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From: aiken@unity.ncsu.edu (Wayne NMI Aiken)
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Date: 22 Jul 93 05:31:04 GMT
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Newsgroups: alt.slack,alt.discordia,talk.bizarre,alt.zines
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Subject: HToMC #20
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s$$$$$$$$$$$ *N*E*W*S* $$$$$$$$$$$$$
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r$$$$$$$$$ Issue #20: Illegal in 12 countries $$$$Ideas$$
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the best things in life are F R E E
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Holy Temple of Mass Consumption F R E E
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PO Box 30904 SLACK@ncsu.edu
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Raleigh, NC 27622 StarFleet BBS (919) 782-3095
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DragonCon '93 SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S ISSUE
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One of the biggest attractions of this year's con is Bob Camp and Bill Wray,
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current producers of the Ren & Stimpy show. Yet, this may turn out to be one
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of the most controversial of all of the events. I'm sure that by now, everyone
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is aware of the sleazy, underhanded way that Nickelodeon has handled the whole
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affair. For one of the best accounts of this, see the recent Wild Cartoon
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Kingdom magazine, or ask Chris Gore yourself. The whole point is: why wait
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until now to begin promoting R&S? The general concensus on the streets is
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going straight downhill; even the best opinion is that the show "has definitely
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lost its edge." LOTS of people, who once faithfully watched re-run after
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re-run, now no longer bother to watch the new episodes. The hundreds of campus
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R&S clubs which instantly sprang up have since disbanded, and the show that
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once gained instant cult status now appears headed to the living-death nether-
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world of bland corporate cartoons.
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As for Bob Camp, there are some who would brand him a traitor, or worse, for
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aiding and abetting the coporate goons who wrecked the most inspired cartoon
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in recent memory. On the other hand, I can certainly understand the need to
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pay the rent, as well as advance in one's career. And I can also understand
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-and admire- the desire to keep a good thing going, by whatever means. If
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anything, perhaps the only thing that Camp should be blamed for is bad
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judgement; the venom should be reserved for the real villains: Nickelodeon.
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True Ren & Stimpy fans have been betrayed. What made the show great was John
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Kricfalusi and Spumco as a whole; take it apart and you lose the show. Like
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article said, R&S without John K. is like wanting to see The Little Tramp, but
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without Charlie Chaplin. Despite a valiant effort by Camp, the show is slowly
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disintegrating. THE MORAL: This is PRECISELY the end result to be expected
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when the corporate censors are in charge of dictating stories.
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Nickelodeon Corporate Censor-Approved R&S Script
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"Porch Pals"
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[The scene opens with Ren and Stimpy in rocking chairs on a porch...]
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Stimpy: "Lemonade?"
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Ren: "Please."
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Stimpy: "I made it just for you."
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Ren: "You are my best friend." [Drinks.] "Mmmm... This really
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hits the spot."
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Stimpy: "Mm, doesn't it though?"
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Ren: "You make really good lemonade, Steempy."
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Stimpy: "Ha, ha, ha. Thank you, Ren."
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*End of cartoon. Everybody watching turns off the tv and goes outside
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to play.
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[thanks to Boeky Whaley]
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XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX
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Ignore these COMIX at your own risk
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**** Cherry's Jubilee #3 - Other artists do their interpretations of Cherry
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Poptart. Includes strips by Leslie Sternbergh, Grass Green, Dan Fogel &
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Duke Roosevelt, plus one by Larry Welz. Cherry Comics/Kitchen Sink Press
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320 Riverside, Northampton MA 01060
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*** Hacker Files - Showdown 2.0 - Hacker and his gang invade the central AI
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operations of the Digitronix conspiracy. The AI has gotten completely out
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of control, and even the bad guys want it shut down. Hacker, using a virtual
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reality interface, lures the evil program into a Wild West simulation and traps
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it there forever. Nice graphics, although the story is a bit too much like the
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story in "Tron". And, since this is a DC comic, there are also gratuitous
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super heroes, which are COMPLETELY unnecessary to this entire series.
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*** The Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft: Dagon part 1 of 2 - A quite good,
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suspenseful adaptation of one of Lovecraft's early stories. By far the best
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comic of this Lovecraft series so far, this one has that obvious, "eerie feel"
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to it. Caliber Press 621-B S. Main St. Plymouth MI 48170
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*** Savage Henry #27 - Henry is captured by a rich music collector who traps
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him in a "zoo" for space musicians along with Klaus Schulze, the German
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composer. They escape, and get the perfect revenge on the audiophile.
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Rip Off Press PO Box 4686 Auburn, CA 95604
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**** Dork #1 - Collection of great, miscellanous cartoons by Evan Dorkin,
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including The Murder Family, Fisher-Price Theatre (great!), Milk and Cheese
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Slave Labor Graphics, 983 S Bacom Ave. 95128
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***** Tank Girl 2 - part 1 of 4 - The return of Tank Girl! After escaping
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from the insane asylum, she returns to her beer-drinking, anarchistic ways.
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Plus Jet Girl, and a take-off on Starsky & Hutch. Don't miss this 2nd series
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if you missed the first. Dark Horse Comics, 10956 SE Main St. Milwaukie OR
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**** Weirdo #15 - the outrageous comic collection is back, edited by Peter
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Bagge. This one has comix by J.D. King, S. Clay Wilson, Richard Crumb, Kim
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Deitch, and others. Plus results of the Ugly Art Contest. Last Gasp comics
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**** Weirdo #16 - more comics by Mark A. Zingarelli, Drew Friedman, Richard
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Crumb, D.P. Eichhorn, Dianne Noomin, David Collier, Kim Deitch, and more.
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Also a great article on Punk Magazine, produced from 76-79. Last Gasp.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Zines [sent to the Sacred PO Box]
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Prometheus Books - Spring/Summer 1993 catalog, with hundreds of books on
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skepticism, freethought, philosophy, health, science and more. Plus, it
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is a source for "The Mask of Nostradamus", James Randi's new book exploring
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the alleged prophecies of Nostradamus. (like the recent non-earthquake in LA)
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Prometheus Books, 59 John Glen Dr. Buffalo, NY 14228-2197 800-421-0351
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Trigger Cut #4 - feature BBS listings, "Jade Statue" story about the sad state
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of the music scene, new Jello formulas, music reviews, and other ramblings.
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PO Box 891 N. Olmsted, OH 44070 - #5 should be out in late Aug/early Sept.
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MR. AND MRS. P. H.
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==================
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by James "Kibo" Parry
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"I'm melting! I'm melting!" screamed Mr. Potato Head right after the
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first blast. The mushroom cloud was already looming orange on the
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horizon as Mrs. P. H. threw a bucket of water on him. It was too late.
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His body had distorted and his facial features were fused to the brown
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mass. His arms were white puddles on the floor. He sobbed into his
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beloved wife's plastic '60s hairdo.
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"None of the kids will love me now! I'm all El Greco-esque! Worse,
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I'm Dalified! I'm gross, I'm hideous!"
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"Honey, don't think of it that way. Look at the bright side. Now you
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glow in the dark!"
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He tried to put on a happy face, but the frown was welded to his skin.
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"Why, gosh, you're right! I suppose I just might be even more appealing
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to children of all ages now! Thank you, dear--that made me feel swell!
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But--uh oh!"
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"What is it, snookums?"
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"My big blue sneakerfeet are permanently fused to our avocado-green
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linoleum! How will the kidlets play with me if I can't leave home?"
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"Gee, sweetheart, I don't know. Maybe I could borrow a plastic knife
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from the Play-Doh Fun Factory next door and amputate."
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"Wow! That would be super of you, dear!"
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She ran off to get the precision instrument, returning in a few
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seconds. Mr. P. H. could hardly wait.
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"What was it like outside, snuggles? Was the Earth all devastated and
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icky?"
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"I'm afraid so, dear. It looks like our army lost the nuclear
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war--G.I. Joe, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Transformers, even
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Bazooka Joe seem to have been reduced to pools of glowing slag."
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Mr. P. H. burst into tears. She began to saw off his feet.
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Outside, the real potatoes opened their eyes.
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(THE END)
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[Really cool graphic picture here]
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Jim Morrison: Space Ranger part 2
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by T. Rev <hin9@midway.uchicago.edu>
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At 0300 they were going to hit the domes.
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At 3100 they hit the stage. They hit it late. Very late. A
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thirty-two hour day will do that to you.
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Cornelius came out first. He strapped on the six-string bass
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with a contemptuous flourish and laid down a blues riff he'd
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originally written for `You can't do that', twelve years ago and
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half the Milky Way away.
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Moon walked out then, picked up the rhythm, pushing it forward
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with a stuttering, impatient point-counterpoint on snare and
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cymbals.
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Hendrix came in on guitar, which was strange, for no one had seen
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him take the stage; they expected some dramatic entrance, perhaps.
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But Hendrix had given that up. All he wanted to do was play, and
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play well.
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But the music was not alive until Morrison went to the
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microphone, and then it was as if he had filled the club with dark
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radiance, his eyes burning with a controlled madness.
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A sideways glance, a feral sneer, a wave of his hand, and the
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others took his energy and carried it along. Meanwhile, Morrison
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cradled the microphone like a lover, his eyes heavy-lidded, his body
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swaying gently. He began to speak:
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"Green eyed lady
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Taste of copper
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Crawl on the sand
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Shed our skin..."
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A burst of enthusiastic chattering splashed from the audience.
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Something about the local life form had given the words an
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unexpected significance. Morrison looked up, curious; he realized
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what had happened, smiled, and sang again. Words blended into
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music, music into passion, passion into madness, and Morrison led
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the savage parade.
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They performed old Doors songs; old Hendrix, Dylan, and Deep Fix;
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and finally an extended blues Jam, with Morrison's improvised lyrics
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a Dionysian centerpiece. The audience howled and rocked and slapped
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their limbs against their backs. They hadn't had this much fun
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since Bonham, Rhoads and Scott had visited their outpost.
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And then, it was over. The lights went up, the curtain fell, and
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the magic fled. Hoots of approval came from the packed club, and
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Morrison walked, dreamily, toward the curtain and the audience
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beyond, until Moon grasped him firmly by the shoulder.
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"Jim," he said gently, "we have work to do."
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Morrison looked at Moon, stunned--then doubled up and vomited
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violently onto the stage.
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At 0330 they hit the domes. They hit them late.
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Moon peered over the edge of the dune towards the domes. He
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paused a few times to transfer information from the nightscope to
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his computer deck. The others sat in the darkness with their backs
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to the dune, gripping their weapons.
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Morrison stared at his rifle, turning it this way and that in the
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moonlight, watching the light filter through the crystal. Once
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again, he was caught up in something he didn't understand. Was he
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responsible? He had been around the world, he had killed men, all
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in trying to understand what that word meant. Now he was here, on
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another world, ready to kill again, and he still didn't know. It
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wasn't right action he was concerned with, but whether action was
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right at all. He had had a long discussion with a holy man in Tibet
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on that count. The man taught him a few interesting card tricks,
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but they never had come to any real conclusions. A few weeks after
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Morrison left Tibet, he heard that the Chinese had had the old man
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shot for 'subversive activities'. Morrison found the incident an
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interesting counterpoint to the romanticism he was sometimes prone
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to. Art did not, apparently, cover such things.
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Defining the problem seemed as difficult as solving it; he
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couldn't even prove to himself that it needed solving. He hated
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the idea of following orders, though. So what was he doing here?
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Why was he taking orders from this Bob person?
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Maybe it was just something to do, to keep from getting lost in
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his own mind. He'd done that for a few months, rotting from the
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inside in a bathtub in Paris. That was why he'd faked his death,
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and become a soldier. There was no time to contemplate suicide in
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the face of murder. But that was fading, and he found himself
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facing the familiar horrors once more. As above, so below.
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"I've got the final projections," said Moon. "Let's move."
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Snapshots from Hell:
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Frame 1:
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A man wearing a black uniform, white piping, silhouetted against
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the night, chest slightly distorted by a crystal-slivered spray of
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yellow light where the bullets are hitting his force-screen.
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Slightly puzzled expression.
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Frame 2: The guard's chest explodes inward in an oily black
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shower. Expression unchanged.
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Hendrix ran from the back gate across the brightly lit courtyard
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toward a small black building. Stopping in its shadow for a moment,
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he scanned the area quickly, then motioned toward Morrison and Moon.
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>From the other end of the compound came the boom of Cornelius's
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shaped charges and the crackle of gunfire. The security would be
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occupied for at least a few minutes. Moon dashed across the
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courtyard, terminal case clutched tightly under one arm; Morrison
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covered him, then ran across himself.
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"Hey, Moonboy," panted Hendrix. "What are these crazy humans
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doing on this planet, anyway? They're not the home-grown four-armed
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music lovers we just left."
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Moon glanced at him with a tight smile. "Where else would
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CabalCo put a research project like this? This is a backwards
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planet. No electronics more sophisticated than the Marshall amp.
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Offworld spies would give themselves away. Easy to maintain
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security. Why do you think we're taking a goddamned computer
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program by force?"
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There was a rumble of thunder above the gunfire. A wall of rain
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swept over the compound, the patter undercutting the crackle of
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bullets.
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"Good. More distractions," said Hendrix. He cut from the cover
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of the building deeper into the compound. Moon and Morrison
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followed.
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"This is the building," announced Moon. "Getting in shouldn't be
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a problem." He pulled out a small metal drill and started removing
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a plate in the wall. "Getting to our objective may be. I don't
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actually know where the computers are. I'll know when I see them."
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He removed the panel, exposing an anonymous jumble of cables and
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fibers. He opened up the terminal case and pulled out some oblong
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pieces of wire mesh attached to red metal lines. He attached one
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with gold alligator clips to a grayish box tucked behind the tangle,
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and the other to a similar black box.
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"Watch the door," he said.
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Three low musical tones and the doors slid apart, the whisper
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drowned out by the sounds of rainfall and gunplay. Another second
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and they were through the door, Morrison, Hendrix, and Moon, and it
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shut behind them, leaving them in a darkened corridor. The noise
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outside was muffled here, competing with the efficient hum of hidden
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cooling units.
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Hendrix stepped away from the doorway into the open, pivoting
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smoothly and quickly in a full circle before stopping in the center
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of the floor. Dim blue light from the fiberoptic lines at his
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temples traced jittering lines on the walls.
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He gave a quick, sharp nod toward one end of the hall, and dashed
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to the first junction. Moon followed. Morrison, rear guard, took
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Hendrix's position in the hall near the door, until Hendrix had
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moved again. They continued in this way for fifteen minutes--run-
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stop-look-run--down halls and stairs and tunnels, until they stood
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outside a thick door.
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Moon nodded, produced a dull-gray sphere with two prongs covered
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in red plastic. He pulled off the plastic sleeves and pressed the
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prongs near the electronic lock. The door opened inward with a hum.
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"Seems they discovered solid state before the wheel," he
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remarked.
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Beyond the door lay a huge room, lit with a rich, diffuse golden
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glow. Glittering banks of lights lay at the edges of the room.
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Moon smirked.
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"Contact."
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As Moon boldly entered the room, though, the light changed, going
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from gold to silver, then fading almost to nothing. Then Hendrix
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spoke.
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"Hey, uh..." Hendrix looked confused. "What the hell am I
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doing here?" he suddenly shouted, tearing the lines from his
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forehead and throwing them and the rifle into a corner. "See you
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later, man." And he stalked away into the dark.
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"Jimi!" shouted Morrison in shock. He turned back to Moon.
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"What..." Then Morrison saw the disappointed but unsurprised look
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in Moon's eyes.
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"He has a point, you know," said Moon with a sigh. "None of this
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makes any sense." And with a shrug, Moon exploded upwards in a
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spray of light.
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Morrison's hand flew reflexively to his eyes as Moon's image
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burned into his retinas. Blinded, in shock, Morrison sank to his
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knees, then sat heavily on the concrete floor, blinking. But his
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training asserted itself, even though he hadn't practiced the mental
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exercises since Tibet, and his mind cleared before his vision did.
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"Goddamn sonofaFUCK A PIG!" Not the incantation for banishing
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spirits of fear, but good enough to focus his ki. He rolled to the
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closest spot of cover--a box near the door which was slightly bigger
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than he was. Then, his vision returned, he surveyed the room again.
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The lights at the other side of the room were gone, as was the
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unearthly glow. In fact, the room resembled nothing more than a
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run-down warehouse.
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He looked back through the door. Beyond lay a rain-slick street,
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a Seven-Eleven sign cutting through the gloom.
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He was in a run-down warehouse.
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He stood, stiffly bringing himself to his full height. He walked
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across the street and entered the store. In the garish florescent
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light, the slurpee machine, the cheap beer, the cans of Dinty Moore
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stew all seemed far more real than the ordeal he'd just been
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through. He picked up a newspaper. THE PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER.
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JULY 19, 1987. It wasn't over, then. To Morrison, it was late
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1974. And Philadelphia wasn't a city he cared to be in. Out in the
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street, five cop cars came screaming by. Morrison counted. None of
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them stopped.
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He paid for the newspaper, and left the store. With only the
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vaguest of plans, he walked around the warehouse, surveying it,
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hoping to find Jimi, or some clue about what had just happened. It
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began to rain again. Morrison didn't notice.
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On the other side of the warehouse, he found Jerry Cornelius. He
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was sprawled crazily in the alleyway, half his face blown off.
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Rainwater was collecting in the hollow around the other eye, running
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down the side of his face like tears.
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Morrison was surprised at the depth of his sorrow for the dead
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man. In his own way, Jerry was just looking for a good time.
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Morrison had been like that, once. Or maybe not. Maybe Jerry had
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been trying to get killed all along. Then he and Morrison had that
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in common, instead.
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Morrison looked up, and for the first time noticed the rain. He
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needed someplace to go. He checked his pockets. The knife he'd
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picked up during the Doors's last tour. Some fake ID, that was ten
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years out of date, and said he was a combat medic for the US 10th
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Army. Keys to his apartment in Paris. He thought about his wife.
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Would she recognize him? Would she speak to him if she did? With a
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jerk, he pulled himself back to the present. One gun, which looked
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like a piece of avant-garde sculpture--and might be. He'd never
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fired it. He didn't know if it could be fired. No money.
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He looked down at Cornelius. "Sorry, Jerry." He squatted down
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and started searching through Jerry's clothes. He found ten gold
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coins sewn in the lining of Jerry's car coat. His wallet contained
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ten thousand British pounds, a bit less in US dollars. In an ankle
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holster, an air pistol. Under his shirt, half a kilogram of plastic
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explosive. Around his neck, a two-gram vial of cocaine.
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Morrison took the coins and the wallet. He got up to leave,
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rethought it, squatted back down, took the gun. He then walked into
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the night, in search of a hotel where he could make a few phone
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A Superfortress is our "Bob"!
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"And yet then did they come to him awash in the spirits, falling
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and stumbling and calling out his name. But he walked on from them
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until he came in unto Norton, and did spurt in her awhile, biding
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his time unto the return of his disciplinarians, who were of goodly
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number thereto." (Conniptions 1:23)
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NOw let me make this perfectly clear, there can be no escape. They
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have installed doors by the stairwells. All lavatories have been
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locked for your convenience. Thus, all forms must henceforth be filled
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out in triplicate. The forms used heretofore will not be used nor will
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they be accepted. The new forms are not available. You must get the
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new forms from the secretariate in charge of forms. The secretariate
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is closed until further notice. You will play by these rules or be
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thrown into a CONDITION OF DOUBT from which you can only excape by
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filling in the proper forms and having them signed by the lavatory
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captain, who is now on leave.
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All those who do not comply with these new TRs will be put on the RPF
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and declared a Surpressive person. Do not let yourself be fooled.
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Pick up the cans now or be sentenced to watch the ashes of the DEAD
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ELRON!
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Take that one, Meester Beeg!
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Quickly, Mosley, the safe!
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There are no such things as "things". Objects are ghostly, with no
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definite properties. A new, endogenously created regional security
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system -- aimed at regional cooperation and the nurturing of long-run
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common interests in fields of defense -- has become a must. Picture a
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football game without goals. Dying is a period of categorical
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ambiguity in which a person is still among the mundane living, but
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babbles of the past, a sign that he or she is also in the process of
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becoming one with the ancestral shades. The transition between these
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two is often referred to as the wetting--non-wetting transition. They
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can experience this loss as a break in the continuity of the life
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cycle. On the other hand, the left rotations of each gyroscope yield
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zero weight change for all frequencies of rotation and both attitudes.
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Couples also need help "in deciding when enough is enough," she said.
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Further progress means eroding.
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Angular derviatives are zero. The great clustered eyes breaking and
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remaking the spontaneous repertoire of the infant. Aesthetic practice
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toward a science of ultimates. Imitative responses title the
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enlightenment, the legacy of principal curvatures. The way of symbols.
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The two psychotherapies were selected because they were brief,
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well-defined and easily distinguished from other psychotherapies. We
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had no chamber pots in the room for the boys, but the girls had one.
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It's at this juncture that more than a few falter, wondering if they
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picked the wrong goal. A tangle of nameless limbs, whiplike
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filaments, claws, wings...
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Moustache. Imipramine. Nadzornika.
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------doom@portia.Stanford.EDU (Joseph Brenner)
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[Full-page "POLICE - Whoever you vote for, we're always here"
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poster on this page. Too bad you're stuck with the ASCII version.]
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U P C O M I N G C O N V E N T I O N S
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[from gandalf.rutgers.edu, /sfl/cons.txt]
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July 23-25, 1993 (New Jersey)
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PHROLICON 9. Clarion Hotel, Rt. 73 at I-295, Mt. Laurel, NJ;
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(609)234-7300; rms $68, $78 with jacuzzi. GoH: Craig Shaw Gardner.
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Relaxacon featuring art show, dealer's room, filking, videos, gaming,
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more. Memb: $20 until 7/10/93, $25 after. Info: Phrolicon 9, P.O. Box
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42195, Philadelphia, PA 19101-2195.
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July 23-25, 1993 (New Jersey)
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DEXCON 2. Holiday Inn Jetport, 1000 Spring St., Elizabeth, NJ;
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(908)355-1700; rms $75. Gaming convention featuring live role-playing
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games. Memb: $28 until 7/5/93, $35 after; additional fees for live
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role-playing. Info: Dexcon, P.O. Box 3594, Grand Central Station, New
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York, NY 10163; (718)881-4575.
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July 23-25, 1993 (Wisconsin)
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CONGENIAL V. Quality Inn South, Madison WI; rms $51. GoHs: Phyllis
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Eisenstein, Fred Levy-Haskell, Steven Brust. Relaxacon. Memb: $20
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until 7/4/93, $25 after. Info: Congenial V, Box 44146, Madison WI
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53744-4146.
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July 23-25, 1993 (Canada, Ontario)
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TORONTO TREK VII. Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto, Canada. Guests:
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George Takei, Barbara Hambly, Marina Sirtis, Julia Ecklar, more. Memb:
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C$35 until 6/30/93, C$40 after. Info: TORONTO TREK, Suite 0116, Box
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187, 65 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5J 1E6 Canada; (416)699-4666.
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July 30-August 2, 1993 (Minnesota)
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MYTHCON XXIV. Minneapolis East Bank campus of the University of
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Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN. GoHs: Jane Yolen, Carol
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Kendall; Keynote Speaker: Jack Zipes. Theme: Children's fantasy. Memb:
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$45 until 5/31/93, $50 after. Info: The Mythcon XXIV Committee, Attn:
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Joan Verba, Corresponding Entity, PO Box 1363, Minnetonka, MN 55345;
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(612) 292-8887 (David or Jo Ann); email: d-lene@vm1.spcs.umn.edu or
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d-lena@uminn1.bitnet or 70451.2545@compuserve.com.
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July 31-August 1, 1993 (Michigan)
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BACCHANAL 2. Lake Orion, MI. Relaxacon. Info: Bacchanal '93, Box 414,
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Lake Orion MI 48361; (313)693-5543.
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July 30-August 1, 1993 (Rhode Island)
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NECON 13. Bryant College, Smithfield RI. GoHs: Ellen Datlow, Gahan
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Wilson; AGoH: Rick Lieder; SGoH: Kathe Koja; TM: Matthew Costello; Memb:
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$160 sngl/ $142 per person dbl (includes room and meals), $35 commuters.
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Info: NECon, Box 528. E. Greenwich RI 02818; (401)823-3242.
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August 6-8, 1993 (Kentucky)
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RIVERCON XVIII. Hurstbourne Hotel & Conference Center, Louisville, KY;
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$58 sngl/dbl, $62 tpl, $65 quad. GoH: Joe Haldeman; AGoH; Vincent DiFate;
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FGoHs: Jane & Scott Dennis; TM: Bob Tucker. Memb: $20 until 7/20/93, $30
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after. Info: RiverCon XVIII, Box 58009, Louisville, KY 40268-0009.
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August 7-8, 1993 (Finland)
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FINNCON '93. Old Student House, Helsinki, Finland. GoHs: Terry Pratchett,
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Bryan Talbot. Memb: NO FEE. Info: email: veintie@cc.helsinki.fi.
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August 13-15, 1993 (Kansas)
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MACABRECON. Family Inn, Wichita, KS; rms $29.77. FGoH: Crispin Burnham.
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Relaxacon. Memb: $13. Info: Macabrecon, Box 47036, Wichita KS 67201.
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August 13-15, 1993 (Sweden)
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CONSCIENCE '93. Stockholm, Sweden. Foreign GoH: Jerry Pournelle; Other
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guests: TBA. Memb: TBA. Info: Conscience '93,c/o Segerdahl, Prastgardsgatan
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19B, S-752 30 Uppsala, Sweden; email: cons93@bugend.edvina.se.
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August 14-15, 1993 (California, Southern)
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FandCon I. Nipomo CA. SG: Melisa C. Michaels. Info: Marji Holt
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466 Concepcion Ave, Nipomo, CA 93444-9131.
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August 19-22, 1993 (California, Southern)
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SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON. San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA.
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Guests: Roger Zelazny, Michael Whelan, Robert Williams, Murphy Anderson,
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Jerry Scott, Rick Kirkman, Charles Vess, more. Hundreds of writers,
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artists, and others from comics, sf/fantasy, animation, films, tv; art
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show; dealer's room; gaming; masquerade; Robert A. Heinlein Blood Drive;
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filking; more. Memb: $40 (children and seniors $20) until 7/10/93, $50
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($25 for children and seniors) after. Info: Comic-Con, P.O. Box 128458,
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San Diego, CA 92112; (619)685-8118.
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August 20-22, 1993 (Massachusetts)
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NECRONOMICON: THE CTHULHU MYTHOS CON. Sheraton Tara & Resort, Danvers
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MA; $80 sngl/dbl + $15 per additional person. GoH: Robert Bloch; AGoH:
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Gahan Wilson. Memb: $30 until 5/31/93, $40 after. Info: Necronomicon,
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Box 1320, Back Bay Annex, Boston MA 02117.
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August 20-22, 1993 (Minnesota)
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REINCONATION 3. Radisson South, Bloomington MN; rms $63. GoH: Debbie
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Notkin; guests: TBA. Memb: $18 until 7/20/93, $25 after (children $7
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until 7/20/93, $10 after). Info: Reinconation 3, P.O. Box 8297, Lake
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Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408.
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August 20-22, 1993 (New Mexico)
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BUBONICON 25. Howard Johnson East, Albuquerque, NM; $42 sngl/dbl.
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GoHs: Kevin J. Anderson, Robert C. Cornett; AGoH: Ann Marie Eastburn;
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TMs: Jennifer Roberson, Mark O'Green. Memb: $18 until 5/31/93, $21
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until 7/31/93, $24 after. Info: NMSF Conference, Box 37257,
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Albuquerque, NM 87176; (505)266-8905.
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August 22, 1993 (Wisconsin)
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FANTASTICON 10. Sheraton-Mayfair Hotel, Milwaukee WI. Emph: Star Trek.
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Memb: $3. Info: Fantasticon SHows, 3368 N. 51st Blvd., Milwaukee WI
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53216; (414)871-1502.
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August 28-29, 1993 (France)
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FRANCE NATIONAL CON 20. PTT Centre Culturel de la Source, Orleans,
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France. GoHs: TBA (all female). Info: France National Con 20, c/o
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Danielle Martignol, 1 rue Gabrielle-Jaillard, Bondoufle F-91070, France.
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August 29-30, 1993 (California, Northern)
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COMEX '93. Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA. Guests: John Skipp, Craig
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Spector, other media guests. Memb: $9/day, $15/weekend, at door. Info:
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Comex, Box 20392, El Sobrante CA 94820-0392; (510)222-8663.
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For hardcopy w/graphics, send SASE to:| DJs>> D.J. HELL, PAUL WITCHER, KIMBALL
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| ----- COLLINS, SHARKEY, LUIS DIAZ
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Holy Temple of Mass Consumption | SUGARDIKK (NY) & Guests
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PO Box 30904 |----------------------------------------
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Raleigh, NC 27622 | Sat July 17 cocoa beach, fl
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| (407)799-0600 Suburban Bass
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For ezine version, mail: |
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| DJs Chris Fortier, D Xtreme, John O'Neil
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Slack@ncsu.edu to get on list | Andy Hughes, DJ Three
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quartz.rutgers.edu - back | event is at marz in cocoa beach-3 miles
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issues (128.6.60.6) | S of Ron's Liquor A1A behind ABC Liquor
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| Gainsville (904)378-1524
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--------------------------------------| Orlando (407)422-1705
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Saturday, July 24 Winston-Salem (NC) | Cocoa/ Miami (407)799-0600
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METAMORPHOSIS III (919) 691-1407 |----------------------------------------
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| Sunday, July 18 WASHINGTON, DC
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DJs: mickey, g-boy,rick phifer,graflin| (202) 331-4463 DAYBREAK
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++live performance by "soundshock" |
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| FREE PARTY! July 18 9 AM - Sunset
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Winston-Salem (NC) Colliseum Annex |----------------------------------------
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11pm until 7am. This is Dry. Tix:$10 | Saturday, July 24 Gainsville, Fl.
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University Parkway North, Right on | (407)872-1844 *****Day One*******
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DEACON Blvd. Gate #5. |
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--------------------------------------| DJ's:CHANG,CHRIS GALLEGER,HOUSE JUNKIE,
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Sat July 24 South Beach, Miami | RICH ROSISAO,AK-1200,Todd Barron,
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(407)331-3252 Xtension | Bruce Wilcox, DEBBIE-D, GYRA, VOYD
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House Music against racism | SPECIAL GUEST PA: SHOCKWAVE
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Deckmasters: Bob Day,Jorge Acosta,Andy| open at 10:00pm JULY 24
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Hughes,Carlos Espinosa,Chris Harshman|----------------------------------------
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| Sat August 7 WASHINGTON, DC
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B-GROoV-e Doors open 11pm | * r a v e l a n d *
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Club Nu $14 at door - ID |
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245 - 22nd St. |an 18 hour gathering of epic proportions
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South Beach, Miami | Performing LIVE: ALTERN-8, Eon, Dag,
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--------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XCrash, Prototype 909
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Sat August 17 Atlanta, Ga. | DJs: Bones, AdamX, Hyperactive, Wink,
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FANTAZIA PART 2 the PLEASURE ZONE | Jimmy Crash, Lee, Jethro X, Finger,
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( 404) 662-6609 | dieselBoy, Hal X, Messiah, & MORE
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A Taste of the Flyers to Come | * 80K sq' dance floor * 3 sound stages
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Ticketmaster Outlets Nationwide | (202) 466-1692 (202) 296-9760
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--
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Holy Temple of Mass $ >>> slack@ncsu.edu <<< $ "My used underwear
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Consumption! $ $ is legal tender in
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PO Box 30904 $ BBS: (919) 782-3095 $ 28 countries!"
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Raleigh, NC 27622 $ Warning: I hoard pennies. $ --"Bob"
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