On Wednesday night, I debated checking out the Brian Jonestown Massacre show at Beer City Music Hall on the edge of downtown.
I doubt you’ve ever heard of them, but like most indie music snobs who once had a radio show on 105.3 The Spy, I became familiar with the band’s work – and their infamous frontman Anton Newcombe – from the famed indie music documentary DIG! (available on Tubi), and have always dug their throwback 60s-inspired psychedelia sound.
I ended up skipping the show to stay at home and watch the Thunder torch the Bulls like the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, so I fortunately didn’t get to see Anton lose his cool on an audience member, and say he would blow the motherfucker up like the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Check this out:
@g0bl1nvv1tch Anton Newcombe with Brian Jonestown Mssacre threatens Oklahoma Concert goers that he will reenact the state’s tragic terrorist attack before storming offstage #fyp
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Unless it involves racism, Ryan Walters, or someone from Houston calling a Thunder Girl "chunky," I generally try not to get too fired up when people say intentionally offensive things to provoke a reaction from the masses.