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This $5. 90,0. 00 i. Phone Robbery Sounds Like the Craziest Heist Movie. A year- long manhunt ended last weekend, when police arrested a gang of five Romanian stunt thieves near a large collection of Van Gogh paintings in the Netherlands. In their hideout, the cops found $5.

Phones that the suspects allegedly lifted off the back of a truck—while it was barreling down a highway. Dutch press are calling the highway maneuver the “Romanian method.” Apparently, the thieves drive a modified van right up to the bumper of a cargo truck, and then, two of them climb out the van’s sun roof and down onto the hood. Next, the most insane of the two cracks the lock on the back of the truck, while the other hood- bound thief holds his legs. Once the truck’s doors are open, they climb in and transfer the expensive cargo back to the van. According to police, this single Romanian gang has been responsible for 1. The Romanian method itself dates back even further than that. A video released by the Romanian police in 2.

May of that year. Filmed by a police helicopter in complete darkness, the video clearly shows two thieves emerging from the sunroof and climbing up to the hood as their vehicle tailgates a cargo truck. Watch The Gate Hindi Full Movie. For some reason, after peeking in the truck, they abort the robbery. It’s unclear if the recently arrested Romanian gang used an identical technique, but they had certainly perfected their strategy. Meanwhile, the Van Gogh connection is tenuous.

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Police found the suspected thieves holed up in the tiny village of Otterlo near a national park in the central area of the Netherlands. The main point of interest in Otterlo is the Kröller- Müller Museum, which happens to contain one of the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh paintings, second only to the Van Gogh Museum. Were the thieves planning to hit a shipment of expensive paintings next, pulling off an art heist of historic proportions?

We don’t know, but it sure would make a great movie.[Telegraaf, AP].

Dr. John - Wikipedia. Malcolm John Rebennack (born November 2. Dr. John, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz, boogie woogie and rock and roll.[1]Active as a session musician since the late 1. Gris- Gris and his appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. He performed a wildly theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows, Mardi Gras costumes and voodoo ceremonies. Rebennack has recorded more than 2.

Right Place, Wrong Time". The winner of six Grammy Awards, Rebennack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend on March 1. In May 2. 01. 3, Rebennack was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Tulane University.

He was jokingly referred to by Tulane's president, Scott Cowen, as "Dr. Dr. John".[3]Early life and career[edit]Born in New Orleans in 1. Dr. John has said that his French lineage took root there some time in the early 1. Growing up in the Third Ward, he found early musical inspiration in the minstrel tunes sung by his grandfather and a number of aunts, uncles, sister and cousins who played piano.

He did not take music lessons before his teens and endured only a short stint in choir before getting kicked out.[4] His father, the owner of an appliance store and record shop, exposed him as a young boy to prominent jazz musicians like King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, who inspired his 2. Ske- Dat- De- Dat: The Spirit of Satch. Throughout his adolescence his father's connections enabled him access to the recording rooms of burgeoning rock artists such as Little Richard and Guitar Slim. From these exposures he advanced into clubs and onto the stage with varying local artists, most notably, Professor Longhair.[5]When he was about 1. Rebennack met Professor Longhair, which started a period in his life that would mark rapid growth as a musician and the beginnings of his entry into professional music.

He describes his initial impression of Professor Longhair noting not only his musical prowess, but his style: "I was also fascinated that he was sitting out there in a turtleneck shirt with a beautiful gold chain with a watch hangin' on it, and an Army fatigue cap on his head. And I thought, Wow, I never seen nobody dressed like this guy. Just everything about the man was totally hip. And he had gloves on him, too, beautiful silk gloves. I'll never forget this."[4]At age 1.

Johnny Vincent as a producer at Ace Records. There, he worked with artists like James Booker and Earl King, his musical experience expanding notably. He struggled through intermittent years of high school. While a student at Jesuit High School, he was already playing in night clubs, something the Jesuit fathers disapproved of. They told him to either stop playing in clubs or leave the school.

He chose the latter. According to lore, this was the seed of his classic, "Right Place, Wrong Time." Eventually he focused entirely on music. Thereafter an entry into heavy narcotics use would fuel his desire to get out of New Orleans and move to California where his character, Dr.

John, was born.[5]In late 1. New Orleans, Rebennack originally concentrated on guitar and he gigged with local bands including Mac Rebennack and the Skyliners, (Paul Staele/Dennis "Bootsie" Cuquet, drums; Earl Stanley, bass; Charlie Miller, trumpet; Charlie Maduell, sax; Roland "Stone" Le. Blanc, vocals), Frankie Ford and the Thunderbirds, and Jerry Byrne and the Loafers. He had a regional hit with a Bo Diddley- influenced instrumental called "Storm Warning" on Rex Records in 1. During these days he was an A& R man producing, with Charlie Miller, monophonic singles on 4. Johnny Vincent and Joe Corona for such local labels as Ace, Ron, Ric and others.

For these sessions he oversaw A& R and the rhythm section while Miller wrote the horn arrangements and headed up the horns. It was a productive team until Miller decided to move to New York and to study music formally. Rebennack's career as a guitarist was stunted circa 1.

Ronnie Barron, his bandmate, Jesuit High School classmate, and longtime friend, at a Jackson, Mississippi gig. After the injury, Rebennack concentrated on bass guitar before making piano his main instrument; pianist Professor Longhair was an important influence on Rebennack's piano- playing style. Dr. John grew up with full exposure to the realities of New Orleans. Prostitutes, pimps, thieves and addicts all participated in the same nightlife scene that contributed to his development as a musician.

During the 1. 95. He was arrested on drug charges and sentenced to two years in a federal prison at Fort Worth, Texas. His sentence ended in 1.

Los Angeles.[6]He moved to Los Angeles in 1. Los Angeles studio scene in the 1. Wrecking Crew" stable of studio musicians. Watch Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Online Freeform here. He provided backing for Sonny & Cher (and some of the incidental music for Cher's first film, Chastity), for Canned Heat on their albums Living the Blues (1. Future Blues (1. 97. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention on Freak Out! Voodoo influence[edit]Rebennack was always fascinated with New Orleans voodoo, and in Los Angeles he developed the idea of the Dr.

John persona for his old friend Ronnie Barron. He recalls reading about the original Doctor John in his youth, a purported Senegalese prince who came to New Orleans from Haiti, a medicinal and spiritual healer.

The Doctor was a free man of color who lived on Bayou Road and claimed to have 1. He maintained a fascination with reptiles and kept an assortment of snakes and lizards, along with embalmed scorpions and animal and human skulls. Watch Trash Hindi Full Movie. His specialization was healing, and as such, in selling gris- gris, voodoo amulets that protected the wearer from harm."Well, there was a guy the name of Dr. John, a hoodoo guy in New Orleans. He was competition to Marie Laveau. He was like her opposite. I actually got a clipping ..

Wayne was busted with this guy for runnin' a voodoo operation in a whorehouse in 1. I decided I would produce the record with this as a concept."Rebennack imagined that this character could front an interesting stage show, while serving as an emblem of New Orleans heritage. Although initially the plan was for Barron to front the act assuming the identity of "Dr. John", while Rebbenack worked behind the scenes as Dr. John's writer/musician/arranger/producer, this didn't come to pass.

Barron dropped out of the project, and Rebennack somewhat apprehensively took over the role (and identity) of Dr. John.[7]Gris- Gris became the name of Dr.