Comments on: Captain B. Mental: Fact or Fiction?

By: Jimmy J

Jimmy J — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:50:57 +0000

@Jake;

Wow, where to begin? Framed!! I love a good conspiracy theory but that one just doesn’t cut it. Mobsters? bikers? weird. A bunch of my pals were still throwing raves far beyond Alan’s departure and not one them ever had any interaction with the either of those organizations. But they did have city officials breathing down their necks.

You obviously lost touch with Toronto (and maybe even reality) in ’94 while traveling the world because all your information appears to be from rumours. And let’s face it, you’re a tab bit biased because of your relationship with him:

“Where the hell is Alan Stephenson? I love that guy! The love of my life!!!”

(Your first comment on an earlier entry: http://www.thecommunic8r.com/2009/05/what-is-the-golden-age-of-raving-in-toronto)

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 06:45:25 +0000

omg. Loser who wrote this. He was framed. Period. Yea he did have a street life past and thats what did him in.Who the hell gives you the right to write a semi autobiography about the man you REALLY did not know? He was a good guy. He brought us a scene that will never happen in this city again. Once he was framed and pushed out of the picture, mob and bikers took over and destroyed it. The true die hards of the scene(the few of the 23 hop crowd and who were with him from the BEGINING) saw it coming and warned him over and over again. Yes he was overwhelmed and no one could get through to him. Most of the true 23 hop crowd stopped going out in 1994 because the scene was over. We decided to travel out to Europe(England)(Spain) and Asia(Japan)(India) where music and the vibe carried on and still does today. A group of us still travel and party abroad most of the time. I guess you can do that when you are trust funded LOL.

By: Noel

Noel — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:27:34 +0000

I still have a “Riot Sock” that i purchased from the store in 92/93…lol!

Whatever happened to those good old days!?

By: David Crook

David Crook — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:11:33 +0000

THATS the one I remember!! I have this tape with him alll over it. actually I think it might be on the Toronto Mix Tape archive too. Hilarious. In his strange and distinct way he really knew how to get everyone together and on a MASSIVE ONE!!

By: Jimmy J

Jimmy J — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:03:23 +0000

Nice one. I didn’t delve in to his MC career, but I do remember the first time he did it was at the Nitrous 012. He was like, “mate, come with me check this out” we went in to the booth and he said a few things. Shortly after he had a piece of paper at his place covered in his chicken scratch detailing all the rhymes he had come up with.

I think his first official non-P.F. MC gig was Mayhem who billed him as “DJ Captin B Mental”.

Eventually he opted to perform exclusively at Pleasure Force parties and the Rise.

“Reach up high and touch the sky”
“Find the energy and release it on the dance floor, oh yes”

Why the *(&$ do I remember this shit?!