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  Mickey Finn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Mickey Finn (or simply Mickey) is a slang term for a drug-laced drink given to someone without their knowledge in order to incapacitate them.
Mickey's saloon was ordered closed on December 16, 1903.
A Mickey Finn is typically made by adding "knockout drops" (a solution of chloral hydrate in alcohol) to a drink.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mickey_Finn   (160 words)

  
 Mickey Finn (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mickey Finn was the percussionist/drummer with the 1970s glam rock group T.
Marc Bolan asked Finn to join the band in the late 1960s and reportedly only hired Finn for his good looks and not for his musical ability.
In 2002, to commemorate Bolan's death in 1977, Mickey Finn's T.Rex played in front of more than 2,000 people, with Bolan's son Rolan Bolan guesting.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mickey_Finn_%28musician%29   (143 words)

  
 The Straight Dope: What's in a Mickey Finn?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Asbury claims the original Mickey Finn was a notorious Chicago tavern proprietor in the city's South Loop, then as now a nest of hardened desperadoes.
He made this the basis of two knockout drinks, the "Mickey Finn Special," consisting of raw alcohol, water in which snuff had been soaked, and a dollop of white stuff; and "Number Two," beer mixed with a jolt of white plus the aforementioned snuff water.
Finn evidently paid off the cops but became such a nuisance even by Chicago standards that his joint was ordered shut down in 1903.
www.straightdope.com /classics/a3_092.html   (595 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | T Rex band member dies
Micky Finn, percussionist with glam rock group T Rex, has died at the age of 55.
His manager Barry Newby said Finn was believed to have died of kidney and liver problems, but the exact cause of death had not been announced yet.
Finn left T Rex in 1975 to form his own band and in recent years had toured with his own incarnation of T Rex.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/2651733.stm   (313 words)

  
 Mickey Finn: a remembrance
Mickey is a very special being in the community that associates itself with Sri Aurobindo's teaching, especially in the U.S. For over thirty years he has given nearly his entire life to furthering the message that Sri Aurobindo and the Mother brought to this planet, in a very personal and generous fashion.
Eugene (Mickey) Finn died October 20 at the Boston Veteran's Hospital at the age of 76 from liver cancer in the loving company of his wife, Angel.
Mickey himself confirmed, with that unpretentious sincerity and those flashing smiles of his, that he had begun as a drug addict and con-man. But a yoga teacher whom he met introduced him experientially to a radically different understanding of the significance of life.
www.collaboration.org /97/nov/text/7_mickey.html   (1246 words)

  
 RTE.ie Entertainment - T Rex drummer Mickey Finn dies
Percussionist Mickey Finn of 70s band T Rex has died in hospital in south London.
Finn went on to front and tour with a new incarnation of the band - Mickey Finn's T Rex Band - following the death of singer/songwriter Bolan 25 years ago.
Finn is thought to have suffered from kidney and liver problems, although the exact cause of his death on Saturday has not been announced.
www.rte.ie /arts/2003/0113/trex.html   (118 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mickey Finn, percussionist with T Rex, dead at 56   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
LONDON (AP) — Mickey Finn, a bongo player with the 1970s glam rock band T Rex, has died.
Mickey Finn, pictured here in 1973, led the glam rock band T. Rex when it re-formed in 1997.
Finn quit the group 1975 when their star began to wane and went on to form his own band.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2003-01-13-mickey-finn-obit_x.htm   (341 words)

  
 Mickey Finn | BaseballLibrary.com
As a Dodger, Finn drew a sneering comment from the Cubs' Rogers Hornsby and challenged him.
Finn was traded to the Phillies, but died after complaining of stomach pains and undergoing an operation during the 1933 season.
Finn will have a great spring and Brooklyn's Max Carey will admit in April that Burt Shotton outguessed him on the deal.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/F/Finn_Mickey.stm   (114 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] Mickey Finn, musician, 55   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Newby said Finn was believed to have died of kidney and liver problems, but the exact cause of death had not been announced yet.
Finn's death came within a few hours of that of his musical contemporary, Bee Gees member Maurice Gibb, 53, who died in Miami after undergoing an abdominal operation.
In later years, Finn revived the band as Mickey Finn's T-Rex, which last performed in Germany on December 28, Newby said.
slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2003-January/000353.html   (391 words)

  
 Till Dawn's Exclusive Mickey Finn interview
In the autumn of 1997...Mickey Finn, Jack Green, and Paul Fenton were invited to appear at a specially organised show at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.
From there, it was decided by Mickey's management & later his public relations firm that the Till Dawn internet mailing list / web site was a good place for Mickey to meet some of the Bolan community and answer some of the member's questions.
The interview was conducted while Mickey was in the midst of his recent tour of the U.K. Thanks to Rachelle Stewart and Robert Epstone for their help in setting this up..
www.tilldawn.net /InterviewReviewStory/Mickey.html   (1810 words)

  
 Pasco: Mickey Finn, still a showman
Mickey Finn was 8 years old when he started his first band, The Cub Pack 68 Ensemble.
Finn himself plays the piano, as does another member of the group, "Mean" Gene Kean.
Finn has toured from Canada to Czechoslovakia to Australia, has played at conventions, produced, directed and performed in shows for presidents Nixon and Reagan, made more than 40 national TV appearances, including stints with Andy Williams, Jonathan Winters, Merv Griffin, John Davidson, Dinah Shore and Jerry Lewis.
www.sptimes.com /News/110201/Pasco/Mickey_Finn__still_a_.shtml   (308 words)

  
 Mickey Finn Obits T-REX-WEB.COM
Mickey Finn, 55, of London, bongo player with the 1970s glam rock band T Rex, died Saturday11 January 2003.
It is reported that Mickey had a history of drug and alcohol abuse and this may have hastened his death.
Some errors Mickey never played guitar, Steve Currie died in a car crash, not Steve Took, who choked on a cocktail cherry.
www.t-rex-web.co.uk /TREX%202003mickey%20obits2003.htm   (192 words)

  
 mickeyfinn
Susi said who we were and what we wanted, if there's a chance of getting an autograph of Mickey and if she probably could give him a banner we had made for him.
She was on her way back to the meetingpoint when she saw Mickey Finn and me coming nearer.
All in all it was very nice experience and we figured that Mickey Finn still is the very nice, humorous and openminded person he used to be.
www.geocities.com /mamanez68/mickeyfinn.htm   (1693 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mickey Finn (musician)
In the late 1990s, Finn formed Mickey Finn's T.Rex with former T.Rex members Paul Fenton and Jack Green.
In 2002, to commemorate Bolan's death in 1977, Mickey Finn's T.Rex played in front of over 2,000 people, with Bolan's son Rolan Bolan guesting.
Sadly just over three months after this gig, on 11 January 2003, Finn died.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mickey-Finn-(musician)   (169 words)

  
 DIG Internet Radio - News - T Rex Star Mickey Finn Dead At 55
British glam rock star Mickey Finn, bongo player with 1970s band T Rex, has died in hospital aged 55.
Finn's manager, Barry Newby, says Finn died in hospital in Croydon, south of London, on Saturday night after an illness.
Newby says Finn is believed to have died of kidney and liver problems, but the exact cause of death had not been announced yet.
www.abc.net.au /dig/stories/s763110.htm   (211 words)

  
 2002 PGA Show Guide: Mickey Finn Product Development; golf, putters
Finn entered the golf industry three years ago when long time friend Eddie Maldonado complained that his putting was terrible.
Finn, who has never golfed a day in his life, put his mind to work after watching Maldonado putt.
From those observations Finn designed the T-Bar(tm) Putter with a patent pending T-Bar(tm) weighting system that squares the club at impact, allowing every golfer to hit the ball straight even if he hits the ball on the toe, center, or heel.
www.golftransactions.com /pgashow2002/mickeyfinn.html   (418 words)

  
 future-music.net - Germany's online magazine for Drum & Bass, Jungle, Breakbeat - Stage - Interviews - Mickey Finn
Mickey Finn: Als ich anfing Platten aufzulegen, gab es keine Mixer oder so was.
Mickey Finn: Als AWOL und World Dance an den Start gingen hatten sie immer die Party zum Ziel und wussten, was die Leute wollten.
Mickey Finn: Ich habe mitbekommen, dass er das Musik machen erst mal gestoppt hat.
www.future-music.net /printable/stage/interviews/mickeyfinn   (1259 words)

  
 Realbeer.com Beer Community - Mickey Finn's..?
I stopped in Mickey's this past weekend for a couple and to see what was new.
Mickey's has been under new management for over a year or so now, and I've noticed some subtle changes in the beers and even service - enough to make me aware, but not enough to perk up just yet.
I didn't realize that's who was brewing at Finn's now - it scares me some because it was when Brown took over at Flatlander's that I noticed their beers' quality fade.
www.realbeer.com /discussions/showthread.php?s=9a6efb8f3d0ddf96c7b26de2e287066a&threadid=7899   (657 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Mickey Finn
Frank E. "Lank" Leonard had been a syndicated sports cartoonist for nine years when he launched the Mickey Finn strip, which debuted from McNaught Syndicate (Joe Palooka, The Bungle Family, The Jackson Twins) on Monday, April 6, 1936.
The main character remained stereotyped in at least one important way: Mickey (full name Michael Aloysius Finn) was an Irish policeman.
Mickey patrolled a quiet neighborhood beat, where a big crime confrontation might involve foiling a penny-ante burglar.
www.toonopedia.com /mickfinn.htm   (492 words)

  
 mickey finns pub - toledo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Bouton's operated continuously from 1933 until 1996, when Mickey Finn purchased the property.
An antique bar-back, complete with a mirror, was found in a local antique shop (thank you, Port Lawrence Antiques!) and was refinished, adding even more authenticity to the look and feel of the Pub.
Mickey Finn's Pub officially opened for business on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1998.
www.mickeyfinnspub.com   (249 words)

  
 Herald Sun: T Rex musician dies (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
MICKEY Finn, the bongo player with the 1970s glam rock band T Rex, has died at the age of 56, the band's manager has said.
"With regret, the band are sad to announce the passing of their dear friend and leader Mickey Finn," Newby said in a statement on the band's website.
Finn quit the group in 1975 when its star began to wane and went on to form his own band.
www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,5836567%255E10431,00.html   (355 words)

  
 mickey finns pub - toledo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
This newly-constructed hotel is conveniently located on I-280 exit 6, Curtice Road in Oregon, Ohio...just minutes from downtown Toledo and Mickey Finn's Pub.
Mickey Finn's Pub is on the corner of Lagrange and Huron.
Mickey Finn's Pub is on the right of Lagrange and Huron.
www.mickeyfinnspub.com /directions.htm   (436 words)

  
 DJ Mickey Finn - Old Skool / Rave / Hardcore / Drum n bass
Mickey Finn, real name Michael Hearn, was born in East London on the 3rd December 1966.
Mickey Finn went to Woolwich Polytechnic before getting into trouble for various offences and spending spells at his majesty's pleasure in prison.
Mickey Finn started to release his own material in collaboration with Gavin King (known as Aphrodite), under the name Urban Shakedown and released the hit "Some Justice" with samples from Ce Ce Rogers "Some Day".
www.fantazia.org.uk /DJs/mickeyfinn.htm   (1237 words)

  
 Mickey Finn Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Mickey started DJing in the late eighties and became well known with the advent of the Acid House movement in South London.
He was given the name Mickey Finn because of his build by mates and friends in the scene.
Being at the helm of the UK drum and bass phenomenon means his record bags are full of the most upfront dubplates and latest releases from producers all around the world.
www.urbantakeover.co.uk /urban/urbmickey.html   (210 words)

  
 Mickey Finn Show Tickets, Buy, Schedule, 2005, Sale, Cheap Mickey Finn Show Tickets
This page also has the Mickey Finn Show Schedule for the tour dates and venues that they will be at.
Mickey Finn Show Tix are sometimes hard to find but we will have them for places like New York, NY, Los Angeles, LA, Boston, and Houston, TX.
Sometime we even have Cheap Mickey Finn Show Tickets that are a real bargain for our customers that are Mickey Finn Show fans that are in search for 2005 Mickey Finn Show Tickets or even 2006 Mickey Finn Show Tickets.
www.findticketz.com /event/Mickey_Finn_Show.htm   (277 words)

  
 AOL CityGuide: - Portland, OR - Mickey Finn's Brew Pub - Bar/Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
But what Mickey Finn's is best known for is good beer that's not hard on the wallet.
Finn's used to be a great establishment but their new manager has fired all the servers and bartenders that made the palce worth going to.
Finns used to have a cute, fun, and...
aolsvc.digitalcity.com /portland/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=111281409   (377 words)

  
 Akimbo, Sliced Bread, Dutch Uncles, Chimera, Mickey Finn and Those Pesky Oxymorons
As every good pupil of B-movies knows, a "Mickey Finn" is a potion secretly slipped into the hero's drink in a "dive," rendering him "instantly unconscious." He then awakes tied to a chair in the same deserted warehouse that all B-movie heroes awoke tied to a chair in.
A "Mickey Finn" was not, originally, a "knock-out potion" (although such "potions" -- usually chloral hydrate -- did exist).
A real "Mickey Finn" was a powerful laxative sometimes surreptitiously employed by bartenders to rid their establishments of unruly or belligerent customers.
www.word-detective.com /back-h.html   (1697 words)

  
 zFilter // refreshing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In cool by Mickey Finn: mp3: This is a brilliant call, not a funny call but a brilliant call!
In hilarious by Mickey Finn: mp3: Tony Blair and his Labour government have decided to help the long suffering Iraqi people by agreeing to sacrifice upto half a million of them for the greater good and thereby putting them out of their misery.
In hilarious by Mickey Finn: Should be experienced.
www.zfilter.com /index.php?poster=Mickey+Finn&cat=&s=2535cf01e983c67dd751293bd3bc66ff   (441 words)

  
 Midwest Beer Notes | Mickey Finn's Wheat Ale Now In Bottles
Mickey Finn's, that popular brewpub in Libertyville, Illinois, is making their popular Wheat Ale available in six packs of 12-ounce bottles.
Until then, Mickey Finn's will continue to brew and bottle at the Stevens Point Brewing Company.
By summer, Mickey Finn's Wheat Ale should be available in other selected Chicago neighborhoods.
www.beernotes.com /midwest/articles/000316.html   (146 words)

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