Love for Antoine

[csberry]

I got lots of love for Huntsville's most famous celebrity right now - Antoine Dodson. Something I could always count on when screening calls for the radio show was that people will get passionate about what they would do if someone raped/injured/killed a family member. Antoine's original interview so well encapsulated that emotion. His and his sister's comments about the perpetrator's stupidity is classic!

Here is an update on Antoine since finding internet fame this past week:

Comments

[qthewetsprocket.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit confused why people would think that allowing victims of a crime to speak about their ordeal would "reflect badly on the community". The news is supposed to report the facts, and the fact is that people often deal with life's scary moments through humor and bravado.

I agree with the reporter: NOT allowing someone to speak (for whatever reason) would be much, much worse.

[outherelistenin.livejournal.com]

I particularly loved the Gregory Brothers' auto-tune of his original tirade. And I'm deeply amused about the connection the home town... even if I had to do research to figure out where the hell Lincoln Park is.

[csberry.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope you also caught the other recent internet sensation from Huntsville, the Struttin' That Ass Guy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B55uUwMGorY). Don't know how old the Struttin' video actually is, but the presence of the old senior citizen center where the Museum of Art currently is and the Hilton wasn't turned into a Holiday Inn Express yet...so I'm guessing late 90's.

[chris21718.livejournal.com]

We was at the coffee shop Sunday and Monday afternoon. I have a couple of pictures of him using my old MacBook Pro that I sold to Richard a few weeks ago, and one of me with him in the background. Richard and Andrew, two "regulars" there were helping him setup an official Facebook and a web site.