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Holy Temple of Mass Consumption slack@ncsu.edu
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PO Box 30904 BBS: 919-954-5028
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Raleigh, NC 27622 http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/a/aiken/htomc.html
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<<<Sorry this issue took so long to complete, but I've been playing Doom>>>
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Slack Crusades: GWAR with Rev. Ivan Stang all dates
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Circus Apocolypse -All dates,
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Dr. Legume, Janor Hypercleats, Papa Joe Mama- Selected dates
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Free Hotline # (216)556-0338 Web: sunsite.unc.edu/subgenius (Rev Bevilacqua)
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HOUR OF SLACK is heard Sunday nights at 9 on WCSB, Cleveland, 89.3 fm, and
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will BE HEARD ALL OVER THE INTERNET via realtime audio ANY WEEK NOW, along
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with THE Rev. Mike Cole's show, Einstein's Secret Orchestra with Lonesome
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Cowboy Dave, and all the other great stuff on WCSB.
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website:http://wcsb.org/~wcsb
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SubGenius Hotline to "Bob"! 1-900-990-5085 ext. 324,325
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Updated each week with a new Conspiracy Hotline and Rant of the Week. $2 a
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minute, 5 minute maximum. Rants by great SubGenius preachers (Janor
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Hypercleats, Father Joe Mama, Ivan Stang, Dr. Howll, Pope David Meyer).
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Under 18 need parent's permission. Touch-tone phone r'q'd. Maximum call, 5
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min. Mystery Playhouse, Bradenton FL
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Music to Play Doom By
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"Open Your Ears" - double-length 78 minute CD featuring Out of Band
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Experience, and Kings of Feedback. Fully accredited DoktorBand, this
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incredible industrial/blues/sludge/slack/noise music is now available
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for the *low* price of only $10! Get it today!
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Mutants can always call 1-(617) LICK OBE for "Used Slack" etc.
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Or they can just part with a TEN DOLLAR BILL and MAIL it to:
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OBE-KOF=Bill T. Miller - PO Box 221- Boston, MA 02123 USA
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and get their very own OBE-KOF "Open Your Ears" 78 minute CD!
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Email ObeKOF@world.std.com or access the "OBE-KOF Orgy of Noise"
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site on the web at: http://world.std.com/~ObeKOF/
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Mr. Slugg - self-titled tape from I Need Medical Attention Records & Tapes,
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306 Thayer St. #82, Providence RI 02906
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Heavy synth-oriented band, with songs ranging from ambient pieces to heavy
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industrial/gothic. Reminiscent of Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army on the
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lighter songs, and very similar to the darker/noisier style of Nine Inch
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Nails on the harder. I liked it quite a lot, as I suspect anyone who likes
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the dark synthesizer style would. No price listed, but contact INMATR&T for
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info.
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[Thanks again to Ben Inmart for this one!]
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**Just arrived, will be covered in upcoming HToMC---
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New CD from Indian Rope Burn, "The Big-Bang Payoff". Another great DoktorBand,
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contact Mike Crooker at mikecrooker@delphi.com / irb666@aol.com
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gge records, PO Box 1784, Kent OH 44240
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Introducing Schmeltfisch, the First Short
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Jewish Angstithologist and Superhero
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by Michael Sussman
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In my strip, there's a bust going down. All executed in
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the most tasteless manner. Officer Overbound is badging and
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badgering, hassling and amassling; he's wreck & flexin for an
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audience of his peers. The harried bureaucrats of the underground
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economy stoically endure the procedure.
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I'm in tights and a cape, and I pop on the scene [to
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fanfare].
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Announcing: The First Short Jewish Angstithologist and
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Superhero... at your service.
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The players are puzzled, which buys me time.
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"Have you gentlemen considered the weight of your
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crime?"
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Next frame shows me pointing, not at the accused, but at
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the stunned gaggle of law enforcement officials.
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"But Schmeltfisch," -- (thus was I for eternity dubbed by
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Officer Overbound on page 12) -- he says, "But Schmeltfisch,
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what the hell are you talking about?"
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"Clearly the curse your 'Ethics of Monotony' has cast on
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our young civilization is at fault, not these innocents. Imposition
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of a hostile moral code in an inflexible and wrongheaded manner.
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Let's get down to the sloppings, Officer Pignut: If you can
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convincingly argue the case for human free will on the
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repentance- and- salvation model upon which your legal system
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supposedly rests, why then I'll shut down shop without taking up a
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minute more of your precious time."
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Mute disbelief and incomprehension. I don't even know
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what the fuck I'm talking about.
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"I didn't think so. Hand over the guns. That's right, the
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big ones, too. My sidekick Boony requests a small peace offering
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from the illicit goods in question. He's in the hall. Oh, Boony!
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Chill out, you dopey-spaced hippie, there'll be time enough for
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that back in your cage. Kidding, kidding, you dreary
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sourpusses!"
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These people are now so hopelessly absorbed in their
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private existential crises that I can float off without having to
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worry about that miscarriage of justice ever taking place. I'm
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sure Officer Overbound is already on his way to the nearest 12 oz.
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self-help seminar and has forgotten all about his duty to a drug-
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free ghetto.
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Thanks to my placid nature, I sometimes project a false
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image of easy leisure. My time, however, is dear. Surely you will
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excuse me so that I may write more adventures for your reading
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pleasure.
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Interlude: Schmeltfisch Orders a Burger
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All this crime fighting has left me famished. Boony,
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more mentally fragmented than ever after all the excitement, pulls
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up in the temporary Schmeltmobile, the 1986 Toyota Tercel,
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adoringly referred to as "Yota." You'll have to imagine any
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Batgadget-type accessories because there are none; Yota is
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essentially a glorified go-cart with a tape deck and one working
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speaker. The whole Jewish anarcho-syndicalist superhero gig
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takes a while to get on its feet, you understand.
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I'm rapping at Boony as we Toyodell over to the Grease
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Pit for a quick bite of corporate swine.
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"Been trying to get back into that topical singer-
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songwriter shtick that was bringing home the bank circa '71, you
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know. Our most recent adventure still fresh in mind, I'd imagine
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something like this: (of course I'll tighten the rhyme scheme after
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some revision)"
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I've got a semi-automatic shotgun,
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Woh, I got a night stick,
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I got a computer that knows all about you,
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Talking 'bout a Peace Officer, George,
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Talking 'bout a public servant-- and furthermore:
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I got tear gas for your comrades
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I got handcuffs and pepper spray...
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Now Boony is appropriately modest about his critical
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appreciation of poetry (and post-Dylan folk rock, for that matter),
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but perhaps this time his coarser instincts were just. My muse is
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momentarily silenced by Boony's philistine brawn as he swerves
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us into the drive-thru lane at Crapburger.
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"Whaddya want?"
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"Gimme a minute, you grouchy shit. You're just my
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fucking sidekick, you intolerable bitch."
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"Two Burgerdaddy Combos with Root Beer! Say boss
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don't look at me that way. How many times you gotta tell me that
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you're 'ethically and systematically opposed to the notion of
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human choice?' I always gotta sit in the fucking drive-thru lane
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at McAssholes with four hundred deranged rush hour bureaucrats
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leaning on their horns while you meditate on the issue of
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causality."
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"Boony, that's why I keep you around, pal. Hours of
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lethargy and self-indulgent compulsion broken up by lightning
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flashes of eloquent genius. Your toned monstrosity of a body
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doesn't hurt in tight situations, either. I say, old chap, bring on
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the Burgerdaddy combos! Let's go out there and fight some
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fucking crime."
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"Pitch in $2.20, boss; I ain't spotting you no
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Burgerdaddy."
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Schmeltfisch Takes on Corporate Scum and Wins
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His Benevolence Razorslash will see you now. No easy
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task to get an audience with a CEO at a major conglomerate, even
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for a short Jewish angstithologist/superhero wearing tights.
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Luckily I was able to convince the temp tending the front desk
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that his paradigm needed shifting and so he scurried off to the spa
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for a vision quest at my recommendation. I have that effect on
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people.
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I had to leave Boony back in the car with all those drugs
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we stole from the cops this morning. A good heart has Boony...
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an open, generous nature... an excellent vocabulary (thanks to his
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S.A.T. compulsion--more on this later); but dumb as Montana
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before the Ice Age, and lusty like yer uncle's German Shepherd!
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Good Lord! it's like leaving a Republican congressman in a room
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with hot insider stock tips and a bad hair piece! And this stoner is
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supposed to be ready to tear out of here in the getaway vehicle at
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a second's notice!
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"Ah, Mr.Schmeltfisch, or, pardon me, Lord
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Schmeltfisch" (I had to do some, er, exagerrating to get Mr.
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Razorslash's attention), "Lord Schmeltfisch, what can
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I do for you?"
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"Your Benevolence Razorslash: May I speak frankly with
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you?"
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"Sure chum; for a Harvard man? We're family already."
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"What if I told you that I can take care of your little
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'indigenous' problem in Ecuador?"
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"Those stinking Spic Injuns won't give up an eensy little
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bit of their precious forest and now those goddamned tree
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hugging, hairy-assed feminist greeny-assed muthafuckers got all
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their goddamned Jewish banker money fucking me up the ass,
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goddamitalltohell!"
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"Right on, white man! Have I got a bacteria for you!"
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"Oh, you vicious fuck! I love it! How much will it cost
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me?"
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"I only request a small cash donation, preferably in the
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million range."
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"I'll have one of my temps run to the bank while you
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wait."
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"A pleasure doing business with you."
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When I get outside, Boony is snorting lines of a
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dexterity-enhancing designer drug off the hood of my car. He
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fucks around with his nose, looks at the briefcase, nods, looks at
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me.
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"I'm gonna make Yota do things you never before
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thought possible."
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Had the driver's side door worked when Boony pulled at
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the latch, this would have been a forceful and terrifying
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declaration; instead the gesture approximated low comedy.
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Humiliated and starting to max out on all that shit he'd been
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snorting, Boony rips the door off its hinges and miraculously
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starts the car with sheer willpower.
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What the fuck do I care? I got Herr Razorschmuck's
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million bucks and possibly the most dextrous and high-strung
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chauffeur this side of Paradise. I buy myself a new door, send the
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remainder to the Ecuadorian People's Liberation Movement, if
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there is such a thing, and call it a wash.
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"I hope you're ready to hug some trees like you're
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hugging those shoulders, Boony. To the Earth First compound!
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We've got some industrial sabotage to coordinate!"
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Michael Sussman
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145 Central Ave
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San Francisco, CA 94117
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(415) 431-0541
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LowD@Sirius.Com
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65% of all Americans believe that frozen pizza will never
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be any good and there's nothing science can do about it.
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--TV Nation Poll
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Sacrifices to the Sacred Zine Altar
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** Send these people all kinds of neat stuff **
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Obloquy - #1 Summer 1995 - This issue details the ultimate blowout devival
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at the DragonCon 95 convention. Exposed in gory detail is the parade of
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preachers and ranters, with Ivan Stang, Dr. K'taden Legume, Papa Joe Mama,
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Janor Hypercleets, Sister Susie the Floozie, and tons of local talent from
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"Bob"'s Slacktime Funhouse on WREK. 7 FULL HOURS, ending just before 6am.
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[The head HToMC commander was there in full nuclear/chemical warfare gear]
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Plus, other info on modern idols, slackness, and contacts. Send a plastic
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spaceship to: obloquy, PO Box 5902, Wilmington, NC 28403-0879
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OGYR NETWORK - vol 4 #4 - $aint @ndrew has had the kind of year that I wish
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I had, as I was busy blasting away monsters. He has full details, with
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pictures of the Cleveland Devival (apparently not the Legume "memorial"),
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but the earlier one with Indian Rope Burn. Also detailed is the Chicago
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Underground Film Festival, attempted assassination of Stang, zines, band
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interviews, tons of great gothic/alternative/industrial/noise/rant tapes
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and CD reviews (unequalled anywhere, even in the purely music-oriented zines),
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and lots of neat new products from the Church of Euthanasia. Also get the
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Ogyr Network Online Web Site at http://www.prairenet.org/~saint/homepage.html
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$2 cheap! from PO Box 53, Plainfield IL 60544
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Shish-Kebob - The Bran Flakes Quarterly Journal vol. 1 issue 1 - A truly
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demented zine, this one goes on a whirlwind tour of World History, with
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chapters on serial killers, mass murderers, cults, the Burning Man festival,
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growing hemp, subversive "churches" including the Church of Satan, SubGenius,
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Discordians, and Cthulhu worshippers, and more. Plus, its a great reference
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for Subgenius contacts on and off the network, including radio shows. Bran
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Flakes is a righteously slack-infested Subgenius offshoot, which has made
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several appearances on the radio shows, and they also have a variety of
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tapes. Don't miss the Commandments of Mofo. Only $1 to Rev. Otis F. Odder/
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MOFO, The Bran Flakes, PO Box 2704, Reno NV 89505, Planet Earth
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So What? #8 - The official blasphemy, cynicism, and irreverence zine of the
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Temple of Holy Electronic Media Unadulterated Slack (THEMUS). This month,
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Rev. Groovy G brings us more Crazy Christian Conspiracy Comics, Bil Keane
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Must Die, 23 Watch, celebrity corpse update, mutants listings, plus much,
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much more. I specially liked "Sunday School Stories They Never Told You".
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This issue also has material from OverRev Wi(ll)iam of Yeah...And? and
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other THEMUS chapters. Get this- its not only a very complete reference
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to what's happening in SubGeniusDom, but full of offensive and shocking FUN!
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Send *something* to PO Box 378, Richmond, VA 23203
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Vision Temple - bizarre products, SubGenius/Discordian news, occasional
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zines (including Orange Grain re-cycled journal), tapes, and weirdness
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through the mail. Hear all about Rev. Matthew Carey's strange mental and
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psychotropic technology. Send a SASE for some neat free stuff, and get on
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the mailing list from: Rev. Matthew A. Carey, 18653 Ventura Blvd, Suite #379,
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Tarzana, CA 91356. E-mail: ac118@lafn.org, and check alt.slack for this
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regular updates.
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Yeah...And? - Local SubGenius zine from the Austin, Texas compound.
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Highlights include a good and *new* High Weirdness list, plus some e-mail
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lists. And, of course, DobbsDoctrine, fellow freaks, and a variety of
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other interesting little items including clipart. They're also part of
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the latest big push by the Universal Life Church to get everyone signed up;
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look for more info on that elsewhere in this issue. The Price is right too,
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its "free", although I'm sure they would probably appreciate zines or money or
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sacred items in exchange. Austin, despite being the capital and being in
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Texas, does drip slack. Write to: OverRev Wi(ll)iam, 1305 Cullen Suite A,
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Austin TX 78757-1905 or e-mail: abner@bga.com
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The 5lb Bag - issue 2 - General-interest zine, this one with an original OJ
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conspiracy theory, poetry, lots of football/NFL info and articles, zine
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reviews, letters and other miscellaneous articles. He's also calling for
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submissions of any type of fiction, poetry, rants, art, etc, plus he will do
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reviews of zines, books, or other materials. $2- $10/6-sub to The 5lb Bag,
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c/o Aaron Brandon, 201 Miller Rd. #23, Lebanon OH 45036
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ACLU Annual Report - Any organization that can get under Pat Robertson's skin
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is ok by me, although the ACLU does seem to be going down the dark path of
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"political correctness" in many ways. Plus, although they proclaim undying
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love for the Bill of Rights, they conveniently turn a blind eye to the 2nd.
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On the whole, however, they probably do far more good than bad, and its nice
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to see an organization not afraid to take on unpopular causes in the name of
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principles. They have an on-line reading room at gopher://aclu.org:6601.
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ACLU, 132 West 43rd St., NY NY 10036 (212) 944-9800
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Blue Blood/Black Leather Times - The first is a very explicit, hardcore
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magazine for the gothic/vampire. HOT photography, piercing, tattoos, blood,
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and uncensored interviews and stories make this a true counterculture item.
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They seem to be real too, I've seen them at Dragon*Con. Black Leather Times
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is an irreverent sick humor magazine covering a wide range of wild topics.
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*both need age statement* Blue Blood-$40/6, $22/3 sub, back issues $10,
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BLT $1 for most. CBLT, 3 Calabar Court, Gaithersburg MD 20877-1036
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Boredom Inc. - One page newsletter, always different from anything else in
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the world. Send some piece of strangeness or your own zine to:
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Thanatos, PO Box 67, A.F., UT 84003 (into the SubG thins also!)
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Cato Institute - 1995 catalog - This has become a very popular organization
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in Washington nowadays, among the "conservatives". Little do they know, but
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this is actually a Libertarian think-tank in disguise. They have tons of
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books detailing precisely why and how to scale back government, cut taxes,
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deregulate business, and begin to respect personal and property rights,
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while avoiding the hypocritical police-state mentality of both the left and
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the right. Current books include "Forfeiting Our Property Rights" by Rep.
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Henry Hyde, on civil forfeiture, and "The Politics and Law of Term Limits",
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looking at it from all sides. Plus, policy analysis on a multitude of
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issues. Cato Institute Books, 938 Howard St., Suite 202, SF CA 94103
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800-767-1241
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Creation/Evolution #36 - Summper 1995 - Somewhat more technical than most
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people might appreciate, this journal features articles delving into
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scientific and historical topics relevant to the current furor over teaching
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"creationism" in science class. This issue deals with fossil fish teeth
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mistaken by creationists as human teeth, the bible vs. biological concepts,
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info on the current struggle in public schools, and more. Published by NCSE,
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a one-year membership is $25 which gets you 4 issues of this journal.
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NCSE, PO Box 9477, Berkeley CA 94709-0744 800-290-6006
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The Curio Manifesto - collection of weird colors, ideas, pictures, etc.
|
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Tons of things from the Food Not Bombs project in SF, to junk sculpture
|
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in NY. Sounds like a serialized version of the ReSearch books; lots of
|
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underground/strange themes, but no set topic or medium. Includes zines,
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opinions, letters. $12 for 4 isues, $18/6 to Curio Sub, PO Box 522,
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Bronxville, NY 10708-0522, ask for submission addresses
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Daemonolatriea 696 - Whores of Goddess Scientists (WOGSS) presents 28+ pages
|
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of black magic, rebellion, and art. Very dense, includes massively jammed
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occult symbols, figures, art, and slogans from every conceivable religious
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system known to man, and many even transcending that. This isue includes
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part #1 of the "Worst of the Bible", useful for countering pushy christians,
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a Prayer to Satan, invocations, and tons of ads for occult groups, as well
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as plenty of things to just make you think. Hours of enlightened chaos.
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Each issue for trade, stamps, cash, or other equal to $6.66, and includes
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pages from Anticryptographa 797. Revs. Cheryl & Adrian Cain,
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1800 Market St. #47, San Francisco, CA 94102. Adults only.
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Derogatory Reference #79 - Arthur Hlavaty continues his personal diary-style
|
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thoughts and experiences. He is heavily into written science finction and
|
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attends several non-media-circus cons, participating in panels with his wife,
|
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Bernadette Boskey. He talks about panels and guests at Disclave, Readercon,
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as well as a wide range of books that he has read. Plus, his thoughts on
|
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many other issues, from the OJ trial dramatics, to the 25th anniversary
|
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of the Stonewall riots, to (IMHO valid) grips about clueless Internet users
|
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and burdensome operating systems; and much more. Always fun to read.
|
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Published 4 times a year, ezine and print, $1 or trade, or comments.
|
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Arthur D. Hlavaty, 206 Valentine St., Yonkers NY 10704-1814; hlavaty@panix.com
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The Devil's Advocate #3 - UFO information zine, this issue including articles
|
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on "Angel Hair", web-like material which has fell from the sky and covered
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large areas, immediately following UFO sightings; plus an article looking at
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the ways the abduction stories change according to the culture and minset of
|
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the observer. Plus, reviews of other UFO-oriented zines as well as
|
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conventions. 6 issues/$10 (1 year) Devil's Advocate, PO Box 10853,
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Pensacola, FL 32524
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EARTH'S FINAL WARNING! - "A New World Order Is Coming!" or so the Heralds
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of Truth tell us. Like, tell us something we *didn't* know already. But, of
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course, its MUCH, MUCH worse than even these conspiracy amateurs can possibly
|
||
|
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imagine. For the most part, its just the typical anti-catholic Pope as the
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|
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AntiChrist protestant propaganda, but its got some nice clip-art. Plus,
|
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these people sound like they can be talked out of tons of free stuff.
|
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Heralds of Truth, PO Box 800, Puyallup, WA 98371
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Factsheet Five - #58 - Besides being the ultimate and indispensible Mother of
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All Zine Reviews, it also has lots of hints and tips for creating your own
|
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zine. This issue has an article on how to do band/celebrity interviews,
|
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|
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shopping for zines as holiday gifts by Johnny Marr, and how to create your
|
||
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own (legal!) local money. Plus, thousands of zine reviews and listings in
|
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every category, including catalogs, on-line zines, acomics, and more. A
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must-have. 6 issues for $20, PO Box 170099, San Francisco, CA 94117-0099
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Fantagraphics Books catalog #8 - christmas 95 - One of the biggest sources of
|
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alternative or underground comics, featuring the works of Robert Crumb, Kim
|
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Deitch, Bill Griffith (Zippy), Vaughn Bode, Gilbert Shelton, Skip Williamson,
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Robert Williams, Daniel Clowes, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, Chester Brown,
|
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and dozens more of the biggest and best names in comics. Hundreds of comics,
|
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anthologies, magazines, t-shirts, and other goodies. Call 800-657-1100 or
|
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Fantagraphics Books, 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle WA 98115 for free catalog
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The FIJActivist #19 - the official newsletter of the Fully Informed Jury
|
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|
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Association, detailing their outreach and legal efforts across the country.
|
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FIJA refers to the fact that juries have not only the right, but the duty to
|
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judge not only the facts of a case, but whether the law itself is just or
|
||
|
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unjust; conveniently, judges often ignore instructing juries of their rights
|
||
|
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and often even lie to them about it, and ban free speech and books on FIJA.
|
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It was primarily juries refusing to enforce alcohol Prohibition laws that led
|
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to the repeal, and this is actually the citizens' way of curbing unjust laws.
|
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No small wonder that they don't want people to know it. Basic memberships
|
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are $25/year; joining at higher levels not only supports a great cause, but
|
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gets you free FIJA promotional supplies. Also FIJAcon III will be held on
|
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|
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Oct. 6-8 in Salt Lake City. DIJA, PO Box 59, Helmville, MT 59843 or
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info at 406-793-5550 Dial 1-800-TEL-JURY for free info pack!
|
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Giants and Little People #2 - all about unusually larger or small people,
|
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|
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both in real-life and fiction, with a long discussion of various TV shows
|
||
|
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involving shrinking people and/or giants. Lots that I would have never
|
||
|
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remembered. Plus, some shrinking-them Calvin & Hobbes, a tabloid story
|
||
|
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on the real world's smallest man (18-3/4 inches tall). $1 to Bob Nelson,
|
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|
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75 Hale St., Apt. 1, Beverly MA 01915 (Also produces Negativfan)
|
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Interesting! issue 5 - Quite literall, a "compilation of things I find
|
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|
|
interesting". That covers an awful lot of zines, but its laid out in a
|
||
|
|
very organized manner. This issue includes quotes, zines, cartoons, tons
|
||
|
|
of miscellaneous interesting news items, statistics, computer viruses,
|
||
|
|
classified ads, and much more. Lots of real-life but little-known items,
|
||
|
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and lots of fun stuff, like the Cartoon Laws of Physics. Plus, there's
|
||
|
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lots of things that Rich is interested in, since he is a doctor; there
|
||
|
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are some good essays on that and other issues. This is now available as
|
||
|
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print for $3 each, or e-mail to: interesting@pobox.com with a "subscribe"
|
||
|
|
message. Comments are also welcomed. PO Box 1069, Bangor ME 04402-1069
|
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|
||
|
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Jimland Novelties - catalog 2 - For fans of the psychedelic and confusing
|
||
|
|
JIM comics by Jim Woodring, this is his personal catalog of items. It has
|
||
|
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mundane items such as coffee mugs, postcards, t-shirts, and mini-comics,
|
||
|
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and strange items such as his dream-of-the-month club, jiva portraits, and
|
||
|
|
relics. Jimland Novelties, PO Box 45007, Seattle WA 98145-0007
|
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Kill City Graphics - 2 great new comics from Rev. Dave Mitchell- Barefoot and
|
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|
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Pregnant #4, starring our two favorite florida redneck gals, one knocked up,
|
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|
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and No Fun comics #2 (formerly "Kill City Comics & Stories"). Each of these
|
||
|
|
12-page mini-comics is only $1 cash. The B&P Girls return from their UFO
|
||
|
|
abduction, and try to sell their story to the tabloids. Plus, the look at
|
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|
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the surgeon general's warning on alcoholic beverages, and 3D pictures. No Fun
|
||
|
|
comics has several stories, from the terminally-buzzed Bleach Boys to the
|
||
|
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sublime Bumper Sticker Theatre. I liked the Henry Rollins Workout plan.
|
||
|
|
Dave Mitchell, PO Box 5094, Winter Park FL 32793-5094
|
||
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|
||
|
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Lost Armadillos In Heat #12 - More wild party-news from the college town
|
||
|
|
that pretends its the capitol of Texas. Highlights of this one include
|
||
|
|
Mr. Bitch, Austin Music Geeks, a 100% accurate guy-talk decoder, an interview
|
||
|
|
with singer Sara Hickman, stupid fraternity initiation stunts, and real
|
||
|
|
news stories on masturbation gone wrong. Tons of fun stuff, even if I don't
|
||
|
|
get some of the local references. And, they have the advice columnist with
|
||
|
|
an attitude but desirable anyway, Misti. 4 issues/$8 to Lost Armadillos,1113
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|
|
W. 31st, Austin TX 78705 Also check out their bumper stickers and t-shirts.
|
||
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|
||
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The Mongoloid Moose #16 - Scott Wilson's latest adventures include:
|
||
|
|
the infamous motel-soap battle, another installment of Driving with Dave
|
||
|
|
where the guys get a free peak at Die Hard 3, but the car *dies* afterward,
|
||
|
|
101 letter endings to replace the worn-out "Sincerely Yours,", miscellaneous
|
||
|
|
other articles/poems/art, plus a great rant reprinted from Real Deal, on the
|
||
|
|
best way to deal with those jaywalkers with such big attitudes that they
|
||
|
|
*slowly* cross the street and hold you up- run over their damn asses! It may
|
||
|
|
be the most education they've ever had. Lots of fun stuff. Single issue
|
||
|
|
only $1 or 6 issues for $5. Free ads, and they love to trade too.
|
||
|
|
e-mail: bhabes@pegasus.rutgers.edu, although the Moose isn't available there
|
||
|
|
The Mongoloid Moose c/o Scott Wilson, PO Box 642, Bloomfield NJ 07003
|
||
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|
||
|
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NCSE Reports - Summer 1995 - This magazine focuses on the nationwide battle
|
||
|
|
against certain minority religious groups to either insert the non-scientific
|
||
|
|
creationism into school science classes, and attack science in general and
|
||
|
|
evolutionary theory in particular. As you might expect, this is just an
|
||
|
|
attempt to sneak their religious beliefs into an otherwise lawfully-secular
|
||
|
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institution. Plus, they are a great source of books. Membership in NCSE
|
||
|
|
is only $25 per yer, and includes 4 issues of NCSE reports and 2 issues of
|
||
|
|
Creation/Evolution Journal, plus book discounts. NCSE, PO Box 9477,
|
||
|
|
Berkeley, CA 94709 800-290-6006
|
||
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|
||
|
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NegativFan #14, a zine all about the enigmatic band Negativeland, their
|
||
|
|
battle over the "U2" album, interviews, and listings of available albums,
|
||
|
|
tapes, and videos. Great stuff! This is a fantastic way to keep up with
|
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|
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the band's amazing live radio shows, concerts, and other offerings, plus
|
||
|
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For those unfamiliar with this group, GET IT! 75 cents/1.25 for 2, to
|
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|
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Bob Nelson, 75 Hale St., Apt. 1, Beverly MA 01915
|
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|
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thE obLiViositEr 01001 - onspiracy slack from the Great White North. Includes
|
||
|
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rants, spewing, Rosicrucians, criticism of the screwed up Canadian govt,
|
||
|
|
conspiracy tales, scary mutant rednecks (mostly American...yay USA #1!!! :-(
|
||
|
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cartoons, and tons of strangeness. I got most of their movie quotes quiz.
|
||
|
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$2 to 650 Broadway Ave. Apt. 11, Saskatoon SK, S7N 1A9 Canada - Back issues
|
||
|
|
are also available.
|
||
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|
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Prometheus Books - trade catalog, fall & winter 1995/1996 - The ultimate
|
||
|
|
library source for the skeptic. They also have lots of other great and
|
||
|
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recent books on other subjects, including history, ethics, law, and
|
||
|
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controversial issues such as abortion and euthanasia. Order toll free
|
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(800)421-0351 or fax (716)691-0137. 59 John Glenn Dr. Amherst NY 14228-2197
|
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RoMSFaFINA #3 - Dan Harper talks about his experiences with science fiction,
|
||
|
|
particular from sf books. In #3, he talks about Boskone 32, one of the few
|
||
|
|
cons he's attended, and his impressions of the writing panels; old friends
|
||
|
|
who have abandoned sf, mystery vs. science fiction, plus reviews of Ursula
|
||
|
|
K. LeGuin and the recent "Waterworld" movie (I agree-it was less than
|
||
|
|
impressive for tons of money), and books he's read this past summer.
|
||
|
|
[by "high-brow" in #30, I meant that its real, honest writing as opposed to
|
||
|
|
slapped-together pop-culture reviews, not "elitist" by any means.] Send no
|
||
|
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money, but fanzines, comments, and illustrations apprciated. Dan Harper,
|
||
|
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PO Box 194, Concord MA 01742-0194, danlharp@aol.com
|
||
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|
||
|
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Slave Labor Graphics - The official source of great comics like Milk & Cheese,
|
||
|
|
Hectic Planet, No Hope, Dr. Radium, Bill the Clown, One-Fisted Tales,Too
|
||
|
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Much Coffee Man, True Swamp, Lowlife, and tons of other great comics and
|
||
|
|
graphics novels that you might not see in your local comic store. Get a
|
||
|
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copy of this from Slave Labor Graphics, 979 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose CA 95128
|
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|
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They also have an order line at 1-800-866-8929
|
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||
|
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Smite #8 - Back from a long absense due to moving (with plenty of horror
|
||
|
|
stories of *that* within), this issue details connections between the cast
|
||
|
|
of Gilligan's Island, and the JFK assassination/CIA/Oswald conspiracy. Plus,
|
||
|
|
lots of movie reviews- the best and the worst of cheap/cheesey teenage sex
|
||
|
|
and exploitation movies. He does weed out the ones worth watching, versus
|
||
|
|
the ones shown on Up All Night. Still only $1 each or $5 for 6.
|
||
|
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R.L. Porter/AT Publications, PO Box 1064, Lufkin, Texas 75902
|
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Snuff It - Journal of the Church of Euthanasia, #3 - Lots of new activities
|
||
|
|
from the voluntary-depopulation group. Articles include fetus eating in
|
||
|
|
China, news of their infiltration and brief participation in the 1995
|
||
|
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Boston First Night Parade and the video coverage, of it, their booth at the
|
||
|
|
National Stationary Show in NYC, the Safe Sex Fashion Show at a local club,
|
||
|
|
and creatively changing billboards. The newsletter also has tons of info
|
||
|
|
on various groups and population information. Plus, they are now a 100%
|
||
|
|
tax-deductible educational foundation; and they have a TON of great new
|
||
|
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stickers, t-shirts, posters, back issues, and other great materials. This
|
||
|
|
issue is a CHEAP $2 to: The Church of Euthanasia, PO Box 261, Somerville
|
||
|
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MA 02143. E-mail Rev. Chris Korda at coe@netcom.com, files on ftp.etext.org
|
||
|
|
in the /pub/Zines/Snuffit directory, or http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/coe/
|
||
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|
||
|
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The Solar Age Hemp Paper Report - Winter 94-95 - Articles and news on the
|
||
|
|
front to legalize hemp as a highly profitable and environment-friendly
|
||
|
|
substitute for many manufactured items. In particular, it could replace
|
||
|
|
trees as a source of paper, saving 50% of the timber cut each year, and not
|
||
|
|
requiring *any* of those damn smelly paper mills. Naturally, the status quo
|
||
|
|
is fighting tooth and nail, from zealous drug-warriors blinded by their
|
||
|
|
holier-than-thou "morality", to big-business using the law to shut out the
|
||
|
|
competition. But, the articles here chronicle the real gains being made
|
||
|
|
all the time. subscription $12/year to Solar Age Press, Box 610,
|
||
|
|
Peterstown, WV 24963
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Solestar - This is a small zine about neat things happening in the general
|
||
|
|
Ottawa region. Although the coffee house reviews may be a bit too local
|
||
|
|
for some people, they do have lots of reviews of bands and shows in that
|
||
|
|
area, which could definitely be of interest, given how some of these bands
|
||
|
|
go on tour- and these could be good pointers for *you* to see one of these
|
||
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groups before (and if) they get popular. Plus, there's also comics, art,
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doodles, and other neat things coming out of that area. These zines are
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free in the Manotick ON area, but they will trade, or give subscriptions
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in exchange for Canadian stamps. 5291 Hillcrest Dr. Manotic ON K4M 1B6
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Survivor - Vol. 7 #6 - Very practical issue, with articles on close-defense
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shotgun techniques, and how to find or make your own water in survival
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situations. Also, with Armed Citizen reports, jokes, zines listings, a
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wide variety of self-sufficiency/self-business ads, and multiple pages of
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great political cartoons that the government, and in particular the IRS and
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BATF, don't want you to see. Send donation to: Evans, 11-15 45 Avenue,
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Long Island City, NY 11101-5154.
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Tailspins #23 - This magazine does to the independent music scene what
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Factsheet Five does for zines. I haven't seen any other zine or even
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magazine that even comes close. Anyone who has any kind of music or record
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is listed here, including lots of the obscure and hard to find companies.
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Plus, they have *tons* of reviews that aren't afraid to call it as they see
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it. This has interviews with George Anthony of Battalion of Saints, King
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Coffey of the Butthole Surfers, and Earth Crisis; plus reviews of live shows.
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Plus, a neat Mitch O'Connell cover. Very professionally done, 105 pages.
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Sample copy $3, $12 for one year of bi-monthly issues. Tailspins Magazine,
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PO Box 5467, Evanston, IL 60204 312-935-0666, tailspin@interaccess.com
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Tom Paine Productions - Distinctive T-shirt catalog featuring America's
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foremost patriot philospher, infidel, and hellraiser, whose "Common Sense"
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pamphlet rallied troops for independence. Plus lots of other rabble-rousers
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and troublemakers including Voltaire, Spooner, Rand, Mencken, John Brown,
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and most of the Founding Fathers, who would no doubt today be labelled as
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"militia" extremists and raided by the BATF. Plus, lots of politically-
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incorrect slogans and challenges to "authority". Reasonable prices too.
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717 South Mill Ave, Suite 67, Tempe, AZ 85281 (602) 954-2470
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Ultrasonic Scalpel #2 - Fun news and articles from the mutant culture.
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Includes reviews of 70-80s vintage pinball games, a subject very close and
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dear to me, music reviews, playing guinea pig for new drugs, in this case,
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"herbal" ecstasy, true-life adventures in the audience of the Bozo show,
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(I did the NC version...), plus zine reviews and classifieds. Super-strong
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extra heavy-duty psychic slack here. $1, Ultrasonic Scalpel, PO Box 209,
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Clarendon Hills, IL 60514-0209
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W-Project - This is a underground culture production of unspecified purpose;
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including poetry, photos, strange thoughts, tapes, and the zines Luke's
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W-Zine, and Pulvis et Nihil. Lots of Italian stuff, although they are
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readable for an English-speaking audience. Plus, he keeps me up-to-date on
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Cicciolina, the Italian porn star-turned-politician (and now, not the only
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one!)- and the death of one of their stars, Moana. [See ad] Contact
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Luca Valfre, Via F.Armosino 3, 14100 Asti (ITALY)
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The Watcher #10 - The official journal of the Order of Shaitan, the Baltimore
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affiliate of the Church of Satan, this zine includes satanic stories, rituals,
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poetry, reviews, and ads/contacts for lots of other satanic and occult
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organizations. Also included is news on how they were kicked out of the
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local July 4 parade, supposedly celebrating religious "freedom", much to the
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delight of the area's christian groups. For those unfamiliar with Satanism
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as it is *really* practiced, as opposed to fundamentalist propaganda, it is
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a celebration of hedonism, indulgence (something we can definitely relate to!),
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and living life to its fullest, unencumbered by arbitrary authority and
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unnecessary social constrictions. Contrary to rumors, they do NOT sacrifice
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or harm any other living thing; their inclusion of news stories of the antics
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of christian priesthood shows quite plainly where the *real* demons are.
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Single issue is $5, Sub/Membership is $18 for 4 issues. checks/money orders
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made to Gargoyle Productions. ORDER OF SHAITAN, Rev. Ron Mephisto, S.P.,
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Priest of Mendes, 708 S. 51st St., Baltimore MD 21224 (Age statement!!)
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WFMU Catalog of Curiosities - summer 1995 - A college station that has lived
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on when the college bit the dust, WFMU 91.1 FM blasts the NJ/NYC area with
|
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the wild and unusual, and now they offer some truly original stuff in their
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catalog. From William Shatner's rendition of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
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to the Shemp Meditation Tape ("HeeeeBeeeeBeeeeBeee...") to the best of
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trash/alternative/underground/internation culture, you can find it all here.
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Records, books, tapes, videos (including car crash and other scare films),
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and more- one helluva psychotronic collection. Check their web site at:
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http://wfmu.org, or WFMU, PO Box 1568, Montclair NJ 07042 202-678-4277
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$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$$kill$
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Public Service Announcement:
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HOW TO GET THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY AT TACO BELL
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To continue on about saving your cup for free refills. I've devised
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the cheapest plan to get the most for your money at Taco Bell. Just
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don't blame me if the Taco Bell Police come after you.
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Items needed:
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About $2.00,
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Ten empty two-liter plastic soda containers with the screw-on caps,
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A funnel,
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One empty small Taco Bell drink cup (you can buy a drink for 79 cents on
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your first visit to get one),
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Bags to hold all your stuff in,
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Plus you should arrive by car, with plenty of trunk space.
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This plan will work better at Taco Bells with self-service drink
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dispensers. It may work where they have to fill the drinks for you
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to get free refills, but they may start wondering if you're suffering
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from some severe illness, for having a need to drink fifty soft drink
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servings. No one can be that thirsty.
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What you do is order one 59 cent taco, and a soft-drink (no ice if
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you have to request it). Go to a back table to eat, with your taco,
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and drink. If you're really hungry, eat most of the taco, then return
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it, saying it was bad. Get another one. Say that one is bad too.
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Continue until just before they catch on. Finally, if you're still
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hungry, ask for a refund and then buy a replacement bean burrito.
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After that, go to the self-service condiment area (most Taco Bells
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these days have one) and put all the napkins, plastic spoons, sugar,
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taco sauces, straws, and everything else there, in a bag to take home.
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Then, without being noticed, take one of the plastic soda containers out
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of your bag, put the funnel in it, and pour your drink into it. Go
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back to the self-service dispenser (or the counter, if you're doing it
|
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that way), and get a refill again (no ice, of course). Keep doing
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this until the container is full, and then screw on the cap. You
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should keep doing this until all 10 two-liter bottles are full, but
|
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just be sure you don't mix soda flavors/brands up in one container,
|
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|
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if you're trying to get a variety of Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Root Beer,
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and so on.
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Take all of what you got, and put it in your car. Go back into the
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store again, with a couple empty bags. Use the restroom, and put all
|
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the toilet paper and towels in one of your bags. If you can get into
|
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the other restroom (not your sex) get the stuff out of that one too.
|
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You may wonder why do this. Just check the price of toilet paper these
|
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|
days. Also, while you're in the bathrooms, drain the soap machine, swipe
|
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|
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the light bulbs, take the toilet seat covers, and stock up on urinal
|
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|
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deodorizers.
|
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By this time, the store personnel should have re-stocked the condiment
|
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|
|
area with new napkins, plastic spoons, sugar, taco sauces, straws,
|
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etc., because they thought they just ran out. So after you leave the
|
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|
|
restroom, stop by the condiment area and put all that new stuff in
|
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|
|
your bags too. After this, leave the store. In the parking lot, steal
|
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|
|
the potted plants and cut all the landscaped flowers. Now get in your
|
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car and you may really have to make a run for the border.
|
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@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%&@#%
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|
|
Pat Buchanan's Favorite Comics
|
||
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|
||
|
|
[covering comics from Sept-Dec. 1995, found in a large
|
||
|
|
underground vault in a lower Doom level]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** A-Bomb #6 - Adult anthology with stories "Strip Fucker" with an
|
||
|
|
interesting "fight" like the arcade games, "Knight after Knight" with an
|
||
|
|
interesting twist on the knight-saving-damsel-from-dragon story, and
|
||
|
|
"Merry Maria Melon", showing what all the girls from the fair tales do in
|
||
|
|
their time off. Plus, illustrations from Shon Howell. Venus Comics
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
**** A-Bomb #8 - The x-rated manga comic continues with not as many little
|
||
|
|
short stories, but a few longer ones. Perhaps one of the appeals of this
|
||
|
|
series is that something always seems odd or out of place- perhaps its the
|
||
|
|
big-eyed cutesy cartoonish women, that you just don't naturally expect to
|
||
|
|
see them screwing like rabbits. Very explicit. Venus Comics
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
** Beavis & Butthead #15 - After seeing Spring Break pictures on TV, the
|
||
|
|
boys hitchhike to the beach. After getting their asses kicked at a wet-T
|
||
|
|
shirt bar, they are mistakenly taken back to Harvard. Original, but not
|
||
|
|
quite up to other issues in this series. Marvel Comics
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Big Mouth #5 - Pat Moriarty goes into a tale of an old parasitic
|
||
|
|
roommate, and the time that the old roommate got between him and a girl
|
||
|
|
he had a crush on, while getting drunk at a bar and getting a horrible
|
||
|
|
haircut as part of the band's act. Plus, "Lee's Rules of Thumb" and Don
|
||
|
|
Donahue's tale of the time he impersonated Robert Crumb at a book signing
|
||
|
|
in Berkeley. Plus, more old-age zen from Bern and Edwina. Fantagraphics Books.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**** Brain Tablet #1 - As mentioned in the "Black American Comic Artists"
|
||
|
|
issue of The Comics Journal in 1993, this is a variety of Black super-heroes
|
||
|
|
in many of the far-out style adventures you'd expect of super-heroes, but
|
||
|
|
from an African-American cultural perspective. And, it works great, with
|
||
|
|
good story-lines, nice artwork, and a no-holds-barred attitude. Although
|
||
|
|
it is written from the Black perspective, and contains lots of references
|
||
|
|
and information for positive advancement of the black community, the work
|
||
|
|
as a whole is a fun read for anyone. They currently have no business address,
|
||
|
|
but expect #2 and other comic titles. For info, contact Professor Homeboy,
|
||
|
|
c/o Smith, 191 Van Buren St., Brooklyn NY 11221
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**** Buck Godot #5 - The mystery deepens - Buck is hired by the Klexdixal to
|
||
|
|
prove their innocence at releasing the virus; ambassador Etienne is kidnapped
|
||
|
|
through a previously unknown tunnel in the embassy, a team investigating the
|
||
|
|
missing garbage also disappears, station maintenance robots go on a murderous
|
||
|
|
rampage when they detect investigators looking into the unknown machinery,
|
||
|
|
and the Winslow is found - being worshipped by the Pogs. Palliard Press
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Carnal Comics starring Tracey Adams and Demi the Demoness - Like the other
|
||
|
|
Carnal Comics, this tells the life story of Tracey Adams, who retired from
|
||
|
|
porn movies in 1990. In her fantasy, Tracey and adult star Nightingale take
|
||
|
|
a magical trip to an underground pyramid where they meet Demi the Demoness
|
||
|
|
and Kit-Ra, and get in on the fun. Carnal Comics.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
**** - Cherry #18 - Cherry has an anxiety attack and has to visit the school
|
||
|
|
counselor; Cherry gives her a massage and one thing leads to another. Plus,
|
||
|
|
Cherry gets a job caring for dolphins at an aquarium, and has a fun swim
|
||
|
|
with them. Also- check out the "Codex of Weird Head for Men & Women" by
|
||
|
|
Mark Bode - DOBBS SIGHTING!! Cherry Comics.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Coffee World - Coffee tales include "Cup-A-Joe", where the Coffee Baron
|
||
|
|
tries to buy a coffee house's unique espresso machine by making it appear
|
||
|
|
that the coffee is turning people into oatmeal, Too Much Coffee Man,
|
||
|
|
"Saturn Sam" where aliens turn the entire city's water supply into coffee,
|
||
|
|
plus other java-related stories. World Comics
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
**** Dangle #4 - Short stories by Lloyd Dangle, including "Too Sweet", where
|
||
|
|
he is just too nice and polite to stand up to offensive people, and admires
|
||
|
|
people who can, "Delivered Job" with a strange and complex accident on a
|
||
|
|
street maintenance site, and "Dangerous Dangle", where Lloyd responds to an
|
||
|
|
ad for an artist job, only to find out that someone is pretending to be him;
|
||
|
|
so Lloyd travels out to find and punish the imposter. Drawn & Quarterly.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
***** Dawn #1 - All of the heavy metaphysics is back, in a story actually
|
||
|
|
including Dawn herself. A warrior in the Saturday Night Times Square Free-
|
||
|
|
For-All battle sees a strange and enticing woman. After spending the night
|
||
|
|
at his place, she convinces him to leave the post-apocalyptic city and seek
|
||
|
|
the mysteries of heaven at a strange cathederal. Great art,all color. Sirius
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
*** Demi Adventure #1 - Interactive adventure with Demi the Demoness. The
|
||
|
|
demons are advancing on Kit-Ra's pyramid, so Demi and Treezh must go on an
|
||
|
|
adventure to find a talisman that will release Kit-Ra and defeat the demons.
|
||
|
|
It also includes, as a part of the action (in more ways than one), *you*,
|
||
|
|
the reader, as a character. 48 pages of text and illustrations. Rip Off Press.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
**** Dork #3 - Miscellaneous strips and stories by Evan Dorkin, including
|
||
|
|
but not limited to "Milk and Cheese". Possibly the most cynical person
|
||
|
|
alive takes on Generation-Xers, ravers, nerds, fan-boys, autobiographical
|
||
|
|
comics, pop culture, and anything with even the slightest hint of
|
||
|
|
pretentiousness. No punches pulled. Slave Labor Graphics
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Duplex Planet #12 - More of the stupid but profound answers of a bunch
|
||
|
|
of nursing home, to a variety of questions. Artists include Pat Moriarty,
|
||
|
|
Mark Weber, Matthew Guest, Dave Cooper, and more. Best is "If you could
|
||
|
|
only own 1 thing, what would it be?" Fantagraphics
|
||
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|
||
|
|
**** Duplex Planet #13 - The nursing home residents were particularly
|
||
|
|
profound, or psychedelic, however you look at it, in this issue. Great
|
||
|
|
artwork too, with covers by Doug Allen and Gary Lieb. Artists include
|
||
|
|
Glenn Head, *Natasha, Andrew Taylor, and many of the usual artists.
|
||
|
|
Lots of fun. Fantagraphics Books
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
***** Frank's Real Pa - by Jim Woodring. This originally ran one panel per
|
||
|
|
page in the Millenium Whole Earth Catalog. Frank goes on another one his
|
||
|
|
extremely bizarre adventures, and all the regular characters make an
|
||
|
|
appearance. Its much easier to just *experience* it than to even attempt
|
||
|
|
to understand it- and it brings back memories of my own strange dreams.
|
||
|
|
Fantagraphics Books
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
*** Hate #19 - Buddy and Jay finally open a storefront business, but run
|
||
|
|
into problems over Jay's rather lax business practices, and his relapse
|
||
|
|
back into heroin. Jay finally gets his act together, although he doesn't
|
||
|
|
avoid hangouts like the neighborhood strip bar. Nice, non-preachy way of
|
||
|
|
getting the message across. Fantagraphics Books
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**** Last Gasp Comix & Stories #3 - Collection of bizarre, often totally
|
||
|
|
tasteless and disgusting comics by a variety of artists. Includes another
|
||
|
|
installment of "Mr. Pons", plus strangeness from Steven Cerio, urban addict
|
||
|
|
anst from Mats Stromberg, and an extra special bit of grossness from
|
||
|
|
Stephane Blanquet. Disgusting and disturbing at the same time. Last
|
||
|
|
Gasp Eco-Funnies.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
*** Naughty Bits #17 - Bitchy Bitch finally busts her ass to try to make
|
||
|
|
decent grades. While on Christmas vacation at home, they see her in an
|
||
|
|
anti-war demonstration, and the shit hits the fan. When she arrives early
|
||
|
|
back to campus, she finds her roommate with another girl. With all these
|
||
|
|
things coming down on her at once, she decides to quit and go her own way...
|
||
|
|
with a typing job. Freedom at last!- or is it? Fantagraphics Books
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**** Nefarismo #6 - The teacher of the depraved and sadistic School of Evil
|
||
|
|
chooses another to take her place, so they perform the cruel, perverted
|
||
|
|
sacrifice ritual to send her to heaven by way of hell. Possibly more
|
||
|
|
perversions and wild, evil, and gothic intrigue in one comic than I've seen
|
||
|
|
before. Extremely twisted, and not for the faint-hearted. Eros Comics.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Negative Burn #26 - Stories include dark crime/conspiracy stories
|
||
|
|
such as "The Kiss Off" and "Suburban Nightmares", to the somewhat trendy
|
||
|
|
"Very Vicky" and the silly "Stubbs the Cat". Nice mix of stories.
|
||
|
|
Caliber Press
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Not Quite Dead - comic by Gilbert Shelton - this is the adventures of
|
||
|
|
a hard-working local band, with dreams of stardom, but having nothing but
|
||
|
|
hassles. Lots of digs on the "commercial" music business too. Much like
|
||
|
|
the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, but in a band and a lot less drugs.
|
||
|
|
Rip Off Press.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
*** Peepshow #8 - In another issue entirely from his childhood, maybe Joe
|
||
|
|
is letting us know how his screwed-up past led to the screwed-up present.
|
||
|
|
Although there's lots about his adventures that people can relate to, he
|
||
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also comes across as an overly nerdy, selfish, and downright anal kid, who
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has a lot to learn about getting along with other people. I see kids like
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this in public all the time, and have to contain myself from bashing in their
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loud, irritating little heads. Fantagraphics Books
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***** Post Brothers Annual #1 - Ron and Russell go on a series of fights and
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missions when the Rondoid Brain Police go after them. Each story is an
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interlocking part of the overall story, where they are manipulated and
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tricked by everything from false announcements of new Bulldagger albums to
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ostrich rustling, to visiting Hell to bring back someone they killed while
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rustling. As usual, violence saves the day, and the boys have the last
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laugh. But, it never ends... Stories by Matt Howarth and Nancy Collins. Aeon.
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** Ren & Stimpy #37 - This series seems to have finally run out of gags.
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Even with a new theme- being abducted by aliens, they remain stuck in old
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and predictable one-liners. Even the purely silly filler comics lack the
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zest they once had. Predictable, given the large multi-page ads straight
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from TV. Marvel Comics
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***** Screw Comics #3 - There's tons of nude/sex comics out nowadays, but
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few have just the right touch of bawdy *vulgarity* to make it funny again.
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This collection from Al Goldstein's Screw magazine covers lots of artists
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such as Dame Darcy, Spain, Tony Millionaire, and many, many more. Lots
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of great sleaze, and lots of plain *funny* comics. Edge Publishing Co.
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**** Sexy Tales (to give you the creeps) - a couple of horror stories,
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including the usual naked bodies, but going beyond it. In the first, a
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mixtures of superhero leagues, screwing around, nudity, and zombies mix in
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a strange soap opera. The second includes a sadistic gourmet chef who
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cooks and eats other inferior but "popular" chefs, until they come back and
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have their revenge using human-size cooking implements. Eros Comics
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**** Slavepit Funnies featuring GWAR - Actually written and drawn by the
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guys in the mutant-band. Full-color comics detailing the battles of the
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space barbarians stranded in Antarctica, as they battle each other to
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construct the Temple of GWAR and as they battle the "Surf of Sin". Pus,
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Lady Liberty battles undead neo-Nazis and other evil superheroes, and
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the adventures of Cortexius. Every bit as rude and violent as their
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stage show. Slave Pit Inc.
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*** Stickboy #7 - After killing off Stickboy 2 years ago, Dennis Worden
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has regained his inspiration. In a festival of instrospective angst, this
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issue follows Blockhead, who has become a hateful bum fater being dumped by
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the love of his life. It touches on conservative/yuppies, financial
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exploitation of the medical system, sour relationships, alienation in the
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big city, plus tons of real-life insanity in a "news" section. Not for the
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suicidally depressed. Starhead Comix
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*** Tank Girl: The Odyssey #3 - After wrecking their plane, Tank Girl and her
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crew must battle hypnotic gothic-rockers, one-eyed cyclops cultists, and
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Tank Girl's own dead mother as they steadily make their way back home.
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Consistent bad-attitudes and violence. DC/Vertigo.
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*** Tank Girl: The Odyssey #4 - The journey back home to save Booga from the
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ruthless promoters takes yet another detour as Tank Girl and her traveling
|
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companions become media icons. Which, of course, turns into another excuse
|
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for pushing the "normals" around and engaging in all manner of excess. TG
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overcomes her dead mother's resistance by killing her dad, the final obstacle
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to getting home. Blatant ripoff of Homer's Odyssey, as they are all too glad
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to point out in detail. DC/Vertigo
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*** Vamperotica #6 - In a mythical backdrop amazingly similar to the
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"Masquerade" RPG, this comic series features a couple of stories in each
|
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issue about modern vampires. And, fair amounts of vampire violence, sex,
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and even relationships. Not very outrageous, but fairly good, stories
|
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woven into a larger, consistent setting. Brainstorm Comics.
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*** XYZ Comics - a mixture of Robert Crumb's stream-of-consciousness comic
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pages, short and medium-length strips. As usual, they give the impression
|
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of a street-smart Walt Disney on acid, often exploring the lewd and crude
|
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side of things. Kitchen Sink Comics
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*** The Young Witches - Book 2: "London Babylon" issue 1 of 6 - After their
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castle burns down, the two young witches are picked up and given a ride by
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a kind old gentleman, who turns out to be Dr. Jeckyll. Once in London, they
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are drugged and kidnapped to a sex-slave dungeon which provides perverted
|
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stage entertainment for nightclub. Extremely explicit; on a perverted level
|
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similar to Nefarismo, but without the sado-masochism. Eros Comix.
|
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***** Zero Zero! - Another serial with cartoons by many of the best in
|
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alternative comics, including Kim Deitch, Richard Sala, Glenn Head, Skip
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Williamson, and many more. Kim Deitch continues the Molly O'Dare story,
|
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plus other complete stories and continuations. Also look for Dan Clowes,
|
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Dame Darcy, Mary Fleenor, Jim Woodring, Bill Griffith and more in this
|
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|
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great series. Fantagraphics Books.
|
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Slave Labor:
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**** Seth Throb, Underground Artist #1 - The tale of a illustrator and comic
|
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artist trying to deal with the depressing gloom of a decaying metropolis and
|
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the failed personal relationships that have given him his bleak outlook.
|
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After a particularly freakish encounter with a multiple-personality case in
|
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a stuck elevator, his friend points out that he does live for the wild and
|
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unusual, despite being upset and even inspired by them. Complicated story
|
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that deals with angst in a very real way.
|
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**** Slacker Comics #1 - Cartoons from Doug Slack, mostly about the moods
|
||
|
|
and pretentiousness of much of the Gen-X "alternative" crowd, with stories
|
||
|
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about Randy, the "angry little grunge puppy" and his war against posers and
|
||
|
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general bad attitude about the world. Plus, other short comics including
|
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|
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Rip Rot Gut, the ultimate warrior/insect exterminator. Fun, and actually
|
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|
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quite a bit cathartic.
|
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***** Attitude Lad #1 - Pure hardboiled sleaze, with as much violence and
|
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|
|
jaded perversion in one comic as I've seen in quite a while. Attitude Lad
|
||
|
|
and a cast of characters from the wrong side of town take on meaningless
|
||
|
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physical relationships, b&d, ugly strippers and hookers, sick sexuality,
|
||
|
|
mayhem, and every vice known to man. No big deal here- its all in a days
|
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|
|
work. Highly recommended.
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*censorship*censorship*censorship*censorship*censorship*censorship*censorship*
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C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-S
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[This file is from the SF-Lovers Archives at Rutgers University. It is
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provided as part of a free service in connection with distribution of
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SF-Lovers Digest. This file is currently maintained by the moderator of
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the Digest. It may be freely copied or redistributed in whole or in part
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as long as this notice and any copyright notices or other identifying
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headers or trailers remain intact. If you would like to know more about
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SF-Lovers Digest, send mail to SF-Lovers-Request@Rutgers.Edu]
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Compiled by Saul Jaffe (sf-lovers-request@sflovers.rutgers.edu).
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Copyright (C)1995.
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February 8-11, 1996 (North Carolina)
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PULPCON B. Ramada Inn West, Exit 44 off I-40, Ashville, NC;
|
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704-665-2161; rms $39. GoH: Talmage Powell. Convention for enthusiasts
|
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and collectors of pulp magazines. Memb: $25. Info: Pulpcon Box 1332,
|
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Dayton, Ohio 45401; 513-223-2144.
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February 15-18, 1996 (North Carolina)
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MAGNUM OPUS CON 10A. Adam's Mark Hotel, Charlotte NC. Info: Send $0.50
|
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to MOC-10A, Box 6585, Athens GA 30604; email: moc@ix.netcom.com.
|
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February 16-19, 1996 (California, Southern)
|
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GALLIFREY '96. The Airtel Plaza Hotel, Van Nuys, CA; 818-997-7676; rms
|
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|
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$85. GoHs: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred; Guests: John Levene,
|
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|
|
Patricia Tallman, Philip Segal, Ron Wilerson, Jean Louise Matthias, Jean
|
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Marc, Randy Lofficier, Larry Stewart, Eric Hoffman, more. Memb: $40
|
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until 2/10/96, $45 after. Info: Gallifrey Conventions, PO Box 3021, N.
|
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|
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Hollywood CA 91609; 818-752-9656; email: galleyone@aol.com or
|
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|
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71154.307@compuserve.com.
|
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February 16-18, 1996 (Colorado)
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ANACONISM. Sheraton Denver West, 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood CO;
|
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800-LAKEWOOD; rms $59/$69. GoH: Larry Niven; FGoH: Randy Rau; Guest:
|
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|
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Edward Bryant. Memb: $25 until 2/1/96, $30 after. Info: Anaconism, Box
|
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|
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21766, Denver CO 80221-08766; 303-426-1847; email: anaconism@ibecc.org;
|
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|
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URL: http://www.abwam.com/ibecc/anacon/anacon.html.
|
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February 16-18, 1996 (Massachusetts)
|
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BOSKONE 33. Sheraton Tara Hotel, Framingham, MA; 508-879-7200; rms $89
|
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|
|
sngl/dbl, $91 tpl/quad, $131 suites. GoH: Lois McMaster Bujold; AGoH:
|
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|
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Gary Ruddell; SGoH: Bob Madle; Featured Filkers: Musical Chairs. Memb:
|
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$33 until 1/15/96. Info: Boskone 33, Box 809, Framingham, MA
|
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|
|
01701-0203; 617-625-2311; email: sbarsky.sharon@mail.ndhm.gtegsc.com;
|
||
|
|
URL: http://www.panix.com/NESFA/Boskone/flyer.html.
|
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|
||
|
|
February 16-18, 1996 (Virginia)
|
||
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|
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|
|
SHEVACON 4. Omni, Charlottesville VA. GoH: Eric Kotani; AGoH: Lubov;
|
||
|
|
SGoH: John Maddox Roberts; TM: Rikk Jacobs. Info: ThemeCon SF&F, c/o
|
||
|
|
Harry Shiflett, Box 2672, Staunton VA 24402; 703-885-5530.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
February 16-18, 1996 (Washington)
|
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|
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|
RADCON '95. Red Lion Inn, Pasco WA. GoHs: Spider and Jeanne Robinson;
|
||
|
|
SGoH: Guy Ammega; AGoH: J. Raven Amy; FGoH: Daron Fredricks. Memb: $15
|
||
|
|
until 2/15/96, $20 after. Info: RadCon, 2527 W. Kennewick Ave. #162,
|
||
|
|
Kennewick, WA 99336; 509-943-0713.
|
||
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|
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|
|
February 17-18, 1996 (California, Southern)
|
||
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|
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|
|
LEAP CON '96. Beverly Garland Hotel, N. Hollywood CA. Guests: Mike
|
||
|
|
Genovese, Mary Gordon Murray, Sami Chester, Mark Banning, Tommy
|
||
|
|
Thompson, Dan Roebuck, Ryan McWhorter, Doren Clark, more. Quantum Leap
|
||
|
|
convention. Memb: $40 in advance, more at door. Info: LEAPTIME, Inc.,
|
||
|
|
PO Box 16495, N. Hollywood CA 91615-6495.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
February 23-25, 1996 (California, Southern)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
CON-DOR. Town & Country Hotel, San Diego CA. GoH: Kim Stanley Robinson.
|
||
|
|
Memb: $25 until 2/10/96, $30 after. Info: Con-Dor, PO Box 15771, San
|
||
|
|
Diego CA 92175; 619-463-5737.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
February 23-25, 1996 (Washington)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
GEOCON 4. Evergreen State. College, Olympia, WA. GoH: Amy Thomson;
|
||
|
|
AGoH: Brenda Simpson-Nelson; FGoH: Jon Wilkie. Memb: $4 until 2/15/96,
|
||
|
|
$5 after. Info: The Gaming Guild, CAB 320, The Evergreen State College,
|
||
|
|
Olympia, WA 98505; 360-866-6000 x6036; email:
|
||
|
|
geocon@elwha.evergreen.edu.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 1-3, 1996 (California, Northern)
|
||
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|
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|
|
CONSONANCE '96. Oakland Airport Holiday Inn, Oakland CA; rms $70 sngl,
|
||
|
|
$75 others. GoH: Murray Porath; TM: P. Alan Thiesen. Memb: $32 until
|
||
|
|
2/1/96, $335 after. Info: email: figmo@netcom.com; URL:
|
||
|
|
http:www.rahul.net/figmo/consonance.html.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 1-3, 1996 (Maryland)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
JOHNCON '96. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD. SF, Fantasy and
|
||
|
|
Comic Convention. Memb: $30 in advance, more at door. Info: The
|
||
|
|
JohnCon Convention Committee, c/o HopSFA, Office of Student Activities,
|
||
|
|
122 Merryman Hall, Charles and 34th Streets, Baltimore, MD 21218; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://hops.cs.jhu.edu/~marcus_d/johncon.html.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 1-3, 1996 (Maryland)
|
||
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|
||
|
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INTERCON XI. Days Hotel, Timonium MD. GoH: Lawrence Schick.
|
||
|
|
Role-playing games. Memb: $30 in advance, $40 at door ($5 discount
|
||
|
|
available to certain members of national role-playing groups). Info:
|
||
|
|
Intercon XI, PO Box 196, Merrifield, VA 22116-0196; email:
|
||
|
|
buggy@magnet.com or darkling2@aol.com; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://www.clark.net/pub/arthur/XI.html.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 1-3, 1996 (Massachusetts)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
5-CON 1996. Seelye Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA. GoH: Roberta
|
||
|
|
Gregory. SF, fantasy, comics and gaming convention. Memb: $14 until
|
||
|
|
1/31/96, $17 after. Info: P. Wieland, c/o Hampshire College 1037,
|
||
|
|
Amherst MA 01002-5001; 413-549-4600 x4531; email: 5con@smith.smith.edu;
|
||
|
|
URL: http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~pswF94/5con.html.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 1-3, 1996 (New York)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
ASTRONOMICON 5. Radisson Inn, 175 Jefferson Rd, Rochester NY;
|
||
|
|
800-333-3333; rms $65 sngl/dbl. GoH: Rob Sawyer; AGoH: Tom Kidd; FGoH:
|
||
|
|
Bjo Trimble. Memb: $25 until 2/15/96, $35 after. Info: The Rochester
|
||
|
|
Fantasy Fans, PO Box 1701, Rochester NY 14603-1701; 716-342-4697; email:
|
||
|
|
ralston@aol.com or rff@aol.com.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
March 1-3, 1996 (Canada, Ontario)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
STARBASE ENDEAVOR. Royal Connaught Hotel, Hamilton, ON Canada. GoHs:
|
||
|
|
Robert Penelton, Roxane Biggs-Dawson. Memb: $35. Info: 140 Robinson
|
||
|
|
St., Box 907, Hamilton ON L8P 4R6 Canada; 905-572-9735.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 2-3, 1996 (United Kingdom, England)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
MICROCON 16. Exeter University, Exeter, England. Info: Microcon 16,
|
||
|
|
c/o Darrel Manuel, Cornwall House, St. German's Rd., Exeter, EX4 6TG
|
||
|
|
England.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 8-10, 1996 (California, Northern)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
CONTACT 12. Holiday Inn, Milipitas CA. Guests: Larry Niven, Poul and
|
||
|
|
Karen Anderson, Ctein, more. Emph: First Contact, world-building
|
||
|
|
conference. Info: Contact 12, Box 506, Capitola CA 95010; 800-787-2010;
|
||
|
|
email: terrel@cruzio.com.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
March 8-10, 1996 (Virginia)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
KATSUCON TWO!. Holiday Inn Executive Center, 5655 Greenwich Road,
|
||
|
|
Virginia Beach VA 23462; 800-HOLIDAY; rms 60. Guests: Steve Bennett,
|
||
|
|
Richard Kim, John Ott, Bruce Lewis, Tim Eldred, Michael Ling, Robert
|
||
|
|
DeJesus, Fred Perry, Helen McCarthy, Steve Kyte, Steve Pearl, Katsura
|
||
|
|
Masakazu, Toren Smith, Ben Dunn. Anime/Manga Convention. Memb: $30
|
||
|
|
until 12/31/95, $35 until 2/23/96, $40 after. Info: Katsu Productions,
|
||
|
|
PO Box 11582, Blacksburg VA 24062-1582; email:
|
||
|
|
katsucon@vtserf.cc.vt.edu; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://elfie.bevc.blacksburg.ca.us/katsucon/katsuni.html.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
March 8-10, 1996 (Canada, Ontario)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
RHINOCON 3. London ON Canada. GoH: Steven Brust. Info: c/o Neil
|
||
|
|
Belsky, Box 151, Ailsa Craig ON N0M 1A0, Canada; 519-293-3876; email:
|
||
|
|
rhinocon@suspects.com.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
March 15-17, 1996 (Michigan)
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
CONAMAZOO FOUR. Stoffer Battle Creek Hotel, 50 Capitol Avenue,
|
||
|
|
Southwest, Battle Creek, MI 49017; 616-963-7050; rms $84. GoH: Pamela
|
||
|
|
Dean; FGoH: Jim Landis; Filk GoH: Steve MacDonald. Memb: $20 until
|
||
|
|
2/14/96, $25 after. Info: Conamazoo, PO Box 1546, Evanston, IL
|
||
|
|
60204-1546; 708-328-8765; email: conamazoo@tezcat.com or
|
||
|
|
h-wilper@uiuc.edu.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
March 15-17, 1996 (New York)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
LUNACON '96. Rye Town Hilton, Rye Brook, NY. GoHs: Terry Pratchett,
|
||
|
|
Esther Friesner; AGoH: Phil Foglio; FGoH: Bruce Pelz; Special Origami
|
||
|
|
Guest: Mark Kennedy. Memb: $33 until 2/17/96, more after. Info:
|
||
|
|
Lunacon '96, PO Box 3566, New York, NY 10008-3566; email:
|
||
|
|
lunacon@lunacon.org; URL: http://www.lunacon.org/lunacon/lunacon.html.
|
||
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March 15-17, 1996 (Tennessee)
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CORFLU XIII. Clubhouse Inn, Nashville, TN. Memb: $40, $10 supporting.
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Info: Corflu XIII, c/o Lucy Huntzinger, 2305 Bernard Ave., Nashville, TN
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37212.
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March 15-17, 1996 (Virginia)
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MADICON 5. James Mason University, Harrisonburg VA. GoH: Margaret Weis.
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Info: SFFG, Box 7202, JMU, Harrisonburg VA 22807; 540-434-5422; email:
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glassbt@vaxl.acs.jmu.edu.
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March 15-17, 1996 (Canada, Ontario)
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ODYSSEY TREK '96. Skyline Brock Hotel, Niagara Falls ON, Canada; rms
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C$65. GoH: Tanya Huff; Guests:; Ethan Phillips, Deborah Duchene. Memb:
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C$38 until 2/15/96, C$45 after. Info: c/o 10 Highgate Dr. #13, Stoney
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Creek ON L8J 3P7, Canada; 905-573-2187; bhagey@hookup.net.
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March 20-24, 1996 (Florida)
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTIC 17. GoH: Greg Bear; Guest
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Author: Robert Holdstock; SGoH: Brian Aldiss; Scholar Guest: Tom
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Shippey. Info: IAFA, College of Humanities, 500 NW 20th HU-50 B-9,
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Florida Atlantic U. Boca Raton FL 33431; 717-532-1495.
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March 21-24, 1996 (Texas)
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AGGIECON 27. Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University, College
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Station, TX. Guests: Bernie Wrightson, Nancy Collins, Joe Christ, Dave
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Wolverton, Kerry O'Quinn, Richard Biggs, Kevin J. Anderson, more. Info:
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AggieCon, Memorial Student Center, Box J-1, College Station, TX 77844;
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409-845-1515 (ask for Judy with Cepheid); email: cv@tamu.edu; URL:
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http://wwmsc.tamu.edu/MSC/CepheidVariable/aggiecon.html.
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March 22-24, 1996 (Mississippi)
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COASTCON 19. Biloxi MS. GoH: Elizabeth Moon. Memb: $20 until 1/1/96,
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$25 until 2/29/96, $30 after. Info: Coastcon 19, Box 1423, Biloxi MS
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39533; 601-435-5217; URL: http://www.datasync.com/sotmesc/ccon.
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March 22-24, 1996 (Virginia)
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TECHNICON 13. Best Western Red Lion, Blacksburg VA; 540-552-7700; rms
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$50. GoHs: L.E. Modesitt, Lori and Corey Cole; AGoH: Ruth Thompson;
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FGoH: Kevin Mcelveen. Info: Technicon 13, c/o VTSFFC, Box 256,
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Blacksburg VA 24063-0256; 540-951-7232; email:
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technicon@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu.
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March 22-24, 1996 (Canada, Quebec)
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CON*CEPT '96/Boreal '96. Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Metro Centre, 505
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Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, PQ, Canada; 800-561-4644; rms C$85
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sngl/dbl, C$95 tpl/quad. GoH: Terry Pratchett; AGoH: Bob Eggleton;
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FGoH: Hal Clement; Boreal GoH: Joel Champetier; Guests: Donald
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Kingsbury, S.N. Lewitt, David Hartwell, Kathryn Cramer, more. Memb:
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C$24 until 3/7/96, C$29 after. Info: Con*Cept '96, Box 405, Station H,
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Montreal PQ, H3G 2L1 Canada.
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March 22-24, 1996 (Germany)
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8TH SF DAYS NRW. Dusseldorf, Germany. GoH: James White. Theme:
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Religion. Memb: 35DM/L17 until 2/28/96, 40DM/L19 after. Info: Heinrich
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Sporck, Am Sonnenberg 38, D-44879 Bochum Germany; +49-234-461390.
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March 29-31, 1996 (Oklahoma)
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NORMAN CONQUEST 8. The University of Oklahoma Campus, Norman OK. AGoH:
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Mitch Bentley; Gaming GoH: Dennis MacDonal; Guests: Peter Bradley,
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Angela Lowry, Rick Lowry, Southwest by Night, John Russell, Brian Young,
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more. Memb: $6 in advance, $12 at the door. Info: Club WARP, Room
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215-A, 900 Asp Avenue, Norman OK 73019; 405-325-9583 or 918-747-0518.
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March 29-31, 1996 (Tennessee)
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MIDSOUTHCON 15. The Brownstone Hotel, Memphis TN; 800-468-3515; rms $70
|
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sngl-quad. GoH: Barry Longyear; AGoHs: Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian
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Freas, FGoH: Cullen Johnson; SGoH: Paul Darrow. Memb: $25 until 3/1/96,
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$30 after. Info: MidSouthCon, Box 11446, Memphis TN 38111-0446;
|
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901-274-7355.
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March 29-31, 1996 (Tennessee)
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MAGIC CARPET CON IV. Days Inn and Convention Center, 1400 N. Mack Smith
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Road, Chattanooga TN 37412; 800-251-7624; rms $47. GoH: Melissa Scott;
|
||
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AGoH: Cheryl Mandus; Filk GoHs: Leslie Fish, Filthy Pierre; SGoHs: Andre
|
||
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Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley. Memb: $30 until 3/1/96 $35 after
|
||
|
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(membership limited to 500). Info: Magic Carpet Con, Inc., PO 678, Rocky
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||
|
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Face, GA 30740; email: 73743.1320@compuserve.com or mmartin@basis.com or
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||
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susanb14@aol.com.
|
||
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March 29-31, 1996 (Canada, Ontario)
|
||
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PRISONERS OF THE (K)NIGHT. Holiday Inn Yorkdale, Toronto, ON Canada;
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||
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1-800-HOLIDAY; rms C$89/$65. Guests: Deborah Duchene, Nancy Baker,
|
||
|
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Poppy Z. Brite, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Kim Newman, Stephen Jones, Nancy
|
||
|
|
Kilpatrick; TM: Larry Stewart. Multi-media convention devoted to the
|
||
|
|
vampire genre. Info: Prisoners of the (K)night, c/o David Gracey,
|
||
|
|
203-23 Oriole Rd., Toronto, Ontario; email: maryannbmc@aol.com.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 29-31, 1996 (Canada, Alberta)
|
||
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|
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ST CON 96. Sandman Inn, 888 7th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB Canada. AGoH:
|
||
|
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Jim Pearson; FGoH: Shelly-Ann Jensen. Info: PO Box 22188, Bankers Hall,
|
||
|
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Calgary AB T2P 4J5 Canada.
|
||
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||
|
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March 30-31, 1996 (Connecticut)
|
||
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|
||
|
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TREK-CON. Ramada Inn, Route 82, Norwich CT. Guests:; James Doohan,
|
||
|
|
Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig. Celebration of the 30th
|
||
|
|
anniversary of the original Star Trek series. Memb: $55. Info:
|
||
|
|
860-437-4884.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
March 30-31, 1996 (Virginia)
|
||
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|
||
|
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NOVACON 4. West Park Hotel, Tysons Corner VA. Guests: Robert Picardo,
|
||
|
|
Grace Lee Whitney, Dave McDonnell, Dennis R. Bailey. Info: One Trek
|
||
|
|
Mind Inc., PO Box 3363 Merrifield VA 22116; 703-280-5373; email:
|
||
|
|
pvht15a@prodigy.com or novacon@juno.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 4-8, 1996 (Australia, Western Australia)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
FESTIVAL OF THE IMAGINATION 1996. Kings Perth Hotel, Perth, WA
|
||
|
|
Australia; rms A$80 sngl, A$85 dbl. GoHs: Bruce Sterling, Neil Gaiman,
|
||
|
|
Robin Pen; Guests: Sean McMullen, Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Nick
|
||
|
|
Stathopoulos, Sean Williams, more. Australian National Literary SF/F
|
||
|
|
Conference. Memb: A$20 supporting. Info: Festival of the Imagination
|
||
|
|
'96, GPO Box G429, Perth WA 6948, Australia; email: mjl@iinet.com.au;
|
||
|
|
URL: http://iinet.com.au/~mjl/festival/.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
April 5-7, 1996 (Maryland)
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
BALTICON 30. Omni International Hotel, Baltimore, MD; 800-THE-OMNI; rms
|
||
|
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$95. GoH: Robert Jordan; AGoH: Lubov; FGoH: Marty Gear; Filk GoH: Frank
|
||
|
|
Hayes; 1995 Compton Crook Award Winner: Doranna Durgin. Memb: $30 until
|
||
|
|
12/31/95, $35 until 2/28/96, $40 after. Info: Baltimore Science Fiction
|
||
|
|
Society, Inc., PO Box 686, Baltimore MD 21203; 410-563-2737;
|
||
|
|
bsfs@access.digex.net; URL: http://www.access.digex.net/~bsfs.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 5-7, 1996 (Minnesota)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MINICON(MN). Minneapolis MN. GoHs: David Ossman, Joe Siclari, Edie
|
||
|
|
Stern. Memb: $30 until 2/14/96, $60 after. Info: MinnStf, Box 8297,
|
||
|
|
Lake St. Stn., Minneapolis MN 55408; 612-333-7533; email:
|
||
|
|
request@minicon31.mnstf.org; URL: http://gw.ddb.com/minicon31/.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 5-7, 1996 (Missouri)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
NAME THAT CON 9. Holiday Inn Clayton Plaza, St. Louis MO;
|
||
|
|
314-863-0400; rms $70 sngl/dbl, $75 tpl/quad. GoH: Margaret Weis; AGoH:
|
||
|
|
Ruth Thompson; FGoH: Mark McNary; TM: Mickey Zucker-Reichert. Memb: $20
|
||
|
|
until 2/29/96, $25 after. Info: NameThatCon, PO Box 575, St. Charles,
|
||
|
|
MO 63302; URL: http://www.ecc.cc.mo.us/~randy/ntc9.html.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 5-7, 1996 (Washington)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
NORWESCON 19. Red Lion Hotel/Seattle Airport, SeaTac, WA; rms $85.
|
||
|
|
GoH: A.C. Crispin; AGoH: Tom Kidd; FGoH: Kitty Canterbury. Memb: $40
|
||
|
|
until 1/15/96, $45 until 2/15/96, $50 after. Info: NorWesCon 19, c/o
|
||
|
|
NWSFS, Box 24207, Seattle, WA 98142; 206-248-2010; email:
|
||
|
|
nwc@eskimo.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 5-8, 1996 (United Kingdom, England)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
EVOLUTION/EASTERCON 47. Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London,
|
||
|
|
England; rms L42 sngl, L32 dbl, L28 tpl. GoHs: Vernor Vinge, Colin
|
||
|
|
Greenland, Jack Cohen; AGoH: Bryan Talbot; FGoHs:; Paul Kincaid, Maureen
|
||
|
|
Speller. Info: Evolution, 13 Lindfield Gardens, Hampstead, London, NW3
|
||
|
|
6PX, UK; email: b.hardcastle@imperial.ac.uk; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~simon/evolve/.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 12-14, 1996 (New York)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I-CON XV. Holiday Inn and SUNY at Stony Brook, NY. SGoH: George Alec
|
||
|
|
Effinger; AGoH: Doug Beekman; Filk GoH: Tom Smith; many more TBA.
|
||
|
|
Authors, sci/tech, huge dealers' room, art show, Anime, comics, films,
|
||
|
|
gaming, filking, CyberBar, Chemistry Magic Show. Memb: $20 until
|
||
|
|
1/15/96, $24 until 2/28/96, $28 after. Info: I-CON, PO Box 550, Stony
|
||
|
|
Brook, NY 11790-0550; 516-632-6045; email: icon@ic.sunysb.edu; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://www.I-Con.com/.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 12-14, 1996 (United Kingdom, England)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ACCELERATE '96. Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow Airport, London; rms
|
||
|
|
L45 sngl, L35 dbl, L30 tpl. The third British Quantum Leap Convention.
|
||
|
|
Memb: L35; children 6-14 L17, under 5 free. Info: Accelerate '96, 78
|
||
|
|
Sterry Road, Dagenham, Essex RM10 8NT, England; email:
|
||
|
|
accelerate@pbayliss.demon.co.uk or 100305.2156@compuserve.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 13-14, 1996 (Canada, Nova Scotia)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MARITIME SCIENCE FICTION FESTIVAL. Delta Barrington, Halifax, Nova
|
||
|
|
Scotia, Canada; 902-429-7410; rms C$89. GoHs: Majel
|
||
|
|
Barrett-Roddenberry, Robin Curtis, Robert O'Reilly, Robert Llewellyn.
|
||
|
|
Memb: $45. Info: 61A Melody Dr., Halifax, NS B3L 1P9; 902-443-5998;
|
||
|
|
email: msffest@ra.isisnet.com; URL: http://www.isisnet.com/marsf.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 19-21, 1996 (New Mexico)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
NEW PACIFICON '96. Pinnacle Hotel Four Seasons, 2500 Carlisle, NE,
|
||
|
|
Albuquerque, NM 87110; 800-545-8400. Earth 2 convention. Memb: $60.
|
||
|
|
Info: email: newpacificon@stargame.org.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 19-21, 1996 (Texas)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
CON-TROLL '96/TEXICON. Ramada Astrodome, 2100 South Braeswood at
|
||
|
|
Greenbriar, Houston TX; 713-797-9000; rms $65. GoHs: Harry Harrison,
|
||
|
|
C.J. Cherryh; AGoH: Mary Hanson-Roberts; SGoHs: Lynn Abbey, Jane S.
|
||
|
|
Fancher. Memb: $25 until 3/15/96, $35 after. Info: Con-Troll
|
||
|
|
Conventions Inc., Box 740969-1025, Houston TX 77274; 713-895-9202.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 19-21, 1996 (Canada, Ontario)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
FILKONTARIO 6. Venture Inn Toronto Airport, 925 Dixon Road, Etobicoke,
|
||
|
|
ON M9W 1J8; 800-387-3933; . GoHs: Mary Ellen Wessels, Barry and Sally
|
||
|
|
Childs-Heldton; Interfilk Guest: Steve Dixon. Memb: C$35/$27 until
|
||
|
|
4/1/96. Info: 302 College Ave. W, Unit 20, Guelph, ON N1G 4T6 Canada;
|
||
|
|
email: d.hayman@genie.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 26-28, 1996 (Georgia)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
DEEPSOUTHCON '96. Best Western, Jekyll Island GA. Guests: Harry
|
||
|
|
Turtledove, Peggy Ranson, Joe Siclari, Edith Stern, Jack C. Haldeman II,
|
||
|
|
Jack McDevitt. Memb: $25 until 3/31/96, $30 after. Info: DeepSouthCon
|
||
|
|
'96, Box 1271, Brunswick GA 31521; 912-638-1486; email:
|
||
|
|
74076.3703@compuserve.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
April 26-28, 1996 (Canada, Ontario)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
FLEET ACADEMY NORTH. Holiday Inn, Yorksdale, Toronto ON Canada; rms C$79
|
||
|
|
sngl/dbl. SGoH: D.C. Fontana; GoH: Karl Schroeder; FGoH: Bjo Trimble;
|
||
|
|
TM: Larry Stewart. Memb: C$35/$32 until 12/31/95. Info: Fleet Academy
|
||
|
|
North, 26 Doddington Drive, Etobicoke ON M8Y 1S4, Canada; email:
|
||
|
|
s.lowachee@genie.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 2-6, 1996 (United Kingdom, Wales)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
WARP TWO. Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff Wales. Guests: Nana
|
||
|
|
Visitor, Walter Koenig, Mark Lenard, more. Memb: L35. Info: David
|
||
|
|
Simons, Warp Two, 69, Merlin Crescent, Edgware, Middx, HA8 6JB.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 3-5, 1996 (Iowa)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
DEMICON(IA). Howard Johnson, Des Moines IA; rms $43 sngl, $51 dbl, $57
|
||
|
|
tpl, $63 quad. GoH: Algis Budrys; AGoH: Keith Berdak; FGoHs: Otto and
|
||
|
|
Ruth Sheller; TM: Rusty Hevelin. Memb: $20 until 4/1/96, $28 after.
|
||
|
|
Info: Demicon 7, Box 7572, Des Moines IA 50322; 515-224-7654; email:
|
||
|
|
72050.3650@compuserve.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 3-5, 1996 (Ohio)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MARCON 31. Hyatt Regency, Columbus OH; rms $89. GoH: Katherine Kurtz.
|
||
|
|
Memb: $30 until 4/15/96, $35 after. Info: Marcon 31, Box 141414,
|
||
|
|
Columbus OH 43214; 614-475-8181; email: 70004.760@compuserve.com; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://www.infonet.com/~marcon/.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 3-5, 1996 (South Dakota)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MAGE CON NORTH 2. Best Western Ramkota Inn, Sioux Falls SD. GoH:
|
||
|
|
Margaret Weis. Memb: $15. Info: Mage Con North 2, Box 84828, Sioux
|
||
|
|
Falls SD 57118; email: magecon@aol.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 3-5, 1996 (Washington)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ANGLICON 9. Quality Inn, 17101 Pacific Hwy S, SeaTac, WA. Memb: $40
|
||
|
|
until 4/1/96, $45 after. Info: Anglicon 9, PO Box 75536, Seattle WA
|
||
|
|
98125; 206-789-2748; email: onan@eskimo.com; URL:
|
||
|
|
http://www.eskimo.com/~rkj/anglicon.html.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 9-12, 1996 (Oregon)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1996. Valley River Inn, 1000 Valley River Way,
|
||
|
|
Eugene OR 97401; 800-543-8266; rms $89 sngl, $99 dbl/tpl/quad. Guests:
|
||
|
|
Clive Barker, Charles de Lint, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Don Maitz, Janny
|
||
|
|
Wurts, Ed Bryant. Memb: $65 until 12/31/95, $75 until 5/1/96, more
|
||
|
|
after; $25 supporting. Info: World Horror Convention 1996, Box 40842,
|
||
|
|
Eugene OR 97404; 503-345-6197; email: p.hypatia@genie.com, email:
|
||
|
|
hypatia@teleport.com or 71053.1042@compuserve.com.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
May 10-12, 1996 (North Carolina) *********************
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ROC OF AGES CON. Sheraton, Charlotte NC. Guests: James Doohan, Boris
|
||
|
|
Vallejo, Julie Bell, Ron Spencer, Jeff Menges, Roy Thomas. Info: email:
|
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morgoth883@aol.com.
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******* HToMC will be at this event!
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Neat Stuff on the Internet
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Stang's Email Address: i.stang@metronet.com (Rev. Ivan Stang)
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1st Orthodox Stangian MegaFisTemple Lodge of People's Covenant Church
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of the Wrath of Dobbs Yeti, Resurrected / The SubGenius Foundation,Inc.
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PO Box 140306 Dallas TX 75214 / Fax 214-320-1561 / PRABOB
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Army surplus! If you are unfortunate enough to miss the escape saucers,
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you might need some of these products. Knives, gas masks, water filters,
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survival books, and other goodies are available here, with pictures.
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Plus, they have links to militia sites. http://rrnet.com/~subrosa
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And, on the subject of survival, a new online shareware survival novel
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called "The Gray Nineties" is now available. In this scenario, the
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government screws up the economy so badly that the vital utilities and
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businesses fall like dominoes and society completely collapses. Of all the
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war/a-bomb/natural disaster scenarios, this might actually be more possible.
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It describes in detail a group's preparations and tactics for surviving "the
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crunch". Not foaming-at-the-mouth as other survivalist literature tends to
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be, its full of practical hints and tips. For those without the extensive
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underground facilities and military stockpiles like the HToMC/SLAK garrisons,
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the detailed story can function as a checklist for building your retreat.
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The Gray Nineties - http://www.teleport.com/~ammon/gn/cover.htm
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The Universal Life Church accepts everyone without question of beliefs, grants
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lifetime ordination, for free. Why let the "religious" people have all the
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perks and "respect" of the title REVEREND, when you can have it too? The
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church has two tenents: the absolute right of freedom of religion and to do
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that which is right. Anything else (within the law) is allowed. As an
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ordained minister of the church, you too may ordain new ministers. You must
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send the names and addresses of new ministers to the church in Modesto,
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California for recording on their rolls. The Universal Life Church will not
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stand between you and your God (if any at all) and recognizes that each
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person must choose his own path. Each person in the ULC is free to follow any
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path as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.
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If "ministers" enter Disneyland at a reduced fare, YOU BE ONE TOO! YOUR
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BELIEFS are just as valid or unvalid as any others...they are both sets of
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beliefs. WE believe in YOU and will ordain you and send full legal credentials
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so that in the eyes of the law you are equal to Billy Graham, Oral Roberts and
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the Pope.
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Visit our web site, http://ybi.com/ulc/
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Out of all of our favorite cheesy-paranoid images from the 50s, little
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compares with government propaganda on THE BOMB. Jayne Loader's Public
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Shelter is a web site and a CD-ROM with everything you ever wanted to know
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about nuclear warfare, including lots of pictures, sounds, and footage from
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her classic film, The Atomic Cafe. Without commentary or interpretation,
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this tells the story in its own words and images- and its one thats
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simultaneously funny, creepy, and at one time, deadly serious. Forget Ed
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Wood and all the other schlock film-makers of the 50s- the absolute kings
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of bulldada once worked for the Dept. of Civil Defense, and there's a big
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healthy dose of it on this site.
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Atomic Cafe: http://www.publicshelter.com
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What do cartoon characters do in their spare time off the set? They make
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porno, of course. In a tribute to the complete desecration of "cuteness",
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all of your favorite cartoon characters may be found committing various acts
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that'll *never* make it to the TV. Lots of these graphics files are
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available for FTP at: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/qu/quozl/HTTB
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Dan's Gallery of the Grotesque, as mentioned on the Howard Stern show, is
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one of the premiere collections of gross and tasteless pictures on the net.
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Everything from suicides, homocides, accidents, war, and mutations, can be
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found here. Definitely not for the squeamish, there's more blood and gore
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here than in any 10 movies.
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http://www.zynet.com/~grotesk
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WZRD 88.3 FM Chicago - Also known as "The Wizard", free form radio, blasting
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the Chicago area with the new, strange, and experimental for over 20 years.
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Fully licensed SubGenius clench, they offer their own web pages with
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music, weirdness, and rants. http://www.imagescape.com/wzrd/
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Ice-9 Publications - home of the Radio Farm, with pictures of the recent
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Pittsburgh Devival plus other SubGenius goodies!
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http://www.pitt.edu/~depst8
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John Labowitz's E-Zine List - The Factsheet Five of the electronic scene,
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this is a comprehensive listing of over 800 on-line e-zines, magazines,
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digests, and more. Put a link in your page for this site today!
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http://www.meer.net/~johnl/e-zline-list/
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DOOM!!! The ultimate source for Doom levels, the perfect time and
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productivity killer! Blast your way through underground grottoes, dungeons,
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castles, and space facilities infested with monsters out for blood! Tons
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and tons of add-on levels (WAD files). Play Doom! Make your zine late!
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ftp.cdrom.com
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Dreamboy - Anthony Romano continues his e-zine of dreams. Much like Dream
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Scene the print zine, but overall much more graphic and "adult"-themes.
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Some of these really come to gory life. Plus, he now has a very nice-looking
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web page with graphics, information and everything. Get on his mailing list
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for semi-monthly mailings of Dreamboy e-zine to cdromano@earthlink.net, or
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log onto:
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http://www.etext.org/Zines/UnitCircle/dreamboy/
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Something for nothing! The ultimate resource guide for Free Stuff! A
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guide to forms, 800-numbers, mailing lists, and contests, to get all sorts
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of free merchandise. Plus, get free e-mail, so that you can actually
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pretend that you have a "friend" out there. Also, links to other cheapness
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and free stuff pages.
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http://www.volition.com
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Rev. Donald Wildmon/American Family Association Watch - This self-appointed
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guardian and censor of all media thinks that his group has the right to
|
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determine what you should watch in the privacy of your home. Toward that
|
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end, his organization targets sponsors advertisers and producers of any show
|
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even slightly to the left of Jesse Helms, threatening them with boycotts.
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Of course, they don't have the numbers or the power to actually hurt any of
|
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these companies, but they are capable of making a noise far in excess of
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their numbers. This page is an effort to keep tabs on this group, and to
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actively work *against* them. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - I have also personally
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done such damage-control work in the past, and those sleazeballs deserve it.
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http://www.datasync.com/~booda/wildmon.html
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Holy Temple of Mass Consumption slack@ncsu.edu
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PO Box 30904 BBS: 919-954-5028
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Raleigh, NC 27622 http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/a/aiken/htomc.html
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Until banned by jackbooted thugs under the unconstitutional CDA.
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Gee, thanks a ton, Bill. :-(
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