The Last Exit for the Metallic Onslaught - September 10, 2004
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Recaps from Fire Eater Wizard...

On The Metallic Onslaught: Jeffie's retirement apparently continued as he,
once again, was not there. Joe, Rick, and Lance were all present along with
two other people, one of whom has been there before, and one new guest...
This show saw the return of The Pretty Princess, who was there even though
Jeffie was not, so I guess we know for sure now that she is not just a
figment in Jeffie's head... And the new person was someone claiming to be
Santa Claus. Santa was quite different from the picture we have been lead to
believe he is supposed to be like. He was not especially jolly, had a strong
New Jersey accent, (in fact he talked and acted a lot like a mafia don) and
talked about things like porn, vibrators, and drugs. It was all very
enlightening! He informed us that Rudolph (he of the red nosed fame) has a
cocaine habit, that Frosty The Snowman is a nasty jerk, and that Mrs. Claus
is a fat unappealing broad, which is why he has affairs... He also, does not
use a sleigh, but an SUV, and he does not enter peoples' houses via the
chimney, but by picking their locks and breaking in. So now at last you know
the true facts. See what valuable information can be obtained from this
show?! Santa had a bunch of presents which he said were for Jeffie. He
seemed disappointed that Jeffie was not there, which is a first, as usually
people thank their lucky stars if Jeffie happens to be absent. The rest of
the gang inquired about their presents, but Santa said that it looked
doubtful that any of them would get any gifts because of bad things they had
done during the year... Santa was extremely upset with Lance for his saying
awhile ago that he wanted to start a Loverboy tribute band that would do
Loverboy covers. This act of evil was the reason that Lance would get
nothing according to Santa (that plus the fact that he beat up on Jeffie.
That's a bad thing? Who knew?). Joe's sin was that he had played a lot of
Thor during the year, and Rick's was his constant mentioning of the band
Slipknot a band which Santa apparently hates. He said that it was possible
that they could redeem themselves in the remaining time before Christmas.
However, they played the Teletubbies "Dirty Knees" on this show, which
seemed to seal their fates. At the end of the night, they asked Santa to
give them Jeffie's presents saying that they would open and keep them for
themselves, and then assuring Santa that that had been a silly slip of the
tongue and that, of course, they would give them to Jeffie if and when he
returned... So tune in to the show this week (which will be a full show and
will begin at it's regular time) to see if Jeffie's retirement will continue
and, perhaps, what was in those presents... You never know, maybe they
contain things that the unlucky opener would rather not have received, alas
for the gang, or Jeffie, or whoever opens them... Or perhaps they are truly
awesome gifts... Who Knows? Oh and btw, Santa has a complaint/request for
everyone... He's sick of cookies and milk or beer... He wants wine and
Cannolies. As someone who also adores cannolies, I can't blame him there!
So, you might want to bear that in mind if you want presents...

On The Last Exit: Absolutely miserable excuse for a co-host David was, yet
again, absent, making it a month. I do not know if he was still in Jersey,
or if he got smart enough to leave there (one would hope) but, he was not at
LE. They had figured out that this show marked the one year and two week
anniversary of Just Joe and Ian The Yeti's first appearance on LE, as well
as the one year anniversary of the band The Pushrods first being there. So
they wanted to do something to celebrate this special occasion. Just Joe and
Crow (the drummer for The Pushrods), whom Just Joe now calls his dad for
some reason, which I don't think Crow is too happy about and who could blame
him, were both there. They had hoped that Ian would be there as well to
share in the joyous occasion (it was his anniversary too, after all), but
Ian was apparently too afraid or, perhaps, just possessed good sense, and
did not show up... Now on one of Just Joe's first appearances a year ago,
they locked him in the basement (accidentally of course), and he was stuck
down there for two weeks as they kept accidentally neglecting to let him
out... So, of course what better way to celebrate this anniversary than to
repeat this!?? Now, I along with everyone else, have said many times how
stupid Just Joe is and with very good reasons (many many good reasons, a
seemingly unending list of good reasons, in fact!). However, Just Joe may
be, or may be getting, smarter than we give him credit for (at least he
seems to be smarter than some people - Jeffie and Ian, for example, who keep
falling for the same thing time after time and never seem to learn that,
when they are asked/told by the LE or MO gang to do something, they should
run like hell in the other direction) Because they had a terrible time
getting Just Joe to the basement... They first just asked him to go down
there, and he refused saying that he knew they wanted to lock him down there
again. They tried to act innocent, promising him that they would never do
any such thing, and telling him that there was cake for him there. But, Just
Joe wasn't buying it, and refused to go. They told him that they would send
Crow there, and that he could have cake, but that Just Joe would miss out
unless he went down there... Crow went to the basement and then returned
saying that he had had some of the cake and that it was delicious... But
Just Joe still refused to go. Finally they appeared to give up and Azkath
told Fritz to go tell the girl to get out of the cake and go home... That
finally did it and lust got the better of good judgment and Just Joe went to
the basement... Whereupon, someone accidentally put their hand around the
doorknob and accidentally turned it, accidentally locking Just Joe in...
Now, although this time they disabled the phone and the intercom, they
forgot to take JJ's cell phone away from him. So he called them extremely
irate. They all played dumb (which was not much of a stretch for them)
saying that they had no idea what he was talking about. Was he in the
basement? Couldn't he get out? JJ was furious and threatened to break
everything down there including the microwave which would blow the whole
place up. There was the sound of a lot of things crashing... Then Silence...
They went to investigate, and JJ was gone... Then he called in. Apparently
he had found the cave down there (That they sealed up months before JJ's
debut) and had escaped. He was still irate. He said that he had taken Fritz
(who was also at the show after having been gone for awhile, and was
actually off looking to find Joe after he escaped from the basement) and
that he had glued him to the seat of his car, and that he was now his
hostage. Fritz could be heard pleading for help in the background (guess he
picked a bad week to come back). They asked him to let Fritz go and he said
"maybe later". For now he was furious and insane (as if we didn't all
already know that) and who knew what he would do with him... They were all
concerned for Fritz but not overly so... Those two were not heard from again
that night so who knows what happened... On the second half of the show more
people arrived... Gorgar (who was injured this week from hitting a deer with
his car. He fractured his neck and, in all seriousness, we all wish him well
and a speedy recovery) The Penguin who had not been there in a long time,
and a new person, Alan. They wanted to do something to Alan to initiate him
to the show. So, Azkath sneaked up behind him and there was a very loud
noise... Now, it sounded like he had gotten clobbered, but, in fact, Azkath
had just popped a balloon scaring Alan who had been expecting much worse.
Then the Penguin was being annoying and obnoxious (penguins are like that)
so Azkath and Crow spanked her and beat up on her. Then she and FMG got
abused and piled up on the floor... So, another amusing show and a truly
moving anniversary tribute. :) Tune in this week to see what happened to
poor Fritz among other things...
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Ok, things, um, I started a blog-like thing on The Last Exit for the Lost
main page, where I will be making entries when there is something to make an
entry about. And this also allows you and everyone else to provide feedback
to those entries, so we will see how that goes...

I really need to listen back to that show of The Metallic Onslaught. Damn.
Jeffie was actually at the Punch Drunk Monkeys show in Endicott. He assumed
that to be his retirement party, as he did with the If Man is Five show the
week before. No one seemed to want to burst his bubble, so I guess they
were. I have no idea what he will be doing this week, but I know he was
unhappy that he didn't get his retirement show at The Onslaught and that
they couldn't hear him when he called in from the If Man is Five show.
Maybe he will call again?

I am trying to get him to go visit Ithaska this week as it is Ashley's last
show till August, so I told him that she needs a good farewell...

As for The Last Exit, this is the last show before our 8th Pre-Anniversary
of the End of the World show, which is like our Wrestlemania in a sense. I
would say Superbowl, but I hate football :) I have not heard from Joe all
week. I think part of what made him snap was the fact that his head was
still ringing from the Punch Drunk Monkeys show the night before. I kind of
hope Fritz is ok, we rather like him. And yes, Gorgar hit a deer, totalled
his car, and broke his neck. Or at least fractured a vertebrae in his neck.
That makes him Hardcore. When he comes back, we may have to change things a
little to accommodate this. Also, I suspect maybe this was his way of
making sure we don't get hit by a meteor for quite some time. What a noble
sacrifice...

As for what is coming up on this week's Last Exit... I am unsure, more
because I don't want to commit to saying who I am told will be there, and
then having them not show up. So, we will just say, it MAY be an
interesting show, it may be somewhat quiet. I guess you will have to tune
in and see. As the feature for the night, I think I will be airing the full
Punch Drunk Monkeys show from last Friday, censored, due to, well Crappy.
So basically, just the songs, live. That will be at 5am.

Seriah Azkath
AIM - Azkath
MySpace - http://profiles.myspace.com/users/147739

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Sure, old news by now...
BREAKING! DAMAGE PLAN MEMBERS SHOT AND KILLED IN COLUMBUS OHIO!
(12/08 9:25pm PST)

At least five people died and two others were wounded after a shooting at a
Columbus nightclub on Wednesday night, NBC 4 reported.

The shooting took place shortly after 10 p.m. at Alrosa Villa, located at
5055 Sinclair Road.

Two members of the heavy metal band DAMAGEPLAN were reportedly shot and
killed, including DIMEBAG DARRELL, formerly with the band Pantera, NBC 4's
David Wayne reported. The other band member's name was not released. The
alleged gunman also died at the scene, Wayne reported.

Shortly after the band began playing its first song, a man reportedly ran
onto the stage and began shooting, according to a witness who identified
himself as Sean. Some members of the audience reportedly thought the man
running onto the stage with a gun was part of the band's act, NBC 4's Erin
Tate reported.

Witnesses said that several shots were fired at the band. Witnesses said
that a bouncer at the club tackled the alleged gunman before that person was
shot and killed. It was unclear as to whom shot the alleged gunman.

NBC 4 reported that of the surviving victims, one was in critical condition
while the other was in fair condition. Several others were treated at the
scene, suffering from various injuries.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 7, 2004

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY FEATURING GUITAR LEGEND
ZAKK WYLDE INKS WITH ARTEMIS WORLDWIDE;
NEW ALBUM "MAFIA" DUE OUT MARCH 8TH

Artemis Records is proud to announce the signing of Black Label Society,
featuring legendary guitarist Zakk Wylde, to an exclusive worldwide
licensing, multi-album contract. An album of all-new material, "MAFIA", is
slated for a March 8th, 2005 release. Artemis Chairman/CEO Danny Goldberg
commented, "Zakk Wylde is one of the greatest guitar players of all time and
Black Label Society is poised to become one of the world's biggest rock
bands".

A regular on the covers of such esteemed magazines as Guitar World, Guitar
One and Guitar Player, in 1987 at the tender age of 19, an unknown Zakk
Wylde was hand-picked by Ozzy Osbourne to be his lead guitarist. In
addition to his responsibilities as Ozzy's main axe slinger, Wylde was
responsible for co-writing many of Osbourne's best-selling multi-platinum
albums, including NO REST FOR THE WICKED, NO MORE TEARS and OZZMOSIS. The
current issue of Guitar One (Holiday 2004) again features Wylde on the
cover. Guitar World has recently described Wylde's skills as
"skull-crushing electric prowess".

Wylde's musical mastery has spawned numerous instrument product
endorsements. His signature products include four custom Gibson guitars, a
custom Epiphone guitar, a limited run Marshall amplifier (which sold out in
one day), EMG Pick-Ups, GHS Strings and Dunlop Pedals. Wylde can be seen
prominently featured on the current MTV series "Battle For Ozzfest".

In 1998, Wylde formed his own band, Black Label Society, while still
maintaining his role as Osbourne's lead guitarist. In Black Label Society,
Wylde serves as sole songwriter, lead vocalist and of course, lead guitar
player. To date, Black Label Society has released six albums and has sold
in excess of one million units worldwide.
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Crisis News

NEW CRISIS DigiPak Version of "LSLTS" Now available on The End Records.
LIMITED EDITION, numbered 1- 500.

http://shopping.theendrecords.com/s.nl/category.2/it.A/id.8281/.f

CRISIS - Like Sheep Led To Slaughter (LTD Digi)

First 50 orders receive a poster!!
LTD DIGI numbered to 500 units!!
CRISIS manage to once again offer another true original full of
head-spinning songwriting complexity. Fully showcasing the band’s
(dis)harmonic balance of dark art metal and experimental hardcore the music
implores relentless waves of primal energy and unmitigated brutality! The
result is a cathartic sonic experience fully embraced by the apocalyptic
lyrics of Karyn Crisis, who once again, delivers an impressive array of
contrasting and insanely captivating unique vocals!
MP3: Blood Burden

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Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us on these last 4 months of
touring.


We will be back out on the road in February.

Until then the Street Team is temporarily closed. Once the next tour is
booked we will get in touch for promotinal help.

We are currently doing final editing for our DVD, "Signatures Of Survival",
which will be released in early 2005. "SOS" was assembled (from live footage
and interviews from 1993 to the present sent to us from fans) , edited, and
filmed by Dominic Garza.

For now, keep your eye on our site for news about the premiere of our 2nd
video, "Waking the Dead" by Casey and Beth Schwochow.
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"Blood Burden" VIDEO link:
Video now available for download. The song "Blood Burder" is from the new
album "Like Sheep Led To Slaughter". It was directed by Darren Doane (AFI,
Deftones, etc)

Download: High or Low format (Quick Time)
http://media.theendrecords.com/crisis_high.mov
http://media.theendrecords.com/crisis_low.mov


CRISIS
http://www.crisissite.com/
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King Snyder News

What up guys & gals??? BirdMan here, happy to say that a new KS website
should be up and running by the end of the week! I just returned home from
Melba Toast's Kingdom where we proceeded to pound out a new site that I know
you'll all enjoy.

Included are sweet new graphics, three new tunes, and a new live video!!!
The three new songs were produced by the one and only Matt Barnes of Pile Of
Heads at Ultimate Studios in Cortland, NY and the video was shot at Club
Tundra in Syracuse, NY by Rich, the founder and love-slave of UMTV.

KS also has these bash's coming up this month and we want everyone there!!!

Here's the 411-

Saturday, December 18th - Co-Dependent Pictures Inc. presents "Small Town
Bands" Holiday Jam featuring King Snyder, Superdrive, Indirect Threat, Anna
May, Hank Nobody, and Kevin Williams. At Harry's - 308 E. 14th St. Elmira
Heights. (607)734-0202 Show starts at 6pm. Only $5. Also, we'll be handing
out FREE copies of our new 3 song demo.

Thursday, December 23rd - Join King Snyder and special guests for an evening
of Christmas cheers and celebration. KS will be rockin' all your favorite
jams, handing out copies of our new 3 song demo, and other Snyder goodies.
This is a FREE show for everyone ages 18 and up and it all starts at 9pm.
Don't miss it!!! For some of you it's been a while so please come out and
say hello!!!

Friday, December 31st - New Year's Bash at The Palm Gardens in Cortland, NY
with Ruination, Bonejar & more. Details on the way!!!
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Playlist for The Last Exit for the Lost: December 5, 2004
(R) = Requested

Background: Coph Nia "That Which Remains"

HPLHS "Great Olde Ones Are Coming to Town"
Empyrean Sky "Love Poison"
After Forever "Monolith of Doubt"
Catamenia "Calm Before the Storm"
If Man is Five "My Nightmare"
3 Inches of Blood "Lord of the Storm (Upon the Boiling Sea II)"
Nocturne "Happy" (R)
Sirenia "A Mental Symphony"
The Pushrods "Two Fucking Whores and a Case of Beer - Live"
Kreator "World Anarchy"
Dead Horse "Peaceful Death" (R)
Robot Goes Here "Breakfast at the Atomic Cafe"
Kings X "Over My Head - Live"
Others "Garden of Rage"
Black Labeled "What Happened to Your Life"
Arch Enemy "Symphony of Destruction"
Megadeth "Back in the Day" (R)
Doro "All We Are - Orchestrated"
Divinity Destroyed "Haven - Live"
Danzig "Black Angel, White Angel" (R)
Pile of Heads "What We Feed Off"
Worm Quartet "Map Light"
Punch Drunk Monkeys "A Bad Childhood"
The Pushrods "Liar" (R)
Invocation of Nehek "A Pictures Worth"
Dope Stars Inc. "Plug 'n' Die"
Neurosis and Jarboe "Within"
Wumpscut "Wreath of Barbs" (R)
HPLHS "I'm Dreaming of a Dead City"
If Man is Five "Water"
No Warning "Hopeless Case"
Domeshots "Reign"
NOFX "Franco Un-American"
The Pushrods "You're Lucky I Don't Own a Gun"
Manticora "Playing God"
Manowar "Thor (The Powerhead)" (R)
Slayer "Disciple" (R)
Others "Not a Word"
Lilitu "Follow Through"
The Amenta "Senium / Nihil"
Jorn "Living with Wolves"
Empyrium Sky "Peak of the Fall"
Annihilator "Demon Dance"
Scum of the Earth "Porn Star Champion"
Dick Delicious and the Tasty Testicles "It was the Tits" (R)
Creeper "Testing Me" (R)
Hanzel und Gretyl "Pleiadian Agenda"
Onslaught "Shellshock"
Bent Peg "Fun Drab" (R)
HPLHS "Away in a Madhouse"
GWAR "Womb with a View" (R)
Anthrax "Metal Thrashing Mad"
Worm Quartet "Recursively Anatomically Correct"
It Dies Today "Freak Gasoline Fight Accident"
And Here I Lie "Worn Tale of the Lost"

Feature Artist: Celtic Frost...
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SHOW LISTINGS

Fri, Dec 17: Bile, Liquid Violence, Mushroomhead, Three Minutes of Hate, and
Fireborn at The Icon, Buffalo

Sat, Dec 18: The PushRods, CrankDaddy and Plan-607 at The Half Penny pub,
Fayette St. Syracuse (9PM **FREE***)

Sat, Dec 18: Unearth, A Life Once Lost, and Since the Flood at Club Tundra,
Syracuse

Tues, Dec 21: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at The On Center, Syracuse

Wed, Dec 22: Trans-Siberian Orchestra at The Blue Cross Arena, Rochester

Sat, Dec 25: Psyopus and The Hostage Heart at Monty’s Crown Lounge,
Rochester

Sun, Dec 26: Winter Fest with Paul Juser, No Way Back, Hype, Nancy, If Man
Is Five, Robbing Banks, Never The Sunshine, Others, S.T. Dredd, and
Dancetron at The Sports Bar, State St. Binghamton. $5.00 / 4pm free food,
drink specials

Sat, Jan 15: Others, Black Labeled, and King Snyder at The Ice House,
Binghamton

Sat, Jan 22: Walls Of Jericho, Bury Your Dead, Full Blown Chaos, and
Premonitions Of War at The Icon, Buffalo

Wed, Feb 9: 18 Visions, Emery, Remembering Never, and Misery Signals at The
Icon, Buffalo

Tues, April 5: Soilwork, Dark Tranquility, Hypocrisy, and Mnenic at The
Icon, Buffalo
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TOP STORIES

+-------------- Bizarre Holidays in December ---------------+

December 3 is National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day

December 4 is Wear Brown Shoes Day

December 8 is Take It In The Ear Day

December 10 is Festival For The Souls Of Dead Whales

December 12 is National Ding-A-Ling Day

December 18 is National Roast Suckling Pig Day

December 21 is Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flash-
light Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day, and Hamburger
Day

December 26 is National Whiners Day

December 28 is Card Playing Day and National Chocolate Day

December 30 is Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last
Minute and National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day
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Washington funds false sex lessons
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1365262,00.html
Gary Younge in New York
Friday December 3, 2004
The Guardian

The Bush administration is funding sexual health projects that teach
children that HIV can be contracted through sweat and tears, touching
genitals can result in pregnancy, and that a 43-day-old foetus is a
thinking person.

A congressional analysis of more than a dozen federally funded
"abstinence-only programmes" unveiled a litany of "false, misleading
and distorted information" in teaching materials after reviewing
curriculums designed to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually
transmitted disease.

There are more than 100 abstinence programmes, involving several
million children aged nine to 18, and running in 25 states since 1999.
They are funded by the federal government to the tune of $170m
(£88.5m), twice the amount when George Bush came to power.

The money goes to religious, civic and medical organisations as
grants. To qualify they may only talk about types of contraception in
terms of their failure rates, not about how to use them, or the
possible benefits.

The survey was conducted by the staff of congressman Henry Waxman of
California, a longstanding Democratic critic of the Republican
administration's approach to sex education. His team concentrated on
the 13 programmes that are most widely used, and found only two of them
were accurate.

"It is absolutely vital that the health education provided to
America's youth be scientifically and medically accurate," Mr Waxman
said. "The abstinence-only programmes reviewed in this report fail to
meet this standard."

Other "facts" include that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide,
half the gay male teenagers in the US have tested positive for HIV, and
condoms fail to prevent transmission of HIV in 31% of incidences of
heterosexual intercourse. US government figures contradict all of these
assertions.

AC Green's Game Plan - a programme named after a basketball player who
said he would not have sex before marriage - teaches: "The popular
claim that condoms help prevent the spread of STDs, is not supported by
the data."

Mr Waxman told the Washington Post: "I don't think we ought to lie to
our children about science. Something is seriously wrong when federal
tax dollars are being used to mislead kids about basic health facts."

But government officials said Mr Waxman's report rehashed old
anti-abstinence prejudices for political purposes. Alma Golden, the
deputy assistant health and human services secretary for population
affairs, said it took statements out of context to present programmes
in the worst possible light.

"These issues have been raised before and discredited," Ms Golden
said. "One thing is very clear for our children: abstaining from sex is
the most effective means of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV,
STDs, and preventing pregnancy."

Mr Waxman also criticised some programmes for reinforcing sexist
stereotypes to children. One - Why Know - says: "Women gauge their
happiness and judge their success by their relationships. Men's
happiness and success hinge on their accomplishments."

Another programme, Wait Training, says: "Just as a woman needs to feel
a man's devotion to her, a man has a primary need to feel a woman's
admiration. To admire a man is to regard him with wonder, delight, and
approval. A man feels admired when his unique characteristics and
talents happily amaze her."
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* "Anal-wart researcher" (visual inspection being the only way to
detect anal cancer from the human papillomavirus) heads Popular
Science magazine's second annual November list of the worst jobs
in science. However, "worm parasitologist" can be just as
challenging, especially for anyone studying the Dracunculus
medinensis (which can settle in humans to a length of three feet
and then must be removed carefully after its thousands of offspring
burst through the skin). Other contenders: "tampon squeezer" for
the study of vaginal infections; a Lyme-disease "tick attractor"
(who must sing, to keep bears away, while trolling in the woods);
and "monitors" at warm-climate landfills (where garbage has been
reduced to steamy, liquid condensates).
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* In October, Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear research
officials evicted Roy M. Moore, 56, who had been living for years,
apparently undetected, in a hard-to-access cave on the grounds
(though not in a high-security area of the property). Moore had
equipped his cave with a wood-burning stove, solar panels, a bed, a
glass door, and satellite radio. And in Houston, Tex., in October,
police calling at the home of Ronnie Luhn, 37, regarding the theft
of a newspaper vending box, arrested him after finding 181 of them
crammed floor-to-ceiling in the one-bedroom house he shared with
his wife and three children.
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* News of the Weird reported in 2002 on a rooftop brawl in
Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre (under joint control of
six Christian faiths, whose adherents sometimes get snippy with
each other), when a cleric placed a chair in an area reserved for
another faith. In September 2004, Roman Catholic and Greek
Orthodox clerics had a fistfight (resulting in at least five injuries)
after a Catholic left a door open during an Orthodox service.
(Coincidentally, on almost the same day in Bedford, Ohio, police
said that more than 100 Sikhs were involved in a brawl over proper
clerical dress at the Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Temple.)
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From BB Spot

AMD Releases Socket 666 Athlon 64 CPUs
By Brian Briggs

Sunnyvale, CA - AMD announced the release of the pentagram-shaped Socket 666
Athlon 64processor. The Athlon 64 first debuted in the Socket 754 format
then AMD followed with the socket 939 form factor.

"Enthusiasts are tired of boring square processors," said AMD Vice president
of Marketing Lucy DeVille. "This allows much cooler looking machines than a
square processor allows."

DeVille said the new design also allows greater heat dissipation and a
tenfold increase in performance at half the price of Socket 939 systems.

Many industry experts were surprised by the move since the Socket 666
processor was absent from AMD's recently released technology road map.
"Companies rarely deviate from the road map, but with a technological
breakthrough like this chip I'm not surprised they did," said technology
analyst for Merrill Lynch Clayton Hellmuth.

Though excited by the news, computer enthusiasts have reported difficulties
in acquiring goat blood needed for cooling the chip.

Many also voiced concerns about yet another form factor from AMD. "I bought
a 754 board and they come out with the 939. I bought a 939 and now they come
out with the 666. I'm going to go broke if they keep coming out with new
chips," said AMD4life on the Anandtech message boards.

DeVille, while stroking her tail, denied making a deal with the devil to get
such a large increase in performance at a lower cost, but popular Internet
message boards were rife with rumors.

"I knew AMD would have to make a deal with Satan if they ever wanted to beat
Intel," said Intelluvver on the HardOCP forum.

AMD's stock rose $6.66 on the news.
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This is an attempt to get people a little more into what's going on in the
music scene these days. As well as to keep people at least a little
informed about what is going on at our weekly broadcasts of chaos.
Please feel free to send all comments, suggestions, corrections, additions,
and whatever else that might help make this more useful.

Please feel free to forward this to anyone you think might find it
interesting. Bands wanting to submit material for airplay can do so by
sending it to Aethyric Productions, Po Box 224, Ovid, Ny 14521-0224.

And e-mail us your show dates to add to the list above...

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