Missing music producer found alive! (naked, washing clothes in creek)

MSNBC ^ | 8/27/05

[linkinpunk]

Missing music producer found alive

Grammy-nominated Chris Julian discovered naked, washing clothes in creek

MSNBC News Services

Updated: 3:07 a.m. ET Aug. 27, 2005

LOS ANGELES - The nearly weeklong search for a Grammy-nominated producer ended Friday after a resident spotted the man sitting naked in a backyard creek, washing his jeans.

The Topanga Canyon resident found a distraught Christian Julian Irwin saying he feared he was being pursued by Nigerians who had contacted him in an Internet scam, sheriff’s Capt. Ray Peavy said.

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Authorities began looking for Irwin on Sunday after he made a panicked phone call to a friend, saying he was being pursued by people with dogs. He told his friend he was running through water and had lost his glasses and shoes in a creek.

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The most bizarre element in the case is Irwin's recent involvement in a “Nigerian” Internet scam. The swindle involves e-mailed appeals for advance money to help move large sums out of Nigeria. Victims are told they’ll get a big chunk of the fortune in exchange for their help.

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Irwin is “an independent record producer and engineer whose work has brought three Grammy Nominations, over 50 Gold and Platinum albums and an Emmy Award.” He has worked with David Bowie, Jimmy Webb, Vanessa Williams, David Crosby, Chaka Khan, Don Was, Art Garfunkel, Carly Simon, Queen Latifa, Isaac Hayes and Lisa Stansfield.

[linkinpunk]

[Luigi Vasellini]

Too much crack will do that to you!!

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

In the old days, we would call this a "bad acid trip".

[leadpenny]

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't following you.

[Larry Lucido]

Well, you don't want to be caught with dirty clothes when being pursued by Nigerians. Sounds like he's just fine.

[RightOnline]

"The most bizarre element in the case is Irwin's recent involvement in a “Nigerian” Internet scam."

So we have a talented idiot.

[Recovering Hermit]

Thsi is your brain on drugs...any questions?

[Jim Noble]

antelopes crouching in fields of purple tunafish
the dogs are chasing me
was it the brown tabs, or the red pills
i forget.....

[Right Wing Assault]

Shoot! I was going to sign up for one of those Nigerian deals so I could make big money too! But I don't want to be chased by people with dogs, so I guess I'll pass. All that money gone to waste. Maybe I'll become a music producer instead.

[NotADove]

Sounds like drug trip gone really bad.

[shadeaud]

Gotta find a new drug.

[montomike]

He's probably just another one of those idiots who actually replied to the infamous Nigerian email.

[Vision]

he feared he was being pursued by Nigerians who had contacted him in an Internet scam

Yea, once you get one of those foreign email banking letters it's probably best to go on the lam

[mtbopfuyn]

Were the dogs poodles?

[GarySpFc]

Too much crack will do that to you!!
I can understand that. I had a relative who started developing paranoia, and much later it came out she was using pot on a regular basis. It was only discovered after she had to be hospitalized, and the doctors said the pot kids are smoking now days is 6 or 7 times stronger than what was used in the seventies, and is now the leading addictive drug for hospital admissions. My relative has had many attacks of paranoia for the last year, and gradually is getting better, but it has been a long road home.

[bill1952]

So thats how Boxer got her job.

Its time for the California Democratic party to run this guy for office.

[ConsentofGoverned]

"So we have a talented idiot."

Now I understand the Hollywood Left..Drug induced visions of Marxist paradise mixed with self hate and loathing of a country that would give them such wealth..topped off by neurotic FEAR of the great mass of American citizens who are..war mongers and shop owners unable to understand the deep insight LSD and mescal give the Entertainment elite.

[linkinpunk]

Gotta find a new drug.

Hewey Lewis and the News
I Want A New Drug

I want a new drug
One that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my car
Or make me feel three feet thick


I want a new drug
One that won't hurt my head
One that won't make my mouth too dry
Or make my eyes too red

One that won't make you nervous
Wondering what to do
One to help you run
when Nigerians are chasing you.

[SamAdams76]

I have an idea for a "reverse" Nigerian money-moving scam. I pose as a rock promotor and I am going to do a benefit "Food-for-Africa" rock concert. All I need is some upfront money from the corrupt Nigerian government so that I can stage the concert and book some big-name has-beens like John Cougar Mellencamp, Bono/U2, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Don Henley, and the rest of the self-important washed-up performers. I'll send millions back to the Nigerians and then we'll start the process all over again. All the time, I'll be skimming millions off the top for my "promoter fees." At the standard rate, of course.

Sounds like a good plan to me! The concerts are to be staged in the usual places...London, California, New York. We'll get MTV onboard and turn this thing into a real extravaganza. Then we'll put the concerts out on DVD and we'll sell some of the prime cuts to iTunes. Not to mention a real party backstage. Catered food and all the alcoholic beverages you can think of. A good time to be had by all. And it's all for a good cause - we are doing something for Africa. Yay!