From the 1/28/04 San Francisco Chronicle:
An abandoned case of record albums brought the bomb squad to Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland Tuesday.
Authorities blocked off Washington Avenue between Eigth and Ninth streets and evacuated the bottom floor of the courthouse to examine the suspicious case.
The case was found behind some shrubs, leaning against the Oakland police station, directly across the street from the courthouse.
Bomb experts detonated the case, only to discover a collection of vinyl LPs. The street was reopened after 30 minutes.
One sheriff's sergeant said the owner of the case probably had stashed it behind the shrubs after failing to get it through the court security screening machine. - Meredith May
Posted by Joe at January 29, 2004 01:06 AM...courtesy of DJ Mudfoot (Los Angeles/Beta Lounge):
"that DJ sure had some hot tracks!"
"he was on his way to drop bombs on the dancefloor"
"i like the bass that goes booooooom!"
"DJ culture sure has exploded in the Bay Area"
"dubplates were flying like scud missles"