And here I thought I'd be creative and post Weird Al.

They were thinking: "An accordion is an expensive instrument, this will be worth some cash."

I guess subby thinks that thieves only steal things that they consider cool.

Musical instruments can be very valuable and easy to sell whilst being hard to trace.

Sounds like this guy had a buyer lined up and robbed to order.

He sounds pretty smart for a burgular.

simpsonfan: Poll: Which is worse, accordian or bagpipe?

Poll: Which is worse, AIDS or testicular cancer?

Wanted for questioning.

It has a white and gold paper insert on the bellows and has been described as 'very rare'.

Thanks for the information.

-burglar

I like accordions and I think they're making a comeback

simpsonfan: Poll: Which is worse, accordian or bagpipe?

Bagpipes are cool. Accordians are just nerdy.

> happyzombie 2009-12-06 03:11:49 PM
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> Wanted for questioning.


Only him or the disco bandit would have the moxie for that.

Goddamn Accordion Thieves. Next thing you know there'll be Disco Bandits pickpocketing in the streets and Seal Clubbers smashing folks about the head in a most brutal manner. What's this world coming to?

Not Amused (new window)

Maybe he just wanted to start wearing purple?

simpsonfan: Poll: Which is worse, accordian or bagpipe?

The most dangerous job in the army when i was in was piper. Farker had to know how to run when he was playing at 5 am.

Recently seen in the vicinity:

Anyone care to do a GIS for squeeze box?

/nuff said

tweek46420: Not Amused (new window)

Awesome. I kind of want to hire his ass for my birthday bash.

/not drunk ranting posting yet today - mods ate my last ones

Accordions are cool instruments. They are used in many types of music. LIke any fine and rare instrument they can cost a lot of money. This guy was having custom work done on his instruments, so he is probably a real musician. It would be like stealing somebody's '54 Strat. I hope he gets them back.

Hmmm...

My current main squeeze:

True story. We lost two mandolins and a banjo from our truck. When we realized and sped back home to check the roads for them, the mandolins were gone, gone, gone, while the banjo was sitting untouched at the side of the road.

/vintage Gibsons. My heart broke.

After the Gelkis, it is the National Musical Instrument of Lutonia.

There was this accordion player in a polka band, they'd worked a long night and he had a long drive ahead of him, so he thought it would be prudent to pull over at a roadside diner and grab some coffee before he long drive home.

He comes out of the diner some time later, and walking up to the car, he can see the passenger side window has been broken out. Filled with dread, he runs up to the car, his worst fear realized...

On the car seat...... a second accordion.

/take it away, Happy Wanderers!

fdlgrl: True story. We lost two mandolins and a banjo from our truck. When we realized and sped back home to check the roads for them, the mandolins were gone, gone, gone, while the banjo was sitting untouched at the side of the road.

/vintage Gibsons. My heart broke.

Well, at least you can use the banjo to play a sad song while the tears roll down your face.

What's the difference between Polka and Tejano?

Tejano uses stolen instruments.

I came for the KoL references, and I'm not leaving disappointed.

mrapier: I like accordions and I think they're making a comeback

Just started learning to play-- love my accordion.
I hope they don't get too cool, or become a hipster thing. Ugh.

The Whore Of Mensa: become a hipster thing

Naw, accordions are too heavy for those skinny hipsters.

CaesarSneezy: good lol



I'll be looking for news about stolen tubas, trumpets, and giant violins(heh).

oh.. and reports of drunken men in Wayne Newton costumes raping the horses and riding off on the women.


Maybe someone here knows/could give us a History lesson regarding how the hell polka got so popular in Mexico.

The funniest line I've heard from Drew Cary:

"I play accordion; I'm used to getting punched in the face."

/ runs away before enraged squeezeboxers attack.

Came for the Steve Urkel and Weird Al references. Leaving satisfied.

A joke from an accordion player:

What note plays when you drop an accordion down a mineshaft?
A flat miner.

Check the neighbors, first. If MY neighbor had three accordions, you'd best believe I'd break in and take them away.

Why steal them? Because a quality accordian is a very expensive item?

We ain't talking about a cowboy's squeezebox here.

Bob and Sean from Great Big Sea, Irish 2K, 2008



Bob, Great Big Sea, Waterstreet Music Hall, Rochester NY, 2006



Teh accordion, he haz it.

/Kodaks don't work so well in dark music halls without image stabilization...

Chakka: Maybe someone here knows/could give us a History lesson regarding how the hell polka got so popular in Mexico.

South and Central Texas is full of Mexican, German, and Czech immigrants' descendants. Tejano is a mish-mash of those styles.

simpsonfan: Poll: Which is worse, accordian or bagpipe?

Accordian by far...

And now, Myron Floren will play, "Play That Funky Music a-White Boy." "Ah-one anda Two."

The Good Doctor wants in on the accordion thread.

From the criminal's perspective, it's all going accordion to plan.

"Hello, I'm Yosh Shmenge."
"And I'm Stan Shmenge."
"And we are the Happy Wanderers!"

It was a gift from my mother. She died recently. I keep it with me to remind me of her. It's a funny thing, though. I can't remember when she gave it to me. How do you think I could forget a thing like that?

Oobedoob Scoobi-Doobi Benubi: It was a gift from my mother. She died recently. I keep it with me to remind me of her. It's a funny thing, though. I can't remember when she gave it to me. How do you think I could forget a thing like that?

Repressed memories related to child abuse are surprisingly common.

We're an accordion band!! (new window)

Mamas Got a Squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night...

Of course your parents could have sent you to ACCORDION SCHOOL!