I stumbled across this video a few weeks ago, and immediately dismissed it as a hoax. Last night, we crossed paths again and this time I looked at it more closely and decided that it might be legitimate after all. It shows a German musician / DJ at a dance who gets a Shure SM58 microphone thrust down his gullet by a dancer who bumps into a poorly placed microphone stand.
After the microphone gets lodged in our hero's throat, the mic is still hooked up, and you can hear the poor guy's retching and gagging amplified through his PA setup. Download mpeg video (2 megs) or youtube it. The moral of the story is: never extend a microphone boom into a dance floor.
We have lots of SM58s lying around here if anybody cares to experiment on the anatomical implications of all this.
Does any of you guys know what happened to Siggi? At my office, we've been guessing for weeks...
Posted by: jeroen | October 24, 2006 at 04:26 AM
Horrifying!
First the guy with the legs on fire and now this one!
I dare say our dear Station manager Ken needs a hug or something to get his mind off this gruesome stuff
Posted by: cheerios | October 24, 2006 at 05:57 AM
"I dare say our dear Station manager Ken needs a hug or something to get his mind off this gruesome stuff"
I will have to get back to you about the hug.
It's just that when SM58s get lodged in people's gullets, attention must be paid. Same with crucifixions in 2006. If they're going on, I want to know about it.
-ken
Posted by: Station Manager Ken | October 24, 2006 at 12:19 PM
was that holger czukay?
Posted by: hmmm | October 26, 2006 at 12:45 AM
Apparently not the first microphone choking incident.
http://www.christianlogic.com/chrisalexion/archives/2005/09/microphone_acci.html
Posted by: Mickey Mephistopheles | November 06, 2006 at 12:09 PM