawn Eckardt, Griffith had changed his name since the attack.

Griffith was Hardingâ€™s bodyguard when she competed for a spot on the United States Olympic figure skating team in 1994.

That January, an assailant clubbed Kerrigan in the knee, forcing her out of the competition. The International Committee of the United States Figure Skating Association granted Kerrigan a spot anyway, and she recovered in time to win a silver medal at the Olympics, in Lillehammer, Norway.

Days after the attack, Griffith confessed, detailing a plan that he and Hardingâ€™s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had hatched. Griffith was sentenced to 18 months in prison for racketeering but was released four months early, in September 1995. The investigation also led to the convictions of Shane Stant, the actual attacker, and Stantâ€™s uncle, Derrick Smith, who drove the getaway car.

Griffith started a computer business in 2001, but state records show it was dissolved in 2005. He was also sentenced to three yearsâ€™ probation for misdemeanor assault in 2001.

Harding has always said she did not know of the plan. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to hinder an investigation and was barred from United States Figure Skating Association competitions.

End of Article

Tonya and him were such a pair on the playa

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:19 pm

Hu! Whatta ya know.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:43 pm

yeah, don't trust those computer geek guys too, they'll just smack you in the harddrive and give you cluster fuck!

Just kidding Geekies

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:45 pm

So long Oscar Peterson.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:14 pm

http://oscarpeterson.com/news/

Another Great Musician gone, but will live forever on the radio

AIIZ

Green Wood · Post by **Green Wood** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:18 am

Benazir Bhutto
1953-2007

The first female Muslim shot down by extremists.

The world killing its' self over religious mythologies in which women are extensions of only a man's rib!

AIIZ

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:38 pm

She had more courage than Bush could ever have even dreamed about having. and those extremists were most likely Mussaraf's guys.