The first installment is our Morning Show segment, in which Paul "Fetch" Carnes calls in and talks to TOMOR and Derick Feire. A trip in the Mystery Machine not withstanding this shit gets weird. From Occupy Boston, to DJ's spinning in the backs of limos Pauly boy sure knows how to talk some kind of game, but first some background info.
The Boston Phoenix via intrepid journalist cum author and urban adventurer; Chris Faraone covered Paul Carnes' brief stint at Occupy Boston and his summary ejection. Follow up reports from Phoenix staff covered the resulting legal backlash in both directions between OB and Carnes. Occupy Boston also released a statement regarding their official position on "Fetch" and a new outlook on financial accountability sparked by their encounter with Carnes.
The Boston Herald and ABC local nightly news (channel 5) provided a different perspective on the situation. The Herald, seems to have taken Carnes' side of things or at least didn't talk to Occupy. While Channel 5 saw fit to just stick a camera in his face. UNregular Radio caught "Carnes Fever" as well, conducting an interview when he called in last October to tell his side of the story.
Paul Carnes interview & breakdown:
**Please note: This segment has been edited to remove chair squeeks, uhms, uhs, and paper shuffling. You can listen to the full interview (sans breakdown) at the bottom of the article labeled "Paul Carnes: UNcut: The Directors Extended Replay Edition"
00:30 Paul tells his side of things, how he got started with Occupy Boston.
01:20 Paul Carnes (PC): in reference to Occupy Boston: "I'm suing 'em for like 20 million dollars"
01:32 PC in reference to the money: "It's not really about the money"
02:04 Derick Freire (DF): "You know Gregg Housh right?"
02:25 PC in reference to Gregg Housh: "He's one of the people I'm suing for 20 million..."
02:41 TOMOR in reference to Paul Carnes suing Occupy: "Is there a little bit of shtick going on right now?"
03:30 PC on "...survival of the fittest baby" (via DF from 3:26): "This is a tough game, and if they wanna, you know, spark a revolution, they better gear up..."
03:47 PC: "I'm actually on the road, in a limo headed to the festival" (referring to "Sunrise Festival" advertised to be held "outside of Miami during the month of march" from this promo video.
04:07 PC In reference to TOMOR asking him to post a picture of himself in the limo on facebook: "Just go to sunrise fest dot com..."
**Note: On that day and to this day I haven't been able to go to sunrisefest.com. If you attempt the link address it redirects straight to godaddy.com.
04:20 DF: "We'll do a live remote broadcast from the limo outside of Occupy, havin' martini lunches"
04:39 TOMOR: "Maybe you can take the limo to Boston if your attorney changes his mind..."
05:49 PC: Just won't shut up about that goddamn limo.
06:01 PC: On getting action in the back of the goddamn limo.
06:27 TOMOR in reference to "Sunrise Festival": "Who do you have playing, at the festival?"
07:07 PC: Gets into the nitty gritty of "Sunrise Festival" Free everything!
07:28 PC: "...Woodstock only had 500,000 people..."
08:09 PC: His offer of a payment plan to Occupy Boston any lawsuit monies they may owe him in the future.
08:47 PC: On Gregg Housh and Lisa Goldstein getting paid by Occupy Boston.
09:13 Dex MF Ter: "I thought you were the leader of Anonymous"
09:24 PC: "Anonymous is very dear to my heart..."
10:11 PC: in reference to Gregg Housh and anonymous "Why are all your friends going in the can..."
11:11 DMFT: Quoting PC on Facebook: "If you own a BMW or a Lexus you're already my friend..."
11:27 PC: "...I have a hobby collecting luxury cars..."
11:44 DMFT: "With...you being in a position of...some of these things online are me and some of these things online aren't me, doesn't that give you a lot of freedom to just do whatever you want and say that it wasn't you?"
The last we heard, Paul "Fetch" Carnes is in the Miami area attempting to pull together Sunrise Festival.
Other stuff:
Paul Carnes speaks to Microsoft about anonymous
Sunrise Festival promotional video
Paul Carnes: UNcut: The Directors Extended Replay Edition
You can download the mp3 by right clicking the title and selecting "save link as..." or something to that effect.
-KC Hoye
