Nov 12 2008
Councilman Pisses On Deadheads
Fans of the Grateful Dead, known as “Deadheads”, are more used to being pissed off by government officials actions than being pissed on. Jersey City councilman Steven Lipski changed that when he allegedly urinated off of a balcony and onto the crowd below at a show by Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra.
The incident happened at Dark Star Orchestra’s concert at the 9:30 club in Washington DC last Saturday. Councilman Lipski was arrested and charged with simple assault.
I once considered myself a Deadhead, having seen the Grateful Dead a couple of dozen times when Jerry Garcia was still alive. During all of those shows I never got wasted enough to not be able to wait for them to play “Promised Land” to make a run for the john.
Perhaps the Dark Star Orchestra were so good Litski literally pissed himself? To help you judge, here’s a video of the Dark Star Orchestra playing the Grateful Dead classic “Jack Straw”.
