Long Beach’s 9th scariest...

A friend commented to me last week about me being in one of the scariest bands in Long Beach, and it went over my head. I was a little confused and embarassed 'cos I didn't get the joke. But then yesterday, Tim (another Owens) asked if I saw the article in the The District Weekly mentioning The Bolides (I hadn't). Apparently, it was the Halloween issue, in an article listing the 13 scariest people in Long Beach. Ooooooh, now I see!

From the article:

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A TORTOISE, A HANKLA AND AN ICE CREAM MAN, OH MY!
The District Weekly, Wed. October 29

Our first-ever list of Long Beach's scariest!

In Long Beach, there's the scary—ghosts on the Queen Mary, Igor's Alley and the unfettered power of people like Chris Pook—and the really scary—Measure I, the parking lots at any of our Trader Joe's outposts and, 30 days out of 31, Colorado Lagoon. So, while it wasn't easy for us to whittle down Long Beach's scariest into just 13 winners—Rich Archbold, the Navy sailor statue and the guy who blew up his house with fireworks, sorry, you won't be moving on toward becoming this season's scariest person—we're confident in who (and what) we ended up with. Then again, a tortoise tops a list bookended by an ice cream man, so maybe Long Beach really isn't as scary as we thought. Wait—we forgot about Jim Hankla. Never mind.
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9. THE BOLIDES
Seriously. What is with those masks? Are they surgeons? Are they fit to operate? Are they made of science? Does science make a man? Who are these masked men who play songs like "mind ctrl alt del" and "relaxative"? They have names. Here are the names: Dr. Mikro Fiche, Dr. Shrink Wray, Dr. Drummond (he's the drummer, you see) and Dr. Phillip de Chi Chi's. Without the masks, you might recognize them—but do you really want to know what's going on behind those masks? We don't want them to take them off. God only knows. It's scary. (And they're obsessed with robots. Are they going to make us all into robots? Will there be a mind probe?)
MITIGATING FACTOR: Sometimes we like to play nurse.
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Regarding the "MITIGATING FACTOR:" Sometimes they play nurse, themselves...