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"The young are the only ones who bring anything into the world,
and they are not young for long."
-William S. Burroughs.
TAKE ACTION!!!!!
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Editor's note:
Well, I've finally become confident enough in my competence
and dedication to start to offer subscriptions to this fine piece
of trash. $5 for 6 issues is how it's looking now. Anyway, Here's
the story of my life for the past week. It all started about a
week ago when my politics class was assigned a 4-5 page paper on
Karl Marx due on Tues.(today). I'm president of a school group
that raises money for a school in Haiti, and we had a show this
weekend (that my band played in) and so I was going to do that on
Sat. Fugazi played Sun. night, and that was on my list too. So
I don't get out all weekend except to play this show (quick
tangent: after the show I went down to Georgetown to eat with some
friends, and when we park we find out that one of our tires is
popped, and we spend the next few hours getting it fixed by some
towing guy who was drunk and had a hell of a lisp, but I won't go
into that), and to see fugazi Sunday (which was amazing, I'll
review it in this issue). It wasn't that bad (I could have used
a little more time than 5 days for a 4 page paper, and this was the
worst weekend it could happen in, but...), but yesterday I had 4
wisdom teeth out.
I go in there and I have to sign something promising that if
i died I wouldn't sue them. (Other risks: brain damage, a hole in
my sinuses, and complete lack of feeling in my face for the rest
of my life.) So I sign my life away and they take me to the
dentist's chair. After rinsing my mouth out they tie up my arm,
have me clutch a towel, and shoot me up with a mixture of valium
and some other narcotics. I remember being able to tell that they
were doing something, but closing my eyes and not being able to
close my mouth, and that everything seemed really, really funny.
I also thought the whole thing lasted about 5 minutes (It really
lasted about half an hour.) Long story short--> I go home with
blood gushing out of my mouth (it's still bleeding a bit as I type
(and it's a day later)), giddy as a schoolgirl from whatever they
shot into me. Right now I'm souped up (I love that term, souped
up) on some codeine-like painkillers, and today of all days the
computer picks to fuck up and delete my 2 pages of zine reviews
that I did. But that's ok. I have strong fingers and a quick mind.
By the time you read this, I'll have the reviews done and in your
hands. What a doll I am.
More stuff: If you like zines (which you probably do since
you're reading one and all) and you have a modem, call my BBS.
It's called the Omniverse (dumb name, I may change it soon) and the
# is 301-718-0225. It's got lots of zine info, a few editors, and
lots of stuff on the punk scene in general. What else....Oh, yeah,
If you ever hear that The Eddie Blue Knees Band is playing, come
and watch us. I play bass. Introduce yourself to me. If you get
ahold of this before January 20th, 1995, come see us play at NCS,
near the Washington Cathedral. All proceeds from that show will
go to benefit that school in Haiti.
Ok, I guess I'll wrap this up and leave space for some art at
the bottom.. The address for submissions, subscriptions, trades,
stuff to be reviewed, is:
Derek Teslik/Helter Skelter
3519 Woodbine St.
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
E-Mail:
derek.teslik@sbaonline.gov
OK, here are the "policies": I love to trade zines, it helps a lot
if you indicate "TRADE" somewhere on yours/in yours (on the address
label maybe?) I will review anything sent my way:zines, music,
books, videos, etc., etc., etc...let me into a show for free and
I'll promise to review that too.
Submit ANY type of writing, I'll probably print it. I'll send you
a few copies of the issue you're printed in. Same with art, photos
are cool, but the best thing to send is pen-drawn art. (pencil is
not as well picked up by the xerox, but it'll do....)
Free ads, free classifieds, etc. If you send it, I'll print it.
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Hello. First report from the other side. I arrived here shortly
after departure, to a storm of red and blue spitting down paint.
It is comfortable here, a bit jarring here {I believe because of
Jet lag of the type} at first, but i foresee a long and ingenuating
stay. I see a majestic courtyard of magnetic yellow and blue faded
as if it were under ice. I am being pricked and jabbed by a
repressed memory, fearful of discovery. Discovery's the goal,
right, so I return to the courtyard. It is located in a faded tan
castle whose walls are covered by gripping Ivy. At this point it
promptly disappears into a rave, with disco ball, dark otherwise.
It appears to be in some sort of cave, filled with stalagmite
columns painted into swirls toward the ceiling by luminescent
paint. Cut-out silhouettes of happy 50's couples together against
visual effects. Hole in scene reveals a happy Caucasian couple on
the beach. Neighborhood watch sign. Abraham Lincoln on the beach
with a mohawk. Clean cut Beaver cleaver type, smile as big as
Texas, on a Poster. There's something I want to say, but I find
myself running between two close, tall curved mirrors. I fade out,
and will continue the report when the sun is up again.
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Sleeping, holding midnight pattern,
I saw the girl across the row
Her eyes were blonde, her hair was blue
She gently sucked upon her toe
I floated over, misty eyed,
Wandering wrecked upon the train
One billion purplish bubbly fizzes
Burnt like acid in my brain
Then you ripped your hair away
Your scalp now shiny dented dome
My wrists drip blood upon your tongue
(And smiling, asks me for a comb).
-Michael A Price
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some stuff by Lester Oliver
We've moved from The Federal Poverty Level all the way to
"Economically Disadvantaged". Now we're headed back down. The
economy seems to be a disaster everywhere. Did you hear that
Manpower is now the largest employer in the US? Commentators talk
about how people have a "sense of foreboding", and what they can
do to get over it. Good grief. Anybody who doesn't have a sense of
foreboding is either brain dead or watches FAR too much television
(or is that the same thing?)
A recent AP story reported that Haiti is in such terrible economic
shape because "1% of the population controls 50% of the wealth"
Well dust ma' broom. Last I heard, here in the US, 1% of the
population controls between 72% and 84% of the wealth. Let's face
it: Amerika is a 'third world country'.
Twenty-five years ago, I expected a revolution. Now that I'm older
well, now, at any rate, I expect the bloodiest, most brutal Civil
War that the world has ever seen. "The end of history", as the
Russians call it.
-Look at Waco and The Branch Davidians (The Government lied)
-Militias are forming on the left and right.
-Federal Detention Centers = A (clean) Auschwitz?
I think that Bosnia / Hertz-a-ga-inna-gadda-davida (whatever)
provides a glimpse of our own future. And there will be lots of
foreign support for any war against "The Great Satan".
Remember Bruce Coburn's song "If I Had a Rocket Launcher"?
"How I hate the Generals,
And their bloody torture state.
If I had a rocket launcher,
I would not hesitate."
Well, some folks do have rocket launchers. Unfortunately, I'm not
one of them.
People can extract ortho-phosphate nerve agents in their garage
(handy household hint: start with Shell NO-PEST Strips, or
Blackleaf 40). Or purify ricin. (Start with Castor Beans, extract
with isopropyl alcohol, concentrate.)
SKS rifles are still available for around $75. (Please see
enclosed) Enfields and Moison-Nagents run from $35 to $55. Gewrer
1888 Commission Mausers (8 mm) are as cheap as $25, and are
considered a 'Curio/Relic' and aren't subject to *ANY* gun control
laws!!! You just have to keep the pressures down in the loads for
the 1888's. Even so, they're accurate to around 500 yards, and
effective at 1500.
"It's the time of the assassins,
It's the season of the Bitch."
Don't vote! It only encourages them!
Read Johann Most. My IWW/anarchist Grandfather used to read Most
to me as bedtime stories. He's more relevant now than he was 100
years ago.
"Anarchists! Arise!
Opress Tyrants!
Steal from thieves!
Kill murderers!
And vote with your trigger fingers!"
Just think kids... what if they gave a drug war and NOBODY came?
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The man
Of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys:
Power, like a desolating pestilence,
Pollutes whate'er it touches, and obedience
Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,
Makes slaves of men, and, of the human frame,
A mechanized automaton.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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ClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifiedsClassifieds:
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Lots of poor zine publishers bust their asses everyday publishing
their puny insignificant zines, slaving over pages of clipart and
rubber cement, and for nothing. I know, I'm one of them. But
surely, somewhere out there there's somebody who gives a shit about
what they're doing, and NoXiT is dedicated to finding those people,
and getting zines out into this decaying society so people realize,
"Hey, I'm not as alone as I thought." Because for those poor
souls, one must realize, now that they've tasted what it's like to
lay down their lives on paper for the public, felt what its like
to really lay bare everything they think and feel, there is no
escape from it. Once you've done it once, you will always do it
again, with no chance of rest, no chance of resolve. For them,
there is no exit.
A catalog with pictures and other info is available for a mere 29
cent stamp
NoXiT Mailorder/P.O. Box 7371/Lake Charles, LA 70606------Internet:
jgarland@nyx.cs.du.edu
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VAJ Magazine. Dedicated to the underground scene. All bands
welcome. Includes reviews, interviews, show reviews, free
classifieds, and an underground address listing. Everything from
Entombed to Sarah Macglaughlin. For more info Contact:
VaJ Magazine c/o MDP Promotions/156 Emmerson St./Moncton, NB,
Canada/E1C 6T4
Internet----klemm@nbnet.nb.ca
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Rug Burn Rage. It is a publication about some of my summer travels
around the western United States (driving, hitchhiking,
greyhounding, urban camping, meeting a man named Jimmy), stories
about home (Lincoln, Nebraska), fasting, and all things Not drugs,
sex, or rock & roll. 28 pages with nice bright cover, $1.50 or a
bunch of stamps or a trade.
P.O. Box 83962, Lincoln, NE 68501
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The DC Punk Scene (Not Music)
Living in DC we have a lot of great ways to help ourselves and
our community. Here's a list of some things we DC kids can get
involved in, etc.:
@narchist Black Cross-DC> A small anti-authoritarian collective.
They organized a series of videos and speakers about prison issues
during October/November. Get in touch with them to see what
they're doing now. Mail: PO Box 77432 Washington DC 20013
Beehive Autonomous Collective-A collectively run infoshop and free
space in the Shaw-cardozo neighborhood. About a year old. There's
free food & clothing for those in need, concerts, readings, video
screenings, and other cultural/political events. The infoshop is
open friday-sunday 12pm-8pm. Vegetarian food is served from 5-8
PM Fridays. Food Not Bombs-DC is also located here. Collective
meetings are open to the public the last Tuesday of every month at
7:30 PM. The Beehive is located directly across from U St./Cardozo
Metro. 925 U St. NW Washington DC 20001. Phone:(202)667-2524 or
(202)797-0239
Positive Force-DC-- I don't know all that much about PF, but I know
they've been doing shows for a few years, they do the annual Womyns
festival, and lots of other shows. (703)276-9768
WDIY -- WDIY is an effort to get a youth-run (12-25 year olds)
radio station in DC. "Imagine a unified DC youth culture. Imagine
a public radio station, run by people aged 12-25, playing local
rap, punk, rock, go-go, techno, jazz, and classical music, and
reading poetry news comedy and drama......After politics, D.C.
youth music culture is the only truly indigenous culture that still
thrives here"(from a WDIY flyer). WDIY need $$$$ to buy the
station. Also, videotapes of any performances should be sent in
for the WDIY Public Access cable show. Call before sending
anything (301)589-5036. WDIY/PO Box 73384/ Washington, DC 20056
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TWINKIE FAILURE TESTING
by Terry
In an effort to clarify questions about the purported
durability and unusual physical characteristics of Twinkies, we
subjected the Hostess snack logs to the following experiments:
EXPOSURE:
A Twinkie was left on a window ledge for four days, during
which time an inch and a half of rain fell. Many flies were
observed crawling across the Twinkie's surface, but contrary to
hypothesis, birds -- even pigeons -- avoided this potential source
of sustenance.
Despite the rain and prolonged exposure to the sun, the
Twinkie retained its original color and form. When removed, the
Twinkie was found to be substantially dehydrated. Cracked open,
it was observed to have taken on the consistency of industrial foam
insulation; the filling, however, retained its advertised
"creaminess."
RADIATION:
A Twinkie was placed in a conventional microwave oven, which
was set for precisely 4 minutes -- the approximate cooking time of
bacon. After 20 seconds, the oven began to emit the Twinkie's
rich, characteristic aroma of artificial butter. After 1 minute,
this aroma began to resemble the acrid smell of burning rubber.
The experiment was aborted after 2 minutes, 10 seconds, when thick,
foul smoke began billowing from the top of the oven. A second
Twinkie was subjected to the same experiment. This Twinkie leaked
molten white filling. When cooled, this now epoxy like filling
bonded the Twinkie to its plate, defying gravity; it was removed
only upon application of a butter knife.
EXTREME FORCE:
A Twinkie was dropped from a ninth-floor window, a fall of
approximately 120 feet. It landed right side up, then bounced onto
its back. The expected "splatter" effect was not observed.
Indeed, the only discernible damage to the Twinkie was a narrow
fissure on its underside. Otherwise, the Twinkie remained
structurally intact.
EXTREME COLD:
A Twinkie was placed in a conventional freezer for 24 hours.
Upon removal, the Twinkie was not found to be frozen solid, but its
physical properties had noticeably "slowed": the filling was found
to be the approximate consistency of acrylic paint, while
exhibiting the mercury like property of not adhering to practically
any surface. It
was noticed that the Twinkie had generously absorbed freezer odors.
EXTREME HEAT:
A Twinkie was exposed to a gas flame for 2 minutes. While
the Twinkie smoked and blackened and the filling in one of its
"cream holes" boiled, the Twinkie did not catch fire. It did,
however, produce the same "burning rubber" aroma noticed during the
irradiation experiment.
IMMERSION:
A Twinkie was dropped into a large beaker filled with tap
water. The Twinkie floated momentarily, began to list and sink,
and viscous yellow tendrils ran off its lower half, possibly
consisting of a water-soluble artificial coloring. After 2 hours,
the Twinkie had bloated substantially. Its coloring was now a very
pale tan -- in contrast to the yellow, urine-like water that
surrounded it. The Twinkie bobbed when touched, and had a
gelatinous texture. After 72 hours, the Twinkie was found to have
bloated to roughly 200 percent of its original size, the water had
turned opaque, and a small, fan-shaped spray of filling had leaked
from one of the "cream holes."
Unfortunately, efforts to remove the Twinkie for further
analysis were abandoned when, under light pressure, the Twinkie
disintegrated into an amorphous cloud of debris. A distinctly sour
odor was noted.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
The Twinkie's survival of a 120-foot drop, along with some
of the unusual phenomena associated with the "creamy filling" and
artificial coloring, should give pause to those observers who would
unequivocally categorize the Twinkie as "food." Further clinical
inquiry is required before any definite conclusions can be drawn.
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SPUNK PRESS is an independent anarchist publishing project. Our
goal is to collect anarchist, alternative and underground materials
in electronic format on computers, and make them available free of
charge. The archive is currently located on the Internet (a
worldwide network of computers that can be accessed by five million
people), but we also want to reach out into the world of bulletin
board systems (BBSes), personal computers and to those without
access to computers. We want to help editors and writers to
convert or produce their works in an electronic format and use the
distribution channels of the global networks: text archives on
computers, electronic mail address lists, etc. We are seeking
contributions of fanzines, pamphlets, books, articles, interviews,
reviews, posters, and other material, both in-print and
out-of-print, in any language. You can send material either via
electronic mail or on computer diskette. If you use a word
processor or desktop publishing package, we can publish your
material worldwide. It will cost you nothing.
SPUNK PRESS is run by an editorial collective with members in
Holland, Italy, Sweden, the U.S.A. and the U.K. We use electronic
mail to coordinate and administer the archive. For more
information and a copy of our current catalogue, contact Spunk
Press by electronic mail at spunk-list@lysator.liu.se or write to
us at one of these addresses:
Spunk PRESS c/o ACF/Freedom Bookshop/84B Whitechapel High
Street/London E1 7QX/U.K
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c/o Practical Anarchy
PO Box 173
84B Whitechapel High Street
Madison, WI 53701-0173
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Deregulating Drug Use: an @narchist perspective
The debate about drug use in this country is usually
framed in terms of continued criminalization vs. legalization. the
positions in this debate mean continued harassment, including
arrests, imprisonment, theft of property, and possibly in the near
future, execution of drug dealers and users, vs. legal regulation
of drug use and sales, similar to that of alcohol and cigarettes,
including heavy taxation, and restraints on where, when and to whom
drugs can be sold. Both of these positions are based on the same
assumption, government has the right to tell individuals what they
can and cannot do. While legalization would surely be preferable
to continued criminalization, there is a third alternative:
decriminalization and deregulation.
Decriminalization and deregulation of drugs would mean no laws
against drugs, no government regulation of drugs' sales and use,
no arrests, no prisons, no taxes. Eliminating drug laws, instead
of simply replacing them with different laws, would produce a free
market in drugs where people would be free to sell, ingest, or
inject whatever they wished, without government interference.
Drug use is a voluntary, non-violent activity, and should
be an individual decision, the business of no one but the user.
Government has taken it upon itself to regulate drug use, just as
it regulates alcohol use, restricts abortion, and registers and
drafts people, in order to better control them. Criminalization of
drugs has produced, just as prohibition of alcohol did, an enormous
amount of violent crime. Most of this crime is motivated by the
need to obtain money to pay the artificially inflated price of
illegal drugs. This drug-associated crime is then used as an excuse
for police to indiscriminately harass young black men, stopping and
searching, and frequently arresting them on the street, for no
reason other than that they live in a "high crime" area. Doing away
with drug laws would dramatically lower the cost of drugs and
thereby eliminate most street crime, as well as remove the excuse
police use to terrorize black people.
Decriminalization and deregulation and the resultant
competitive market in drugs would produce purer and safer drugs,
eliminating much of the death and illness associated with drug use,
most of which is caused by contamination of drugs or needles, and
unreliable drug strength, not by the nature of the drug itself.
Heroin is no more dangerous than aspirin if it is carefully
prepared without dangerous additives and injected with a sterile
needles. And aspirin overdose can kill as easily as heroin
overdose, it just takes longer and feels worse. Decriminalizing
needle use would virtually eliminate the transmission of AIDS among
IV drug users, as has been the experience in the 38 American states
which do not restrict sale of sterile needles. Needle exchange
programs are not enough; there need to be more needles available
to eliminate needle sharing.
Besides abolishing laws against recreational drugs,
eliminating government regulation of "therapeutic" drugs would also
benefit people. The FDA prevents many drugs from reaching the
market, including treatments for AIDS, cancer and other serious
illnesses. And those that do eventually become available are
delayed for years by FDA rules, while thousands die. The government
is currently responsible for restrictions on aerosolized
pentamidine, a drug which prevents Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia,
the most frequent cause of death in people who have AIDS. Just as
drug laws lead to deaths associated with street drugs and keep
people from obtaining sterile needles to prevent transmission of
AIDS, drug laws are killing people with AIDS by denying them
effective treatment. Drug laws in this country are also preventing
marketing of newly developed abortifacients, drugs which induce
abortion early in pregnancy, freeing women from their current
reliance on the medical establishment for abortion services. these
drugs would put the decision about abortion where it belongs: with
the individual.
Eliminating drug laws would greatly increase people's options
in the areas of pleasure and health. It would also reduce crime,
reduce death and illness associated with illegal drug use, and
reduce deaths from AIDS and other serious illnesses. Individuals
should be free to make their own decisions about drug use, and all
other aspects of their lives, without the interference of
government or "the community".
Boston Anarchist Drinking Brigade
(BAD Brigade)
PO Box 1323
Cambridge, MA 02238
Internet: bbrigade@world.std.com
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"All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination,
is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of
activity of each citizen is determined by the natural division of
work and by the choice he makes of a profession, if the social
functions are combined in such a way as to produce a harmonious
effect, order results from the free activity of all men; there is
no government. Whoever puts a hand on me to govern me is an
usurper and a tyrant; I declare him my enemy."
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, from 'Les Confessions d'un
Revolutionnaire", 1849
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ZINE REVIEWS
Gunboy #3 - 1/2 sized, 36 pages, send some stamps. This is a very
original zine out of Boise. A long thing where the editor talks
about his life, and some anti-christian stuff (Christ at a Kegger,
etc.), a bodily functions Qwik Qwiz, etc. Very well done, well
written. The Apparatus/P.O. Box 7771/Boise, ID 83707-1771
Uprise #11 - Fill sized, 28 Pages, probably $2. There's some cool
stuff in here, although this baby lacks focus. It's like a box of
chocolates -you never know what you're going to get. This guy
(Ray) basically unloads every unimportant detail of his life on to
you. Fun at times. uprise/p.o. box 1420/sykesville, md /2184
My World #2- half size, 20 pages, free (send a stamp). I slammed
issue 1 for being about the silly little things that keep Tony's
life running smoothly (atari/red dwarf/etc.). In this one he talks
about his life itself, his friends, his family. He's a great
writer, and when it's about people, not things, this zine works
well. My world/4242 Slater Ave/Baltimore, MD 21236
Pondering Hedgehog #3 -half size, 16 pages, $.50. A little
personal zine thrown together during summer school. Little tidbits
from the life of Chicken Dancer, Superphreak, and Little Bird. PO
Box 358/Glen Echo, MD/20812
NOT YOUR BITCH #2 - half size, 12 pages, free(send Stamps). Great
Punk as fuck riot girl zine. Feminist poetry, boys in the scene,
band interviews. It's things like this that make me wish that boys
were being oppressed by the capitalist Matriarchy, but, well, this
is stuff only girls can write about. Christine does it really
well. Christine Johnston/P.O. Box 2984/ Denver, CO/80201
The Ugly Review #1 - Digest, 12 pages, free (send stamps). This
is a great poetry zine. Good poetry is hard to come by, but TUR
has found a lot of it. I love this one. Ugly Publications/P.O.
Box 4853/ Richmond VA, 23220
Claustrophobia vol.3 #10 - Full size, 12 Pages, 12 issues/$10.
This is a libertarian newsletter out of Ohio. Not bad, not great.
Environmental stuff, Blockades, buying a gun. Claustrophobia/400
N. High St. #137 /Columbus, OH 43215
Vy-Zine #1 "A pseudo-revolutionary, quasi-punk zine"- half size,
36 pages + board game, send some stamps or $2. This is worth it
just for the cover art. Wow. There's some stuff on pot
legalization, band interviews, DIY, a punk board game, more art,
etc. These guys don't stop, and this is only #1. Definitely try
and get your hands on one of these, and look for later issues.
Vy-Zine c/o Mike or Jay/510 Ridge St./Bowling Green, OH/43402
RUG BURN RAGE #1 -1/2 Size, 28 Pages, $1. Pretty cool travel zine
about this guys trips in the west over the summer. Also a week of
fasting, poetry, etc. See classified earlier in this issue. Rug
Burn/ P.O. Box 83962/Lincoln, NE 68501-3962
CLAUSTROPHOBIA #3 - 1/2 size, 16 pages, send stamps. This is a
different zine than the one above. This is the newsletter of the
Anarchist Black Cross-DC. Lots of really radical issues, most of
which deal with prisoner's rights. Lots of specific cases, etc.
Very cool, worth your support. Claustrophobia c/o @bc-dc/P.O. Box
77432/Washington, DC 20013
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