A small army of Kossacks and myself have been working to uncover information on Richard Poplawski, the murderer of three Pittsburgh policemen in the incident on April 4th that everyone's been talking about. My goal has always been uncovering clips of the "Eddie and PO Show" the internet talk show Poplawski did with Eddie Perkovic, his friend seen here in the interview in David Waldman's recent post. I have just found two audio recordings of this show, after discovering that Eddie Perkovic had a second StumbleUpon account. (Incidentally, Poplawski's StumpleUpon acccount under the name "richp2010" has been taken down by StumbleUpon, and I didn't have the presence of mind to archive it. If anyone does have it, please let me know.)
For past diaries on Poplawski by myself and others (and if I've missed any, let me know) see below.
I'm hoping we can get another crowdsourcing effort going here, and split the video up and get a rough transcript by the end. There are roughly 46 minutes of video, so the more help, the better. Thanks!
First, past diaries on this issue.
fcvaguy's excellent recommended diary on Poplawski
My second, more organized diary compiling the research, as well as the videos Poplawski and Perkovic made to promote their show
My first diary, which is a little more messy, but where a lot of the legwork can be found
David Waldman has also been covering this story, and doing an excellent job of it. See his two recent stories on the front page.
Ironically, it was trying to find an archive of Poplawski's StumbleUpon site that led me to Perkovic's other StumbleUpon site (which I have archived this time around, thankfully). The first link posted is to a talkshoe.com site registered to eddieandpo. There are two audio recordings here, and I have not listened to them both in full yet, as I wanted to get the crowdsourcing going again. Have a listen, take notes, if anyone knows of a good way to repost the shows to this diary, let me know, as I've downloaded both and would love to get them up here.
Episode 1: 30:45: The second audio clip on the talkshoe.com site.
Episode 3: 16:06: The first audio clip on the talkshoe.com site.
Also, yet another warning. Having listened to a few minutes of the longer show, these clips are pretty sick to say the least. Proceed with caution.
This diary is going to change a lot from its current state, as I've only begun to listen to the shows. I do know that the second show (the one that's 30:45 long) contains the "I would rape a male" rant that is featured in their promo videos. This is at roughly the 1:40 mark.
Where's Episode 2? Got me, it's not on the site. If you can find it, let us know ASAP, and I'll add it here.
So, here's the format for crowdsourcing I've just made up. If you feel like braving Crazyland and listening to some of the video, let us know in the comments. If you want to try to listen all the way through (you brave person you) just dive in and take notes. If you want to limit the amount of crazy you're exposed to, claim a section of the audio in the comments, and then let us know what you find. For example, say you're willing to listen to the sixth through tenth minutes of the second video. Say something like:
"Will listen to 6:00-10:00 of the 30:45 minute video"
so everyone knows that's covered. Then, have a listen and report back what you heard. If you can, write down the timestamps for when things were said so others can hear what you've found. I'll start trying to compile everything in the diary, so everyone can see what's there, and who we have to thank for finding it.
Here's where I'll compile everything. This will change a lot, hopefully, so refreshing often might become necessary, depending on how fast things pick up here. If anyone has any ideas for how to format this, let me know, because what I have so far is a little bit slapdash.
Episode 1: The 30:45 minute show: Uploaded to Talkshoe at 01/13/2008 06:31 PM EST.
WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY, OR IF YOU'VE EATEN LATELY. I'VE BEEN TRANSCRIBING THIS, AND IT'S DISGUSTING
00:00 to 00:12: Musical intro
00:12 to 00:34: (Male voice) I...I don't like my job. (Different male voice?) I don't think I'm gonna go anywhere. (Female voice) So you're gonna quit? (Male voice) Nuh uh, not really, uh...I'm just gonna stop going. (Kossack second gen points out that this is audio from the movie Office Space.
Audio clip from a movie (which one? I don't remember--it's Robert DeNiro, I think) "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you're not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."
00:34 to 00:58: Music, then what I believe is a clip from Scarface(?) "We're all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be."
00:59 to 01:06: "Listen, you're in a privileged position to learn a thing or two. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open." (Another movie?)
01:07 to 01:27: Music changes to a harder rock and roll. Voice (Poplawski's? Perkovic's? Vire's?) You've tuned in to the best of Eddie and the Renaissance! (Faux-effeminate voice) And next on 106 the Eagle we have Freebird! (Kid's voice, digitally messed with) Go to bed! (Poplawski? Perkovic?) I'm like: Hey fat broad, take me out and feed me a fuckin' lunch or something. (Different male voice) On the fuckin' rise!
01:28: to 3:37: Music changes again. Well, you know, I would never kidnap females and rape them, but you know, there are dudes on my list that I'd like to kidnap.
(Voice in the background:) And rape? (Nervous laughter)
(First voice:) And, yeah, you know something? I would, I would, and I would rape a male not out of, 'cause you know, I'm straight, I'm straight as an arrow that flies and shit. I'm straight as a shaft of an arrow.
(Voice in the background:) You know it's interesting that you'd used "shaft" in that analogy.
(First voice:) Yeah, ah, but you know something? I would rape a male out of power and dominance and violence.
(Voice in the background:) (Unintelligible to me--can someone clear this up?)
(First voice:) I wouldn't rape a male for fun or pleasure. But I would rape a male just to be "Yeah, I fuckin' raped you, and now you'll never forget it." And shit, but we were gonna get carrots, and it was a running joke for a while that we were gonna beat some dude's ass and grab a carrot, and then just ram a carrot in their ass.
(Voice in the background): You'd have to lube the carrot.
(First voice:) You wouldn't have to lube the carrot. There not, I mean, this isn't for them to feel good. I think you put the carrot in just a little bit, and then you KICK IT! IN!
(Voice in the background:) (Laughs) What if the carrot breaks?
(First voice:) Well if the carrot breaks, the carrot breaks. That's how...that's the breaks, as they say. I'm not saying like kick it from a distance and it gets too--
(Voice in the background:) (Laughing) No, no...
(First voice) I'm talking about the carrot is already partially inserted.
(Voice in the background:) (Some crosstalk) In the rim, and this guy runs off and kicks it...
(First voice:) Like a stomping motion.
(Voice in the background:) No well, that, or you could kick it and turn, and kick his balls bag with it.
(First voice:) No, I think you would, I think it would be a stomping, a stomping motion.
(Voice in the background:) Well you'd probably stomp on some sack too if you you were stomping the carrot--
(First voice:) Well fuck it, who cares? He's got a carrot in his ass, you've stomped his sack, he ain't fucking with your boys again.
(Voice in the background:) Ha ha!
(Something else high-pitched in the background as well. Not sure what.)
(First voice:) You know what I'm saying?
(V.i.t.B:) No, I'm just saying, when the fucking carrot breaks...
(F.V.:) You could rape him with it, with the, with the, with the business. I don't know. I don't think.
(V.B.:) (Couldn't hear)
(F.V.:) It's hard for me to say that because obviously I've never done--
(V.B.:) Would you finish?
(F.V.:) No, I don't think you'd finish.
(V.B.:) Or would you?
(F.V.:) 'Cause you, you wouldn't, you wouldn't finish 'cause you're not, it's not really like you're not really horny about it.
(V.B.:) Well, you have to get your dick hard fuckin'
(F.V.:) Well, you know something? I think here's why your dick would get hard. This, this goes back to thousands of years of primates and shit that did this sort of thing, not necessarily the rapage, though, but I think your dick would get hard because that's, that's it's like that's part of your mind right there, it's wired like, to be able to dominate over other males.
Oookaaay...taking a break from transcription, for my own sake.
Episode 3: The 16:06 show: Uploaded to Talkshoe at 01/15/2008 06:31 PM EST.
Nothing yet.
Still looking for video of the show. If anyone can find video clips, you will have my eternal gratitude.
Kossack Redpin has provided us with some actual (Gasp!) political commentary from Poplawski (which, if you'll remember, is what we're actually looking for, rather than the sick nonsense above). Reprinted in it's entirely is his comment:
I don't know if it's been pointed out yet - I didn't see it anywhere, but might have missed it - Polpawski has an account at letsgopens dot com as "iEUX". Most of his posts seem to be hockey related (Pittsburgh Penguins, natch) but there are a couple interesting ones on "other" subjects:
Some of you seem to think we cannot be destroyed. or think that the American way of life is absolute, or guaranteed. So many people take so much for granted and it is evident in this whole election atmosphere. change. you want change.
you people make me so sick. if you let this smooth talking cad hornswaggle this nation my heart will be broken. Because I do love this country. So much. You would have stolen from me a potential hero and instead installed the hippest flavor of day. and if it ends up ruining everything I will sob heartily. just cry. right into the star spangled banner but no longer be able to take comfort in any real sense of being an American
dont let it happen. If Obama gets in there itll be the beginning of the end of General Washington's grand boat ride. i know it. itll be prime season to gang-bang the United States in the face while we're down on one knee. so when that happens I hope Barack is equally as eloquent addressing the nation when our three rivers flow with blood so he can make you feel good about your vote for 'change'
spread the wealth around. :facepalm: this is AMERICA. WE DONT DO THAT HERE .
and he seriously is the favorite going into this last month? f me. y'know. just f me. repeatedly.
- Richard Polpowski, on Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:47 am.
Also, I'm enjoying watching the crowdsourcing efforts that have been going on here, so in an attempt to see just how big of a crowd we've got, I have a poll below.
Thanks in advance for all your help. Let's do this!