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It was a while ago, and there wasn't a girl on reception. It'd be maybe just over a year since I was last in, and the flash cards are the designs on the wall. That's fab that they've improved then, I haven't been in since because it was yet another bad experience. Not from Kev or Stix though, they have always been great - they also did my ex's tattoo (my birthday present for him) and played along that he was going to get my name done on his knob. That was about 6 years ago like!
Well then you shouldnt be saying what your saying for now. If its been awhile as you say, thats not fair to the business nor its clients, and it doesnt reflect the clear top service they provide.
To manalive, no you dont have to wait... but then again dont expect top quality... its not about quantity when it comes to art. You get what you pay and wait for in the ink biz
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I didn't say Kev or Stix were arrogant fucks, but the staff that were front of house at the time. Kev tattooed my gran, and was a lovely boy as she put it. But according to the staff who were on at the time, if your design wasn't on the flash cards then they didn't want to hear from you.
Ive been going there for 5yrs, and myself and many others have never gotten ink off a 'flash card', its really unheard of there
Mine, my daughters, and heaps of those friends I mentioned, made their own designs combined with the artist's 'tweaking', but never off of a flash card. -
I got mine done by Callum and he was there to talk to me and was told if I wanted to pop in at any time to talk about my design I could do. I only waited 2 weeks. It's expensive but it's really worth it.
I agree, JakeBassist
I always get mine done by Stix, not yet tried Kev or Callum, but my friends have and theirs are top award winning ink -- you get this from all three tattooist. Totally worth the price, cause any art done to its excellence... isnt cheap. Thus why there are awards on the wall Ive witnessed first hand the care the staff take with walk-ins, explaining, helping, advising, even going above and beyond their job titles to help when someone comes in desparate for a coverup (cause scratchers/******** have mucked up), the staff have been emapthic on a very personal level, mainly I feel cause they want tattoos to be a good experience and to respresent the profession with a mastery in this field of art. -
Tattoo fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
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I'd recommend Lee at Rebel Ink. Whenever my chums have gone into Draconian and haven't had the chance to speak to Kev or Stix directly, the staff have been arrogant fucks to them. My tattoos from Lee have healed nicely, he didn't faff around and if he doesn't like the positioning of something, he'll tell you. Unfortunately Dika is no longer there, and is off travelling, otherwise I'd suggest her too.
Heard some good things about the place between Rebel Ink and Draconian, but I can't say from personal experience.
Cant believe you just called the staff at Draconians... 'arrogant fucks'. There are heaps of people who've been going to their studio over the years, and have a totally opposing experience, that including myself, my daughter and a dozen of my friends. I recommended their studio because a tattoo is for life and if you want quality, thats what you get...however Ive seen others from the place you mentioned.... lets just say; art to you, must be subjective.
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Ah I do love a good Trappist ale... specially the one thats soaked with cherries... yum:up:
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They are all ace... but these are my fav NOCTOPHYLE, DESCARTES, The Day I Vanished, Delayed Reaction
my internet's been dcking around, so here are some bands that've recently got in touch about a gig... if anything excites you, just let us know- west coast metal
- east coast metal
MySpace.com - NOCTOPHYLE - Leiden, NL - Punk / Garage / Rock - www.myspace.com/noctophyle
- dutch garage rock
- edinburgh-based rockers
- they played before? anyone remember 'em?
- Monikie & Carnoustie ska punks
- experimental hardcore
MySpace.com - The Day I Vanished - Edinburgh, UK - www.myspace.com/thedayivanished
- emoesque metal from reekie
MySpace.com - The Dials - Edinburgh, UK - Rock / Alternative / Pop - www.myspace.com/thedialsband
- indie rock from reekie, played moorings quite recently... remember?
- reekie, again. experimental rock.
- aberdonian grungey rock
MySpace.com - Blind Ambition - UK - Rock / Metal / Alternative - www.myspace.com/blindambitionuk
- welsh alt rock
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Poor excuse for justice
Poor excuse for justice
Toledo Blade Editorial
Wednesday, 09 January 2008
KENNETH Richey is most assuredly not a sympathetic figure, but the kangaroo-court deal that set him free after two decades on death row is an embarrassing reminder that the wheels of the Ohio legal system sometimes grind in cruel, interminable fashion with no guarantee that real justice will prevail.
We make this declaration out of frustration because this newspaper has long maintained a strong editorial position in favor of swift and sure capital punishment in open-and-shut murder cases while opposing those that are unjustly imposed.
Unfortunately, the case of Richey, a small-time Scottish-American hooligan, turned into a travesty of justice before a skeptical world audience. Tried on flimsy evidence in the 1986 fire death of a 2-year-old Putnam County girl, he got an inept legal defense and a faulty trial full of errors and omissions that cast convincing doubt as to whether he committed any crime at all.
Moreover, it took 21 years for the case to run its course, culminating in Richey's release Monday to return to his homeland, free but broke and in ill health at 43 after years behind bars.
Had it not been for the intervention of a federal appeals court, Richey probably would have been executed unjustifiably.
In the end, he was, in effect, blackmailed into securing his freedom by pleading no contest to three face-saving charges so local authorities could claim that he had been held responsible for the death of little Cynthia Collins, the daughter of his sometime-girlfriend.
Gone were capital counts of aggravated murder and arson, lamely replaced by charges that included attempted involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment, on the thin grounds that Richey had failed to look after the child for her mother on the night she died.
Additionally, Richey's lawyer neglected to challenge weak and unreliable testimony that arson caused the fire and the three-judge panel that tried him failed to take account of this crucial omission. Such ineptitude should disqualify those jurists from further service on the bench.
Strong though the thirst for vengeance may be on the part of the victim's family, "failure to baby-sit," as the bogus charge against Richey was termed, is no excuse for unjustly imprisoning a man for 21 years.
Indeed, it was the girl's mother who had the ultimate responsibility to ensure that she was cared for on that fateful night.
Parading Richey into court in chains was the final indignity engineered by Putnam County authorities in an attempt to convince the public that justice was done. But it only served to underscore how an unsympathetic defendant can be chewed up and spit out by a legal system that failed to live up to its promise of fairness.
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Mom's plans Richey's return to Scotland
Mom plans Richey's return to Scotland
Sunday, 06 January 2008
National dish, diet to welcome son
By JIM PROVANCE
and JENNIFER FEEHAN
BLADE STAFF WRITERS
Kenneth Richey's first meal at home in his mother's small flat in Scotland will be a childhood favorite that isn't likely to have appeared on the menu of Ohio's death row - haggis.
But once he's finished with the meal of stuffed sheep stomach, turnips, and potatoes - a meal he requested - his mother, Eileen, has another treat for him. A diet.
"He's going to have to lose weight," she said. "That's my plan."
Tomorrow, Richey is expected to leave the Putnam County jail for the nearby courthouse, where he intends to enter pleas of no contest to charges of attempted involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, and breaking and entering, none of which would involve an admission that he set the June 30, 1986, apartment fire that killed 2-year-old Cynthia K. Collins of Columbus Grove, Ohio.
In a case that has made it to the U.S. Supreme Court and back again, Richey's aggravated murder conviction was ultimately overturned a second time by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati in August.
The court determined his defense lawyer was inadequate at trial when it came to challenging questionable arson evidence.
Richey should have been home just before Christmas, but a trip to the emergency room with chest pains delayed his plea hearing until tomorrow.
Tests showed 60 percent blockage in one of his arteries, but he's opted to wait until his return to Scotland before having surgery.
"He's still having chest pains, but he seems to be OK,'' said his father, Jim Richey. "Or at least he's pretending that until he gets to Scotland. He wants to get back to his home."
As a dual U.S.-British citizen, Richey is eligible for free national health care in the United Kingdom.
"The fact that he's had two to three heart attacks is a sign it's been very difficult for him," said Marc Callcutt of Reprieve UK, who plans to greet Mr. Richey during a Wednesday morning layover at London's Heathrow Airport.
"He genuinely thought he was coming home [by Christmas]," he said. "In January, 2005, he thought he had 90 days, and that was taken away from him. He's endured a lot of stress and strain."
While Richey maintained his innocence over the years, he insisted he would never accept a plea bargain.
His Boston attorney, Ken Parsigian, said the plea is the best way to end his client's ordeal without admitting guilt for setting the fire that killed the little girl.
"Really what it came down to for us was when they were willing to give up the only two things this was ever about, murder and arson, basically saying they can't prove murder and they can't prove arson," he said.
The attempted involuntary manslaughter charge, Mr. Parsigian said, merely has Richey admitting he was supposed to baby-sit the child but did not fulfill that duty.
Together, the maximum prison sentence for the three felonies he plans to plead no contest to totals 21 years - 15 years for attempted involuntary manslaughter, five years for child endangerment, and one year for breaking and entering. Richey will have served about 190 days more than that.
As part of the agreement, Mr. Parsigian said Richey agreed to leave the country within 24 hours, although, as a U.S. citizen, he's free to return at any time. He said Prosecutor Gary Lammers was concerned "about people who might want to take revenge against Kenny."
Mr. Lammers could not be reached for comment.
Richey also will agree not to sue the state for wrongful imprisonment or seek any other damages, Mr. Parsigian said.
Richey is expected to spend his first evening of freedom at the Cloverdale home of his brother, Steve. But he may not be able to meet with his 22-year-old son, Sean, as he'd originally hoped.
Sean Richey traveled from Minnesota to visit his father before Christmas, but he was arrested when he arrived at the county sheriff's office on warrants from home for failing to appear at a pretrial hearing on misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges. Minnesota authorities picked him up on Thursday.
Richey's ex-wife, Wendy, said she was trying to come up with $3,200 to bail Sean Richey out of jail in Minnesota so the two of them could drive to Ohio for tomorrow's hearing.
"We're not sure it's going to work," she said.
On Tuesday, his first full day of freedom, Richey is expected to fly overnight to Edinburgh where he grew up, the son of Eileen, a Scottish woman who briefly lived in the United States, and Jim, a former American serviceman now living in the state of Washington.
Richey will move into his mother's flat in the residential neighborhood of Dalry near the Scottish capital's center.
Mrs. Richey told The Blade that she plans to meet her son at the airport and drive him to her flat, but she expressed concern about what could be heavy media attention in her quiet neighborhood.
"I'm worried sick," she said. "I hope they don't bother my neighbors in any way."
Richey's ex-fiancee, Karen Torley of Glasgow, about 50 miles away, plans to steer clear of the airport after staying in frequent phone contact with Richey over the years and visiting him when he was on Ohio's former death row at the Mansfield Correctional Institution.
"It will be very, very difficult for him to adjust because he's been almost alone for a long time and not used to crowds," she said.
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More and more these days I just cannot find the words to describe how much I destest these sick fuckers living in and running the USA, so here's a quote from armando iannuci
I totally get it
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Kenny Richey to be released on Monday
Amnesty International
04/01/2008
Campaigners for Kenny Richey, a Scottish man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Ohio, are preparing to celebrate his release on Monday.
Mr Richey had been preparing to mount a defence in a forthcoming retrial following a federal court decision in August that his 1987 capital conviction was unsound and should be overturned. Instead, it was announced last month that a deal had been struck that would allow the Edinburgh man to be released after a brief court hearing at which he would plead "no contest". That hearing, on 20 December, had to be postponed when Mr Richey was taken ill just hours before he was expected to walk free and return to Edinburgh in time for Christmas. The hearing has been rescheduled for Monday (at 6pm, UK time).
Mr Richey was convicted of arson and murder in the state of Ohio and sentenced to death on 27 January 1987. He has always protested his innocence.
Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said:
"We're delighted for Kenny and his family and supporters that freedom is now so close. It has been too long coming.
"The death penalty is always a human rights outrage, achieving nothing but suffering and injustice, and in this case Kenny suffered from particularly shoddy justice.
"Kenny Richey's 20-year ordeal came after a flawed trial and serious concerns about the Ohio justice system. He now joins the ranks of those released from American death row prisons when they should never have been there in the first place.
"We were all concerned when Kenny was taken ill just before Christmas. Going forward, he should get all the support he needs to help him to rebuild his life."
Mr Richey, who has a Scottish mother and grew up in Edinburgh, is also the subject of a longstanding campaign from a Scottish anti-death penalty campaigner, Karen Torley. Ms Torley said:
"It's been an incredibly long fight for justice but we're finally seeing some semblance of that. "It was always a disgrace that the Ohio justice system found Kenny guilty in the way it did - and totally shocking that they put him on death row then fought tooth and nail to keep him there.
"I always had full confidence in Kenny's innocence and the Ohio authorities have effectively accepted that they never had a case in the first place."Along with his family I'll be planning a welcome home to Scotland' party for Kenny. He has a lot of life to catch up on."
For several years Amnesty International has been urging the Ohio state authorities to allow Kenny Richey the opportunity to have fresh evidence heard. It has also repeatedly asked the UK government to maintain pressure on the US authorities in line with the government's policy of opposing the death penalty in all instances. In 2004 the government confirmed that it has a "comprehensive lobbying strategy" over Richey's case.
The following are available for interview, in London and Edinburgh respectively:
Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK
John Watson, Amnesty International's Scottish Programme Director
To arrange an interview or for further information or comment please contact
Amnesty International UK press office: 020 7033 1546/8/9, 07721 398984,
Contact: John Watson
Phone: 0131 313 7012
Email: john.watson@amnesty.org.uk"
Website: Amnesty International - working to protect human rights worldwide
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Richey's plea bardain from the Toledo Blade Editorial
Richey's plea bargain Toledo Blade Editorial
[a very pro death penalty paper in Ohio, USA)
Monday, 24 December 2007
NEWS that Kenneth Richey plans to cop a no-contest plea to lesser crimes in the 1986 fire death of a 2-year-old Putnam County girl is a keen disappointment to those of us who expected the 43-year-old Scotsman would finally get full and fair disposition of the charges against him.
Moreover, the plea bargain in this internationally watched case won't satisfy critics abroad who claim, with ample justification, that Richey was a victim of a rush to justice in a small U.S. town.
What the deal does do, however, is remind us that American law does not require that criminal suspects prove themselves innocent. The prosecution must prove guilt, and the case against Richey collapsed under the weight of some very shaky evidence.
The plea arrangement, delayed when Richey fell ill on Friday, will allow him to head back home across the Atlantic, his 20-year ordeal on Ohio's Death Row reduced to a fading nightmare. At one point, 13 years ago, he came within one hour of being executed.
Richey staunchly proclaimed his innocence, both before and after a three-judge panel convicted him of capital murder in 1987. After his conviction was overturned on a federal appeal last summer, he vowed in an interview with The Blade that he would never accept a plea deal to get out of prison because he didn't set the fire that killed Cynthia Collins, of Columbus Grove.
While he declared that he would prove his innocence or "die trying," Richey evidently succumbed to the lure of freedom, which is entirely understandable after two decades behind bars.
In pleading nolo contendere to charges of attempted involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, and breaking and entering, Richey is not admitting to anything that suggests he caused the death of the child.
The prosecution claimed that Richey, in a jealous rage, set a fire in a Columbus Grove apartment complex with the intent to harm his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. Instead, they escaped and the child, sleeping in an apartment on an upper floor, was killed.
Now the capital charges are being dropped and Richey will admit only that he had failed to baby-sit for the girl as he had promised her mother. But who in their right mind, we still wonder, would leave a 2-year-old home alone if the babysitter failed to show up?
One thing is certain: As an exhaustive investigation by The Blade showed, there were several crucial defects in Richey's trial. For example, his attorney never questioned the lack of expertise of the witness who testified that the fire was arson.
Nor was evidence presented that the dead girl had a propensity for playing with a lighter and had caused a couple of fires before the one in which she died.
As with many plea bargains, the one in this case is ultimately unsatisfying because it leaves loose ends, including what caused the fatal fire.
We recognize that key witnesses have recanted or died and the evidence is cold, but the legal system, however imperfect, finally functioned the way it is designed. That the process took more than 20 years is regrettable.
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Richey to take plea, return to Scotland
Greg Sowinski | gsowinski@limanews.com - 12.19.2007
OTTAWA 10:23 a.m., Dec. 19 Former death row inmate Kenneth Richeys fight to regain his freedom will end Thursday in a Putnam County courtroom through a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to walk away a free man, The Lima News has learned.
Richey will plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter, child endangering and breaking and entering, according to his attorney, Ken Parsignian. Richey was charged in connection with the June 30, 1986, fire death of 2-year-old Cynthia Collins at a Columbus Grove apartment complex. As part of the deal, prosecutors have agreed to give Richey credit for time served and he will return to Scotland on Friday, Parsigian said.
Richey has maintained his innocence throughout the 21 years hes been locked up. He was sentenced to death following a conviction at 1987 trial. After years of appeals, Richey was awarded a new trial when the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year ruled Richeys trial attorneys didnt do a good enough job representing him
Torley.org - when blind justice becomes blind injustice - Home
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SOOTH - 9pm - hard rock fae somewhere doon near glasgae
SNAKE TEMPLE KINGS - 10pm - proggy stoner blues rockers with sax (possibly)
LIARS DICE - 11pm - moorings debut from local rock mob
at the moorings bar, 2 trinity quay, aberdeen
from 8pm - 3 door
sound lineup wish we could be there... BUT, we will all be there & some on the 21st for our xmas party. Your invited Bri if you and your significant other can make it... of course we have chosen our home from home... the moorings... I mean where else would we get the best drink in the Deen. Look out for a bunch of people dressed as santa's hahaha -
One last thing - we need a name for this contest... any suggestions?
Think Sunday nites in the deen have just got interesting
My suggestion for name of contest: Rock'n'Roll Showdown
xoox
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stagetimes:
atik star - 8.30
the descartes - 9.30
amplifico - 10.30
lorenzo snow collective - 11.30
weeeee getting bus through so will be racing to get there for first set haha:princess:
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been spreading the word mate... woohoo
they b chompin at the bit
oh god... must listen to Buckcherry now... crazy bitch feelin it
THIS SATURDAY - 8th SEPTEMBERSat 8 September -
Radio Lucifer - MySpace.com - Radio Lucifer - Aberdeen, UK - Rock / Punk / Hardcore - www.myspace.com/radiolucifer
Deadloss Superstar - MySpace.com - Deadloss Superstar - UK - Rock / Grunge / Punk - www.myspace.com/deadlosssuperstar
The Fire And I - MySpace.com - The Fire And I - Rock / Powerpop / Other - www.myspace.com/thefireandi
Bill Ely And The Catnips - MySpace.com - Bill Ely & The Catnips - - Punk / Garage / Folk Rock - www.myspace.com/billelythecatnips
Radio Lucifers history is an illustrious and decadent one - formed after the untimely split of Psycho A Go-Go (Changes One records), front man Jonny decided that the kids needed the exciting, decadent, sleazy kicks of his former group married with the intensity and righteous anger of old-skool hardcore with a peppering of metal. With this in mind he called his brother JIMMY LUCIFER, already an alumnus of a number of hardcore/metal bands, including the mighty We Become Less (Lockjaw Records). Jimmy of course agreed in a second to take on the mantle of guitar player, allowing him to exorcise his love of Motley Crue and Black Flag simultaneously!
Other members were quickly auditioned, until the line-up finally settled upon the rock ninjas youre reading about now: ROBB, the bass-man from hell with a throbbing low-end cacophony at his finger-tips and the chiselled charm of a Hollywood movie star; OGGY, formerly of local punk legends KILLSWITCH, a virtual atom bomb behind the kit, and the enigmatic SAINT PETER on guitar; the baby-faced six-string samurai with the hottest licks.
Deadloss Superstar - "You will fall in love with this band guaranteed. I mean, basically the sound is like that of an airliner devastating gates 14-32 at JFK airport. Purgatorial salvos of punk-metal played with the ice-cool polish of the Deftones and an RATM-inspired battle-ready momentum charging through to the choruses. It ends with the lead guitarist firing himself backwards off the stage, the rest of the band careering into each other, the cellist carving out metal solos on the A-string with the oblivious demurity of Jacqueline Du Pr and five of the crowd attempting to build a human pyramid on the cusp of the fallout." - Is This Music? Magazine
The Fire And I are two people: Gordon Love (bass,vocals) and Hooligan (drums, vocals). They sound like Alamos or some foot-stomping disco rock acts. I saw them in Edinburgh, and they were fuckin ace.
Bill Ely & The Catnips are San Franciscan ex-pats residing in Scotland, where they mull over their Cajun ancestry and tell tall stories to whoever will listen. "Duke" Gene Arnold plays fat guitar and Mike Leonard plays full drum. The two combined are enough to make a child sick a shit.
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Thanks sweets we be seeing ya there for the 8th and 15th. woohoo
POW! ZAP!
i put the right dates on the posters this time.... (*doh!*)
well done if you noticed
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Hello all, I'm up in Aberdeen to work til end of october and I don't know the city or many folk in it!
I'm mainly into punk and ska and would welcome any suggestions as to where to check out gigs, rock pubs or club nights in this fine city. So far I see bombskare are playing at Drummonds, thats my only lead
cheers ears
Lyns x
ok ill bite 8-)
Cafe Drummonds
The Tunnels
Basement/Moshulu
The Moorings
Snafa
Those are the venues with live music on most nites... best thing is to check here and see the upcoming events calender above the forums... from there you will see what and where bands will be playing.
If out and about on the 4th of Sept, hit the Tunnels to see Atik Star, the 8th @ the Moorings for Deadloss/Radio Lucifer, again Atik Star on the 15th Sept.
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According to the myspace, it's Waz's last gig on the 8th.
thanks dude... don't wanna miss a deadloss gig8-)
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my inside spies tell me pete harper of we become less fame is being lined up for the autumn dates...
so the deadloss gig on the 8th is off ?(
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Thanks for the distraction.
Resonate
Yoshi 8-)
Red Snowman
Waking Theo
LAP
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they're not too shabby to be honest
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I was in there in Nov, still the same (got daughter ink for her 21st). Its not changed from your experince JakeBassist