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butthole666
01/15/18 9:21:07 PM
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Your tax dollars at work
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juicebox4
01/15/18 9:22:29 PM
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Freddie_Mercury
01/15/18 9:25:01 PM
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butthole666
01/15/18 9:28:45 PM
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juicebox4 posted...

Basically they make an account with a small handful of super low quality photos that barely show a person, give a name that either is supposed to be a "punk name" or sounds blatantly fake in any context, make no posts, then mass-like/friend request local bands and musicians, often the day the account is made. Then they start messaging pages and people asking for show addresses with outdated slang/weird wording/are in general very obviously NOT real people. The accounts almost always disappear mysteriously with a few weeks.
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KainWind
01/15/18 9:30:24 PM
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CanuckCowboy
01/15/18 9:30:59 PM
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16-BITTER posted...
Why would it be cops? What's the angle?


Yea what's the purpose of this if its cops behind it?
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glitteringfairy
01/15/18 9:32:16 PM
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CanuckCowboy posted...
16-BITTER posted...
Why would it be cops? What's the angle?


Yea what's the purpose of this if its cops behind it?

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MabusIncarnate
01/15/18 9:32:28 PM
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I'll get you meddling aspiring musicians for playing your music and whatnot
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butthole666
01/15/18 9:32:29 PM
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16-BITTER posted...
Why would it be cops? What's the angle?

To shut down house shows. They exclusively ask about diy shows/only engage with posts about them
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Burgess
01/15/18 9:33:38 PM
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butthole666 posted...
16-BITTER posted...
Why would it be cops? What's the angle?

To shut down house shows. They exclusively ask about diy shows/only engage with posts about them


Why would the cops bother going to these lengths to do that. Why would they do that in the first place.
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butthole666
01/15/18 9:36:22 PM
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Burgess posted...
butthole666 posted...
16-BITTER posted...
Why would it be cops? What's the angle?

To shut down house shows. They exclusively ask about diy shows/only engage with posts about them


Why would the cops bother going to these lengths to do that. Why would they do that in the first place.

16-BITTER posted...
Yeah I don't see why they'd shut down a house show if there wasn't a complaint.

Because they are incompetent goons who would rather do this than do actual work lmao
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Burgess
01/15/18 9:36:55 PM
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I don't think this happens at all.
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Gamer99z
01/15/18 9:37:33 PM
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Burgess posted...
I don't think this happens at all.

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butthole666
01/15/18 9:38:22 PM
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Gamer99z posted...
Burgess posted...
I don't think this happens at all.

It happens fairly frequently actually
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Burgess
01/15/18 9:38:55 PM
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No it doesn't.
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Malcrasternus
01/15/18 9:39:41 PM
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Prove it.
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billcom6
01/15/18 9:39:51 PM
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This is definitely a thing that happens all the time.
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Patchwork
01/15/18 9:40:06 PM
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I've made fake Facebook accounts and friended local drug dealers.

This sounds dumb.
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nexigrams
01/15/18 9:40:36 PM
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yeah cops are gross. what can you do though, eh? they got guns and they certainly arent afraid to use them
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butthole666
01/15/18 9:46:04 PM
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@shockthemonkey likely has experience w this strange phenomenon as well
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billcom6
01/15/18 9:48:05 PM
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Also house shows aren't even secret, there is usually a Facebook event for them.
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frozenshock
01/15/18 9:48:28 PM
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I don't get it... it's illegal to do a music show or something?
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Axiom
01/15/18 9:52:42 PM
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Cops using fake facebook accounts is a well known thing but targeting bands is pretty iffy. I could see them doing that if they believed a band member was a drug dealer but just for house shows eh
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glitteringfairy
01/15/18 9:53:13 PM
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frozenshock posted...
I don't get it... it's illegal to do a music show or something?

City's and towns like you to pay for permits and have certain times loud noise levels become illegal after a certain time at night and blah blah.

I highly doubt this is happening unless in TCs town there is literally zero crime and all the cops are chasing after punk bands all day like some kinda shitty movie.
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supercurrymax
01/15/18 9:55:55 PM
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glitteringfairy posted...
frozenshock posted...
I don't get it... it's illegal to do a music show or something?

City's and towns like you to pay for permits and have certain times loud noise levels become illegal after a certain time at night and blah blah.

I highly doubt this is happening unless in TCs town there is literally zero crime and all the cops are chasing after punk bands all day like some kinda shitty movie.

Also drugs
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butthole666
01/15/18 9:56:18 PM
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16-BITTER posted...
I don't know where you live, but it doesn't happen here, and I've been to a lot of basement/garage/house shows, even downtown.

You only start getting these once you're on the booking/playing side of it tbh

billcom6 posted...
Also house shows aren't even secret, there is usually a Facebook event for them.

Address doesn't get posted publicly unless it's run by idiots tho
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masticatingman
01/15/18 9:56:36 PM
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Not sure about this phenomenon but if anybodys watched nonfiction crime shows like the First 48 cops will literally use Facebook sometimes before checking if a person shows in their database of criminal records. So theyre all over that.
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LeningradCowboy
01/15/18 9:57:57 PM
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glitteringfairy posted...
frozenshock posted...
I don't get it... it's illegal to do a music show or something?

City's and towns like you to pay for permits and have certain times loud noise levels become illegal after a certain time at night and blah blah.

I highly doubt this is happening unless in TCs town there is literally zero crime and all the cops are chasing after punk bands all day like some kinda shitty movie.


This is probably the case. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if most "punk" bands these days are made up of angry middle class 20 somethings from well-to-do neighborhoods.
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butthole666
01/16/18 3:06:29 AM
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16-BITTER posted...
butthole666 posted...
You only start getting these once you're on the booking/playing side of it tbh

I'm saying I've never seen cops shut down one of these shows, since they're always over before the noise ordinance kicks in.

The one guy even goes over and I've never seen cops actually show.

I'm not saying they don't do what you're saying they do on FB, but I'm not seeing the end result out here.

Each city is different; I've never seen anything get shut down in philly for example because shows are usually over by like 11, but further Northeast we tend to run much later and have cops with less to do. Bigger or more relaxed cities will only see results from actual complaints, but out here cops can just show up at the door any moment. I've been fortunate enough to never have a show shut down, but I've had a few slow drive-bys and repeat laps of the block at more "intense" shows.
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Smashingpmkns
01/16/18 7:07:00 PM
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As someone who used to be in a few bands a few years ago, this happens way more often than people would think lol the messages were the best.
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butthole666
01/16/18 8:05:03 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
As someone who used to be in a few bands a few years ago, this happens way more often than people would think lol the messages were the best.

"What is up whats the address for the show tonight love live music up the punx"
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itachi15243
01/16/18 8:23:06 PM
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The closest thing to this I have seen is fake profiles no one recognizes getting into events for smaller or house shows and asks dumb obvious shit like if it's okay to partake in whatever, or if anybody knows someone with a hookup and just stupid shit that makes it obvious they want to know if people will be doing drugs or selling them.

Usually they just get screenshot ed and posted asking if anyone knows him and shit.

9 times out of 10 it ends up with a bunch of people making fun of a dumbass cop who deletes the account later
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butthole666
01/16/18 9:22:56 PM
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It's fun to ask them for their badge number and spam them with obscure and esoteric memes
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