A North Carolina man is facing criminal charges for creating an amusing piece of public art from construction barrels. Joseph Carnevale, 21, was nabbed Wednesday after a Raleigh Police Department investigation determined that he was responsible for the work (seen below) constructed May 31 on a roadway adjacent to North Carolina State University. Carnevale, pictured in the mug shot at right, was charged with misdemeanor larceny for allegedly building his orange monster from materials pilfered from a construction site. According to an arrest warrant, Carnevale “destroyed three road blocking barrels by cutting and screwing them together to form a statue.” Police estimated that Carnevale’s artwork caused $360 in damages to Hamlett Associates, the North Carolina construction company that owned the barrels. Carnevale is scheduled for a July 21 court appearance in Wake County.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0612092monster1.html

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Welcome to the Latin Playboys myspace.com page. Sorry I’m a little late getting here, but I will (promise) to be hitting you regularly with what’s up with all things Playboys.

Its been ten years since the last record ” Dose” and since ’92 when the first recording was released in the trance that was induced from the making of ‘Kiko” by you know who, Los Lobos.

Everyone was wondering what the heck happened to Playboys after the last recorded outing and the 20 show tour around the US.

Well lets talk. I’m here to answer your questions.

Ask me anything and everything that might be on your minds, ie; “will and when will there be another Latin Playboys collection, why, after such a huge response to those two discs, have we waited so long…” etc.

A prelim yes there is more music coming and I dunno why it’s taken this long. Possibly one excuse is that my day job with Los Lobos has been keeping us busy. Live shows? Probably. A one off reunion show or better yet a tour following a new release. Lots to rap about. So hit us up at band@latinplayboys.org, and we promise we’ll get back to you. 

As for the site, take some time to look at the book – it has lots of cool art and we’ll add more info about the band, it’s music, etc. If you guys have any ideas of what you would like to see, don’t hesitate to ask. 

Louie