I agree about Best Of (though not really about White Stuff; I feel like he had kind of played the Hex thing out by that point).
There's some related discussion here: new Howling Hex / Neil Hagerty brings the funk!
― r u rolling pop 2021 (morrisp), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
ASSASSINATION THREATSWON'T GET ME DOWN
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Thursday, 12 August 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
I don't think I can conceive of a better rock & roll recording than "Golden Rules." Also, the entirety of Sweet Sixteen!
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Thursday, 12 August 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
if it rocks, put it on the tableIf it rolls, put it in the hole
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Thursday, 12 August 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
https://ibb.co/Pcp8Hkc
― Mike Dixn, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
proof of life
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
haha good to see — he's been MIA on the Denver scene for the past few years (even pre-pandemic). I assume he's still here, I think that's a rocky mountain chocolate factory bear.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/3-denver-police-officers-injured-suspect-neil-hagerty-arrested/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:23 (one year ago) link
3 Denver police officers injured, suspect Neil Hagerty arrested https://t.co/bdCMqYr8cF pic.twitter.com/nmaZeVCYzS— CBSColorado (@CBSNewsColorado) April 14, 2023
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:24 (one year ago) link
Holy shit
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:26 (one year ago) link
More detailed report here
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:30 (one year ago) link
"The suspect in this case has the same date of birth, full name and eye color as the famous musician."
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 00:31 (one year ago) link
wtf
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:10 (one year ago) link
feel bad for the dude but anyone who tries to slit a cop's throat with their own badge is a fucking hero in my book. they shoulda sent social workers.
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link
Goddamn I got the sense he wasn't in great shape but this is heartbreaking
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:17 (one year ago) link
It really has me shook. He cut the one cop on the throat, and tried to grab the other one’s weapon… I’m grateful he is alive tonight
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:24 (one year ago) link
Yes, it's kind of amazing (and very fortunate) he wasn't killed. Hope he's OK
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:28 (one year ago) link
yeah, it could be way worse. still, this is terribly sad news. i also began to worry after his socials disappeared, covid time, etc. ugh.
― sknybrg, Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:29 (one year ago) link
xxp again, cops should never ever be the first responders to a "wellness check", they don't know how to do anything other than escalate
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2023 02:50 (one year ago) link
and ofc the only reason dude is alive right now is because he's white, yeah
I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QnPFfqVwT0
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Saturday, 15 April 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
oh jeez.
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Saturday, 15 April 2023 08:10 (one year ago) link
was cranking Thank You in the car yesterday, the soloing on Shadow Of The Wasp is just majestic
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Saturday, 15 April 2023 08:11 (one year ago) link
So wild. And sad.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 15 April 2023 11:45 (one year ago) link
Glad he's uninjured, hope he's OK, and in awe of how good that mug shot looks tbh
― the banshees of ed sheeran (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 15 April 2023 12:58 (one year ago) link
JH on FB
― jaywbabcock, Saturday, 15 April 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
idk if healing energy and posi vibes are gonna help as much as a good lawyer?
― sarahell, Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
i am reminded now of the time I booked JH at my diy warehouse venue when we were basically one "complaint" away from being shut down by the City ... that was a tense night
― sarahell, Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
just based on that fb post alone jh seems like an awful person
― ꙮ (map), Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link
Why?
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 16:48 (one year ago) link
Yeah, why? I'm sure they're former business partners more than actual friends, but that post isn't shitty at all.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
I mean they were married
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link
given everything that went down over the years though I'd imagine it's more a deeply shared trauma which is better way to describe RT than a business
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
true
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
It's nice to read all the comments under her post (including a few names I recognize). I reached out to a few folks last nite, but I feel like the RT "fan community" is thinned out & atomized, so it's heartening to see ppl come together in one place like that (the few tweets I was seeing were snarky and unhelpful). I'm not on FB so don't usually see what happens there.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:31 (one year ago) link
I am hopeful that someone in a position to get money/help to him will set up a fund or other initiative to make that happen.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
listening to Accelerator right now, what an incredible album
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
all time
― brimstead, Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
it's heartening to see ppl come together in one place like that (the few tweets I was seeing were snarky and unhelpful). I'm not on FB so don't usually see what happens there.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Saturday, April 15, 2023 11:31 AM (seventeen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
For all of its drawbacks Facebook at least is less of a descent into hell competition to see who can be the most snarky about a terrible irl situation.
Bad news obv, really had no idea he was in a place that would have led to this.
― omar little, Saturday, 15 April 2023 18:54 (one year ago) link
I've been an on-off Patreon supporter of his and uh... man have y'all see his uploads from the past few years? He's always ridden the line between genius and insane but his patreon is really strange. Filming a bandaid on the wall and layering 5 rambling voice recordings on top. I don't know.
And there were some replies to the denver police twitter post saying 'he's been a nuisance to our neighbors'.
He needs to get off the legal weed and have someone who cares for him to support him. Doesn't he have a daughter? Just wild. I want good things for Neil.
― trux tracker (edges), Sunday, 16 April 2023 00:40 (one year ago) link
I was so close to seeing Denver album Hex in Dallas but it got cancelled for the new Trux album. Really beat up about that loss.
I'm sure I've already said once above I felt the new Trux record halted both Hex and Bananas at their strongest moments. I think Bananas is working on new shit, I saw them in Denton and they were fucking strong.
I hope Knuckleball isn't the last Neil offering. I hope the Trux catalog gets into the right label's hands and we finally get Outtakes, Alternates, & Practice Jams on a 3 vinyl set lol. And Sweet Sixteen. I'm gonna need a 4 terabyte large 'Twin Infinitives Sessions Uncut' pretty please.
― trux tracker (edges), Sunday, 16 April 2023 00:50 (one year ago) link
and those 3 mail-order tapes from 1997 too plz
again I'm sure the dude is having a hard time, but I wish that social workers had responded instead of cops. I know that Denver is trying: https://conversableeconomist.com/2022/06/10/cahoots-in-denver-experimenting-with-alternatives-to-police/
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Sunday, 16 April 2023 01:01 (one year ago) link
I want good things for Neil.
and this, yeah.
another recent anecdote from FB:
"Saw Neil Michael Hagerty open for Circuit Des Yeux in Denver in 2018, was a pretty out there performance. People were quite puzzled. Maybe a year before that though he played one of the stranger shows I've ever seen, on the second floor of a French wine bar on South Broadway in the middle of the afternoon with all the window blinds closed. With a small band that played a very peculiar style of almost Ranchera type instrumental music. Neil played hidden behind a Japanese screen, and then talked about brunch a lot in-between songs. But then, he talked about brunch in-between songs at the CDY show too. He was looking good though both times, sad to see this photo going around. The last few years have been hard on people, hope he is able to get it together."
― Perverted By Linguiça (sleeve), Sunday, 16 April 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
I felt the new Trux record halted both Hex and Bananas at their strongest moments.Can’t speak to Jennifer, but by the time White Stuff came out, Neil had slowed down significantly – it had been 3 years since Denver, and the last Hex album was 3 years prior to that.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Sunday, 16 April 2023 04:16 (one year ago) link
(FWIW, I have a soft spot for White Stuff… due to recency, it’s the Trux album I’m most likely to reach for (including earlier today). Even retread Trux beats most bands at their prime… and I actually do like it a bit better, on its own merits, than P4P and the 2nd half of VoD.)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Sunday, 16 April 2023 04:48 (one year ago) link
I dig White Stuff. A member of Royal Trux is probably pretty high up on the list of people you do not want as neighbors. Possible poll?
Sorry, I don’t mean to make light of the situation, I hope he gets help. That is an amazing beard tho.
― Cow_Art, Sunday, 16 April 2023 11:54 (one year ago) link
It’s not totally clear if the guy on the DPD Twitter thread is in fact referring to Neil (some other dude thought he meant a guy named Joel).
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Sunday, 16 April 2023 15:08 (one year ago) link
Woof. I didn’t even recognize him from his mugshot.
― Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 16 April 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
Denver DA Charges Neil Hagerty with Assaulting a Peace Officer
― jaywbabcock, Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:01 (one year ago) link
Charges sound fairly serious. I wonder what kind of representation he has (public defender?)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Thursday, 20 April 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link