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Sorry, but no rants this time- this is the "catch-up" issue, and I just had to
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get out the info on so many deserving people and things...plus the world has
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just slowed down enough to allow other activities. So, with the high points:
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THE CROW: See it. Do this now, before proceeding.
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THE FLINTSTONES: Wait for it on video, if at all. As bad as the cartoon.
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JUNE 9TH: The world ends, according to "Messianic Vision" on TBN. Since no-
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body will need any money or material goods on this date, please send all
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worldly possessions to the sacred PO Box for spiritual purification.
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NIXON:
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The paper a few days ago reported that last Wednesday, when all U.S. Govt
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offices were closed in observance of Nixon's death, the Washington, D.C.
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office of the ACLU announced that it would close for exactly 18-1/2 minutes
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(the length of blank space during the longest of many sections Nixon erased
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before turning his tapes over to the public). After being deluged with
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complaints from Nixon stoogies, someone from the office explained that it
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was a joke.
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I just hope that someone remembered to put the stake through his heart
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so that he won't be coming back again.
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Q: Why did RMN (aka Nixon) see "Deep Throat" 1000 times?
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A: He was trying to get it down Pat.
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Yes...it's true ladies and gents...Nixon has put out an album...more
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like a sound track...here is a little sample.
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Beep...Beep...Beep...Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
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Nixon...Unplugged!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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KURT COBAIN:
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What do Kurt Cobain and Magic Johnson have in common?
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Neither will be having sex anytime soon.
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How can you tell Kurt Cobain was a faggot?
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He took a load in his mouth.
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"What else can I say?"
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"My head is blown away..."
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How do you know that Kurt Cobain was disloyal to Nirvana?
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Because the whole time he wanted to be a Dead Head.
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How does Kurt Cobain collect his thoughts?
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with a sponge...
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Did you hear they are already making a movie about his life?
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it's called headless in Seattle
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Q: What has six arms, six legs, and two heads?
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A: Nirvana.
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Q: Why did Kurt shoot his head off?
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A: His manager told him that he'd quit doing drugs if he had half a brain.
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Q; Why did Nirvana cancel their Lollapalooza tour?
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A: Because Kurt kept blowing his top.
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Why Did Kurt Cobain cancel his sailing trip?
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because he felt a strong headwind.
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Q: How many Kurt Cobain fans does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
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A. Fifty thousand and one. One to screw in the lightbulb and
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fifty thousand to hold a candlelight vigil about it.
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Q: What does Kurk Corbain and the group Nine Inch Nails have in common?
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A: Head Like A Hole!
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Q: Why could Cobain never become a professional boxer?
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A: Because apparently, he can't take a blow to the head.
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"Kurt Cobain just reached nirvana!"
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Q: What does Kurt Cobain smell like now?
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A: I don't know but it's sure not Teen Spirit.
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Have you seen the new MTV show?
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"Kurt Cobain: Plugged."
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Q: What do JFK, Curt Cobain, and Bill Clinton all have in common?
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A: They each have (or have had - in JFK's case) half a brain,
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and Gore on their backs.
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Q: What do Kurt Cobain and Freddie Mercury have in common?
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A: They both sucked a tube and died.
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Overheard: "Did you hear Courtney Love (Kurt's widow) is renaming
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her band -- 'Hole' -- in Kurt's honor?
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It's now called 'Hole -- in the Head.'"
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Q: Who makes less money than Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic?
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A: Kurt Cobain
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Q: What's the last thing that went through his mind when he pulled the trigger?
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A: His teeth
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A2: The wad.
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A3: About 8 ounces of lead shot.
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A4: "Shit, I thought this was a microphone!"
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A5: "Let's see Eddie top this!"
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Q: What will Nirvana's next album be?
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A: "Nomoremind."
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A2: "Splattermind."
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A3: "Post Mortem" (followup to "In Utero")
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Q: What will be on the next Nirvana album?
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A: Smells Like Gunsmoke
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A2: Smells Like Kurt's Dead
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A3: Smells Like a Rotting Corpse
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A4: Kurt Shaped Box
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A5: In Bloom: A Tribute to Kurt's Head
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Q: What's the new lead singer of Nirvana called?
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A: Kurt Nobrain.
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Q: What color were Kurt Cobain's eyes?
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A: Blue. One blew this way, one blew that way.
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Overheard: "I guess he really *was* a headbanger!"
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"And I swear that I don't have a gun, no I don't have a gun."
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--- Come As You Are, Nirvana
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Well, he sure fooled us, didn't he?
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Q: Why doesn't Kurt Cobain drive a car?
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A: He'd rather ride shotgun.
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There once was a man named Cobain.
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He liked heroin in his vein.
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Even with a hot wife,
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Kurt was bummed with his life,
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And all that is left is a stain!
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Q: What's worse than Kurt Cobain offing himself?
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A: Having to hear about it for the next 12 months.
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Q: How do you know Kurt Cobain is committing suicide?
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A: His nostrils are flared.
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Q: Did you hear that there is a new drink called the "Cobain"?
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A: It's some pills and champagne followed by a shot.
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Q: Did you hear? Kurt Cobain committed suicide!
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A: Now that was a *real* no-brainer.
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True story: Julianna Hatfield recalled once contemplating suicide.
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She then heard a Nirvana song, and changed her mind. Her own lyrics
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tell the story (song title?):
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"Here comes the song, I love it so much.
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Makes me wanna go fuck shit up!
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I've got Nirvana in my head --
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I'm so glad I'm not dead."
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Gotta love that irony.
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Overheard: "Even without Cobain, the grunge-scene carries on.
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as proof, plans are in the works for the first grunge-industry
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motion picture: 'Dead Mean do wear Plaid.'
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Q: What did Jeffrey Dahmer say to Kurt Cobain?
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A: Are you gonna eat that?
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Overheard: "Record sales of Nirvana albums are doing brisk business
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thanks to Kurt Cobain's suicide, even though some of his best fans
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might not be so clear on why he's so big all of a sudden. One little
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boy had asked a record store owner what "suicide" meant, to which
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the merchant answered, "Well, it's like... ventilating your head."
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There once lived a young man named Kurt
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that did something that surely must hurt:
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Though detoxed off junk,
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He remained in a funk --
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And all over his brains sure did spurt!
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"Kurt Cobain blew off his face in a last ditch effort
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to get his creative juices flowing."
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What's the difference between Kurt Cobain and Novocaine?
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Tasteless answer: One kills pain temporarily......
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( the rhyming scheme is really important here..)
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Q. Why did KC kill himself?
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A. Someone made him listen to his own music!
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Rumor has is that Kurt's body is going to be cremated, and a manufacturer
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of potting soil has purchased the rights to his remains, which will be
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blended in with their peat moss. In this way, gardenders all over America
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can have Kurt "in bloom" throughout the summer.
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Oh yes, I forgot to mention that this new potting soil is especially
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recommended for the luxuriant growth of poppies.
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Kurt Cobain's Favorite Comics:
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*** Amazing Strip #3 - This manga-style cartoon merges sex, rock-and-roll,
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and ghosts. A girl gets the inspiration for songs when she orgasms, and
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the band tries to find the connection between that and her first time-with
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a ghost trapped by musical "beings". Not overly explicit. Venus Comics.
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*** Bartman #2 - Possibly the first of the Bongo comics series that actually
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has an original, entertaining story to it. Bart battles The Penalizer, a
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vigilante who actually punishes criminals. Lots of little jokes, and most
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of them actually work. Bongo Comics.
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*** Beavis & Butthead #4 - The boys get tattoos, so that they can get free
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tickets to the Amazon women wrestling event. Once there, they decide to get
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into the act, so they dress up in drag and take on the muscle women. Also,
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pages of juvenile pranks and sexual innuendo, While escaping the irate
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muscle women, the boys are mistaken for male strippers, but are rescued by
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the Biker Chick. Fairly outrageous for something from Marvel Comics.
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*** Beavis & Butthead #5 - The boys screw up track & field events, yet end
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up winning the race. Later, in an attempt to pick up chicks, they become
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towel boys at a local gymn. Plus, crude tricks to do in movie theatres.
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Marvel Comics.
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*** The Black Pearl #1 - A shy, mousey girl picks up a strange amulet from a
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pawn shop, and later, while masturbating, it transforms her into a voluptous,
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sex-crazed nymphomaniac. Very explicit, and some of the best I've seen in
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quite a while from Eros Comix.
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**** Brinke of Eternity #1 - A galactic counsel decides that Earth is to be
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destroyed because we've polluted it so badly (although, wouldn't destroying
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the humans make a mess too?). A super-warrior woman is sent to Earth to
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activate a doomsday machine, but her half-earthling sister arrives and fights
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to protect humanity. The writer and model is scream-queen Brinke Stevens, and
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she really does have a skimpy green outfit exactly like the one in the comic
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book. If you see her at a con, she'll probably be wearing it. Chaos! Comics.
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**** Carnal Comics #1 - A comic with true stories of adult film stars, this
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one is about the British star Sarah-Jane Hamilton. In part 1 of 3, she tells
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her life story about how she changed from a shy English schoolgirl to a
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stripper and model in London. Plus, one of her medieval fantasies. Also
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includes a real pictorial with Sarah. Revolutionary comics.
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**** Cherry's Jubilee #4 - More adventures of everyone's favorite teenage
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slut, by Larry Welz and others. This one includes a different version of the
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little mermaid story, the French Resistance, and Cherry does Mayberry. More
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explicit cartoons per page than any other. Kitchen Sink Press.
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**** Crap #4 - Mike picks up a new girlfriend who's into B&D, and she drags
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him, unwilingly, further and further into it. Like the episode on drag queens,
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this is probably one of the most accurate and most sensitive portrayals of
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this scene. Plus, a "Smiley" strip that I haven't figured out yet.
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Fantagraphics Books
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**** Dirty Plotte #8 - Comics by Julie Doucet and others, including Julian
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Lawrence, Jeff Johnson (Nurture the Devil), and more. Stories include bad
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roommates (and how one really bad one became Casper the ghost), gross ugly kids
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with diarhhea, art school drop-outs, and other comics with strange sexual or
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social themes. Julie's art style is instantly recognizable. Drawn and Quarterly
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*** Duplex Planet #7 - More questions and stories from the nursing home,
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illustrated by Wayno, Pat Moriarty, Jim Woodring, J.R. Williams, Dame Darcy,
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and many more. Was John Wayne really brave? What makes a good motel?
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The art is great, but of ideas seem kind of uninspired. Fantagraphics Books.
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*** Fat Freddy's Cat #1 - Rip Off Press has been reprinting lots of the Furry
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Freak Brothers and Freddy's Cat lately. This one has "I Led Nine Lives" tale
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of the secret spy-cat, plus lots of the familiar one-page strips, with the
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cat with an attitude living with the stoners. Rip Off Press.
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*** Flaming Carrot/TMNT #4 - in the final part of this crossover, the learn
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the secret of the ancient city, and that Earth is being invaded by creatures
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from the sun, using the city as a focus. The city must be re-sunk in order
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to stop the invaders. Mirage Publishing.
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**** Hate #15 - This time the characters seem *too* real. Buddy has to deal
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with multiple neurotic roommates piling in the apartment, including his
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freaky ex-girlfriend. Things get so bad that he leaves to visit his parents
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in NYC. Plus, an introspective look at his own comics. Fantagraphics.
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*** Jim vol. II #2 - More strange visions from Jim Woodring, with Frank and
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other strange characters. This one has a Frank strip, a dream of a party at
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Jim's house, and Pulque, the embodiment of drunkenness. Strange but compelling
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stuff- I can't help wonder what the "worst visions" might be that he alludes
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to. Fantagraphics Books.
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**** Meatcake #2 - More of those silly, but neat stories by Dame Darcy.
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Its hard to describe, but the strangeness of the stories perfectly matches
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the strangeness of her artwork style. Fantagraphics Books.
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**** Milk and Cheese - this is the first 2nd issue, which is actually the 5th
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issue. After an absence, everyone's favorite dairy-products-gone-bad are
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back, with full bloody mayhem. They crash comic book conventions, Halloween,
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bad morning breath, TV violence, buffet frenzy, and the death of Herve
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Villechaize. A must for all drunken rioters. Slave Labor Graphics.
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*** Musings #3 - This is primarily an interview comic, which talks to a lot
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of different artists. I picked it up because the front and back cover are
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Dawn, by Michael Linsner. It turns out that he and Joe Monks had a falling
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out, and won't be producing anything else under the name Cry for Dawn. The
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character will live on, however, and the last time I talked to Linsner at a
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con, he has plans to do a real story with the Dawn character, in the D&D-ish
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universe hinted at in the drawings. Joe Monks has been making the rounds at
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conventions recently, so here's Linsner's side of the story.
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*** Negative Burn #10 - This issue has another installment of the Twilight
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People, Mr. Mamoulian, Classics Desecrated, and more. My favorites were
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Wet Work by Phillip Hester, and Project High by Ken Meyer Jr. This issue
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has a nice variety of different works. Caliber Press.
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**** Nurture the Devil #1 - Dark, disturbing comics from Jeff Johnson. Not
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for the squeamish or unstable, these stories explore sadism, physical and
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mental torture in a dysfunctional family, cannibalistic premature monster
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babies, violence between the sexes, and nightmarish images. Fantagraphics.
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*** Peepshow #6 - I tend to go back and forth between feeling sorry for Joe's
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problems, and pissed off at him for bringing a fair amount of it on himself.
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In the latest semi-autobiographical issue, he completely blows it with the
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oriental girl he's been waiting for so long. After a string of dismal failures,
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he goes back home, and blows it again with 2 girls in bed. He finally settles
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back into the old solitary, but contented, routine. At least he does have good
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taste in music. Got any good news for us, Joe? Drawn and Quarterly.
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*** The People's Comics - A reprint of Robert Crumb's 1972 classic, with
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the jaded exploits of Fritz the Cat, and Crumb's own twisted view of society,
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revolution, and himself. 25th anniversary special from Kitchen Sink Comix.
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*** Powdered Toast Man - In a natural spin-off from the Ren & Stimpy series,
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PTM battles a series of offbeat villains. There's a few good gags in here,
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but nothing as shockingly outrageous as burning the Constitution from the
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original TV show. Marvel Comics.
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*** Real Girl #6 - The genderfuck issue takes on cross-dressing, butch dykes,
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female impersonators, gender roles, and more with a series of cartoons by
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different authors. Look for the cover by Tom Tomorrow. Fantagraphics.
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*** Real Stuff #17 - I've always thought that I've had some interesting
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adventures, but I don't think anyone can compare to Dennis Eichhorn. In the
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continuing chronicle of Dennis' exhilirating and sometimes scary true stories,
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he encounters a glue-sniffing convict, encounters strange dreams when choked
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unconscious by bullies, the press box at an NFL game, a coke-crazed comedian
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girlfriend, Wild Man Fisher as a house guest, and working security for
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a John Lee Hooker concert. Drawn by different artists. Fantagraphics Books.
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*** Real Stuff #18 - Dennis is attacked by a coach who married Dennis' former
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abused girlfriend, on the road with Wild Man Fisher, and guilt-ridden paranoid
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neighbors, and secret US airforce training of chinese nationalist pilots, are
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all more episodes from Dennis Eichhorn's turbulent adventures. Drawn by
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J.R. Williams, Seth Tobocman, Leslie Sternbergh and others. Fantagraphics.
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** Ren & Stimpy #19 - The Minimalist issue - Although the takeoffs on
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"Waiting for Godot" are clever, this issue could use a bit more story
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material. The point is to see how *little* R&S can be shown; invisility
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guns, blown fuses, and TOO MANY ADS keep them hidden. There's a couple of
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wry, gross jokes, but not much else. Marvel Comics.
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*** Ren & Stimpy #20 - Ren takes over the Muddy Mudskipper show, and drives
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it straight into the ground. Lots of Letterman references. Plus, they
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babysit a huge, obnoxious baby. They could have done a lot more with these
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stories, plus, ads take up about half the comic book. Marvel Comics.
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*** Ren & Stimpy Special #2 - The boys take on various summer jobs, including
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football team mascots, stunt actors, and janitors. As usual, they can't do
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anything right, or end up getting screwed. Marvel Comics.
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** Simpsons Comics #3 - The school mascot, the stuffed puma, is stolen, and
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Bart must find out who took it. Lisa goes on a Poirot-style investigation.
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A few good jokes, but tame for the Simpsons. Bongo Comics.
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*** Sin Comics #2 - This is a collection of small, interrelated comics with
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themes running through them, plus lots of meta-comic jokes (and even a visit
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to the artist's studio). Tame, but an interesting mix. Black Eye Productions.
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*** Stiff #1 - A rich woman hires a guy to kill her disabled husband, in return
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for money and hot sex. She ends up getting it too, after the killer checks the
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brakes and sees that he was to die also. Explicit, gory. Boneyard Press.
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*** The Tick - Karma Tornado #3 - The Tick is beamed back to Earth after
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finishing the games, but he ends up floating in space in the wrong place.
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He is rescued by a Kennedy-era space chimp, who gained intelligence in space
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after his failed mission was covered up by NASA. The ape is now the servant
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to the space being Nigh-Omnipotus, and the ape tricks the Tick into taking
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over his job. New England Comics Press.
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**** Tomato #1 - comics by Ellen Forney - collection of outrageous comics
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from women's perspective. A lewd photo-shoot, growing up with "hip" parents
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in the 70s, and trying to meet Camille Paglia are some of the rather
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interesting topics. The story from the cover is a surpriser. Starhead Comix.
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***** Waldo World #2 - The continuing story of classic cartoon animators,
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by Kim & Simon Deitch. Lillian, now an old woman, recounts how she met
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Winston Newton, the animation pioneer, and how he died on her. Ted's son
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recounts a company picnic, and how the idea of a cartoon amusement park was
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stolen from the Fontaine Fables founder. This is a great story of the
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troubles and personalities behind an early cartoon company. Fantagraphics.
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*** Wild Life #1 - by Peter Kuper, this is another of the autobiographical
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comics. Peter takes us on a look back to his adolescence, and the terrible
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time he had getting laid, and the times that he blew it. Plus, an illustrated
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Kafka story, and more. If you like Joe Matt, you'll love this. Fantagraphics.
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*** Whot Not! #3 - Snide, sarcastic, juvenile cartoons with a violent attitude,
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with disturbing strangness. Which means that its definitely recommended.
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Absolutely no cultural icon is sacred- the section on what will happend to
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cartoon kids when they grow up is great. Fantagraphics Books.
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THE BLEEDING TRUTH ABOUT MIKE DIANA
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blatantly ripped off from: [Media Clips by Hugh Forrest] (thanks,hugh)
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NOW THAT'S OBSCENE: Is Austin a better place to live now that two
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people who aired a sexually explicit video on ACTV have been convicted
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of obscenity charges? Perhaps it is. Perhaps it's completely
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inappropriate that youngsters be exposed to such material in their
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living rooms--yet, one wonders if tender, impressionable youngsters are
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the ones watching television at 2am.
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Then again, few if any of the people who were so offended by the
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_Infosex_ footage were viewing the program or were even awake when the
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problematic segments were aired. But an important principle was being
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established here and the eventual outcome of this court case was well
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worth the efforts of the numerous lawyers that were involved in the
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protracted legal process. Thank goodnes the only kind of safe sex we'll
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now see on our televisions is the kind approved by the network moguls
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and their million-dollar cronies in the advertising industry.
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While the outcome of the Austin trial is unfortunate, it pales in
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comparison to the proceedings of a recent obscenity case in Florida. On
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March 25, a Pinellas County jury convicted 24-year-old cartoonist
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Michael Diana of three counts of publishing and advertising obscenity.
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His crime? Producing and contributing ortwork to about 300 copies of
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the very, very offbeat fanzine entitle _Boiled Angel_, a single copy of
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which was sold in the county in which these charges were filed. During
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his trial, a local psychologist who testified for the prosecution said
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that normal people would find the publication "worthless or disgusting"
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while other such experts surmised that the articles in _Bolied Angel_
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might incite criminal activity. About $50,000 in taxpayer-funded court
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costs later, the young artist was found guilty, scoring a big victory
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for decency and presumably making St. Petersburg a much safer place to
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live.
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Diana's troubles started in 1992 when one of the suspects from the
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notorious coed murders in Gainesville was found to have a copy of
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_Boiled Angel_ in his apartment. As a result, Diana, as well, quickly
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became a suspect in these killings. Police took a blood sample from
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him; when it did not match evidence from the scene of the crime, he was
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off the hook. Still the so-called authorities were distrubed at the
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images they had seen in this photocopied publication. They told him he
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should quit producing this filth, advice he politely ignored. Later, he
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produced _Boiled Angel #7_ and _Boiled Angel #Ate_. Diana sent one of
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these copies to a man from St. Petersburg who had corresponded to [sic]
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him repeatedly. This man was, in fact, a police officer and shortly
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thereafter the cartoonist was arrested on obscenity charges.
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_Boiled Angel may not be the kind of material you'd want your
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pre-schooler reading, but as `zines go, there is much harsher stuff. As
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publisher, Diana seems particularly fascinated--perhaps disturbed is a
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better word--by family violence. One eight-page strip in the
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publication entitled "Baby Fucked Dog Food" describes the cycle of child
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abuse and concludes when the family dog exacts his sodomic revenge on
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the evil father. Another page featured the tongue-in-cheek list "How to
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Be a Successful Serial Killer." Insofar as the drawings that Diana
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himself produces for his publication, priests with gigantic penises that
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seek out young boys seem to be a favorite subject.
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"His artwork is brutal," says Shane Bugbee, of Michael Hunt Publishing
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in Chicago. "But then again he's dealing with brutal subjects such as
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child molestation." Asked where he gets his ideas for these sketches,
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the soft-spoken Diana responds that they come from watching the news and
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reading newspapers. "I guess I tend to fcus on the ugly side of
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existence," he notes.
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Pinellas County porosecutors, however, were convinced that these
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drawings add more than focus to the ugly side of life. Speaking to the
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jury, County Attorney Stuart Baggish painted a scenario in which people
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reading this publication would eventually turn to photos for further
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stimulation, then to films, then to recreating these situations in real
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ife. The defense responded with testimoy from fanzine experts such as
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_Factsheet Five_ publisher Seth Friedman. Friedman and New York
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illustrator Peter Kuper claimed that _Boiled Angel_ was an artform
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specifically directed to other artists and `zine collectors. This
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argument bore little relevance to the jury, who only needed 90 minutes
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to arrive at the guilty verdict.
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As strange as the Diana case is, the strangest aspect of this latter-day
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witch hunt are the various punishments issued by County Judge Walter
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Fullerton. Having been found guilty of the three obscenity charges,
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Diana has been placed on probation for three years, must pay $3,000 in
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fines and costs, contribute over 1,200 hours of community service, as
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well as receive psychiatric counselfing. Additionally, Judge Fullerton
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ordered that he must enroll in a "journalism ethics" course in hopes
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that he coan one day become a "responsible publisher." Inferring from
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his drawings that Diana is a potential child molester, Fullerton
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mandated that he must stay away from those under 18 years of age; when
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minors enter the convenience store at which he is now employed, he is
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legally forbidden from emerging from behind the counter.
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But, wait, it gets weirder still. He is prohibited by court order from
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publishing material that "_could_ be considered obscene." Fullerton
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also ordered that Diana could not create such material "even for your
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own use." In this scenario, the cartoonist's probation officer has been
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authorized to make warrantless searches of his property to find doodles
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that may violate this order. As noted by "News of the Weird" founder
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Chuck Shepherd, who wrote about this case for Tampa's _Creative Loafing_
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and has a story on Diana that will appear in next month's _Playboy_,
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"This is surely the only time that someone has been forbidden to make an
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illegal speech, let alone arguably protected speech, to himself. It is
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the equivalent of forbidding someone to say 'fuck,' even if no one can
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hear him."
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Asked if he sees parallels between Diana's troubles in Florida and the
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ACTV case in Austin, Shepherd, a former criminal lawyer, points out that
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both "fit into the pattern of First Amendment wars in this country being
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waged as culture wars. Most of the really vigorous First Amendment
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contests are now fought along cultural battle lines. As opposed to
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producers and retailers, they more and more pit people who believe in
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expressing themselves in alternative ways versus prosecutors who don't
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believe in the validity of such expressions. In many of these cases,
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the prosecutors come from a completely different cultural context than
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those they have charged. These prosecutors look for incidental sexual
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references. They view these references free of the irony in which they
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may have been intended and assume they were produced for the purpose of
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titillation."
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Shepherd adds that Judge Fullerton and the prosecution team are confused
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in their interpretation of prurient interest as it relates to the legal
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definition of obscenity. Since Diana did not intend or target the
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"deviant community" with _Boiled Angel_, he feels that this case will be
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overturned by a higher court, a court with a more sophisticated
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understanding of the complexity of such laws. Meanwhile, those wishing
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to help underwrite these appeals may be interested in purchasing a
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180-page edition titled "Fuck Florida." This work, proceeds from which
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will benefit Diana via the San Francisco-based Comic Book Legal Defense
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Fund, features cover art by R. Crumb as well as renderings of Diana's
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art by numerous other underground and semi-underground cartoonists. For
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ordering info, contact Shane Bugbee at Michael Hunt Publishings, Box
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226, Bensonville, IL, 60106 (708/794-2723).
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SACRIFICES TO THE OMNIPOTENT PO BOX:
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Asylum for Shut-Ins #3 - Just came out with this one, and its getting bigger
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and better. The approved successor publication to High Weirdness by Mail,
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this is a must-have, along with Factsheet Five. No-holds-barred reviews of
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the latest and greatest catalogs, music, and just plain weirdness from the
|
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fringes of the First Amendment. Plus, rants by Stang, cartoons by Dame Darcy,
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plus perhaps the first and best sleaze-lover's guide to the Internet, including
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the infamous Internet Nut FAQ. 4-Issue subscriptions are $9 USA, $10 Canada
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and DAMN WELL WORTH IT. PO Box 46581, Bedford OH 44146
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The 0fficial-Unofficial Zine of the Muselix Thr0ng of the M00se Illuminati-
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(0ZMUT) - Volume 3.1 - Lots of random stories, in-jokes, reviews (good one of
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Babylon 5), and strangeness from this somewhat Discordian-ism spin-off group.
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They have lots to say about Beer, plus they have good drinks at their con
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parties. No price listed, but send them something for postage. Write to the
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SnafuM00se Chapter, 702 Prince Edward Street Suite 4N, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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The Compound - Nice little SubGenius zine, with a cover of the SubGenius Beach
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Party. For a first attempt at a zine, they nicely captured the FUN of the
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Church with lots of esoteric graphics and (stamps!!), strange doctrines,
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artwork, and short articles. Teriffic look too, with help from Rev. Dave
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Mitchell. Send something, anything to: The Compound, c/o J. Reichert
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PO Box 387, Orlando, FL 32802
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Eat or Die #3 - Tons of strange graphics and collages, mixed with strange
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text, articles, and rants. Unlike many such zines, the quantity, quality,
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and strangness of it all hits a critical mass that makes it an adventure
|
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into surreality. Plus, the cartoon series that threads throughout the issues
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is great. Many pages of fun stuff. Send $2 to P. Santo, 230 Avenue B,
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Apartment 4, Bayonne, NJ 07002
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Sex & Rock 'N' Roll Tattoos - Not a zine, this is a full-color glossy magazine
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where rock stars show off their tattoos. And there's tons of them too, in
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lots of pictures. In this issue, musicians from Concrete Blonde, GWAR, X,
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Warrant, Souls at Zero, and tons of other bands show off their favorite
|
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tattoos and tell the stories behind them. The pages are packed with full-
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color closeups, as well as group shots, and there's some real artwork here.
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As the intro says, tattoos and music have a lot in common- they're both means
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of expression, and these tattoos match the intensity of the music. If you're
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into hard-core and/or tattooing, you'll want this, and its awfully tempting
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for those thinking about getting a new or first tattoo. 100 full-color pages,
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and it includes 2 full-color posters. Look for this at your favorite bookshop,
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or $17.95 for 4 issues (25.95 Canadian, if they'll let it across the border)
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to: Jiffy Fulfillment Inc, 462 Broadway, Suite 4000, NY NY 10013-2697 or
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call: 1-800-835-2246 ext. 192.
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Your Freedom #1 - Another angry libertarian/anarchist zine from someone who
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has figured out that our government is a joke, that we are slowly being
|
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enslaved, and that all the programs are actually designed to enhance some
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petty bureaucrat's wallet and power. In a subject area that's popping up
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faster than mushrooms after a spring rain, this zine is short, sweet, and
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to-the-point, with articles on helmet laws, the political contimuum, and a
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review of the Loompanics catalog. Plus, he's looking for cartoons and
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submissions. Sample copy $2 or 12-issues for $18, PO Box 54562,
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Oklahoma City, OK 73154-1562.
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Ogyr Network series III #2 - This is the perfect thing to satisfy your hunger
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between ever-so-rare issues of the Stark Fist. Art by Pope Sternodox, stories
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and rants by LIES, Janor Hypercleets, and assorted misfits, plus one of the
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best coverages of alternative music anywhere. I totally agree with the review
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of the latest Cocteau Twins album. Plus zines (thanks for the plug) and lots
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more. Only $3 from $aint @ndrew, PO Box 53, Plainfield IL 60544 or
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stumattheand@vax.colsf.edu
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Plutonium Nyborg Express, vol 2 issue 3- April 94 - I picked this up from the
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flyer table at Creature Feature. The bad part: pages and pages of wasted
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space, with "top 10 lists" and in-group banter that nobody else understands or
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cares about. The good part: several quite good pencil drawings by Adam
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Narcross, a quick guide to how all the victims died in the Friday the 13th
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movies, and a neat alternative 'do not disturb' door hanger. No price listed,
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PO Box 5532, Raleigh, NC 27650-5532
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Interesting! - This is quite literally, anything and everything that the
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publisher, Richard Sagall, wants to put in this "compilation of things I find
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interesting." In this issue, he talks about respectable occupations,
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deformed chickens, interesting groups to write for catalogs, similarities
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between Jesus and Elvis, medical accuracy in TV shows, funny medical terms,
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and tons of other neat facts and statistics. I think he may be far too
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trusting of the government in his assessment of Waco, but its his opinion, and
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he solicits opinions for the soapbox section. 20 or so pages that are a
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quick condensation of tons of reading. Lives up to its name. $3 per issue to
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PO Box 1069, Bangor, ME 04402-1069, or Rich24@aol.com
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"i" by Dave Fisher, The Center for Computational Aesthetics. This piece
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explores the nature of causality, reality, and how our abstracts and constructs
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that we create in order to generate the illusion that we're dealing with it,
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might actually be barriers- and how to possibly overcome it. Mini-koan-like
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snippets of thoughts are illustrated by computer graphics with their own
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hidden, and contributing, meanings. Fractal lovers would love it for the
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psychedelic graphics alone, which have been reproduced in high resolution.
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Take it slow, and absorb it. $6 (very nicely, almost professionally done) from:
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Marks on Paper, 306 Thayer St. #82, Providence, RI 02906
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Pandora's Box vol.2 #3 - Fairly thick zine of art, poetry, and miscellaneous
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articles and reviews of a diverse group desperately searching for meaning and
|
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fun among the dull grey-hairs of Tampa-bay area. Pretty original, and much
|
|
more honest than lots of arty-style zines, with unabased rejection of petty
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societal norms. Thanks for Rev. Gypsy Joker KSC for sending this- no price is
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listed, but send something to help them out: Pandora's Box 6430 Polk St.
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New Port Richey, FL 34653
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Brinke Stevens Newsletter - #7 Winter 1993 issue - Brinke is one of the "scream
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queens" who made lots of "B" movies in the early-mid 80s, that Up All Night
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shows in heavily edited form. You may have seen her in "Haunting Fear",
|
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"Nightmare Sisters", and "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-A-Rama", plus
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she has her own comic book, "Brinke of Eternity", plus she visits tons of
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sci-fi, horror, and fantasy cons each year. In her newsletter, she lists
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videos, artwork, and other collectibles relating to herself and other scream
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queens, plus she sells lots of hard-to-find videos including her Private
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Collection series, Shock Cinema, and "Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity",
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which was personally critized by Jesse Helms. Newsletter is $5 for 4 issues,
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but if you see her at a con, she'll probably give you one. Brinke Stevens
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Fan Club, 8033 Sunset Blvd #556, Hollywood, CA 90046
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Bellows of Self - vol. II #4 - Special Christmas Zeppelin issue, dedicated to
|
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Peter Strasser, german zeppelin commander. Strange stories, articles, anti-
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PC editorials, and TONS OF ZEPPELINS!!!! Ranges from the outrageous to the
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sublime, with some great pictures and clipart that I haven't seen before.
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No price, send something to: Bellows of Self, PO Box 17285, Salt Lake City,
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Utah, 84124
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Mouth-Snake - this is a small mini-comic by Jeff Johnson (Nurture the Devil)
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and Paul Weinman. Dark, disgusting, and perverse drawings and text illustrate
|
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a loss of innocence. Paul Weinman, 79 Cottage Ave, Albany NY 12203
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Strange, But True News - This zine is precisely as the title implies, real
|
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news stories that actually happened, and as usual, truth is much stranger than
|
|
fiction. The Feb. 94 issue reports on a man who seduced teenagers by telling
|
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them he was an alien and promised them rides in his spacecraft, a pink lawn
|
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flamingo that took a cross-trip and wrote letters home, arrests for getting
|
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high on toads, politically-correct gingerbread "persons", and Japanese suicide
|
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manuals. This is a great barometer to gauge the amount of weirdness and
|
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insanity in the world, and there's no shortage. 1 year (12 issues) is only $12
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and $2 for a sample copy- mention you read this in HToMC and get it for $1.
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SEND HIM YOUR WEIRD NEWS CLIPPING!!!!
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The Luminary - MOC special issue - This is a semi-magazine primarily for
|
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role-playing gamers, but also contains short stories, artwork, comics, and
|
|
articles dealing with gaming and the various mythos's and characters in some
|
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of the games. No price listed, The Luminary c/o Frontiers, PO Box 2830
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Athens, GA 30612-0830
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Factsheet Five #51 - the latest is out, and its larger than ever. The current
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gang managing this project is doing a great job with it, and its full of
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comics, zines, music, zines about every subject, movies, catalogs, and more
|
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from the self-produced underground/independent scene. Get a subscription now
|
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if you don't have one already. Regular bulk-rate 6-issue subscription is $20,
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$35 if in Canada (and if they haven't censored it yet) Send it to:
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Facthsheet Five Subscriptions, PO Box 170099, San Francisco, CA 94117-0099
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The Mongoloid Moose #4 - Fun stuff. 101 everyday objects that can be used as
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improvised weapons, Star Wars movie marathons with MST3K dialog, how to annoy
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the local supermarket, adventures in food shopping, and other odd things that
|
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Scott finds interesting. This is a zine written not to impress, educate,
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annoy, etc., but simply because he enjoys writing it, and it shows. $1 to
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Scott Wilson, PO Box 642, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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Smite #3 - Badfilm reviews, zines, the Different Strokes cult, and more are
|
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in this latest issue of Smite. Plus, more gory war-stories from the minimum
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wage/service sector employment scene, and all of the scummy bosses, degrading
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jobs, and low wages. Having 3 separate jobs since Christmas actually isn't
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necessarily a bad thing; anyone with any self-respect at all shouldn't have
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to put up with some fast-food jerks. Watch for more great film reviews too,
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he's officially getting into that scene. $10 for 12 issues or $1 each from:
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R.L. Porter, c/o SMITE, PO Box 624, Diboll, TX 75941
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Derogatory Reference #77 - In this journal-format zine, Arthur Hlavaty takes
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us to Philcon, where he participated in SF panels, dealing with Internet
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e-mail, over-hyped criticism of academians discussing gay themes, zine
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coverage in newspapers, working in cyberspace, criminalizing drugs, and other
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topics. Lots of heady stuff in a high-brow, non-weird format, but still it
|
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comes off more interesting and meaningful than lots of publications 10 times
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the size. His exploits and interests make good reading. $1, published 4 or
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so times a year from Arthur Hlavaty, 206 Valentine St. Yonkers NY 10704-1814
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or get it email from him at hlavaty@panix.com
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Trash #17 - This issue talks about Kurt Cobain's suicide and how people tend
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to cynically dismiss it. Plus, Wrestling and trash sports, tons of album
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reviews, upcoming movies on all the cable movie channels with reviews, plus
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great local comics, T-Square, and Mickey Death. While wandering around
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Carrboro before the King Missle show, I stopped in the Videodrome, where this
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zine is produced, and its one of the best psychotronic film stores I've seen
|
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anywhere, bar none. 405 E. Main St. Carrboro, NC 27510
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25 Creationists' Arguments & 25 Evolutionists' Answers - This is a booklet
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produced by the Skeptics Society, and is meant to help teachers and schools
|
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fight off the pseudo-scientific/religious/political agenda that is constantly
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trying to be forced down their throats. It covers nearly all of the "main"
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points covered in typical creationist literature, and can definitely help in
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skirmishes with the street evangelists. Skeptics Sopciety, 2761 N. Marengo
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Ave., Altadena, CA 91001
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MUSIC
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Indian Rope Burn - "Sex Party"
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I got this CD immediately after MOC, and its been in heavy rotation ever since.
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This is an unclassifiable compilation which is similar, but not quite like a
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cross between techno, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, New Order, with snips
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and samples from various bad horror movies and more. This was the "house"
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band for a recent Devival in Akron OH, so that gives you a fair idea of where
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the lyrics go- that range from being simultaneously cynical and funny, to
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questioning and anti-authoritarian. And, the music to go along with it is
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great. Mainly an industrial "feel" to it, but there's bits and pieces of lots
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of different styles. Highly recommended. GGE records, PO Box 1784
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Kent, OH 44240-0033, or e-mail Mike Crooker at mikecrooker@delphi.com
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<whole page picture and text of Indian Rope Burn here>
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<Trust me, its good.>
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C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N-S
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June 3-5, 1994 (Illinois)
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DUCKON III. Lisle Hyatt, Chicago IL; (800)233-1234; rms $62. GoH: C.J.
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Cherryh; Filk GoHs: Carol and Cliff Flynt; AGoH: Ed Reck; Mad Scientist
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GoH: TBA; FGoH: TBA (picked at random from pre-reg Duckon members at
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MiniCon) SF convention with annual Golden Duck Awards. Memb: $35.
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Info: DucKon 3, Box 4843, Wheaton IL 60189; email:
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duckon@meltdown.chi.il.us.
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June 3-5, 1994 (New Hampshire)
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CONMAN 2. Manchester NH. Gaming convention. Info: Conman 2, Box 842,
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Manchester NH 03105; email: ian@eric.stonemarche.org.
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June 3-6, 1994 (New Zealand)
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SILICON/NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL CON 15. Bentley's Hotel, Dunedin, New
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Zealand. GoH: Barbara Hambly; FGoH: Tom Cardy. Memb: NZ$40; NZ$10
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supporting. Info: New Zealand National Con, Box 333, Dunedin, New
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Zealand.
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June 4-6, 1994 (Nevada)
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LAS VEGAS BOOK FAIR. Sahara Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas NV. Guests:
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Alicia Austin, Gahan Wilson, more. Memb: $5. Info: c/o Amber Unicorn,
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Inc., (702)384-5838.
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June 4-5, 1994 (Canada, Ontario)
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WILFCON '94. Waterloo, ON, Canada. AgoH: John Platt. Info: Wilfcon,
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c/o Dennis Mullin, 69 Donald St. #6, Kitchener ON N2B 3G6, Canada;
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(519)743-9485.
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June 10-12, 1994 (Colorado)
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BRITANNICON '94. Best Western Executive Suites, 4411 Peoria St., Denver
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Colorado 80239; (303)373-5730; rms $60. GoHs: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie
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Aldred. British Media Convention. Memb: $30 (limit 500 members).
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Info: Britannicon, Box 62008, Littleton, CO 80162; (303)978-0144.
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June 10-12, 1994 (New Jersey)
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CONTATA. Days Hotel, Secaucus, NJ; (201)617-8888; rms $69.95. GoH:
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Joey Shoji; TM: Mary Ellen Wessels. Filking convention. Memb: $35; $10
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supporting (checks to New York Metropolitan Filk Organization). Info:
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Contata, c/o Wunder, PO Box 1265, Bowling Green Station, New York, NY
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10274-1265; email: bruce@src4src.linet.org.
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June 17-19, 1994 (Florida)
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VULKON. Orlando North Hilton & Towers, 350 South North Lake Blvd. at
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exit 48 off I-4, Altamonte Springs, Florida; (407)830-1985. Guests:
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Leonard Nimoy. Memb: $40 in advance, $50 at door (Checks to Devlin
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Associates must be postmarked by 5/27; write "Spock" on check). Info:
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Vulkon, c/o Joe Motes, 12237 SW 50th Street, Cooper City, FL 33330;
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(305)434-6060.
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June 17-19, 1994 (North Carolina)
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HEROES CONVENTION. Holiday Inn Venter City & Charlotte International
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Trade Center, 230 North College Street, Charlotte, NC; (704)335-5400;
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rms $55. Guests: Greg Adams, Kurt Busiek, Jim Callahan, Paris Cullins,
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David Dorman, Steve Epting, Jackson Guice, Cully Hamner, Todd Johnson,
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Joe Jusko, John Francis Moore, James Owen, Jason Pearson, Andrew Pepoy,
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George Perez, Joe Phillips, Joe Quesada, Alex Ross, John Romita Sr, John
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Romita Jr, Jeff Smith, Brian Stelfreeze, Karl Story, Larry Stroman, Joel
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Thomas, Jim Valentino, Bradley Walton, more. Southeast America's
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Premiere Comics Convention. Info: PO Box 9181, Charlotte, NC
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28299-9181; (800)321-4370.
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June 17-19, 1994 (Canada, Ontario)
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AD ASTRA 14. Toronto East Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Toronto, Ont.
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Canada; (416)299-1500; rms C$84. GoH: L. Sprague & Catherine Crook de
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Camp, Diane Duane & Peter Morwood, George "Lan" Laskowski, Maia Cowan.
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Memb: C$26/US$22 until 5/15/94, C$32 after. Info: Ad Astra 14, Box
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7276, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5W 1X9.
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June 22-23, 1994 (Spain)
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STSF '94. Barcelona, Spain. CANCELLED.
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June 23-26, 1994 (Ohio)
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MIDWESTCON 45. Quality Hotel Central, Cincinnati OH; rms $67.
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Relaxacon. Memb: $20 until 6/1/94, $25 after. Info: Pat Sims, 34
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Creekwood Square, Glendale OH 45246.
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June 24-25, 1994 (Missouri)
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ARCHON 18. Collinsville Convention Ctr. & Holiday Inn Hotel, exit 11 off
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I-55/I-70, St. Louis, MO; (800)551-5133; rms $77. GoH: Jack Chalker;
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AGoH: Robert "J.R." Daniels; FGoH: Elliot "Elst" Weinstein MD; TM:
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Martha Soukup. Panels, seminars, readings, children's & grand
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masquerades, art show & auction, dealers room, pool party, gaming,
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children's programing track, Fri. night meet-the-pro's reception/dance
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and hall-costume contest, 2 24-hour video rooms, hospitality suite,
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more. Memb: $19 until 5/31/94, $22 after; (Children 6-12, $5); one-day
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memberships $10. Info: Archon 18, P.O. Box 483, Chesterfield MO
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63006-0483; (314)FAN-3026. email: zellich@stl-17sima.army.mil.
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June 24-26, 1994 (Louisiana)
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NEW ORLEANS SF & FANTASY FESTIVAL 7 (NOSFS3 '94). New Orleans Airport
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Hilton Hotel, 901 Airline Highway, Kenner, LA 70062; (504)469-5000; rms
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$65 sngl/dbl, $70 tpl/quad. GoH: C.J. Cherryh; AGoH: Ron Walotsky;
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FGoH: Joey Grillot; TM: John Steakley; Guests: George Alec Effinger,
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more. Memb: $20 until 5/31/94, $25 after. Info: New Orleans SF &
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Fantasy Festival, PO Box 791089, New Orleans LA 70179-1089;
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(504)835-3109.
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June 24-26, 1994 (Lithuania)
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BALTCON/LITHUANICON '94. Vilnius, Lithuania. Lithuanian National and
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Baltic-countries SF con includes masquerade, films, panels, debates,
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games, more. Memb: $25. Info: Baltcon, c/o SF Club Dorado, G.
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Beresnevicius, Antakalnio 65-33, 2040 Vilnius, Lithuania; email:
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ahrvid@sfbbs.edvina.se.
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July 1-4, 1994 (California, Southern)
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CONOZOIC/WESTERCON 47. Airport Hilton and Towers, 5711 West Century
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Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA; (800)HILTONS; rms $80 sgl/dbl, $120 Towers
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sgl/dbl. GoH: George R.R. Martin; AGoH: Real Musgrave; FGoH: William
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Rotsler. Memb: $55 until 6/1/94, $65 after; $25 supporting. Info:
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Westercon 47, c/o SCIFI, P.O. Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA 91409.
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July 1-3, 1994 (California, Southern)
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ANIME EXPO 1994. Anaheim Marriott and Convention Center, Anaheim CA;
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(714)750-8000; rms $75 ($72 in the Anaheim Inn at the Park and $75 in
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Quality Hotel Maingate - overflow hotels). Guests: Scott Frazier, Allen
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Hastings, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Izumi Matsumoto, Nobuteru Yuuki. (Hiroyuki
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Kitazume, originally scheduled to attend will not be able to due to work
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schedule). Convention with emphasis on Japanese animation and manga.
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Videos, Films, two tracks of programming, computer animation, art and
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model show, auction, Dealers' room. Memb: $40 until 6/1/94, $45 after;
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$15 associate membership ($20 outside North America). Info: Anime Expo,
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c/o The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, 2425 B
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Channing, Suite 684, Burbank CA 94704; email: shogun@sutro.sfsu.edu.
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July 1-3, 1994 (Illinois)
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CHICAGO COMIC CON. Chicago Expo Center, Rosemont, Illinois. GoH:
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Harlan Ellison; SGoH: Mickey Spillane; Guests: Julie Schwartz, Peter
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David, Susan Ellison, Colleen Doran, Jeff Smith, Chris Claremont, Scott
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Shaw, Richard & Wendy Pini, Joe Quesdada, Jimmy Palmiotti, Bob Layton,
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Al Williamson, Don & Maggie Thompson, Scott & Ivy McCloud, J. Michael
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Straczinski, more. Info: r.weinberg1@genie.geis.com.
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July 1-3, 1994 (Indiana)
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INCONJUNCTION '94. Adams Mark Hotel, Indianapolis IN. GoH: David
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Gerrold; SGoH: Michael Kube-McDowell; AGoH: Todd Cameron Hamilton; TM:
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Arlan Andrews; Guests: Richard Knaack, Dawn Dunn, Suzy Hartell. Memb: $20
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until 6/1/94, $25 after. Info: InConJunction, Box 19776, Indianapolis
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IN 46219; email: ljdunn@ljdunn.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil.
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July 1-3 1994 (Minnesota)
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4TH ST. FANTASY CONVENTION #8. Sheraton Park Place, 5555 Wayzeta Blvd.,
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St. Louis Park MN 55426; (612)542-8600; rms $52 sngl/dbl, $62 tpl/quad.
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Memb: $25 until 6/1/94, $38 after. Info: 4th St. Fantasy, 4242
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Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55406.
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July 2-3, 1994 (Germany)
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SF TAGE NRW 7. Conference & Training Centre, Dusseldorf-Lorick,
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Germany. GoHs: Katherine Kurtz, George Alec Effinger. Memb: DM35/$20
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until 6/31/94 (checks in DM only, please). Info: SF Tage 7, c/o
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Heinrich Sporck, Am Sonnenberg 38, D-44879 Bochum, Germany; +49-234-46
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13 90; email: pulla@engelscs.uni-duesseldorf.de.
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July 7-10, 1994 (Illinois)
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25TH SCIENCE FICTION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING. Arlington
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Park Hilton, Arlington Heights IL 60005-1052; rms $79. SGoHs: Sheri S.
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Tepper, Octavia Butler; Guests: Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein, Philip Jose
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Farmer, James Gunn, Frederik Pohl, Joan Slonczewski, Joan D. Vinge,
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Jack Williamson, Gene Wolfe. Memb: $115 (includes Sat. night banquet)
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until 6/9/94. Info: Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hull, Liberal Arts Div., William
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Rainey Harper College, Palatine IL 60067; (708)925-6323; email:
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friend@oakton.edu.
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July 8-10, 1994 (Colorado)
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V-KHAN/PENTA-KHAN. Holiday Inn North, Colorado Springs CO. GoH: Andrew
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J. Offutt; TM: Wil McCarthy. MEmb: $15 in advance, $20 at door. Info:
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V-Khan, c/o Penny Tegen, 2926 Valarie Circle, Colorado Springs CO 80917;
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(719) 597-5259.
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July 8-10, 1994 (Maryland)
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SHORE LEAVE 16. Hunt Valley Marriott Inn, Hunt Valley, MD;
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(410)785-7000; rms $76. Guests: Terry Farrell, Tony Todd, Peter David,
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Howard Weinstein, Bob Greenberger, Arne Starr, Bob Pinaha, Carmen
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Carter, Michael Jan Friedman. Talks, autograph sessions, workshops,
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children's programming, filking, masquerade, Ten Forward party, Dealers'
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room, Charity events, more. Memb: $40 until 5/31/94, children 5-12, $10
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(membership limited). Info: Shore Leave 16, Box 6809, Towson MD
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21285-6809; (410)821-5563; email: heyer@stsci.edu.
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July 8-10, 1994 (Massachusetts)
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READERCON 7. Worcester Marriott, 10 Lincoln Square, Worcester, MA;
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(508) 791-1600; rms $75 sngl, $80 dbl/tpl, $85 quad, $130 parlor. GoH:
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Ursula K. Le Guin, EGoH: Terri Windling. Special Presentation: James
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Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award. Memb: $32 until 6/1/94, $40 after; $10
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supporting. Info: Readercon, PO Box 381246 Cambridge, MA 02238; (617)
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625-6507.
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July 8-10, 1994 (Nevada)
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TUNNELCON III. Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. 1994 International
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Beauty and the Beast Convention. Memb: $85. Info: Convention
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Registration and Miscellaneous Information, c/o Barbara Nix, 1521
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Everett Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101.
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July 8-10, 1994 (Tennessee)
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LIBERTYCON 8. Days Inn & Convention Ctr., Chattanooga TN; rms $47. GoH:
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F.M. Busby; AGoH: Doug Chaffee; SGoHs: Kelly & Laura Freas. Memb: $25
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until 6/15/94, $35 after. Info: LibertyCon 8, Box 695, Hixson TN 37343.
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July 8-10, 1994 (England)
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BACON/UNICON 15. New Hall, Cambridge, England. GoHs: Geoff Ryman,
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Simon Ings. Memb: L16, L6 supporting. Info: BaCon, 38 Scotland Road,
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Chesterton, Cambridge CB4 1QG; (O223) 564483; email:
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bacon@derwent.co.uk.
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July 15-17, 1994 (Georgia) *** HToMC Sanctioned Event ***
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DRAGON*CON. Atlanta Hilton & Towers & Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta GA;
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(404) 659-2000; rms $99 sngl/dbl, $129 tpl/quad. Guests: Michael
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Burnett, Nancy A. Collins, Glen Cook, Bob Eggleton, Harlan Ellison, Alan
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Dean Foster, James Gurney, Eric Lustbader, Tim Powers, George Pratt,
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Julius Schwartz, Walt&Louise Simonson, Dean
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Wesley Smith, more. Memb: $40 until 6/15/94, $45 after. Info:
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Dragon*Con/ACE '94, PO Box 47696, Atlanta, GA 30362-0696; (404) 925-0115
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or (404) 925-2813 (24 hour hotline).
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>>>> SPECIAL NOTE: Largest SE Devival in history will be at this con,
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with Rev. Ivan Stang and The Swinging Love Corpses !!!!!!!!
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ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY........
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July 15-17, 1994 (Maryland)
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GAYLAXICON V. Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Rockville, MD; rms $89 sng/dbl,
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$99 tpl, $109 quad. GoH: Jewelle Gomez; AGoH: Tom Howell; SGoH: Forrest
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J Ackerman. No one under 18 w/o parent/guardian admitted. Memb: $25
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until 7/14/94, $30 after. Info: Gaylaxicon 5, Box 656, Washington D.C.
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20044.
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July 15-17, 1994 (Australia, Western)
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SWANCON 19/CONFUSION '94. Perth International Hotel, Perth, Australia.
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GoH: Gerry Anderson. Info: Swancon 19, Box 190, Mt. Lawley, Australia
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6050.
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LATE ENTRY:
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June 17-19, 1994 (Georgia)
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ATLANTA FANTASY FAIR. Holiday Inn Crowne Plaze, Atlanta GA. Featuring
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Sarah Douglas, Bruce Campbell, Jeff Rector, Geraint Wyn Davies, John Russo,
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Ted V. Mikels. Memb: $27 until June 5, $30 at door for 3 days. Rooms $79
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sngl/dbl, $99 tpl/quad. 1-800-554-0055 for motel, INFO: Atlanta Fantasy
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Fair, 4175 Eliza Ct. Lithonia, GA 30058 (404) 985-1230
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Compilation on what songs to put on a
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"Kurt Cobain Memorial" tribute album:
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1. Alive - Pearl Jam
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2. Shotgun Blues - Guns n' Roses
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3. Gun Love -- ZZTop
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4. Big Gun -- AC/DC
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5. Overblown -- Mudhoney
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6. Bullet in your Head -- Rage Agaist the Machine
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7. Happiness is a Warm Gun -- The Beatles (or the Breeders' cover)
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8. I Hate Myself and Want to Die - Nirvana
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(Was this, like, a *big* hint or what?)
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9. Lithium -- Nirvana
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10. See You In Hell (Don't Be Late) -- Yngwie Malmsteen
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11. I Shot the Devil -- Suicidal Tendencies
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12 War Inside my Head -- Suicidal Tendencies
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13 Suicidal Failure -- Suicidal Tendencies
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14 Suicide's an Alternative -- Suicidal Tendencies
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15. Kill Yourself -- S.O.D.
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16. Suicide Solution - Ozzy Osbourne
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17. Shot in the Dark - Ozzy Osbourne
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18. Don't Try Suicide -- Queen
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19. Another One Bites the Dust -- Queen
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(Hey Kurt say "Hi" to Freddie for us!)
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20. Suicide Chump -- Frank Zappa
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21. Are You Upset -- Frank Zappa
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22. My Guitar Wants to Kill your Mama -- Frank Zappa
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23. Rock 'N Roll Suicide -- David Bowie
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25. Head Like a Hole -- Nine Inch Nails
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26. Terrible Lie -- Nine Inch Nails
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27. Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead! from the Wizard of OZ
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28. Surprise, You're Dead -- Faith No More
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29. I'm a Loser -- The Beatles
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30. Sympathy from the Devil -- The Stones
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31. The Four Horsemen -- Metallica
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32. To Live is to Die -- Metallica
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33. Frayed Ends of Sanity -- Metallica
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34. Countdown To Extinction -- Megadeth
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35. Psychotron -- Megadeth
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36. Symphony of Destruction -- Megadeth
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37. Soy un Perdido -- Beck
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38. What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong (?!)
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39. One Way Out -- Allman Brothers
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40. Hymn 43 -- Jethro Tull
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41. Break on Through -- The Doors
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42. The End -- The Doors
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43. Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out -- Traditional Blues
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44. Trouble in Mind -- Traditional Blues
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45. Satisfy my Soul -- Bob Marley
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46. I Shot the Sherrif -- Bob Marley
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47. Shotgun Blues -- The Scorchers
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48. Shotgun -- Duran Duran
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49. Suicide Blonde -- INXS
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Holy Temple of Mass Consumption
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PO Box 30904
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Raleigh, NC 27622-0904
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slack@ncsu.edu
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