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SHIT ALERT - SHIT ALERT - SHIT ALERT - SHIT ALERT

  The 1993 Award for the worst, phoniest bullshit goes to the entire city of
MYRTLE BEACH, SC.  After seeing it for the first time after a period of several
years, the remaining vestiges of fun have all been turned into cheesy T-shirt
shops.  You can still play any kind of video game you like, as long as that
game is a Kung-fu-fighting game.  The best clubs have closed down, the few that
remain have no slack or vibe whatsoever.  The only thing that hasn't changed is
the legions of butthead police, who must save you from the evils of drinking a
beer or having fun.  The beach itself is OK, being relatively free of toxic
wastes.  Not even doing away with the Sunday alcohol blue-law has helped the
overall scene, though.  If you're looking for fun, don't bother here.
[and for those who might say that its just *me* getting older and more cynical,
go look for yourselves.  The psychic rot from NMB has finally spread south.]

The only thing that kept the whole trip from being a complete fucking waste was
the only late show in town (in a town which once had TONS of midnight movies..)
Not for the squeamish, The Faces of Death part IV
is highly recommended.   This is *real* death on
camera, ranging from the usual series of grisly
accidents, to attacks by deadly mutant creatures
from toxic pollution, culinary treats from other        <Picture of the
cultures, miscalculated bungee jumps,loose psychos       certificate of
in hospitals, and dictatorship police slaughtering       survival>
their own people in the streets.  Maybe the NRA
might be onto something after all.  Plus, if you
can make it through the entire showing, you get 
the OFFICIAL Faces of Death IV certificate of ->
             survival.  It doesn't mention whether
             you made it through without tossing
    G        your cookies, as there were definitely
             a few close calls in the theatre.
    R
             Congratulations, or something like that, to the graduating classes
    A        of 1993.  Now that you've finished kissing the asses of a bunch of
             Conspiracy teachers, get ready to pucker up and bend over for the
    P        Conspiracy "Bureaucrats" that will define your existence from this
             point forward. Give a big thanks to Bill Clinton and previous
    H        administrations for your future career flipping greaseburgers at
             your local McDonald's. Expect the only "change" that will occur
    I        under this current batch of do-gooders is that the pace of the
             Conspiracy will INCREASE.  Don't look at me- I voted for "Bob".
    C
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COMIX to Want and Buy:

*** The Hacker Files - Showdown (1.0)   The fight against the Conspiracy
continues.  Hacker and gang infiltrate secret computer compound in Russia.
DC Comics  1325 Avenue of the America  NY  NY  10019

**** Sugarvirus - Someone is tracking down and killing members of a vampire
colony in Berlin, and they suspect that it might be another vampire.  Not
for the squeamish.  Tundra Publishing UK Ltd, Unit 23, Eurolin Business Ctr,
49 Effra Rd, Brixton, London  SW2 1BZ

*** Savage Henry #26 - Hawkwind vs. The Forces of Chaos - Dave Brock, lead
guitar for the band Hawkwind, starts slipping between reality levels. Henry
helps find out who dosed Dave.  Rip Off Press, POB 4686, Auburn, CA  95604

**** Post Brothers #30 - In order to get paid for his latest assassination,
Ron needs the only witness, a little girl, to tell the police.  But, in the
attempt to frighten someone in a world without fear, awesome forces are
unleashed.  Rip Off Press.

*** Ren & Stimpy #8 - "The Maltese Stimpy" - Twisted remake of the original
movie, with the same characters, but finally, a better story.  Plus, more
humor aimed above the heads of the kiddies.  Marvel Comics

*** Vampire Lingerie Fantasy Catalog - The Frederick's of Hollywood-style
catalog for the well-endowed undead.  Hopefully, some of these fashions will
make their way to the cons.  Acid Rain Studios, 51795 Old Mill Rd, South Bend
IN  46637.  Also ask for the 93 Vampire Bikini Comic Calendar.

**** Milk & Cheese's 3rd Number One - Violence, mayhem, booze, and general
bad attitudes from dairy products gone bad.  Every institution in the world
is their target.  Slave Labor Graphics, 883 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128

***** Milk & Cheese's 4th Number One - New heights of outrageousness as the
dairy products go on sugar rampages, wino parties, and attacks on comics.
This may be the last issue for a while.  Slave Labor Graphics.

**** The Tick #12 - Tick wins a secret hideout full of neat high-tech toys,
but when the previous owner goes mad, Tick also inherits a host of enemies.
New England Comics Press, PO Box 310, Quincy, MA  02269

*** Stickboy #6 - The Death of Stickboy, plus other cartoons and articles
from Dennis Worden.  The next incarnation of Stickboy will be a VIDEO
ordered only from him, at PO Box 192, San Juan Capistrano, CA  92693 ($15).
This great comic is from Starhead Comics, POB 30044, Seattle, WA  98103

**** Gregory III - More adventures of the insane, institutionalized boy
whose friends are rats and eats cockroaches.  Piranha Press.

*** Zippy Quarterly #2, "15 Minutes Ahead of His Time" - More strip adventures
of Zippy and Griffy, including the special story "Life Before Velcro", their
trip back to the 1890s. Fantagraphic Books,7563 Lake City Way, Seattle WA 98115

*** Heavy Metal July 1993 - with wild artwork by Ted McKeever, plus the usual
collection of flipped-out stories. HM is really pushing that "X" rating lately.


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GREAT stuff- Cyclone Publications, PO Box 20013 Dayton OH  45420-0013  (Trades)
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The Church of Hemp has a NEW Jack-Chick-ripoff pamphlet: D.A.R.E: The Lost
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Messiah #2, The Journal of Sex, Politics and Religion - lots of on-target
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Donating Money for U.S. Debt Is Like Giving Booze to a Wino
by Tom Barberi

     Am I missing something?
     The government has dug a $4.2 trillion - that's $4,200,000,000,000 -
debt.  It has done this by taking every dime it could, with every tax
imaginable and spending more than it took in.
     Now the Clinton administration proposes to pay off the debt by taking
even more money from us.  Not only that, but it is going to spedn a whole
bunch more on new stuff.  On top of that, a 14-year-old North Dakota boy and
his well publicized $1,000 donation toward the national debt has fostered
similar nutty behavior.
     Could it be the hole in the ozone layer?, El Nino?, gloval warming?, Not
evnough dietary fiber?
     What prompts otherwise rational people to take time out of busy lives to
put on a bake sale and send the proceeds to that money-gobbling machine in
Washington?
     I don't get it.  Even a batch of fifth-graders from Ohio peddled baked
goodies cleverly named for our leaders: Bill Brownies, Gore Goodies, Capitol
Hill Cookies, Tipper Toffee and Oval Office Oatmeal.  They raised $278.50.
     I'm surprised they didn't try to market Socks Suckers.  Maybe they
realized those might wake people up.  This wave of citizen guilt for a
problem they didn't create isn't limited to school kids.
     The staff of a weekly newspaper in North Dakota is planning a bake sale.
The Eskimo Pie Corp. has decided to donate to the same cause: 5 cents for
every box of its chocolate-coated vanilla ice cream snacks sold between
tomorrow and April 4th.
     Isn't that like double taxation?  If that company truly wanted to do
something for the economy, wouldn't it make more sense to lower the price of
an Eskimo Pie by 5 cents?  That way the consumer would have more money to
spend supporting other businesses that pay taxes or employ people who pay
taxes.
     Sending the government more money that it already confiscates from us is
like giving a wino a key to the state liquor store.  What is the first thing
that a credit counselor does when people come in for help?  He or she cuts up
the credit cards and creates a budget that will lead them out of debt.
     The ease with which government created this mammoth debt was illustrated
the other night on the news when the manager of a former defense contractor,
who was shifting his company to perform in-military work, said the company
now would have to do some real thinking because private business won't pay
$600 for a toilet seat or $400 for a hammer.
     To put out a fire you have to remove its fuel source.  It only makes
sense that to put out this D.C. spending inferno, we must cut off its money
supply - or at least thin it out.


             [super-neat graphics unrelated to US debt]

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         The True Adventures of Jim Morrison: Space Ranger  Part 1


     The shooting had stopped.  The jungle's quiet was disturbed only by
the sound of inch-long mosquitos flying through the humid summer air.
A full moon gave Morrison's face a ghastly pall as he reloaded his Tarantula
9000.  The Tarantula was a fine weapon, a 50 caliber recoilless machine
pistol of a type that would not be mass-produced for another twenty years.
     Damn.  If only the Viet Cong patrol hadn't returned to their camp
half an hour early.  Damn.  If only he hadn't gotten separated from his
squad during the firefight.  Damn.  If only any of a vicious chain of events
that deposited him here, alone, hungry and sick, in the jungles of southern
Thailand, hundreds of miles away from his base camp, hadn't happened.  Damn.
     Morrison tried to clear his mind by concentrating on his Tarantula.
It was a prototype, a weapon he had rescued from the laboratories of a
dead Ceylonese weaponsmith, and he hadn't been taking proper care of it.
Now, the loading mechanism was jammed, and he didn't have the tools to
repair it correctly.  He tried to improvise using his pocketknife, the one
he'd picked up during the Doors' last tour, years before.
     He worked long into the night, slapping at the mosquitos that descended
in clouds to drink the blood from his exposed arms and chest.  So intent
was he on his work that he did not notice the subtle change in the quality
of the moonlight as it slowly altered from silvery-white to blood-red, until
the sound of inhuman voices nearby attracted his attention.


     [Moving shot from over the right shoulder of walking man.  All we
can see of the man is his dark blue suit and that he has short Bryllcreemed
hair and a pipe, which occasionally trails smoke into the camera lens.
He walks down a steel-grey corridor, his shoes clicking on the concrete
floor.  He stops at a door with two security guards in front of it.
The guards immediately stand at attention as the man approaches.]

     Man:  Hi guys!  Gee, it's a real scorcher outside, isn't it?

     Guard 1:  Yes, Mr. Dobbs.

     [Guards stand aside as Dobbs approaches a small panel beside the door.
After a retinal scan, fingerprint scan, voice check, and magnetic ID check,
the bolt on the door automatically clicks open.  The camera pans back as
Dobbs enters the room, revealing a blindingly white room, with computer and
medical equipment lining the walls.  Dominating the room is a large plexi-
glass tank with a shadowy figure floating within.  Around the tank are
arranged more pieces of equipment and white-coated technicans.]

     Dobbs:  Hi everybody!  Gee, it's a real scorcher outside, yep.

     TECHNICIANS:  Hello Mr. Dobbs.

     [Dobbs approaches the tank]

     Dobbs:  So this is our man, eh?  Stang, fill me in.

     Dr. Stang:  We found him in Thailand three days ago, during a routine
border patrol.  He was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and malaria.
It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.  At the time, he kept mumbling
'give me back my tarantulas'.  However, by the time we got him back to
Dobbstown hospital, his condition had degenerated drastically, so I decided
to bring him here.

     Dobbs:  Well, well, well.  Let's have a look at him, okay?

     [Dr. Stang lifts back the cover of the tank to reveal the mad,
glittering eyes of Jim Morrison!]

     Dobbs:  Hi Jim!  Gee, it's a real scorcher outside, huh?

     Dr. Stang:  "Bob", he can't hear you.

     Dobbs:  Well, maybe not with his *brain* so much...

     Dr. Stang:  We've scheduled the brain surgery to implant the microchips
for Thursday...

     Dobbs:  Thursday?  I go bowling Thursday...

     Dr. Stang:  We've already cloned the replacement heart and right leg,
so this will be the last operation.  He'll be recovering in the tanks for
a few months, though.

     Dobbs:  You were able to save the...

     Dr. Stang:  Uh, yes.

     Dobbs:  Oh, good.  Well, once you're back on your feet, Mr. Morrison,
what should I do with you?  Computer?

     Computer:  Hi there, "Bob"!

     Dobbs:  Hi!  What are the latest projections involving Jim by Project
Ragnarok?

     Computer:  A real good question, "Bob"!  It seems Mr. Morrison here
will be vitally important to our plans during the summer of 1997, but the
public can't be allowed to know that he's alive until 1993 at the earliest.
At least, that's what the precogs say.

     Dobbs:  And not letting him do concerts would rob him of vital Slack.
Hmm...

     [Dobbs meditates briefly, and as he does, an eerie high-pitched hum
fills the air.  A technician kicks the terminal next to her and the hum
stops.]

     Dobbs:  Jeepers!  I've got it!  We'll put him on a mini-tour of this
arm of the galaxy.  Jimi's been needing a vocalist, and we can't get Lennon.

     Dr. Stang:  And since he'll be travelling most of the distance near
lightspeed, he'll hardly age, so he'll be in great shape for the end times!
Great work, "Bob"!

     Dobbs:  Aw, shucks.

--
T.Rev?

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                        C O N V E N T I O N S

June 3-5, 1993 (Germany)

   HAMBURG PHANTASTIC '94/CON-COURSE '94/STARD '94.  The Congress Center
   Hamburg, Germany.  The largest convention in Germany combining parts of
   CON-COURSE '94 - the largest German Star Trek convention and STARD '94 -
   Germany's biggest convention for gaming.  Info: Hamburg Phantastic 1994,
   Achim Sturm, Woltersburger Muhlenweg 10, W-3110 Uelzen, Germany; phone:
   (0581)4 34 60.

June 4-6, 1993 (Arizona)

   LEPRECON 19. Camelview Resort, Scottsdale, AZ. GoH: S.P. Somtow, AGoH:
   Sue Dawe. Memb: $30. Info: Leprecon 19, Box 26665, Tempe, AZ 85285-6665;
   (602) 245-1440 (Doug Cosper).

June 4-6, 1993 (Illinois)

   DUCKON II.  Lisle Hyatt, 1400 Corporetum Drive, Lisle, IL;
   (708)852-1234; (800)233-1234; rms $62.  GoH: Leo Frankowski, AGoH: Paul
   MacNerland; Filk GoH; Lynn Fancher; FGoHs: Bill Higgins, Barry Gehm.
   Memb: $30.  Info: Duckon, Box 4843, Wheaton IL 60189; email:
   duckon@meltdown.chi.il.us.

June 4-6, 1993 (Kentucky)
  
   CONJURATION/DEEPSOUTHCON 31.  Executive Inn East, Louisville KY; rms $57
   sngl/dbl, $67 tpl/quad.  GoHs: Emma Bull & Will Shetterly; AGoH: Dawn
   Wilson; FGoH: Genny Dazzo; TM: Andrew J. Offutt.  SF convention,
   Masquerade, Art Show, Dealer's Room, more.  Memb: $35.  Info:
   Conjuration/DSC '93, Box 5231, Louisville KY 40255.

June 4-6, 1993 (Oklahoma)

   THUNDERCON 3.  Central Plaza Hotel, Oklahoma City, OK; (800)233-2219
   (outside OK); (800-522-4383 (in OK); rms $45.  Guests: Rick Sternbach,
   Larry Nemecek, Sylvester McCoy, Robert O'Reilly, more.  Convention with
   emphasis on Star Trek and SF/Media.  Memb: $25 (children 5 and under
   free; 6-12 half price).  Info: ThunderCon 3, 207 Americana Court, Norman
   OK 73069; (405)329-1737; email: brett@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu.

June 4-6, 1993 (Maryland)

   CONTERPOINT.  Holiday Inn, 1800 Belmont Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21244;
   (410)265-1400; rms $49.  U.S. Northeast Science Fiction Folk Festival
   including concerts, sing-a-longs, panels, workshops, dealer's room,
   parties, more.  GoH: Bill Roper; TM: Dick Eney.  Memb: $30 in advance,
   $35 at door; $10 supporting. Children 12 and under are free.  Info:
   Ellen Granzer, 18 Riverdale Street, Allston, MA 02134.  

June 4-6, 1993 (Canada, Ontario)

   AD ASTRA 13.  Sheraton Toronto East Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada; rms
   C$82.  GoH: Frederik Pohl; SGoH: Dave Duncan; AGoH: Robin Wood; guests:
   Ben Bova, Hal Clement, Greg Costikyan, Shirley Meier, Karen Wehrstein,
   Geoff Landis, Rob Sawyer, J.F. Rivken, Mark Asquith, more.  Memb:
   C$32.  Info: Ad Astra 13, Box 7276, St.  A, Toronto, ON, M5W 1X9, Canada.

June 9-12, 1993 (New York)

   INSTITUTE FOR INQUIRY summer session.  Ctr for Tomorrow, SUNY at Buffalo,
   Amherst Campus (Maple Rd. and Millersport Hwy) Sessions are: "Investigating
   UFOs" sponsored by CSICOP, and "Humanism, Religion and Mental  Health"
   sponsored by CODESH.  $125 each/$225 both. Hotel: Hampton Inn 1-800-426-8766,
   rms. $64/night.  For seminar info call 1-800-634-1610

June 11-13, 1993 (Alabama)

   MOBI-CON.  Mobile, Alabama.  GoH: Margaret Weis; Gaming GoH: David 'Zeb'
   Cook.  Info:  Mobi-Con, Inc., P.O. Box 161257, Mobile, AL 36616.

June 11-13, 1993 (Tennessee)

   MOUNTAINTREK '93.  Hyatt Regency, Knoxville TN.  GoH: Jean Lorrah; FGoH:
   Roland Castle.  Star Trek Convention.  Memb: $25 in advance, $35 at
   door; $5 supporting.  Info: Mountaintrek '93, c/o 2116 Belle Terra Rd
   #C, Knoxville TN 37923; (615)632-7497 (days), (615) 690-8595
   (evenings/weekends).

June 11-13, 1993 (North Carolina)

   HEROES CONVENTION.  Charlotte International Trade Center, 200 N. College St
   Charlotte, NC.  Huge comic book convention with reps from Marvel, DC,
   Valiant, Aardvark-Vanaheim, and more.  Plus, contests, siminars, workshops,
   exhibits. Info: Po Box 9181, Charlotte NC  28299-9181  1-800-321-4370

June 12-13, 1993 (Florida)

   VULKON.  Orlando North Hilton, 350 South Northlake Blvd., Altamonte
   Springs, FL; (407)830-1985; rms $69 sngl/dbl, $79 tpl, $89 quad.
   Guests: Nana Visitor, Daniel Davis, Mike Okuda.  Dealer's room, games,
   films, costumes, panels, more.  Memb: $40.  Info: Vulkon, c/o Joe Motes,
   12237 SW 50th St., Cooper City, FL 33330.

June 17-20, 1993 (Nevada)

   SCIENCE FICTION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.  Flamingo Hilton, Reno, NV; rms
   $80; (800)648-4882 (be sure to mention UNR's SFRA Conference).  GoH:
   Poul Anderson.  Other Possible Guests: Robert Silverberg, Lisa Mason,
   Tom Maddox, Timothy Leary, Joan Slonczewski, Rudy Rucker, Frederik Pohl,
   Jack Williamson, Pat Murphy, Elizabeth Lynn, Karen Haber, Robert
   Reginald, Charles Brown.  Info: Milton T. Wolf, Getchell Library, UNR,
   Reno, Nevada 89557-0044; (702)784-4577.

June 18-20, 1993 (Minnesota)

   DIVERSICON 1993.  Seville Plaza, 8151 Bridge Road, Bloomington MN 55437;
   (612)830-1300, 1-800-860-7408 (inside Minnesota), 1-800-328-7947
   (everywhere else); rms $44.94 king, $50.57 twin.  GoHs: Eleanor Arnason,
   A.C. Crispin.  SGoH: Ruth Berman.  Small, discussion-oriented
   convention.  Memb: $25 (Children $20); $5 supporting.  Info: Diversicon
   1993, PO Box 8036, Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, MN 55408; (612)
   646-3852; (612) 825-9353; (612) 722-7577; email:
   curt%quest.uucp@cs.umn.edu or tmcinroy@aol.com.

June 18-20, 1993 (Texas)

   GALAXY FAIR '93.  Sheraton Park Central, Dallas TX; rms $66.  Memb: $25
   until 6/17/93, $30 after.  Info: Galaxy Fair '93, Box 150471, Arlington
   TX 76015; (817)467-0681.

June 18-20, 1993 (Louisiana)

   NEW ORLEANS SF & FANATASY FESTIVAL.  Clarion Hotel, 1500 Canal St., New
   Orleans, LA 70112; (504)522-4500 or 1-800-824-3359; $65 sngl/dbl, $75
   tpl/quad.  GoH: Robert Silverberg; AGoH: Bob Eggleton; FGoH: Sherry
   Snyder; TM: Walter Jon Williams; Guests: George Alec Effinger, Joe
   Haldeman, Jack Haldeman, Barbara Hambly, Neal Barrett, Jr..  Memb: $20
   until 5/31/93, $25 after.  Info: New Orleans SF & Fantasy Festival 1993,
   P.O.  Box 791089, New Orleans, LA 70179-1089.

June 18-20, 1993 (Missouri)

   CONTINUUM '93.  Holiday Inn Convention Center, Cape Girardeau, MO.
   GoHs: M.S. Murdock, media guests; AGoH: TBA; FGoH: Jean Kluge.  Memb:
   $40.  Info: CONtinuum '93, 1617 Lyndhurst, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701;
   (314)334-4386 (Janie McGaugh).

June 19-21, 1993 (England)

   PROTOPLASM 4.  Parker's Hotel, Manchester, UK.  GoH: Bob Shaw; Guests:
   Mary Gentle, Dean Wayland, Mike Gearing.  Memb: L18.  Info: Protoplasm
   4, 1 Shoesmith Ct., Merchants Place, Reading, Berks.  RH1 1DT, UK.

June 24-27, 1993 (Ohio)

   MIDWESTCONN 44.  Quality Inn Central, Cincinnati, OH 45212; rms $65.
   TM: Wilson Tucker.  Relaxacon.  Memb: $18.50 until 6/1/93, $23 after.
   Info: Pat Sims, 34 Creekwood Swuare, Glendale OH 45246.

June 25-27, 1993 (Georgia)

   ATLANTA FANTASY FAIR.  Hyatt Atlanta Airport, Atlanta GA  30337. GoHs:
   David Prowse, Grace Lee Whitney, Caroline Munro, Monique Gabrielle, Jeff
   Rector, Gunnar Hanson, irish McCalla.  Memb: $27 until 6/5, $30 at door.
   Info: AFF, 4175 Eliza Court, Lithonia, GA 30058  (404) 985-1230

June 25-27, 1993 (California, Northern)

   ANIME AMERICA.  Westin Hotel, Santa Clara, CA.  GoHs: Fred Patten, Adam
   Warren, Yoshihiro Yonezawa.  Memb: $35 until 6/1/93, $45 after.  Info:
   Anime America, 298 4th Ave., #472, San Francisco, CA 94118.

June 25-27, 1993 (Missouri)

   ARCHON 17. Collinsville, IL Convention Center & Collinsville Holiday Inn
   ($70 sngl-quad, other nearby hotels cheaper; write PO Box for Housing
   Bureau information); St. Louis area.  GoH: Howard Waldrop; AGoH: Carl
   Lundgren; FGoHs: Rich Cross, Tom Seymour, J.D. Streett IV, Ted Smith;
   TM: Roger Zelazny.  Six or more tracks of panels, seminars, & readings,
   Children's & Grand Masquerades, art show & auction, dealers room, pool
   parties, gaming, children's programing track, Fri. night meet-the-pro's
   reception/dance and hall-costume contest, 2 video rooms plus Amateur
   Video Contest (for info, write John Donigan, 7480 Rupert, St. Louis, MO
   63117), hospitality suite, more.  Free Pizza Party With the Pro's on
   Sunday for all volunteers who work 4 or more hours.  Memb: $19 until
   5/31/93, $22 after (no mail-ins after 6/11/93; Children 6-12 $5 (under 6
   free) at all times, but MUST be accompanied by an adult member; MC and
   Visa accepted.  Info: Archon 17, P.O. Box 50125, Clayton, MO 63105; Rich
   or Michelle Zellich (314) FAN-3026.  email:
   zellich@ST-LOUIS-EMH2.ARMY.MIL.

June 25-27, 1993 (Czech Republic)

   PARCON '93.  Czech Republic.  Czech National Convention.  Info: ODDM,
   vila Doris, ul 17, Listopadu2, 78701 Sumperk, Czech Republic.

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@@@@     @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@  I  @@@   Featuring DJs Mr. Brett & Mr. Bill 
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                                      |  at the Park Elevator club
For hardcopy w/graphics, send SASE to:|  601 S. Cedar St.
                                      |  Info: (704) 376-8675
  Holy Temple of Mass Consumption     |
          PO Box 30904                |----------------------------------------
       Raleigh, NC  27622             | June 12       OBLIVION    LEXINGTON KY 
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For ezine version, mail:              |    DJ Strobe/ or DJ Hyperactive        
                                      |    DJ Boomer from Detroit              
  Slack@ncsu.edu to get on list       |    DJ Kevy Kev from Columbus           
  quartz.rutgers.edu - back           |    DJ Mind Candy from Cinci            
  issues (128.6.60.6)                 |    DJ Wilbthere from Cinci (uc)        
                                      | 10,000+ Watts o' bass *                
--------------------------------------| 20' Fractal/Mind's Eye Tripout Video*  
************************************* | Loops by Sebastian *                   
>>> NC Rave Line - (919) 574-2555 <<< | Roboscans, Dataflashes, by Technocolor*
************************************* | Psychoactive Bar by GET SMART - Detroit 
        STRANGE BUT TRHE              | For info call the Bluegrass Raveline at
Friday, Feb. 5th evening, a large     | (606) 281-4144, or monitor MW-Raves    
party near the Purdue campus was      | email jsquared- <uk02657@mik.uky.edu>  
broken up and the residents of the    |                                        
apartment were cited for violation of |----------------------------------------
the West Lafayette noise ordinance.   | friday JUNE 18 till     SALT LAKE CITY 
Apparently, while watching The Little | sunday JUNE 20                         
Mermaid, the students began to sing   |                                        
along with the movie loud enough to be|               SOLSTICE                 
heard a block away. The students were | To be held in small canyon south of    
allowed to keep their videotape, on   | SLC, in an old cowboy camp. for more   
the condition that they wouldn't sing | info contact: pashdown@slack.sim.es.com
quite so loudly.                      |                                        
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Several years ago two friends pulled  | June 19   METAMORPHOSIS II   GREENSBORO
an art prank.  There was a art show   |                                        
going on, my friends took a 2 foot    |  DJ Darren   Greensboro                
section of a 2X4 and painted it blue, |  DJ Threat   Chapel Hill               
then drove a 10 penny spike into the  |  DJ Thomas   Velvet in Atlanta         
side of it and mounted upright. They  |  w/special performace by PARIS         
named it something odd like "Man's    |                                        
Inhumanity to Man". They not only won |  West Market Fleat Market              
a prize but some fool gave them 100   |  6500 W. Market St.  Greensboro, NC    
bucks for it.                         |  Call NC Raveline for info