Posted by: Michael J on 04-30-08:
You're Welcome
Posted by: Frog on 03-30-08:
k revel everyone is not arol, only arol is arol, you win. the point is that the truth stands for itself, so i do too, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it, which puts your tiny power trip right in its place doesnt it. doesnt matter anyway. cheers.
Posted by: . on 03-28-08:
right, well i guess expecting that drastic of a process acceleration isn't rational is it. *shrug* well if it makes any difference,I myself as Steve,am NOT a wound up nature show host or school shooter or some random person who cant manage to get off their ass without external encouragement or anyone else I killed who's name was Steve.THAT Steve is DEAD in the final context of the word and no one in their RIGHT MIND cares, to continue identifying with him as a living being.This is ludicrous.
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The TASM Lab Fellows
v1: 10/15/99 v3: 12/12/99,
v2: 11/17/99 v4: 2/17/00,
v5. 12/09/00 v6. 5/28/01,
V7. 3/29/04
The following women and men have contributed to TASM Lab projects. Many of them are interesting humans
who have collectively created many other fascinating projects.
It is recommended to find and devour each of thier works. Its nearly impossible for me to track all of these folks on a regular basis, so I apologize for any inaccurate information. Thanks in advance.
As they are:
About the players and contributors:
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Chris Beck (Hudson Debacle Bassist and vocalist)Dr. Beck lives in Washington DC and is an Advisor to Congress on issues of Science and policy. He may even run for office some day. Yeah, holy fuck. He's got a PhD in protein folding from Tufts University. He used to play bass and sing for SODLID, which was a punk band in Boston, but more interestingly, the word for Dildos spelled backwards. Now he plays and sings guitar in a jamboree in Baltimore. Prior to advisin' and jamboreean, ol' Montana (or 'The Anvil' or 'The Hinge' or 'the Professor' or 'thumbacler') lived in Paradise-city and played bass in the sensational the HUDSON DEBACLE. He used to be a professor at NorthEastern University and taught astronomy. He enjoys old, old t-shirts, truck-drivin', (and drunk driving), chewin' and remedying hangovers with cold beer. Some people may think its the Crown Royal, but we think its the Donna Wilson. Ow!
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Natalie Beversluis (In The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Violin) Natalie plays violin in the Western Michigan folk band, Central Sun (jeff 2004 - still? who knows?). She lives in Grand Rapids, MI (jeff 2004 - maybe). Her first studio recording is The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker
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Charles Bradford (In The Essential Cubicle
Nosepicker: Man on the street) Sorry for the terrible photo, Charles! Charles fronted the rock band "Black Spring", who
recorded with Butch Vig (garbage) and had thier drums stolen by The Smashing Pumpkins once. Oddly
enough, Chuck would later play bass with a pumpkin on his head (no shit).
Charles went on to play bass in Genius Hired Guns with fellow TASM gentlemen Brent,
Colin and Jared. Charles recently rocked out with the outfit OWSLA with Chris Bryers. (Jeff 2004 - has there been something since?) Charles works as a television producer in Kalamazoo MI which means he
constantly has to wake up early in the morning. He lives with his wife, Heather, and thier beautiful baby, Arlene. (Jeff 2004 - could be more?) Charles' recordings include: TASM Lab (The essential cubicle nosepicker,1999), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, 1994) and Black Spring (Girth, 1991)
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Colin Bradford (In Anthemunanthem: Himself, a man, cynic, The good and evil Dr. Simmons, Loopy Duck, and Captain John Barneveld. In Thing and Nothing: Captain John Barneveld. In The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Classical Guitar) Colin was trained in classical and modern guitar at the Mannus College of Music in New York, and finished his degree recently in Chicago. Colin has performed both vocally and instrumentally in The Shills, Screwtape, Doxie, Genius Hired Guns and Astrid Flood.
Colin currently lives in Chicago where he continues to study music and plays in the mod/alt band UNDERCAST. He works as a credit card marketer, a guitar teacher,a bartender, and has a dog (maybe?). His recordings include: Penisgeek Chrestomathy: The essential cubicle nosepicker (TASM Lab, 1999), Thing and Nothing (TASM Lab, 1995), Doxie (Doxie, 1994), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, 1994) and Screwtape (Anthemunanthem, 1993)
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Jared
Bryant (In The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: A Telemarketer) Jared
can impersonate the guy from Queensryche pretty well. Jared
has played drums with Rollinghead, Thought Industry, Genius Hired Guns, Table
and Clockmaker. His TASM Lab appearance is his second vocal performance recorded
over the telephone. Jared is a master carpenter, and used to build TV sets
for a living. LITTLE KNOWN JARED WRITING - SECRET
Jared is lactose intollerant, but he eats ice cream anyway. Jared's past recordings
include TASM Lab (Essential Cubicle Nosepicker, 1999), Thought Industry (Recruited
to do good deeds for the Devil, 1998), Thought Industry (Black Umbrella, 1997),
Thought Industry (Outerspace is Just a Martini Away, 1996), Table (Blank,
1993), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, 1994), and Thought Industry (Songs
for Insects, 1992)
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Christopher Bryers (In Thing and Nothing: Simon Still) Chris sang and played guitar for the Los Angeles-based rock band SLEET, and was the vocalist and songwriter for Owsla and Twitch and Selling Heaven and Son of One. He lives in Kalamazoo and sells cell phones. His discography includes: Sleet (The Volume Drops, 2000), Sleet (self titled, 1999), Rollinghead (vol.3 Live, cameo, 1996), TASM Lab (Thing and Nothing, 1995), Twitch (Beaten Senseless and Giddy with Love, 1994), Twitch (Chairman of the Board, 1993), Twitch (Jedi 7", 1993), Twitch (Homewrecker, 1993), Selling Heaven (self titled, 1991)
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Scott Carver (Screwtape Anthemunanthem producer) Scott recorded all of the bands in Kalamazoo back in the early nineties at Fast Trax before Mike Roche built his studio and promptly set to eat FastTrax lunch (this probably isn't true). Scott was always really nice and worked during the day as a chemist or something.
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Kari Fairchild (Editorial Assistance) lives in Ross, Ca (near San Fransisco) and is the key supporter for the Amy Fairchild Band. Kari and her husband, David, have a son named Griffin. David works as one of the 12 masters of the universe, and Griffin likes to eat pizza.
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Michelle Graf (In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Ruby. In Thing and Nothing: Christmas) Michelle's last big gig (besides TASM stuff) was with moody, alt band Blue Dahlia. She has also sung with The New York Room, Lo-Fi Scorpio, Veronica Speedwell and others. Also my new neighbor, she lives in wicked Southie and is an import trade specialist in the retail sector Waltham and is in the floral industry. She now sings with the most nicest bass-player in town, Steven. Additionally, she's kind of foxy and real agreeable. She didn't
drink much beer during either TASM recording, but I hear she can really wolf it down (per Karla Wescott's word). Michelle's recordings include: TASM Lab (Essential cubicle nosepicker, 1999), Blue Dahlia (self titled, 1996), Cicatrix: The Ritual Scarring
Volume 1 (a complilation, date unknown), TASM Lab (Thing and Nothing, 1995) and The New York Room, (self titled, 1995)
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David Grant (In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Dick)
Dave Grant is a long-time cool guy in the hopping Kalamazoo scene. He has recently reformed legends, ROLLINGHEAD, and is already touring West Main Ave, AND Burdick St. in Kzoo. He used to be in The Confirmation,
then went on to sing for a long time in Rollinghead and then closed
up work in Dead River Drag. Dave used to be a janitor at the art museum, then worked as a vendor-side procurement practitioner
in the suntanning products industry, and now reportedly is in internet sales. Dave lives in Kalamazoo with his charming and foxy
wife, Coleen. Dave's recordings include: TASM Lab (essential cubicle nosepicker,
1999), Dead River Drag (Scarlet, 1998), Rollinghead (Vol 3. Live, 1996), Rollinghead
(Long Black Feeling, 1994), and Rollinghead (Daddyhorse, 1993)
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Barbara Grib (In Thing and Nothing: Exta Noises) Barbara said all the dirty words in Thing and Nothing. She used to date Colin. She was a nice lady. Probably still is.
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Dan Humiston (Overman racecar producer) People used to call Dan "Danno". Dan had a little studio with a little four track. Dan also recorded the Sinatras and 4 Piece. Dan used to play bass in Shroud of Secrecy and Memories of Tomorrow, both which are mysterious and mystical names.
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Irving B. Mayor (Essential cubicle nosepicker: piano) Irving was born in Paris, France and later moved to Dorchester, MA when he was three. He began playing piano at the age of seven, and by the age of 12 he played classical guitar, bassoon, drums and vibraphones. Although never a prolific composer, Irving enjoys playing both the classical masters and modern acid jazz. Irving is alergic to strawberries, and now lives in Cambridge with his outspoken wife, Andrea. Irvings recordings include TASM Lab (Essential Cubicle Nosepicker, 1999), Irving B. Mayor (Mayor On Aukerman, 1997), The Gelsing Trio (Daydreams in My Underpants, 1994), The Gelsing Trio (Vodka Sleep, 1993) and The Ruckus Seven (Fuck, Animal, Fuck!, 1988)
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Micheal Mead (Sponsor of Screwtape) Mike Mead, back in the day, worked at a printer and used to help young punks, like Twitch, put out CDs and records. He's real nice. He lives with his wife and children in West Michigan.
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D. Austin Nash (Guitar player for the Hudson Debacle, guitar guest star on Overman Redux, Foreword for Thing and Nothing, 53 stories) D. Austin used to play guitar in the HUDSON DEBACLE (strumbacler), ripped some mean leads on the new Overman Re-release, and is/was a writer of short fiction and poetry. He lives in Brighton, MA. He pays $950 $1,200 per month in rent for his one bedroom apartment. Dave, as he is also known, is totally and completely unemployed works at the same ole' place he always has.
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Mandy Neubecker (Other voices in Thing and Nothing) is a graduate from Western Michigan University in modern dance and choreography. Rumor has it that she has resurfaced in New York City, where she may very well dance. Who would know?
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Brent Oberlin (In Anthemunanthem: Technical Officer Doyle. In Thing and Nothing: Mr. Mashpee Mungquack. In Essential Cubicle Nosepicker: Herald Salesman, bass guitar, and "magic") Brent is the alpha and (now, very much the) omega of Thought Industry (Metal Blade Modern). He has sold thousands of records worldwide and lives in Kalamazoo Ann Arbor MI. His most notable achievement is understanding the differences between Similes and Metaphors. Brent also plays bass in some other bands, such as Rocketman and Dead River Drag. Brent now sing for a new Michigan band called COSMONAUGHT. Brent may be finishing a degree in Philosophy and sometimes tours the nation. His releases include: Thought Industry (Short Wave on a Cold Day), TASM Lab (Essential Cubicle Nosepicker, 1999), Thought Industry (Recruited to do good deeds for the Devil, 1998), Thought Industry (Black Umbrella, 1997) Thought Industry(Outerspace is Just a Martini Away, 1996), TASM Lab (Thing and Nothing, 1995), Genius Hired Guns (Dutch Mafia, Swollen Lip Records,1993), TASM Lab (Screwtape: Anthemunanthem, 1993), Thought Industry (Mods Carve the Pig/ Assassins, Toads, and Godás Flesh, 1994), Thought Industry (Gelatin, 1993), and Thought Industry (Songs for Insects, 1992).
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Pat Overman (Roadius Maximus for Overman) Pat helped Overman load in to Club Soda about twice and got this prestigious label on the Overman J-card. Only about 200 copies of the Overman tape was sold anyways. Pat's real name is Pat Balai. Pat went to college for acting, and was recently spotted on the web acting in professional productions out west somewhere. Pat's a nice guy.
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Barbie Sparks & LJ Pascarella (Babs & Leather in Thing and Nothing) are not real. The nice, young lady whose only line was 'fuck me' wishes to remain anonymous. Her initials are "BG" and her name is listed above.
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Rob Riester (Screwtape digital editor) Rob used to do digital editing and other stuff for Kalamazoo bands. He owned Fast Trax studio. He played the organ on Rollinghead's 'long black feeling'. He has a floppy eared rabbit (it was 10 years ago, the things stuffed by now).
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Michael Roche (Producer, engineer for Thing and Nothing, Essential Cubicle Nosepicker) Mike, like myself, is a Diversified Independent Teleporter, which means he runs many businesses out of his basement. Mike used to play superguitar for Thought Industry (but he used to play bass). Mike started his studio business five ten years ago with only an 8-track, an old barn and know-how. He has since built his capabilities into one of the highest quality digital recording facilities in the mid-west, and has recently purchased moved into a larger retail space. His production credits include Thought Industry, Sleet, Clockmaker, Black Spring, The Shills, Blue Dahlia, and countless others. Somehow, his only disc is still "Table" (Blank, 1994) (oh, and the casies and now "Short Wave". So its his only three discs). Mike OWNS A HOUSE in Kzoo and his body is composed of the sole combination of Jack's Pizza, Marlboro Lights, Miller Light, Folgers, and Denny's Sampler platters.
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Matt Sahlgren (Guitarist for Overman) Matt was so drunk one time that he had to walk on all fours at a big FAQ show. Seeing this, Craig thought it would be fun to have Matt play guitar. It was. Matt also played in Monster Zero and some other fun Kzoo bands. He was last seen in the Rural Electrification Act. Matt's a nice guy. I believe he's now working as a Consumable Delivery Enginneer in the pepperoni and cheese industry.
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Xavier Siemens (Keyboardist for the Hudson Debacle) Xavi plays wicked keyboard's for the HUDSON DEBACLE. Xavi would rather be playing classical and acid jazz music, but we fill him full of beer so he won't notice. Xavi was born and raised in Spain, educted in London, and now is a PhD candidate in physics in Medford MA. finished his PhD in Cosmology from Tufts. He now lives in Milwaulkee and has a post-doc studying gravity waves. He specializes in cosmic strings, which are n-dimensional explanations for sub-atomic matter to presumably explain away why gravity is so weak and why quantum mechanics and cosmology principles don't jive (whatever - I never get this right - ignore my explanation). He is a young and handsome gentleman, and lives with his intelligent and beautiful girlfriend, Kim (who should get her own spot here, as she guest starred on a THD record).
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King Tammy (friends for Overman and Screwtape) Back in the day, King Tammy was made of Chris Simmons, Jason Fortier, Darren Doyle, and John Barneveld. Then Davison's was in the band. Now they're broken up. We used to practice there. At their house. "There" is a triple homophone.
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Jeffrey
J. Till (In Overman: Bass and vocals. In Screwtape Anthemunanthem:
Himself, Herman Keypad, Number 41, Screwy Duck, Senator Fortier, and Another
man. In Thing and Nothing: Composer, lyricist, cover artist,bookends. In Essential
Cubicle Nosepicker: composer, lyricist, cover artists, piano, buddy, Drummer
in the Hudson Debacle) Jeff worked at the Velvet Touch in Kalamazoo while
in Overman. During Screwtape, Jeff worked at Kinko's copies during the late
shift. "Thing & Nothing" was built over the course of a year
while working at a technology-based research company, called PTR. He composed
and recorded "The Essential Cubicle Nosepicker" while working as
a strategy consultant for Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Then
he worked as a marketing consultant for a small marketing and technology firm
in Boston, and then worked for HNW,
where he played drums in the HUDSON DEBACLE. (Jeff works nowhere now, 2002). Jeff now works as a management consultant for a labor firm. Some of his jobs didn't have
recordings attatched to them, including working as a shoe clerk, deli clerk,
telemarketer, rollerworld DJ, or waiter. He is also a
painter and sculpter and a hobbyist web developer.
A even more detailed account of Jeff's background is available here.
Jeff lives in Cambridge, MA with his beautiful and intelligent wife, Jennifer,
whom he calls "Mo". His past recordings include The Hudson Debacle (Rockmen to a far away nowhere, into the monkey oven), TASM Lab (Essential
Cubicle Nosepicker, 1999), TASM Lab (Thing and Nothing, 1995), Screwtape (Anthemunanthem,
1993) and Overman (Racecar, 1991 - redux in 2003). |
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Craig G. Verity (In Overman: Drums.
In Screwtape: Himself, passerby, voice of the city, Dizzy Duck,
and Citizen 1.0. In Thing and Nothing: Passerby. In Essential Cubicle
Nosepicker: Passerby) Craig's been around forever. He's said "why"
in the songs "Independance Day", "Overman's Clear", "Free
Delivery", "Disadvantage", "The Mungquack Initiative", and
then said "how" in "everything seems clear". Craig lives in
Kalamazoo San Diego and reportably his heart is going to explode plays a wicked game of Pente. Craig's
recordings include: TASM Lab (essential cubicle nosepicker,1999), TASM Lab
(Thing and Nothing, 1995), Screwtape Anthemunanthem (1993), and Overman Racecar.
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Posted by: Michael J on 04-30-08
You're Welcome
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Posted by: Frog on 03-30-08
k revel everyone is not arol, only arol is arol, you win. the point is that the truth stands for itself, so i do too, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it, which puts your tiny power trip right in its place doesnt it. doesnt matter anyway. cheers.
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Posted by: . on 03-28-08
right, well i guess expecting that drastic of a process acceleration isn't rational is it. *shrug* well if it makes any difference,I myself as Steve,am NOT a wound up nature show host or school shooter or some random person who cant manage to get off their ass without external encouragement or anyone else I killed who's name was Steve.THAT Steve is DEAD in the final context of the word and no one in their RIGHT MIND cares, to continue identifying with him as a living being.This is ludicrous.
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Posted by: seventh cloners cloners clone's clone of a seventh cloners cloners clone's clone's clone on 03-19-08
everything is enchanted. enchantment is the more melodic synonym of entropic gravity touching closer to its etheric nature as you see it takes the cemetary out of the song in essence linguistically. take, for example, my radio. it's an inexpensive cd player and am/fm model with no tape player and no clock- i had the option to let my mom get me a pricier model because it was a birthday gift but the other model was unaesthetic. the brand name printed on it demanded attention. this little guy doesn't ask me to look at it. after my mom bought it for me i gave it back then bought it off her, which sounds like nonsense maybe but thats what i had to do for it to be mine. now its in my aparment sitting on the microwave, plugged into the wall (the radio is, not the microwave), but i never use it, nor do i intend to. i never turn it on. i don't own any cds and i'm not interested in the radio stations. it's just important, for some reason, that that thing is there. it's existence and presence in my apartment in and of itself is the manifested expression of the radio station i'm listening to, the radio, at least that part of it that is there merely to act as a mental reference point to the radio, to itself, to the essence of the here and now that is the true raw nature of time as it would otherwise be forgotten in the false context of memory. there is no music that is richer than this. there is no signal stronger than silence as all sound is contained within it. everything is enchanted by silence. the strength of an existences enchantment is measured by the strength of its silence. this is true for all of existence including within the context of music as expressed in the wake of silence.
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Posted by: i agree on 03-17-08
revel is a coward on an ego trip. no argument there at all. i am you as you are he and you are me and we are all NOT -that- guy revel.
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Posted by: . on 03-17-08
there's obviously a direct connection between time travel and the dimensions. when a person time travels the first thing that happens is that they effectively erase their original timeline, so there has to be somewhere for te traveller to be wen their originating timeline is gone, and that is the dimensions/dimensional existance, which is the same as the place refered to as the other side, which is accessable by degree of indisposal to physicality, of course. it i by order of the cessation of interest in the expression of the local timeline that the traveller is imparted visibility within this field, and this process may be expressed in varying degrees of speed. the traveller for example may wish to sift bulk from their observed expression or to purge it, perhaps in haste, which would lengthen the process, as more bulk would then be created while attempting to escape entropic gravity which no one can do on the other side or on this one.
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Posted by: Emmanuel Teijeiro. Original creator of homestarrunner.com on 02-11-08
so i was like "i sure am the original creator of homestarrunner.com and i don't give a fuck who your two brothers think they are". and that was that.
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Posted by: frog on 02-08-08
in response to "black lentil"'s prattle about sporky:
dude, how are you going to say that it's SAD that a kid named after a plastic fork and spoon combination i ate parfaits from kentucky fried chicken with when i was the same age he was when we were both on the farm does better growing up in the mainstream, using a username that's just a ripoff of kira's, and an incoherent one at that, and expect to be taken seriously? i mean, by anyone intelligent, obviously you succeeded in shutting down the thread and making a spectacle of hipforums moderatorship, but that's beside the point. or is it. heh. nevermind. good job genius.
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Posted by: post regarding revel's ego trip in zendik forums on 01-28-08
Revel: (clears throat) Everyone (in the context of this dicussion) IS Arol, and everyone else here for that matter. You ARE a weak masochistic conceited bitch, and a failure at life. I AM intelligent and confident enough not to bother wasting my time either advising or commanding you to "get some class" as I DO recognize the boundary between my responsibility and yours, and that IS the reality you have to face every day of your life, waking or sleeping. I AM the winner of that and any other existing argument for that matter, and I AM at this moment as these words are spoken, a better zendik than you, a better man than you, and a better person than you, BECAUSE my response to life is YES, to knowing that the one bearing the devils advocate excuse is the fool, the martyr, the retard, and the loser, being yourself, in that matter, of course. Cheers (to me). Blan.
Frog
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Posted by: whats wrong with my name on 01-25-08
god IS us, and wether or not i care about you doesn't need to be ADVERTISED. this dilema is the foundation of the zendik cult, which is founded and led psychically by me simply because i bear that name, and am conscious of it's fallacy, and THAT's what's behind zendik. That's the whole thing.
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