The Last Exit for the Metallic Onslaught - October 29, 2004
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Metallic Onslaught - 89.7FM Geneva, NY - Friday's 9pm - 2am Eastern Time
http://devoted.to/onslaught - www.weos.org
Request Line: (315) 781-3897

The Last Exit for the Lost - Saturday's at Midnight till 6am Sunday -
Eastern Time
WVBR 93.5 FM / East Hill 105.5 FM - Ithaca, NY
www.TheLastExit.org - www.WVBR.Com
Request Line: (607) 273-2121
E-mail Requests during the show to: LastExit@...

Chat Room during The Last Exit:
http://pub6.bravenet.com/chat/show.php?usernum=450982834&cpv=1
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Attached pic is of Pat from Lotus Project, Handy!, and Crow from The
Pushrods...

** Recaps from Fire Eater Wizard **

On The Metallic Onslaught: It was, apparently, not their season premiere
yet. No Shoebox, although the kid had not yet arrived then, the next day
Saturday, he finally did! A 10 pound, 7 ounce boy named Steve. He obviously
takes after his father. Congratulations to the entire Shoebox family and
best wishes. I would expect that Shoebox will probably not be showing up on
MO for awhile (not that that would be any different from the way things have
been for a long time now), as I'm sure he'll be busy recuperating from
giving birth and, after that, spending time with his family, but, who knows?
He could surprise us.. So, back to last weeks show... Jeffie arrived and
claimed that he had been in training with some people he only referred to as
"they". And that they had shown him how to be really hardcore. He said that
the MO gang would no longer be able to beat him up and abuse him because he
could defeat all of them now... Well, not quite all of them... He realized
that Rick could still beat him...However, he had a solution for that as
well...If Rick started to beat him down, Jeffie would quickly get naked,
which would, of course, ensure that Rick would not touch him and would get
away from him as fast as possible. So Jeffie was very confident bragging
that he was now invincible. He decided to demonstrate his new found
abilities...He started a brawl with Lance and, to everyone's utter amazement
and dismay, (especially Lance's, I'm sure), Jeffie totally won that fight
and locked Lance out of the station...Next Jeffie tried to start a brawl
with Joe, but instead Joe went to let Lance back in so they could both kick
his ass, and Jeffie then locked both Joe and Lance out and took over the
controls for a bit. Then, deciding that he didn't feel like running the show
that night, he let them back in...Everyone was confused and alarmed by these
events...(well, everyone except for Jeffie, of course., who was quite happy
and pleased with the way things were going.) They tried to get Rick to take
care of Jeffie for them, but Rick pointed out to them that, if he got near
Jeffie, Jeffie would get naked...They all did not want that...At the end of
the show, Jeffie said that he was going to do something that would prove to
everyone once and for all just how Hardcore he really is now...He brought in
a big piece of metal and said that he was going to smack himself in the head
with it...He did, and they told him that that had been wussy.. He would have
to hit himself a lot harder than that if he really wanted to be Hardcore. He
did it again, and, again, they ridiculed his attempt. He tried yet again,
and they told him that his efforts were pathetic.. Jeffie got fed up with
them and challenged any of them to hit themselves with the metal and see if
they could do any better...They told him that Rick could do a much better
job of hitting himself in the head with the metal and that he should bring
the piece of metal to Rick and give it to him so that Rick could show him
how it really should be done.. Jeffie agreed to do just that and did. Now,
you can probably see where this is going, even though Jeffie couldn't as he
is too stupid.. Jeffie gave Rick the piece of metal, and, of course, Rick
did not hit himself in the head with it. No, instead he clobbered Jeffie
over the head with it, knocking him out cold. The show ended with Jeffie
still passed out on the floor...So, we will see what will happen now. Will
Jeffie still be Hardcore and be able to beat or stop everyone there? Or,
will the brutal shot to the head he took cause him to forget his new
training and powers?? Tune in to find out...Oh, And Joe said that the show
will probably start around 11:00 this week...

On The Last Exit: Three fourths of the band Lotus Project were there.
Co-host David (the bassist) Pat (guitarist), and Chris (drummer and
vocalist) were there. They talked a bit about their concert earlier in the
week which went well. and was quite well attended. www.lotusproject.net is
their web site. Be sure to check it out if you haven't already done so.
Later, we got the announcement that Shoebox's kid had arrived that night. I
gave the details earlier in this recap, but, again congratulations to them.
Also on the show were Crow (the drummer for the band The Pushrods), Just
Joe, Fritz, and Gorgar.. And there was a surprise appearance by a familiar
voice from the past - Handy! He was last heard being taken away by Friend,
but was back for a while and hadn't changed a bit, still his same old
extremely loud and obnoxious self. Later in the night they told Crow to take
Just Joe to the basement. Crow did and slapped Just Joe around. When they
returned, Just Joe was extremely upset, crying and saying that Crow was
mean...What brought this on?? No, not the beating...It seems that Crow
crushed and generally mistreated Just Joe's potato chips. I haven't heard
Just Joe so distraught since they took Cuppy from him and made him think
they had killed cuppy.. Apparently you can beat down Just Joe with any
number of cruel and brutal weapons, and kill him in various ways, and all
this is fine, but mess with his potato chips, and apparently this to him is
a calamity. Also, They sicked Just Joe on Gorgar for a bit more abuse this
week when they found out (from me, so sorry Gorgar! Forgive me!), that it
was his Birthday the next day. They thought that Gorgar might need a
birthday hug, and that tradition where you get one spank for each year of
your age. For a dinosaur that would really be a lot! :) So, it was another
quite silly show...

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Yes, The Metallic Onslaught will be on starting at 11pm this week only.
Then back to the normal start time of 9pm for next week's Season Premiere.
I think Jeffie has something truly strange planned for this week's show. I
may be in part responsible for making it happen, if I decide it should
happen, but it was his idea. Anyway, this will be their Halloween show.

For The Last Exit, it is our Tribute to the Past Show, since we have 7 hours
to play stuff this week. It will also be a Samhain celebration of some
sorts, and Helloween will be our feature artist. I have a sort of game in
mind for the night, assuming enough people show up. Should be interesting.
Tune in...

Ok, other cool stuff. Our DVD Project, now officially titled (unless I
change it for something better at the very last moment) Xtreme Soundscapes
and other Entertainment. Volume One will likely be entitled The Campaign
for Musical Awareness. The lineup goes like this - Crisis, The Witching,
The Pushrods, If Man is Five, Lotus Project, River Chicken, and hopefully
Divinity Destroyed. You will see interviews from all of these bands, as
well as live footage. We should also have on their the NEW Crisis video,
possibly a Virgin Black video, and we will include a crazy live in studio
performance from The Pushrods and River Chicken. This will be a fun DVD.
It will be over 90 minutes and cost around $4. Shoebox will be co-hosting
it, and of course we will have some live stuff from him as well. That needs
to be taped, as well as interviews with The Witching and Divinity Destroyed,
otherwise, I think it's near completion, which is good, since...

November 21st!!!
Xtreme Soundscapes DVD Release Show at Castaways in Ithaca!
(www.castawaysithaca.com)

7:30 start with Lotus Project
(www.lotusproject.net)

Worm Quartet - His only show till next year!
(www.wormquartet.com)

The Pushrods
(www.Pushrodsrock.com)

Divinity Destroyed - Who will play acoustic on The Last Exit the night
before...
(www.divinitydestroyed.com)

and headlining will be The Witching!
(www.thewitching.com)

The first 20 or so people through the door will get a free DVD, and maybe
some other stuff, so it's something you want to get there early for. Show
should be done by like midnight or so, so no excuses. DVD's after the first
batch are given away will be $3.

If this does well, we will have another release show for volume 2. There
will be ensuing volumes if these go, so your support is very much needed.
This is to support the music scene in general, and prove the fact that there
is still hope for new and different music out there, especially away from
the major labels!

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On an additional note, the latest Best of The Last Exit for The Metallic
Onslaught DVD is done. Volume 7. Highlights this time around include
Divinity Destroyed busting Just Joe open, Maury's last show, and the return
and first meeting of Handy and Shoebox... If you want one, just ask me...
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Nocturne update! 10/27/04

In this e-mail:

1. Nocturne up on myspace.com - hear "Shallow" in its entirety!

2. Drive Lacey from New Orleans to Dallas - and see Nocturne, Bile, Bozo
Porno Circus, and others for FREE - 3 free shows!

3. New Nocturne e-mail address: NocturneMusic@...
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1. Hey Guys!

Nocturne is finally up on myspace.com. I JUST put Nocturne up, so we're
still in the process of adding pictures and other good stuff. It's still
under construction. However, you can hear the new Nocturne song "SHALLOW"
in it's ENTIRETY (not just a snippet) by going on there. (You must join
myspace to view the page. If you are not already on myspace, it's fun and
it's free. Go to www.myspace.com) If you ARE on myspace already, then here
is the direct link to the Nocturne page:

http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=472118
7&Mytoken=20041027141348


2. Help! I need a ride from New Orleans to Dallas! (I'll explain more, in
a bit.) Don't forget about the shows coming up. Nocturne is playing in
Dallas tomorrow night (Thursday, Oct. 28th), and in New Orleanas on Friday
(Oct. 29th). My buddies in BILE are going to be playing in New Orleans on
Saturday night, and I really want to stay an extra night so I can see my
Bile friends, because I won't get to see them again for a long time, after
this weekend. However, two of my band members have to drive back to Dallas
immiately after our show on Friday night in New Orleans, because of work.
If there is anyone who lives in the Dallas area, who wants to meet us in New
Orleans, and drive me back to Dallas on Sunday, then I can get you a hotel
room in New Orleans on Friday night (and MAYBE Saturday night, too), I can
also get you into three shows for free (Bile/Nocturne in Dallas on Thurs,
Nocturne/Bella Morte/Bozo Porno Circus in New Orleans on Fri, and
Bile/Seraphim Shock in New Orleans on Saturday). I'll even pay for your gas
on the way back from Dallas to New Orleans. If you want to bring a friend
with you so that you have some company, then I'll get them into the shows
for free, too! If you're interested, then please send me an e-mail. Please
note: Don't even THINK about doing anything creepy, on the ride back from
New Orleans to Dallas. I have a talent for removing eye balls from people's
heads and then forcefully shoving them back into some other orifice, so
don't make me have to do that to you. But I've met a lot of you already,
and everyone I've met so far has been VERY cool! If you're cool, then your
eye balls will remain where they are. So if you want to have a fun weekend
in New Orleans and see a bunch of great bands for free, then please let me
know!
:-)

Here's the detailed show info:

-- DALLAS (with BILE) - tomorrow night, THURSDAY, OCT. 28. Nocturne goes on
at 10:00 p.m. SHARP!!! DON'T BE LATE!!! Pitbull Daycare (AWESOME heavy
industrial band from San Antonio - they toured with the Genitorturers last
year) goes on at 11 p.m. BILE goes on at midnight. Club Dada. 18 and up.
2720 Elm Street in Deep Ellum.

-- NEW ORLEANS - FRIDAY, OCT. 29 - THE ENDLESS NIGHT FESTIVAL at Club 735
(located at 735 Bourbon St.) with Bozo Porno Circus, Bella Morte, and
Pitbull Daycare. Nocturne goes on at 10:30 p.m. 18 and up.
http://www.endlessnight.com/en2004/darkfetishball.htm

-- BILE AND SERAPHIM SHOCK - NEW ORLEANS - Saturday, Oct. 30 - The Endless
Night Festival (same info as above)


3. New Nocturne e-mail address: NocturneMusic@...

We're still going to use the "nocturne.cc" e-mail address, but from now on,
please respond to the new address, NocturneMusic@..., and please send
future e-mails to the new address too. Eventually, we want to discontinue
using the nocturne.cc e-mail address because of the onslaught of spam mail.


Thanks everyone! I hope all is well with all of you!

Cheers,

- Lacey
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For Immediate Release:

Cyber-Metal Pioneers FEAR FACTORY Embark on North American
Co-Headlining Tour with Lamb of God

New Single Featured in Upcoming Lion’s Gate Film Saw –
In Theaters October 29th

Brand New Maxi Single with Bonus DVD EP, Bite The Hand That Bleeds,
In Stores November 16th Through Liquid 8 Records

Los Angeles’ FEAR FACTORY is on a mission; a mission to infiltrate America’s
infrastructure by way of numerous multimedia channels. Having already
circled the globe twice in support of their acclaimed Billboard Top 30
charting Liquid 8 Records debut Archetype, which has moved over 100,000
units in its relatively short shelf-time, the band is gearing up to invade
North America’s stages once again, this time co-headlining with aggro-metal
incumbents Lamb of God. However, this is merely the tip of the proverbial
iceberg for one of the hardest working bands in hard rock today.

October 29th will see the nationwide theatrical release of the Lion’s Gate
Films shocker Saw, starring Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon, The Royal
Tenenbaums, The Color Purple), Carey Elwes (Shadow of the Vampire, Kiss The
Girls, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Crush), Monica Potter (Along Came A
Spider, Con Air, Patch Adams), Dinah Meyer (Starship Troopers, Birds of
Prey, Dragonheart) and directed by newcomer James Wan. The movie stunned
audiences at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, which called it a “landscape
of indelible horror”. FEAR FACTORY’s latest single “Bite The Hand That
Bleeds” will not only be on the film’s soundtrack (released through Artists
Addiction Records), but is featured as the movie’s closing credits theme.
Music Supervisor Jonathan Platt explains the choice, “I played song for Saw
producer Gregg Hoffman, and he loved it and decided to use it for the end
title theme. This is a very dark movie, and the song really works well with
the film’s tone. The mood, music, and textures of the song accentuate this
movie.” A trailer for the film can be viewed here:
http://www.lionsgatefilms.com/profile/saw.php and the movie’s official
website is http://www.sawmovie.com/

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell, visibly excited to be involved with
the project, offers his thoughts, “This is definitely the kind of movie I
would go see, because it’s really dark, along the lines of Se7en, Silence of
the Lambs and 9mm. Though not the first movie we’ve ever had a song
[previous credits include Hideaway (1995), Mortal Kombat (1995), Carrie 2
(1999), and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)], its one I am most
anticipating.” The band had also worked formerly with Platt for the
soundtrack to the 2004 sci-fi anime film Galerians: Rion, which featured a
remix of the single “Archetype”, and a special video for the track was
filmed. Bell continues, “We have always approached our music as a
soundscape, we write to the world that we see around us, and it definitely
fits into the modern world – full of conflict, struggle and hate. The music
exudes this aggressive nature, but channels it through a sweeping soundscape
of raw emotion.” A subsequent video for “Bite The Hand That Bleeds” was
recently filmed and includes excerpts from Saw in a conceptual fashion.
Look for it on hard rock video programming throughout the country very soon.

FEAR FACTORY’s next endeavor will be released on November 16th in the form
of a CD Maxi Single with Bonus DVD EP, entitled Bite The Hand That Bleeds
And Related Archetypal Imagery. The disc will feature an audio track for
“Bite The Hand That Bleeds” as well as the video for Archetype’s first
single “Cyberwaste”, the three videos for “Archetype”
(narrative/performance/anime), and the Saw-rendered video for “Bite The Hand
That Bleeds”. Bonus materials include exclusive FEAR FACTORY ringtones and
a limited edition fold-out poster created by renowned horror-comic book
artist, Ben Templesmith (30 Days Of Night, Hellspawn), who had produced a
draft for Archetype’s original cover art concept upon Bell’s request. A very
eager Templesmith elucidates, “Burton found me through the comics work I'd
done for IDW Publishing, as my book 30 Days of Night is one of the biggest
selling horror comics in years. I leapt at the chance, as I'd been listening
to FEAR FACTORY way back when I had been drawing that damn thing! The power
of their music was pretty influential on me. As an artist, I tend to want a
whole bunch of 'atmosphere' in my work, and the best way to help get that is
playing music in the background. FEAR FACTORY just has that special vibe
that helps push me when I need to go in a certain direction.” Consequently,
the success of 30 Days Of Night has led to numerous sequels and a major
motion picture option was recently picked up by Sony Pictures, reportedly to
be helmed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead, Dark Man).

Simultaneously to this, FEAR FACTORY is working on an upcoming covers album
of tracks that influenced them over the years, and they are hammering out
ideas for the inevitable remix version of the Archetype album – a concept
the band is famous for. Guitarist Christian Olde-Wolbers has also recently
announced the confirmation of a COW Signature Guitar series he secured
through Jackson Guitars. The model will be presented at the NAMM conference
in January and will be released in 6-string and 7-string configurations.
Drummer Raymond Herrera has set his sights back onto videogame and movie
music, composing tracks for the sequel to his recent work for the soundtrack
to the streetracing film Mischief Invasion, as well music for Namco’s Dead
To Rights 2 and Sony’s Gran Tourismo 4 videogames.

FEAR FACTORY’s achievements will be discussed at length on the nationwide
syndicated radio program ROCKLINE with Bob Coburn on October 11th at 11:30pm
Eastern/8:30pm Pacific. Fans are encouraged to call in with questions
during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). See www.rocklineradio.com for
participating stations.

The band is focused, however, on making this fall tour a success, and
touring the country with Lamb of God is undoubtedly a crushing prospect.
Bell proposes, “It’s great to be heading out on the road with Lamb of God.
It’s great to see a relatively young band bringing a fresh perspective to
the scene…finally a new band with balls!”

Tour dates for the mammoth trek include:

Friday, October 29th San Francisco, CA
The Warfield
Saturday, October 30th Anaheim, CA
House of Blues
Sunday, October 31st Las Vegas, NV
House of Blues
Monday, November 1st Los Angeles, CA
House of Blues
Thursday, November 4th San Antonio, TX
Sunset Station
Friday, November 5th Dallas, TX
Gypsy Ballroom
Saturday, November 6th New Orleans, LA
House of Blues
Monday, November 8th Sauget, IL
Pop’s
Tuesday, November 9th Chicago, IL
House of Blues
Wednesday, November 10th Milwaukee, WI
Eagles Club
Thursday, November 11th Columbus, OH
Al Rosa Villa
Friday, November 12th Toronto, ON, Can.
Kool Haus
Saturday, November 13th Latham, NY
Saratoga Winners
Sunday, November 14th Washington, DC
9:30 Club
Monday, November 15th Myrtle Beach, SC
House of Blues
Wednesday, November 17th Spartanburg, SC
Ground Zero
Thursday, November 18th Louisville, KY
Jillian's
Friday, November 19th Little Rock, AR
Juanita's
Saturday, November 20th Houston, TX
Engine Room

FEAR FACTORY; creating music for tomorrow, today.

www.liquid8records.com
www.fearfactory.com
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Playlist for The Last Exit for the Lost: October 24, 2004
(R) = Requested

GWAR "Bring Back the Bomb"
Arch Enemy "Kill with Power"
Fates Warning "Simple Human"
Beerzone "Don't Give a Fuck"
3 Inches of Blood "Destroy the Orcs"
Amon Amarth "The Fate of Horns"
Lotus Project "Storm"
Invocation of Nehek "Memoirs of a Drowned Angel"
Worm Quartet "What Your Parents Think All Your Music Sounds Like" (R)
Divinity Destroyed "Smoke and Mirrors"
Never the Sunshine "Superstar"
Ignitor "The Last King Tiger"
Mindrot "Dawning" (R)
Eyes of Fire "Down" (R)
Nocturne "Dead Sea"
Pile of Heads "Perfect Way to Die"
Lotus Project "Nelumbo Lucifera"
River Chicken "Sharxxx"
With or Without You "Smell the Glove"
E Backwards E "Longtoe"
The Pushrods "Stalker"
Worm Quartet "Let's Break Some Furniture"
Diecast "Pendulum"
The Amenta "Zero"
Derek Sherinian "God of War"
InRed "Resurrect to Die"
The Plank Boys "Skeleton Crew"
Holy Terror "Immoral Wasteland"
Queensrcyhe "Revolution Calling"
Plan 607 "We are the Devil" (R)
The Pushrods "You're Lucky I Don't Own a Gun"
Napalm Death "Troops of Doom"
DuskMusik "Everybody Loves Me"
Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (R)
Fiction "In the Flat Fields"
Strung Out "Her Name in Blood"
Black Labeled "Grow a Spine"
GWAR "Fistful of Teeth"
Arch Enemy "Incarnated Solvent Abuse" (R)
Nightwish "Wish I Had an Angel (Demo)"
Moonlyght "From Honor to Nothingness"
Twisted Sister "Burn in Hell"
Where She Wept "Sand and Mercury"
Goatsnake "Black Cat Bone"
Of Angels and Gravediggers "Slit Throat Speaks"
Red Harvest "Abstract Morality Junction"
Making Enemies "The Pugilist at Work"
Lair of the Minotaur "Caravan of Blood Soaked Kantauroi"
Haunted by Angels "No Looking Back"

Feature Artist: GWAR...
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SHOW LISTINGS

Sat, Oct 30: Crappy the Clown at Reflections Martini Bar & Lounge, Syracuse

Sat, Oct 30: Hardcore Hellaween 2004 - *6 killer acts for only $3 - *Costume
contest sponsored by Jagermeister - Featuring: King Snyder, Ruination, Black
Labeled, Greyview, Chamber Law, and a special appearance by Filthy McNasty
@: Donna’s Place, 188 S. Main, Cortland, doors at 9 - $3 w/ costume $5
w/out

Sat, Oct 30: Haunted by Angels at the All Hallows Eve Masquerade Bash,
Hopkins Youth Center, Elmira

Sun, Oct 31: U.K. Subs, The Mofos, The Witching, Murder Squad TO, The
Others, and Timur Lenk at Castaways, Ithaca

Sun, Oct 31: KMFDM at The Water Street Music Hall, Rochester

Sun, Nov 7: GWAR, Dying Fetus, and All That Remains at The Water Street
Music Hall, Rochester

Mon, Nov 8: Atreyu, Taking Back Sunday, and Funeral for a Friend at The
Harrow East Theater, Rochester

Thurs, Nov 11: Rantmusic at The Nines, Ithaca

Sat, Nov 20: Robot Goes Here (Electronic punkhardcore) @ Tammany, Risley
Hall Cornell N Campus, Ithaca - 10:45pm, Free

Mon, Nov 22: Marathon (Rochester punkrock heroes), Fire When Ready (Loud
Indie from Vestal),
Timur Lenk (Heavy goodness), and Robot Goes Here (Electronic punkhardcore) @
The Lost Dog Cafe, Ithaca - 7 PM

Tues, Nov 23: Dope, Motograter, and Twisted Method at The Penny Arcade,
Rochester

Fri, Nov 26: If Man Is Five CD Release Party at Black Azul 7 Main St. 3rd
Flr, Binghamton NY. 8pm, Free admission, food, and drinks.

Fri, Nov 26: Ministry, Thrill Kill Kult, and Hanzel and Gretyl at The Water
Street Music Hall, Rochester

Sun, Nov 28: Haunted by Angels and Bella Morte at The Haunt, Ithaca

Mon, Nov 29: Goatwhore and Misery Index at The Penny Arcade, Rochester
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TOP STRANGE STORIES

A real nip in the air in Dartford
<http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.537797.0.a_r
eal_nip_in_the_air_in_dartford.php>

A KEEN gardener got the shock of her life when a freak storm rained 20 crabs
down on her.
Kate Walker was picking beans in her garden when she felt what she thought
was heavy rain hitting her.
But the 33-year-old got a fright when she looked up and saw the brown
coloured creatures falling from the sky.
Miss Walker, of Powder Mill Lane, Dartford, collected 19 of the crabs and
put them in her neighbour's pond.
The 20th crab died and she is currently keeping it under a pot to show
disbelieving friends.
She said: "They think I'm mad, I thought it was something out of the
X-Files. The crabs were covered in sand.
"Where have they come from? I've heard of fish falling from the sky but this
is ridiculous.'' Miss Walker, who is currently unemployed, lives next to
Brooklands Lake and speculates the crabs could have come from there or the
Thames, which is about two-and-a-half miles away.
She said: "The lake is a possibility. They could have also come from the
salty end of the Thames.'' Fish and frogs falling from the sky are not
common occurrences but have been reported many times around the world.
It happens when a mini-tornado passes over water and sweeps up objects of
all shapes and sizes.
If the item is lightweight, like a fish or a small frog, it may be caught in
a strong storm or a cloud updraft for a long time rising higher until it is
thrown out like a hailstone.
Met Office spokesman Barry Gormett said: "It can happen because of the
dynamics of the atmosphere.
"When there is a convective motion of air beneath a cloud, it can draw
things upwards. I've heard of fish and frogs but crabs are a first.''

Falling from the heavens
In 1995, Nellie Straw of Sheffield was driving through Scotland in a storm
when hundreds of frogs suddenly pelted her car.

In 1881, a thunderstorm in Worcester brought down tons of periwinkles and
hermit crabs.

In 1890, bird's blood rained down on Messignadi in Calabria, Italy.

From about 1982 to 1986, kernels of corn rained down on several houses in
Evans, Colorado. Oddly, there were no cornfields in the area.

In 1877, several 1ft-long alligators fell on J L Smith's farm in South
Carolina.

In November, 1996, a town in southern Tasmania was slimed. Apparently, it
had rained either fish eggs or baby jellyfish.

A Korean fisherman, trolling off the coast of the Falkland Islands, was
knocked unconscious by a single frozen squid which fell from the sky.

In a town in Guatemala, money, blue rain, frogs and toads, fish, gold,
cigarettes and Star Wars figures have on occasions rained from the sky.

A poor village in Mexico was showered with gold. Supposedly, a treasure
chest from a ship sunk off the nearby coast was whipped up by a tornado and
deposited on the village.
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* A new computer gadget enables someone to apply direct physical
stimulation sexually to another person over the Internet, thus
advancing "cybersex" far beyond its previous limitation of mere
words and pictures. According to a September report on
Wired.com, the vibrating "Sinulator," with wireless receiver, can
be activated remotely at different speeds and force by a spouse or
anyone else who uses the device's password at Sinulator's website,
and that manipulation can be done not only by keyboard and
mouse, but by a male placing the Sinulator's transmitting sleeve
("Interactive Fleshlight") over his penis and thrusting at his (or the
recipient's) preferred speed and force. "Thus," summarized the
Wired writer, "a man can be thrusting in Cleveland while a woman
is penetrated in Seattle."
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* According to an August Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal report, a
huge oak tree on Cypress Street in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., marks
the spot of a major open drug and prostitution market that is the
scene of several dozen arrests every month. The Sheriff's office,
weary of the constant parade of crimes and arrests and pressured by
a community activist, recently told county officials that it had
arrived at a solution: It asked permission to cut down the tree.
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* Great Art! The 223-page novel, The Train from Nowhere, by a
French writer using the name Michel Thaler, is reported to be the
first novel in history with no verbs, and its May publication was
met with damning reviews. "Thaler" has called the verb "like a
weed in a field of flowers" and his book a "revolution in the
history of literature," that it "is to literature what the great Dada
and Surrealist movements were to art." Critics noted the book's
lack of action, in that it consists only of, according to London's
Daily Telegraph, "lengthy passages filled with florid adjectives in a
series of vitriolic portraits of dislikable passengers on a train."
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* A Quad City Times (Davenport, Iowa) columnist reported in
September on a man who recently drove into his housing
community at 10:30 p.m. to discover about 500 14-inch-high,
ceramic-faced Ronald McDonald dolls neatly lined up in the
middle of six streets, two to three feet apart, with no witnesses or
explanation as to how they got there or why. The columnist, Bill
Wundram, discovered only that the dolls were probably taken from
the warehouse of a promotions company in nearby Camanche,
Iowa, but is still stumped as to motive.
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+------------------- Bizarre Factoids --------------------+

Romans invented the first popsicle.

The opposite sides of a cube of dice will always equal 7.

A cheetah does not roar, it purrs.

The first bike ever didn't have wheels. People walked it
along.

No two zebras have the same kind of stripes.

Reindeer stay warm in the arctic cold by eating moss.

Dolphins keep one eye open while they sleep.

Cats measure width with their whiskers.

A giraffe's tongue is 21 inches long.

The Rafflesia flower smells like rotten meat.

It takes 3,000 cows to make enough leather for one year's
supply of NFL footballs.

Sharks can never stop moving.

Sobicphobia is the fear of being afraid.
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-------- Television Has Never Seen This Much Drama ---------

EUGENE, Oregon - An Oregon man recently discovered that his
flat-screen TV had been emitting international distress
signals that were picked up by a satellite. Imagine the
man's surprise when a search and rescue team showed up at
his apartment in Corvallis, Oregon. A signal coming from
Chris van Rossmann's TV was routed by satellite to the Air
Force Rescue Center at Langley Air Base in Virginia. A
group of local police, civil air patrol and search and
rescue personnel appeared at the 20 year-old college
student's apartment on Oct. 2. "They'd never seen signal
come that strong from a home appliance," said van Rossmann.
"They were quite surprised. I think we all were." Author-
ities had been expecting to find a boat or small plane with
a malfunctioning transponder, not a college student's TV.
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------------ Sad Movies Make Me Go Pyro, Too ---------------

CORDELE, Ga. - Charles Alton Adams knows how to have a good
time. After watching a sad movie, he decided to down nine
or ten cold ones and then set fire to his pillows. The
pillow fire escalated into a blaze that engulfed Adam's entire
mobile home. Afterwards, Adams walked into the Crisp County
Law Enforcement Center around midnight and told deputies
about his evening. "The whole thing just doesn't really
make sense," said Crisp County Sheriff Donnie Haralson.
Adams has been charged with arson. He did not disclose
what movie he was watching before the fire was started, but
I bet it was "Beaches," that one always gets me.
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------ He's Wired - And He Didn't Even Have Caffeine -------

ALASKA - One thing you wouldn't expect to see in the middle
of the Alaska wilderness is a helpless moose hanging by its
antlers from an electrical power line. But if the moose has
the misfortune of getting its antlers tangled in electrical
wire before workers pull the line tight, that's exactly what
you'll find. The poor moose was suspended 50 feet in the
air when workers, finally realizing something wasn't right,
backtracked and found it. Workers theorize that the moose
saw the sagging wires and decided to challenge the power
line to a fight, as bull moose tend to do during mating
season. The moose went undetected in the line until workers
tightened it and noticed a problem.
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------------- Is That Cocaine On Your Shirt? ---------------

HONG KONG - There is definite truth to the statement, "Drugs
make you dumber." And now to demonstrate the validity of
this phrase, may I introduce you to Ho Heng-chau. Ho was
appearing in court on drug charges sporting a T-shirt that
had the word "cocaine" on the front. He plead guilty to
possession of three ecstasy pills and while his lawyer was
arguing for an amiable his shirt caught the eye of the
magistrate. "Do you know you're appearing in court?"
Magistrate Ernest Lin was quoted as saying. "What are you
doing wearing a 'cocaine' T-shirt? You might as well carry
a sign that says 'I'm a drug head.'" Ho was fined $510 and
received another lecture courtesy of Magistrate Lin. Hey,
Ho, if you happen to kill someone wear that "Guns Don't Kill
People..." shirt to the trial, moron.
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-------- There's No Place Like Someone Else's Home ---------

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - Well, I guess home is where the heart is,
no matter whose home it is. A 53-year-old woman was arrested
for taking over a family's house while they were on vacation.
Police said Beverly Valentine removed all the Mitchell
family's furniture, moved her own in; changed pictures on the
wall, repainted a room, and even had the electric bill changed
to her name. "Now we have portraits on the wall that we didn't
have before. And we've got all kinds of new appliances,"
Beverly Mitchell told WSB-TV, Atlanta. Sheriff's deputies
found Valentine in a bathroom and charged her with burglary.
Police said Valentine told them she used a shovel to break
into the house. Valentine reportedly did not know the people
who live in the house, leaving authorities at a loss as to why
this particular house was chosen.
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