he should be home in his sweat pants , favorite checkered shirt , nursing a beer , smoking a cigar , catching up on the local news , watching the spin guys mug for the camera and try to diffuse each other on nightline ... on the other hand , he considered , it was just as well he did n't watch the news tonight , for he knew what he would find there : plenty of talk about the recent killings at lindy 's , and the heartbreak of families who had lost loved ones there ; those same families were decrying the incompetence of the police department in cleaning up gang warfare , drugs , prostitution , robberies , and every crime known to man ; the wild raucous life of motorcycle gangs , complete with film clips of jack nicholson in `` hell 's angels on wheels '' ; and as a bonus , a special report on the tragedy of the band that could have been destined for musical greatness in their time , but for a simple twist of fate ... etc. , etc .