BREAKING Former Judge Mike Mirabal, who resigned in disgrace facing a massive Bar/JQC complaint, was arrested last night for aggravated assault with a firearm involving s dispute with a tenant. F21-017688. This is a breaking story.
UPDATE2: Based on our tip, ace Herald scribe David Ovalle went to work. Here is his article.
In keeping with the overall theme of this post, Mirabal, when contacted for comment referred everyone to what he said was his favorite all time song: Billy Joel's I Am An Innocent Man. (Not really, but still...)
From the article:
This is what happened, according to an arrest report: Mirabal was unloading groceries Sunday evening, with his dog, in the parking garage of his building on Orduna Drive. A man — the cousin of a resident in the complex — was on the other side of the garage gate, asking if he could be let in.
The man had left his phone upstairs in his cousin’s apartment. Mirabal refused because the man wasn’t a resident, and the two got into a heated argument, the report said. The man began yelling for his cousin to come downstairs and get him. The neighbor came down and let his cousin inside the parking garage, and they again encountered Mirabal. Mirabal’s neighbor told police he went to talk to Mirabal, who “pulled out a black gun with his right hand, points it at him and with his left hand pulls the slide of the weapon back twice. The victim says he steps back and begins calling police going back to his apartment,” according to the report. Mirabal, however, claimed the neighbor’s cousin had been threatening “he would fight him,” forcing him to pull out his gun, which he only held it behind his back. “He says he advised the witness that he is armed, and the witness stepped back and leaves,” the report said. Coral Gables police arrested Mirabal after saying 911 calls contradicted his version of what happened. After being booked in jail, he posted bond and was released.
TOP 100 SONGS
Sometimes the so called experts get it wrong. That's where Rumpole steps in. Jack of all trades, and master of many, we have superior insight not just on cross examination techniques, but cosmology, where to eat, and in today's case, the top songs of all time, and we have a heavy bent towards rock and soul.
Rolling Stone Magazine listed the top 100, and beyond the shocking insult of not listing the very best rock song of all time in the top 10, they pretty much got it wrong. We will not do all 100- our top 20 is enough to prove our point, and we will include Rolling Stone's choices in those slots so you can compare.
Feel free to weigh in. We have a feeling this will generate some discussion.
RUMPOLE ROLLING STONE
20 Johnny B Goode 20 Dancing On My Own
(The first rock n roll hit)
19 My Girl 19 Imagine (Genius- needs to be higher)
18 Purple Rain 18 Purple Rain (We can live with this)
17 Tiny Dancer 17 Bohemian Rhapsody (Ground breaking. In our top 40 but not top 20)
16 Good Vibrations 16 Crazy In Love (not for us )
15 Blowin In The Wind 15 I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles yes. This song. No)
14 One (U2) 14 Waterloo Sunset (doesn't make our top 50)
13 I can't get no Satisfaction 13 Gimme Shelter (there are better Stones Songs) (a better song)
12 Like a Heatwave 12 Superstition (A hard song to rank)
11 Like a Rollin Stone 11 God Only Knows (Pure Genius. We rank it higher)
10 Imagine 10 Hey Ya. (Never heard it).
9 Thunder Road 9 Dreams (A top 10? You must be dreaming!) (The most poetic rock n roll song ever written: "You can hide neath your covers and study your pain. Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain. Wait your summer prayin in vain for a savior to rise from these streets")
8 Stairway to Heaven 8 Get ur Freak On. (Get outta here).
7 Baby I Need Your Lovin 7 Strawberry Fields (This is tough to rank)
6 Get Up Stand Up 6 What's Going On. (Brilliant Song We have it higher)
5 Let it Be 5 Smells Like Teen Spirit (Smells like an awful choice)
4 What's Going On 4 Like a Rolling Stone (Can't argue with Dylan in the top 5)
3 Be My Baby 3 A Change is Gonna Come (Too high. Sorry).
2 God Only Knows 2 Fight the Power (Fight the ranking. Too high)
1. Respect (This choice gets no respect).
God Only Knows is the pure genius of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. It's real hard, but it slightly beats out Be My Baby.
THE GREATEST ROCK N ROLL SONG OF ALL TIME
There is no comparison. It's Bruce Springsteen's four and a half minutes of pure magic and genius about love and escape on the New Jersey Turnpike. Four and a half minutes took over four months to record. The Big Man Clarence Clemons' sax solo, the hammering beat of Boom Carter on the drums, and then a keyboard ramp-up that precedes the greatest pause and then release of rock ecstasy known to music... "1....2.....3......Highways jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive. Everybodys out on the road tonight, but there's no place left to hide." Life does not get any better than that pure genius,
It's more than a death trap and a suicide rap; it's more than a love letter to Wendy; its the rock n roll answer to the question "I wanna know if love is wild, I wanna know if love is real!"
BORN TO RUN is the greatest rock n roll song of all time.
Music Critic Robert Christgau noted that it was all Be My Baby was and wanted to be, and more. It was more than the Phil Spector Wall of Sound. It was innovational, inspirational, and an invitation to lose yourself in all of the music and words.