I've had my balls busted thoroughly by both Rabi at Reax and Stpetersblog, and loathe both of 'em, but agree with 'em that's it's totally fucked up to steal a man's instrument, which in this case belonged to a member of Petrograd in Progress Transit (thanks Joey), which includes Stpetersblogger Ted Flynn. Here, and here, are the links. Get this man his instrument back.
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2008.
