The hunt should be focused on EAST coast!! Concentrate on Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City as places that equipment is likely to end up. I doubt they’d go over any border with a truck load of stolen equipment! Pawn shops require ID to take stuff off you, don’t they? Ebay’s a good place to look too!

It’s tough enough for musicians just making ends meet getting from one gig to the next, having to PAY to play while touring. Nobody expects to get robbed of EVERYTHING and it really is devastating when your livlihood depends on every single piece!!

I’ve also been a victim of GRAND theft Montreal just last fall…the entire contents of my apartment, my lifelong possessions which I left in the hands of ‘friend’ Tony Iaizzo, whom I’d known for 20 years, cleared it out right down to the doornobs and the lightbulbs, he even got rid of my CAT!!! and the police did nothing. He strung me along for over a year pretending all was well, until I arrived to ship it back to the UK and there wasn’t a thing!!! I might be 3600 miles away from Montreal, but is it not still a crime? YOU CAN’T TRUST ANYBODY! Worst thing is, I KNOW the guy–and now he’s calling me a bitch cause I want compensation!!!! WTF???

Here’s a take on that story..
http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html
(pretty unsettling, and I’ve added to the writer’s interpretation with my own comment to clear up a few inaccuracies)

We can only feel stupid for letting these things happen to us. Even getting your wallet snatched or your bicycle…it’s all horrible…ffs…lets get these low-life fuckers, stealing is so undignified!! Karma karma karma!!!

Good luck guys, I really hope you find your stuff.

(didn’t mean to take away from The Black Halos horror and sound off my own dilemna on your blog..but hey, it’s an outlet, I’m still reeling from it, I thank you!)

Ava