It’s almost New Year’s Eve, some fuckers have been blowing up their rockets the whole evening (synchronize your fucking watches), and I can’t get to sleep early enough – where’s Unicum when you need it. Listening to a whole plethora of heavy fucking music as loud as you can get, drinking beer and wine, searching for oblivion, coma of some sort. Someone, please, sell me a life. Death would do, too.
Anyways, do well. People.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
give a damn
Got a new apartment (fucken tripled my living space), got a job, got tons of free bloody booze, got laid and got no worries. I guess, people expect me to walk around all shining fucking happy, fling balloons in the air and make peace with the world. But no, not really, no.
Friday, October 07, 2005
September 2005
Not much posts in the past few days (probably weeks) because of moving and employment, and such crap, but, the hellfuck yeah, unlike so many others, some compilation albums fucken do not fail:
That fucking thing right there is a kick-ass w/ outstanding punk/hc/punk -cuts of bands like Driller Killer, Wolfpack, Disgust, Rockin' Dildos, Extreme Noise Terror, Disfear, etc.
And here's the rest what was cookin' in Seb.´05:
Audio:
Dvd/VCR:
Other:
Apologies for the fucked-up lay-out.
That fucking thing right there is a kick-ass w/ outstanding punk/hc/punk -cuts of bands like Driller Killer, Wolfpack, Disgust, Rockin' Dildos, Extreme Noise Terror, Disfear, etc.
And here's the rest what was cookin' in Seb.´05:
Audio:
Dvd/VCR:
Other:
Apologies for the fucked-up lay-out.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
for the love of god
This is too fucking hilarious. (Courtesy of goldchrist);
(first off, the letter)
Yes, I do not approve of metal music
Comments--------------------
Dear Ms Agnus,
First I would like to commend you for your faith, and conviction. In today's God-less society, it is wonderful to see someone, such as you, stand up against the immoral decay that has plagued our great, christiannation.
I, too, am sick of the filth, violence, and sex which have somehow become part of everyday life.
Keep up the wonderful work, you are truely one of God's most blessed messengers.
I was wondering if you could help me.
My 16 year old son is a wonderful christian, but today's music is makingit hard for him to even listen to it. He recently told me about a band that one of his school friends told him about and I was nearly physically ill.
His friend showed him the website and he was so disgusted that he told me about it as soon as he came home.
He also told me he would no longer associate with this "friend" as it was evident that they did not believe in God, since he liked this sort of filth.
I told you he was a great kid.
The band is known as EZT which I believe stands for Eviscerated Zombie Tampon.
This vile disgusting band has the most blasphemous site and stage show ever.
The lead singer dresses up as our saviour, Jesus Christ and openingly mocks him. This singer has also similated the rape of a altarboy on stage, while dressed this way.
There is another band member who dressed up as the Pope and a third (female)who acted as if she was Terri Shaivo!.
They even have a CD out called F word Easter. I can't bring myself to repeat such filth.
Please tell everyone to ban this disgusting, sick group of sinners.
The website is:http://www.geocities.com/ezt_rules
Our children must be warned and protected.
Your friend in Christ,Cindy Mae Madison--------------------
Your Email Address: catharsiss322@yahoo.comYour Name: A concerned Christian Mother
(the answer to the letter)
Thanks you for the kind words Madam. See, what this concerned mother has done is bring to light the demonic poison known as "heavy metal" also known as "dark music" which was first created by Marilyn Manson for those of you unfamiliar with the blasphomous music. I looked into the page that mother directed me to and I couldn't help but feel my eyes water. I started crying. "Why could such disgusting filth even bother to exist?", I kept asking myself. It is so sad knowing bands like that are making millions of dollars everyday and being exposed on millions of television and radios worldwide. Why can't we have pro-Christian music get that much exposure? Instead we see this new Zombie Tampon metal band become big and damage our degenrate youth with harmful messages. When is the governemnt going to actually step in and monitor the damging music in our society? All these Marliyn Manson type bands make me sick. They make millions of dollars by spreading hate. The only people that deserve that much money are the churches so that we could get bigger churches to house more Chirstians. Has anyone else noticed how small churches are compared to shopping malls? Shopping malls that get rich from selling dark music are gigantic compared to the small churches. Where is the rationality behind that?
This whole world is nothing but degenerates now, not wanting to admit God is right about everything. How anyone could disagree with me on this is simply foolish. I simply want to do nothing more than folllow God and wish everybody else could do the same by trashing all that is Marilyn Manson inspired. As a service to you all in hopes of brining you closer to God, I have taken my degenerate nephew's CD collection away from him and I have made a huge list documenting each band he owned a Cd of, as a means to serve as a warning to other concerned mothers. I shuffled through the album art and knew right away none of these CD's promoted Christian values. I plan to dispose of these CD's soon. My sister is not fit to be a parent. If he were my child, none of these CD's would be his to begin with.
God Forbid (the name alone indicates a hatred for christianity)
Immolation (the name is disturbing)
Lord Gore (there is a picture of women pleasuring each other, this is beyond filth)
Venom (the devil's face is glorified on the cover)
Repulsion (the devil's face is also beign glorified on the cover)
Agalloch (I don't know what the name Agalloch so I would be surprised if it was a satanic verse)
Immortal (this seems to be another band that has Marilyn Manson, the name of the album is "Sons of Northren Darkness", is is sickening)
Mr. Bungle (the name is pornographic)
Frightmare (the Cd depicts a woman murdered by a satanist)
Between the Buried and Me (I do not like how the name disrespcts the dead)
Ghoul (the cover depicts three demons covered in blood, I threw this in my garbage instantly)
Children of Bodom (I assume Bodom is another name for Satan. Why not "Children of God?")
Nile (there was a picture of a snake, it is glorifying the serpent/devil that made Adam and Eve eat the apple that doomed the world)
As I lay Dying (the album cover depicts a vile demon and the name reflects our death obsessed society)
Slayer (I could not believe the blatant blasphemy the album cover had)
Impaled (the cover depicts a toilet with pooh, why is it that today's youth is worshipping feces instead of God?)
Mayhem (the logo of the band appears to have inverted crosses)
Carcass (see how the world is obsessed with death, no wonder Terri Schiavo was assassinated)
Death (all these Marilyn Manson influenced metal bands keep enjoing death and destruction)
Devourment (there is a dead nude man on the cover, it is homosexual necrophilic pornography at its worth)Dying Fetus (it is sad how our children today approve of abortion)
Aborted (another pro-death/abortion band)Morbid Angel (I was outraged by the name, this is pure blasphemy)
Iced Earth (Satan is being pornographic on the cover, it's sickening)
Rigor Mortis (more praise for dead bodies in our death-obsessed culture)
Blood Freak (all our children want to do these days is kill and make people bleed)
Necro (it depicts satan wearing a skull mask)Bloodbath (yet again, more blood and murder)
Exhumed (I'm getting sick and tired of death being praised)
Godflesh (the name is disgusting, God's flesh is sacred and should not be spoken about)
There are more but I think I've seen enough of my nephews filth collection. All those bands I mentioned should be banned. Want peace on earth? Then ban all those money-making satanic bands. It's that simple. But because this pornographic liberal world still insists on wanting America to be destroyed, these killing culture bands will yet again be on our TV's and radios promoting their hatred towards God's creations. Would you let someone step on a thumbtack if they were about to step on it? I know I wouldn't because it's a mistake. And that is why I feel we shuld guide people to our right side. some people accuse me of being close-minded, but I am merely correcting people that are obviously wrong. If you see soemthign wrong, correct it. These bands are not pro-God, so that is why banning is the only solution. How many more school shootings and innocent women starved to death do we have to see for our world to realize Marliyn Manson and all these other Marilyn Manson wannabes are causing such a ruckus in our world?
That was it (didn't bother to correct the numerous spelling mistakes), and I hope to fucking god the article is fake, either way all the good band names were forgotten to mention; Rotting Christ, Blasphemy, Impaled Nazarene, Christblood, Jesus Anal Penetration and, quite obviously, Satan.
(first off, the letter)
Yes, I do not approve of metal music
Comments--------------------
Dear Ms Agnus,
First I would like to commend you for your faith, and conviction. In today's God-less society, it is wonderful to see someone, such as you, stand up against the immoral decay that has plagued our great, christiannation.
I, too, am sick of the filth, violence, and sex which have somehow become part of everyday life.
Keep up the wonderful work, you are truely one of God's most blessed messengers.
I was wondering if you could help me.
My 16 year old son is a wonderful christian, but today's music is makingit hard for him to even listen to it. He recently told me about a band that one of his school friends told him about and I was nearly physically ill.
His friend showed him the website and he was so disgusted that he told me about it as soon as he came home.
He also told me he would no longer associate with this "friend" as it was evident that they did not believe in God, since he liked this sort of filth.
I told you he was a great kid.
The band is known as EZT which I believe stands for Eviscerated Zombie Tampon.
This vile disgusting band has the most blasphemous site and stage show ever.
The lead singer dresses up as our saviour, Jesus Christ and openingly mocks him. This singer has also similated the rape of a altarboy on stage, while dressed this way.
There is another band member who dressed up as the Pope and a third (female)who acted as if she was Terri Shaivo!.
They even have a CD out called F word Easter. I can't bring myself to repeat such filth.
Please tell everyone to ban this disgusting, sick group of sinners.
The website is:http://www.geocities.com/ezt_rules
Our children must be warned and protected.
Your friend in Christ,Cindy Mae Madison--------------------
Your Email Address: catharsiss322@yahoo.comYour Name: A concerned Christian Mother
(the answer to the letter)
Thanks you for the kind words Madam. See, what this concerned mother has done is bring to light the demonic poison known as "heavy metal" also known as "dark music" which was first created by Marilyn Manson for those of you unfamiliar with the blasphomous music. I looked into the page that mother directed me to and I couldn't help but feel my eyes water. I started crying. "Why could such disgusting filth even bother to exist?", I kept asking myself. It is so sad knowing bands like that are making millions of dollars everyday and being exposed on millions of television and radios worldwide. Why can't we have pro-Christian music get that much exposure? Instead we see this new Zombie Tampon metal band become big and damage our degenrate youth with harmful messages. When is the governemnt going to actually step in and monitor the damging music in our society? All these Marliyn Manson type bands make me sick. They make millions of dollars by spreading hate. The only people that deserve that much money are the churches so that we could get bigger churches to house more Chirstians. Has anyone else noticed how small churches are compared to shopping malls? Shopping malls that get rich from selling dark music are gigantic compared to the small churches. Where is the rationality behind that?
This whole world is nothing but degenerates now, not wanting to admit God is right about everything. How anyone could disagree with me on this is simply foolish. I simply want to do nothing more than folllow God and wish everybody else could do the same by trashing all that is Marilyn Manson inspired. As a service to you all in hopes of brining you closer to God, I have taken my degenerate nephew's CD collection away from him and I have made a huge list documenting each band he owned a Cd of, as a means to serve as a warning to other concerned mothers. I shuffled through the album art and knew right away none of these CD's promoted Christian values. I plan to dispose of these CD's soon. My sister is not fit to be a parent. If he were my child, none of these CD's would be his to begin with.
God Forbid (the name alone indicates a hatred for christianity)
Immolation (the name is disturbing)
Lord Gore (there is a picture of women pleasuring each other, this is beyond filth)
Venom (the devil's face is glorified on the cover)
Repulsion (the devil's face is also beign glorified on the cover)
Agalloch (I don't know what the name Agalloch so I would be surprised if it was a satanic verse)
Immortal (this seems to be another band that has Marilyn Manson, the name of the album is "Sons of Northren Darkness", is is sickening)
Mr. Bungle (the name is pornographic)
Frightmare (the Cd depicts a woman murdered by a satanist)
Between the Buried and Me (I do not like how the name disrespcts the dead)
Ghoul (the cover depicts three demons covered in blood, I threw this in my garbage instantly)
Children of Bodom (I assume Bodom is another name for Satan. Why not "Children of God?")
Nile (there was a picture of a snake, it is glorifying the serpent/devil that made Adam and Eve eat the apple that doomed the world)
As I lay Dying (the album cover depicts a vile demon and the name reflects our death obsessed society)
Slayer (I could not believe the blatant blasphemy the album cover had)
Impaled (the cover depicts a toilet with pooh, why is it that today's youth is worshipping feces instead of God?)
Mayhem (the logo of the band appears to have inverted crosses)
Carcass (see how the world is obsessed with death, no wonder Terri Schiavo was assassinated)
Death (all these Marilyn Manson influenced metal bands keep enjoing death and destruction)
Devourment (there is a dead nude man on the cover, it is homosexual necrophilic pornography at its worth)Dying Fetus (it is sad how our children today approve of abortion)
Aborted (another pro-death/abortion band)Morbid Angel (I was outraged by the name, this is pure blasphemy)
Iced Earth (Satan is being pornographic on the cover, it's sickening)
Rigor Mortis (more praise for dead bodies in our death-obsessed culture)
Blood Freak (all our children want to do these days is kill and make people bleed)
Necro (it depicts satan wearing a skull mask)Bloodbath (yet again, more blood and murder)
Exhumed (I'm getting sick and tired of death being praised)
Godflesh (the name is disgusting, God's flesh is sacred and should not be spoken about)
There are more but I think I've seen enough of my nephews filth collection. All those bands I mentioned should be banned. Want peace on earth? Then ban all those money-making satanic bands. It's that simple. But because this pornographic liberal world still insists on wanting America to be destroyed, these killing culture bands will yet again be on our TV's and radios promoting their hatred towards God's creations. Would you let someone step on a thumbtack if they were about to step on it? I know I wouldn't because it's a mistake. And that is why I feel we shuld guide people to our right side. some people accuse me of being close-minded, but I am merely correcting people that are obviously wrong. If you see soemthign wrong, correct it. These bands are not pro-God, so that is why banning is the only solution. How many more school shootings and innocent women starved to death do we have to see for our world to realize Marliyn Manson and all these other Marilyn Manson wannabes are causing such a ruckus in our world?
That was it (didn't bother to correct the numerous spelling mistakes), and I hope to fucking god the article is fake, either way all the good band names were forgotten to mention; Rotting Christ, Blasphemy, Impaled Nazarene, Christblood, Jesus Anal Penetration and, quite obviously, Satan.
Friday, September 02, 2005
The Nightcrawler
"I'm the absinth rider
the next-door tequila desperado
yet, from time to time, blow off steam
with veins full of speed yeah"
(from "Hold On To The Ride On")
the next-door tequila desperado
yet, from time to time, blow off steam
with veins full of speed yeah"
(from "Hold On To The Ride On")
Thursday, September 01, 2005
August 2005
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
scene
I’d like to thank and say hello to the following people:
Mauro Berchi/Canaan & Eibon Records (Milano, Italy), Doug Schoenech/Phantasm (West Allis, WI, U.S.), Jan/Full Moon Productions (Lakeland, FL, U.S.), Daniel/Acrimonium (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, U.S.), Endre Begby/Abysmal (Fredrikstad, Norway), Patrik McCahan/Red Stream & Candiru (Camp Hill, PA, U.S.), Ihsahn/Emperor (Norway), Ron W. Veltkamp/Displeased Records (Zaandam, Holland), Mika Luttinen & Impaled Nazarene (Finland), Black Mark Production (Hässelby, Sweden), Cozy Spike/Lord Crucifier (West Yorkshire, England), Nalle Österman/Gandalf (Helsinki, Finland), Marcel Dissen/DSFA Records (Al Vlissingen, Holland), Henrik Pettersen/Carpathian Full Moon & Godsend (Fredrikstand & Trondheim, Norway), Kimmo Luttinen/Impaled Nazarene, Isänmaa, Legenda & The Black League (Oulu, Finland), Jani Kekäräinen/Skepticism (Riihimäki, Finland), Dead/Mayhem (Langhus, Norway), Jani Koskela/Let Me Dream (Oitti, Finland), Vesa Ranta & Sentenced (Oulu, Finland), Olaf/Morbid Records (Drebkau, Germany), Gudrun Hagedorn (Berlin, Germany), Juha Vuorma/N.N.S. (Pudasjärvi/Oulu, Finland), Alex Storm/Apocalyptic Vision (Dieburg, Germany), Seveling/Holy Records (Livry-Gargan, France), Andreas/Metal Blade Records (Eislingen, Germany), Perra Karlsson/Heathendoom Music & MGR Productions (Stockholm, Sweden), Andy Turner/PHD (Oxon, England), Mikko Mattila/Isten 'zine (Tampere, Finland), Kai Jokinen (Salo, Finland), Dave Rotten/Avulsed & Repulse Records (Madrid, Spain), Panos Tzanetatos/Unisound Records LTD (Athens, Greece), Cold Meat Industry (Linköping, Sweden), Keijo Peltonen (Turenki, Finland), Jose & Mike Andersson/Hellfire Records (Karlskrona, Sweden), Randall A. Salas/Colemesis & Paganus Doctrina (Barva, Heredia, Costa Rica), Wilton M. Christiano/Heavy Metal Rock (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Shivadarshana (DA Spijkenisse, Holland), Mikki Salo/Cartilage & Woodcut Industry (Vaasa, Finland), Teemu Hautaniemi/Mythos (Kempele, Finland), Patrick Soppe (NC Groningen, Holland), Mirkku (Turku, Finland), Juhani Monthan & family (Finland), Oderus Urungus/Gwar (U.S.), Martin Koller/Prophecy Productions (Wittlich, Germany), Lehtinen/Mustan Kuun Lapset (Hollola, Finland), Victory Records, Volker Schwechheimer/Merciless Records, Emmi Salonen (Turku, Finland), Tomi Nieminen (Äetsä & Turku, Finland), Outi Riikonen, Sami Tenetz/Thy Serpent (Helsinki, Finland), Jerry Flores/Dwell Records (Los Angeles, U.S.), Krisna Bhaskara/RWK (Klaten, Indonesia), Carsten/Solistitium (Moormerland, Germany), Pavel Tusl (Stribro, The Czech Republic), Hans De Wyngaert/Shiver Records (Baal, Belgium), Jorge Elizalde/Dormanth (Bilbao, Spain), Hupogrammos/Negura Bunget (Timisoara, Romania), Paolo Staver/Primitive Art Records (Halmstad, Sweden), Jani Lehtosaari/Plan E (Oulu, Finland), Dean Spencer/From The Crypt Records (Ontario, Canada), Peter Franek/Metal Age Productions (Vrutky, Slovakia), Carcass Chris/Eternal Hate & Odyssey Productions, Paul/Cerebral Death (Assen, Holland), Sékla/Ghostorm (Vilnius, Lithuania), Luiz/Death Zine (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Fred Charlier/Yuggoth (Gargas, France), Markus/Mangled Beyond Recognition Records (Hechingen, Germany), Jukka/Anguish (Seinäjoki, Finland), Niko Karppinen (Helsinki, Finland), Marius Berenis/Regredior (Vilnius, Lithuania), Jukka Vuorinen/Decoryah (Kaarina, Finland), Odin Thompson/Moribund Records (Seattle, WA., U.S.), Cortina de Ferro (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Andreas Öcsi (Schwechat, Austria), Anllelow A. Callejas/Warmaster Records (Medellin, Colombia), Back/Exorcist ‘zine (Poland), Parm/Terminal Catatonia Radio (Sayville, NY, U.S.), Mathias Adamsson/Vermin (Anneberg, Sweden), Kinetic Dissent (Avondale, CA, U.S.), Juha Sulasalmi/Dion Fortune & Nominon (Jönköping, Sweden), Hannu Kujanen/Cryptic & God Forsaken (Seinäjoki, Finland), Travis Ogletree/Skeletal Earth (Madison, AL, U.S.), Frédéric Mirouze (Boulazac, France), Kapital (Arcueil, France), Mel/Megapulse Records (London, England), Wez Wenedikter/Wrong Again Records (Hjärup, Sweden), Terhi Wallenius (Finland), Fabian Tagliaferro/No Compassion ’zine (Qormi, Malta), Nicke Andersson/The Hellacopters & Entombed (Stockholm, Sweden), Michiel Papenhove/Within Temptation (Holland), Antti Luukkanen, Karl Demata/Flying Records & Godhead Recordings (Napoli, Italy), Kjetil Arve Dahle (Isfjorden, Norway), Mariuz Kmiolek/Carnage & Thrash’Em All ‘zine(Legionowo, Poland), Sadist (Recco, Italy), Eduardo de Souza Bonadia/Rock Brigade (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Ahto Lehtmets/Decease (Kadrina Lääne, Estonia), John Perez/Solitude Aeturnus (Arlington, TX, U.S.), Sasu Mykkänen & Sweatmaster (Turku, Finland), Igor Naumchuk (Zhitomir, Ukraine), Sergej (Moscow, Russia), Sean Panek/P.S. Records (Belle Vernon, PA, U.S.), Roman Ivanov aka. Possessed/Gothic Prod. (Murmansk, Russia), Val/Infest Records (Paris, France), Peter Jäger/Witchhunt Records (Zurich, Switzerland), Vincent Meyer (Aurignac, France), Roberto/Avantgarde Music, Dellamorte (Avesta, Sweden), Kenneth Tiller/Nephrite & Fungore (Stjördal, Norway), Flemming Clausen Lund/Decrial (Rödding, Denmark), Patrick Charvet/Misery (Sion, Switzerland), Marc-André/Groovy Aardvark (Montréal, QC, Canada), Mikko Lappalainen (Turku, Finland), Kim Everett (Tasmania, Australia), Markus Wittmann (Kirchheim, Germany), Carsten Bosch/S.N.N. ‘zine (Ichenhausen, Germany), Taneli Jarva/The Black League (Finland), Michel/Mutilated (Montfort-Le-Gesnois, France), Malcolm Callus/Sceptocrypt & Rancid Soup ‘zine (Malta), John Araya/Bloodcum (Montobello, CA, U.S.), Carlos Martins (Geneve, Switzerland), Ronald Psaila (Qormi, Malta), Stephene Monger/Psyk-O-Path (Sept-Iles, QC, Canada), Anna Greta Gudmundsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland), Morbid/Necromantia (Athens, Greece), Conscicide aka. San/Bhaobhan Sidhe & Bestial Summoning (Oisterwijk, Holland), Roberto Fernando/Halluzination ‘zine, Bill Yurkiewicz/Relapse Records, Nuclear Blast America, Exit-13, Namanax & Neverhealed (Washingtonboro, PA, U.S.), Marko Tuominen/Feast Services & Let Me Dream (Riihimäki, Finland), Tom Supkow/Grotesque Graphics (Norton, MA, U.S.), Wagner Roland/Totally Sick ‘zine (Babenhausen, Germany), Alexander Naumenko/Septikosensoror & Chaotic Disintegration (Belgorod, Russia), Godwin Micallef/Mystical Summoning & Malefica ‘zine (Siggiewi, Malta), Dominick Schork/Shredomatic Records (Thompson, PA, U.S.), Zilvinas Valeika/Revelation ‘zine (Kaunas, Lithuania), Stéphane Bélanger & Obliveon (Montréal, Canada), Gisli Sigmundsson/Sororicide (Reykjavik, Iceland), Gary Greenwood (Cheshire, England), Jan Verdoorn (& family)/Mindlink (Terneuzen, Holland), Stéphane Buriez/Loudblast (Villeneuve, France), Richard C./Wild Rags (Montobello, CA, U.S.), George A. Solis/Torched Records (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.), Efthimis Karadimas/Nightfall (Athens, Greece), Sandy/Rest In Peace & Lunacy (Zurich, Switzerland), James Spera (Beaumfaris,Victoria, Australia), Rage Records (N.Y., NY, U.S.), Andrew Andreou/Metal Oath ‘zine & tapes (Kalamata, Greece), Bertram Burgerer (Saas-Fee, Switzerland), Slawek Brzezinski/Daemonolatreia ‘zine (Stalowa Wola, Poland), Nuclear Blast (Donzdorf, Germany), Sijmen/Foundation 2000 & Sexorcist (Rijn, Holland), Mary Temelkov (Melbourne, Australia), Donald/4ZZZ Metal Show (Fortitude Valley, Australia), Adwin v/d Zande/Cenotaph Records (Wemeldinge, Holland), Max/Napalm Records (Eisenerz, Austria), Jörgen Forsberg/SF Bokhandeln AB (Stockholm, Sweden), Nelson Augusto Santos/Rotthenness Records (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Guy Marchais/Pyrexia (Williston Park, NY, U.S.), Alex/Final Holocaust (Moscow, Russia), Anders Gjerde (Stavanger, Norway), Seb Meyer/Mestema & Obscure (Wittelsheim, France), Robert Cortinas/Crucifix (Dallas, TX, U.S.), R.E.X. Music (Brentwood, TN, U.S.), Herbaut Herve/Osmose Productions (Beuarainville, France), Frank Stöver (Bremen, Germany), Tim Spear/Decomposed (Cryodon, England), Gunder Audun Dragsten/Godsend (Kattem, Norway), Fred Schaus (Ethe, Belgium), Jani Muurinen & Xysma (Naantali, Finland) Michael H. Andersen/Emanzipation ‘zine (Naestved, Denmark), Krzysztof Gerwatowski/Blood Last Radio (Bielsko-Biaka, Poland), Peter Jäger (Zumikon, Switzerland), Trev Jarvis/Balance Of Terror ‘zine (Victoria, BC, Canada), Euronymous/Mayhem (Oslo, Norway), Guillou Christian/Northern Lights (Quimper, France), Nick Giagacos/Chained And Desperate (New Farino, Greece), Damla/Sarkast (Istanbul, Turkey), Chris Lyndon/False Prophet (Greensboro, NC, U.S.), Jochen Steinmaier/Targost (Hochdorf, Germany), Dominique/Intellectual Convulsion (Paris, France), Kovla (Rhodes, Greece), Chrysostomos Magos/Immortal Dei Lucifer ‘zine (Nicosie, Cyprus), Epe/Radon (Vantaa, Finland), Gordon E. Conrad (Preston, CT, U.S.), David/Mestema (Ruelisheim, France), Unnar Bjarnason/Sororicide (G.Bae, Iceland), Volkmar Weber/Suffer ‘zine (Grossromstedt, Germany), Marcio Periotto (Sao Carlos, Brazil), Tim Lapham (Launcheston, Tassie, Australia), George Remoundo (Athens, Greece), Guy Martin/Morbid Decapitation & Insanity Records (Repentigny, QC, Canada), Olli Nurminen/Xysma (Finland), Troy Dixler/Sindrome (Highland Park, IL, U.S.), Immolation (Yonkers, NY, U.S.), Jörg Engel (Vechta, Germany), Lars Lindén/Rosicrucian (Västerås, Sweden), Axel Kriloff/Proton Burst (Arcueil, France), Jake/Zwanziger (Helsinki, Finland), Peter Pettersson/Crypt Of Kerberos (Eskilstuna, Sweden), Marko Laiho/Beherit (Rovaniemi/Kuopio, Helsinki, Finland), Lee/Monstrosity (Englewood, FL, U.S.), Antti Boman/Demilich (Kuopio, Finland), Axor/Xtreme Obsession (Singapore), Seppo Taatila/Demigod & Adramelech (Loimaa, Finland), John Grumptmann/Mortification Tapes (Marl, Germany), Chris Meynen/Exoto (Mol, Belgium), Andreas Sepp/Macbeth (Tartu, Lithuania), Päivi Lundgren (Turku, Finland), Marjo Aalto, Robert Devcic/Soter (Pozega, Croatia), Mr.Morgoth (Russia), Juan Carlos Navarro Lopez (Almeria, Spain), Fred Houriez/Putrid Offal (Douchy, France), Teemu Manninen (Mikkeli, Finland), Stefan Löns/Malleus Maleficarum Promotion/Schattemann Publishings (Rubenach, Germany), Jukka Taskinen & Disgrace (Turku/Helsinki, Finland), Music Information Underground (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.), Nuno Alexandre Silva/Thanatos Productions & Radio (Buarcos, Portugal), Allan Johansen/Unleashed Power (Copenhagen, Denmark), Hard Vinyl (Madrid, Spain), Khairel Aquam/Grunt ‘zine (Perak, Malaysia), Teppo Pulli & Makke Luojus/Trouble Bound Gospel (Turku, Finland), Kestas/Deadly Dose & Wild Horror ‘zine (Lithuania), Jean-Francois Rey/D.A.B. (DPabu, France), Ildjarn/Daemonium Aeturnus ‘zine (Schrool, Holland), Fredéric/A.T.V. (Avignon, France), Oliver Benoit (Domene, France), Marcelo Benevioes Nogueira (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), Manos Serzetakhs (Iraklion, Crete, Greece), Danny Dube/Degeneracy (Rimouski, QC, Canada), Adela Farrelly (Dublin, Ireland), Alexis Tolias/Mortiferous ‘zine (Thessalia, Greece), Nicolas Kostadimas/Blackend Recordings (Branois, Switzerland), J.D. Pedersen (Denmark), Benny Geerarts/Rubbish ‘zine (Grootlo, Belgium), Mirva (Finland), Simon Dower/Acheron (Melbourne, Australia), Eddie Szanyi/Ebullition & Kingpin Productions (Ocala, FL, U.S.), Belzébuth (Québec, Canada), Steve Jurkovich (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), Helen Sotiropoulou (Komotini, Greece), Roberto/Dark Records (Barreiro, Portugal), Dave Blyth (West Yorkshire, England), Razer/Shemine (Moscow, Russia), Leond Fishman/Necrokilldozer (Moscow, Russia), Tepa Karjalainen & A.R.G. (Kuusamo, Finland), Jake Luomajoki/Aspiration (Vesikoski, Finland), Roberto/Nosferatu (Acicastello, Italy), Tomas Diez/Fonomusic (Madrid, Spain), Ken France (Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, England), George Remoyndos (Athens, Greece), Anton Kupias & Pakeni (Turku, Finland), Roberto Mammarella/Obscure Plasma (Vanzago, Italy), Aaron/My Dying Bride (Dewsbury, W.Yorks, England), Wojtek/Violent Dirge (Warsaw, Poland), Durkin/Brimstone Records (Cerritos, CA, U.S.), Dissect (Holland), Andy Panagopoulos/Nuthin’ But Death ‘zine (Yagoona, Australia), Sephiroth/Death Tapes Rules (Venlo, Holland), Timo Isoaho (Tampere, Finland), Ian Lawless (Co’wicklow, Ireland), Esa Linden/Demigod (Loimaa, Finland), Anders Iwers/Ceremonial Oath (Billdal, Sweden), Remi Coté/Purulence (Longueuil, Canada), Aki Ala-Kokko/Lubricant (Nokia, Finland), Shanno/Slaughter ‘zine (Violet Town, Australia), Mike Cee Cerminara/Reactor (Quebec, Canada), Mike Serden/Brutal Enemy (Ocala, FL, U.S.), Jason Avery/Eulogy (Tampa, FL, U.S.), Rytkönen & Rami Auvinen & Protected Illusion (Vantaa, Finland), Cara Santos (Houston, TX, U.S.), Christian & Vincent/Adipocere Records (Miribel, France), Jesper Markvardsen/G.S.O. (Nyborg, Denmark), Idan Kupferberg/People (Holon, Israel), Michael McCarthy (Dublin, Ireland), Ludovic Loej/Supuration (Wallers, France), Hanno Balz (Bremen, Germany), Bobby Sadzak/Slaughter & Strappado (Canada), Arne Rook (Geesthacht, Germany), Albert & Reverend Bizarre (Turku, Finland), Jeremy Wagner/Broken Hope (Gurnee, IL, U.S.), Therion (Sweden), Peter/Poserslaughter Records (Berlin, Germany), Bart Cieckowski/D.A.S. ‘zine (Poznan, Poland), Steve Humphreys/Mephistopheles (Whyalla Norrie, Australia), Boris Kadlicek/No Trend Press (Leimen, Germany), Josh Semerjian/Gutwrench ‘zine (Fred’burg, VA, U.S.), Jarkko/Adramelech (Loimaa, Finland), Darren Cole (Parramatta, Australia), Esa Holopainen & Amorphis (Helsinki, Finland), Kimmo Niukko (Turku, Finland), Ian Gilia (Mellieha, Malta), Christopher Hicks/Arrogant Bitch (Waldorf, MD, U.S.), J.Luomajoki/Melcorn (Vesikoski, Finland), Enrico Leccese/Regress Records & Baphomet ‘zine (Rome, Italy), Brainstorm Promotion (Immenstadt, Germany), Robbie Forel/Pounding Productions (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Mike van Mastrigt/Sinister (Schiedam, Holland), Anders Malkomsson/Radio Metal Corner (Spånga, Sweden), Ralf Petzschmann (Berlin, Germany), Danne/Eucharist (Veddige, Sweden), K.Baird/Southern Disorder (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia), Alain Demers & Martin Gagné/Obliveon (Quebec, Canada), Erik Adams/Mutilated Carcass ‘zine (Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.), Oppu Laine & Mannhai (Helsinki, Finland), Tommi Korhonen (Angered, Sweden), David Johach/Immured (Rednitzhembach, Germany), R. José Domingues de Pontes/Viollent Hate (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Kipp Johnson/Candiru (Camp Hill, PA, U.S.), Equ & Dirty Damage (Helsinki, Finland), Mel Harrison/Megapulse Records (London, England), Ryan Kardash (Regina, Canada), Volodya aka. Vladimir “Deicide” (Krivoy Rog, Ukraine), Abbath Occulta/Immortal (Nesttun, Norway), Ivan O’Riordan (Cork, Ireland), Chris Baker & Chris Cauble/Ghost Story (Atlanta, GA, U.S.), Tomi Palanen/Chrystler & Chasm (Forssa, Finland), Minchell/Modern Primitive (Paris, France), Miguel Leites/Koning Lijk ‘zine (Braga, Portugal), Martin Brinkmann (Bederkesa, Germany), Jonny/Peaceville (London, England), Kiril (Varna, Bulgaria), Dimitris Sofronas/Blood Covered (Athens, Greece), Julie Price/Smoke Dreams (Melbourne, Australia), Norbert Zahnen (Darmstadt, Germany), Mark Murray/Rotten Records (Citrus Heights, CA, U.S.), Gary Schipani/Baphomet (Buffalo, NY, U.S.), Jason Wineland/After World Records (Hillsdale, Mich., U.S.), Jalle Pedersen/Nice Noise ‘zine (Denmark), Roy Fox (Kearny, NJ, U.S.), Max Malin & Necromancer (Hyvinkää, Finland), Mike Minicucci/Blood-Shed ‘zine (Westfield, MA, U.S.), Bob White/Paineater (Brandon, FL, U.S.), Dusan Kovác (Banská Bystrica, Czech Rep.), War D/Alastis (ST-Severin, Switzerland), Paul Mazziotta/Disembowelment (Thomastown, Victoria, Australia), Philippe Courtois/Misanthrope (Livry-Gargan, France), Ari Honkonen/Morningstar (Äänekoski, Finland), Stan Zielinski/Damonacy (Belford, NJ, U.S.), Juan Carlos Ruiz H./Mutilador & Innsmouth Records (Mexico, Mexico), Esa Vähäsöyrinki & Funebre (Turku, Finland), Haldar Kjersén (Uppsala, Sweden), Demonos Sova/Barathrum (Finland), Ted Vreman/Sicktone Records & Cyber Music (Varsseveld, Holland), Fab Gnoni/Estropia (Bienne, Switzerland), Fred Puvilland/Deadly Dislocated (Mezeriat, France), Serge Poncelet/Chaos Records & Napalm Beach Distribution (Val de Reuil, France), Jan-Chris/Gorefest (Goes, Holland), Domenic Ferrante (Adelaide, Australia), Toni Kainulainen/Curse (Kangaslampi, Finland), Petri Nousiainen & Mikko Nurmi/Catamenia (Äänekoski, Finland), Tumppa/Chamber Of Dismay (Nivala, Finland), Mikko Jaakkola/Crashed (Forssa, Finland), Trey Azagthoth/Morbid Angel (Daytona Beach, FL, U.S.), Defection (Helsinki, Finland), Bobby Germain/Anthagonist (Sorel, QC, Canada), Wojtek Stasiak/Hazael (Plock, Poland), Jussi Aaltonen/Chaoslord (Ruovesi, Finland), Ad van Osch/Ravenous ‘zine, Matte Berglund/Gorement (Nyköping, Sweden), Mikael Stanne/Dark Tranquillity (Billdall, Sweden), Harald/Immortal (Nesttun, Norway), Hank Sherman/Mercyful Fate (U.S.), Bob Yost/Possessed (Pinole, CA, U.S.), Erik Parviainen & Mythem (Loimaa, Finland), Ray/Absu (Plano, TX, U.S.), Albert Sancho/Behemoth (Barcelona, Spain), Dani Wala/Obscurity (Sweden), Enrique/Gothic Records (Downey, CA, U.S.), Ryan Muldoon/Incarnis (Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.), Exhumed Productions (Fulda, Germany), Erik/Red Alert (Merksplas, Belgium), Martin Pelletier/The Affected (Longueuil, Qc, Canada), Alfonso Viveros/Speed Or Bleed ‘zine (Valparaiso, Chile), Mesmin Dominique/L’Ame de Fond ‘zine (Poitiers, France), Ville Airaksinen (Kajaani, Finland), John/Legion Of Death (Denver, Colorado, U.S.), Per M. Jensen, Jacob Hansen & Invocator (Esbjerg, Denmark), Paul Garvey/Beyond (Ontario, Canada), Steve Reynolds/Demolition Hammer (Yonkers, NY, U.S.), Fredde/Mould In Hell Records (Täby, Sweden), Marco Foddis/Pestilence (Enchede, Holland), Dead Serious (Holland), Robert Muller/Metal Hammer ‘zine (Dortmund, Germany), Pia Karhapää (Rovaniemi, Finland), Jarno Koskinen & Belial (Finland), Arjo/Carnifex & Parade Of Souls (Finland), Selwyn E. Rochard (Effretilzon, Switzerland), Eisl Jörg (Salzburg, Austria), Intermusic (Belgrad, Serbia and Montenegro), Polluted Inheritance (Holland), John Cooper/Radiation Defiency ‘zine (Houston, TX, U.S.), Pasi Ripatti/Phenomenon (Mikkeli, Finland), Antti Oinonen/Excrement (Vimpeli, Finland), Jenni (Kuopio, Finland), Kenneth Thomsen/Sardonic Death (Rödding, Denmark), Sasu Tyni/Mental Slaughter (Oulu, Finland), Janne Tamminen/Euthanausea (Riihimäki, Finland), Jarmo Hohtari/Endoparasites (Heinola, Finland), Rich Noonan/Dr. Shrinker (Milwaukee, WI, U.S.), Valtteri Kangasniemi/Suicidal Metal ‘zine (Naantali, Finland), Tommi/Mental Agony (Finland), Erkki Virta (Lohja, Finland), J.C. Poisson (Lille, France), Ykä/Airdash (Helsinki, Finland), Mikko Palanen/Rhapsodical Rhizobium (Forssa, Finland), Kari Tyynmaa/Deceiver (Turku, Finland), Petri Poskiparta/Dominion Productions (Uusikaupunki, Finland), Hannu Ruohoniemi/Benefits Forgot (Peräseinäjoki, Finland), Lori/Nuclear Death (Glendale, AZ, U.S.), Num Skull (Winthrop Harbor, IL, U.S.), Steve DiGiorgio/Sadus (Antioch, CA, U.S.), Henri Parpala (Oulu, Finland), Roman Inauen (Zug, Switzerland), Pauli Kallio/Pakeni (Turku, Finland), Daniel Donaldson, Arise Records (Bilbao, Spain), Felix Lasitscheka (Egelsbach, Germany), Weno/Darkstyle (Turku, Finland), David Leuacher/Confessions Of Obscurity (Duffel, Belgium), Roxanne Joseph/Kill By Inches & Shadows Of Michelango ‘zine (New York, NY, U.S.), Epe/Norseman (Vantaa, Finland), Jonna V. (Joensuu, Finland), Nembrionic (Zaanstad, Holland), Johann/Norm Rejection (Malta), Matti Maikola (Posio, Finland), Morgan/Marduk (Norrköping, Sweden), Andrea Henzel (Maramures, Romania), I.L.Patskih/Moritura (Kandalaksha, Russia), Henri Holopainen (Eno, Finland), Arni Sveinsson/Strigaskór # 42 (K’op, Iceland), Olga Sumina (Ekatrinburg, Russia), Blakk/Angelkill (Le Claite, IA, U.S.), Selfish (Turku, Finland), Friedrich/Thy Repentance (Russia), Alain Demers (Canada), Corre/Deathcore (Speyer, Germany), Chris/Mucky Pup, Miku/Sacred Crucifix (Kuusamo, Finland), Afflicted (Sweden), Stephan Larsen/Discomposure (Nordborg, Denmark), Theo Hilfiker/Sarcasm (Langnau, Switzerland), C. Dorner/Suffering Records (Zurich, Switzerland), Mika A./Morbidity (Raahe, Finland), Mass Psychosis (Keyport, NJ, U.S.), Igor Koukharev (Moscow, Russia), Altar Of Destruction (Kauhajoki, Finland), Kyton Weeks (Devonport, Tasmania, Australia), Jeff/Carcass (England), René Schmidt/Lunacy (Zurich, Switzerland), Ivar Björsson/Enslaved (Torvastad, Norway), Chris Duran (Wassenaar, Holland), Andre Dijkstra/Lords Of The Stone (Beilen, Holland), Waltteri Myllynen/Unburied (Lahti, Finland), Kimmo Nurminen/Sue ‘zine (Turku, Finland), Anti-Christian Hillenbrand/Slaughter Records, Paul Gentile/Terata (East Preoria, IL, U.S.), Joni/Mengele (Oulu, Finland), Tomas Nyqvist/No Fashion Records & Putrefaction ‘zine (Strängnäs, Sweden), Ezra Sarajinsky (Vauchluse, Australia), Searing Meadow (Turku, Finland), The Hirvi (Helsinki, Finland), Christian Borchgrevink (Iveland, Norway), Costas/Black Power Records (Athens, Greece), Deathlike Silence Productions (Oslo, Norway), Kjell E. Moberg/Punishment Park (Oslo, Norway), Janne Kuru/Black Dawn & Enochian Crescent (Vaasa, Finland), Robb/Agent 86 (Washington D.C., U.S.), Yordan/D.E.A.D. Productions (Silistra, Bulgaria), Keni France (Herts, England), Marc Schmozcer (Erlangen, Germany), Kristian Helle (Leknes, Norway), Kai Hahto & Keijo Bagge/Rotten Sound (Vaasa, Finland), Julian N./Reborn (Irapuato, Mexico), Enska/Depvavity (Pirkkala, Finland), Jussi Heikkinen/Tenebrae & Soulgrind (Helsinki, Finland), Pete/Sigillum Diaboli (Tampere, Finland), Petri Murto & Sähköinen Ekstaasi (Turku, Finland), Marcos Mayopaulos (Volos, Greece), Scaffold (Murmansk, Russia), Stefan Latvaniemi (Kosta, Sweden), Kimmo Perkkiö/Malice In Wonderland (Finland), Ville Laiho (Forssa, Finland), Christina Giscombe (London, England), Keith Muscat (St. Paul’s Bay, Malta), F.Leduc (Liege, Belgium), Sami Kotiranta/As Serenity Fades (Vantaa, Finland), Joonas Sukanen & Sceptical Schizo (Noormarkku, Finland), Teemu Vähäkangas/Astaroth (Seinäjoki, Finland), Mikko Muranen/Dogmeat (Vääksy, Finland), Old Funeral (Norway), Neil (West Yorkshire, England), Regis Niossat (Linoges, France), Patrick Poirier, Signor Havn/Los Plantronics (Oslo, Norway), Jan Yrlund/Prestige (Tampere, Finland), Frederic Maisonneuve (Avignon, France), Mikko Kapanen/Boneviolin ‘zine (Espoo, Finland), Ville Peura (Kuopio, Finland), A663 (Montromorency, Australia), Morticia Numskull ‘zine (Dordrecht, Holland), Joakim Westerlund (Mariehamn, Finland), Martti Nurminen (Kouvola, Finland), Skeleton (Arlington, VA, U.S.), Starcy Albanis/Regent (Thessaloniki, Greece), Markus Woeste/Malodorous Mangled Innards Records (Halver, Germany), Michel Deramond/Wreeck-Truck ‘zine (Tarbes, France), Jens Börner/Lonewolf (Sassanage, France), and family and relatives, brief acquaintances, e-mail contacts, and the friends I may have forgotten and the genius minds in the world of music, art and literature.
See you in goodness or in death.
Mauro Berchi/Canaan & Eibon Records (Milano, Italy), Doug Schoenech/Phantasm (West Allis, WI, U.S.), Jan/Full Moon Productions (Lakeland, FL, U.S.), Daniel/Acrimonium (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, U.S.), Endre Begby/Abysmal (Fredrikstad, Norway), Patrik McCahan/Red Stream & Candiru (Camp Hill, PA, U.S.), Ihsahn/Emperor (Norway), Ron W. Veltkamp/Displeased Records (Zaandam, Holland), Mika Luttinen & Impaled Nazarene (Finland), Black Mark Production (Hässelby, Sweden), Cozy Spike/Lord Crucifier (West Yorkshire, England), Nalle Österman/Gandalf (Helsinki, Finland), Marcel Dissen/DSFA Records (Al Vlissingen, Holland), Henrik Pettersen/Carpathian Full Moon & Godsend (Fredrikstand & Trondheim, Norway), Kimmo Luttinen/Impaled Nazarene, Isänmaa, Legenda & The Black League (Oulu, Finland), Jani Kekäräinen/Skepticism (Riihimäki, Finland), Dead/Mayhem (Langhus, Norway), Jani Koskela/Let Me Dream (Oitti, Finland), Vesa Ranta & Sentenced (Oulu, Finland), Olaf/Morbid Records (Drebkau, Germany), Gudrun Hagedorn (Berlin, Germany), Juha Vuorma/N.N.S. (Pudasjärvi/Oulu, Finland), Alex Storm/Apocalyptic Vision (Dieburg, Germany), Seveling/Holy Records (Livry-Gargan, France), Andreas/Metal Blade Records (Eislingen, Germany), Perra Karlsson/Heathendoom Music & MGR Productions (Stockholm, Sweden), Andy Turner/PHD (Oxon, England), Mikko Mattila/Isten 'zine (Tampere, Finland), Kai Jokinen (Salo, Finland), Dave Rotten/Avulsed & Repulse Records (Madrid, Spain), Panos Tzanetatos/Unisound Records LTD (Athens, Greece), Cold Meat Industry (Linköping, Sweden), Keijo Peltonen (Turenki, Finland), Jose & Mike Andersson/Hellfire Records (Karlskrona, Sweden), Randall A. Salas/Colemesis & Paganus Doctrina (Barva, Heredia, Costa Rica), Wilton M. Christiano/Heavy Metal Rock (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Shivadarshana (DA Spijkenisse, Holland), Mikki Salo/Cartilage & Woodcut Industry (Vaasa, Finland), Teemu Hautaniemi/Mythos (Kempele, Finland), Patrick Soppe (NC Groningen, Holland), Mirkku (Turku, Finland), Juhani Monthan & family (Finland), Oderus Urungus/Gwar (U.S.), Martin Koller/Prophecy Productions (Wittlich, Germany), Lehtinen/Mustan Kuun Lapset (Hollola, Finland), Victory Records, Volker Schwechheimer/Merciless Records, Emmi Salonen (Turku, Finland), Tomi Nieminen (Äetsä & Turku, Finland), Outi Riikonen, Sami Tenetz/Thy Serpent (Helsinki, Finland), Jerry Flores/Dwell Records (Los Angeles, U.S.), Krisna Bhaskara/RWK (Klaten, Indonesia), Carsten/Solistitium (Moormerland, Germany), Pavel Tusl (Stribro, The Czech Republic), Hans De Wyngaert/Shiver Records (Baal, Belgium), Jorge Elizalde/Dormanth (Bilbao, Spain), Hupogrammos/Negura Bunget (Timisoara, Romania), Paolo Staver/Primitive Art Records (Halmstad, Sweden), Jani Lehtosaari/Plan E (Oulu, Finland), Dean Spencer/From The Crypt Records (Ontario, Canada), Peter Franek/Metal Age Productions (Vrutky, Slovakia), Carcass Chris/Eternal Hate & Odyssey Productions, Paul/Cerebral Death (Assen, Holland), Sékla/Ghostorm (Vilnius, Lithuania), Luiz/Death Zine (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Fred Charlier/Yuggoth (Gargas, France), Markus/Mangled Beyond Recognition Records (Hechingen, Germany), Jukka/Anguish (Seinäjoki, Finland), Niko Karppinen (Helsinki, Finland), Marius Berenis/Regredior (Vilnius, Lithuania), Jukka Vuorinen/Decoryah (Kaarina, Finland), Odin Thompson/Moribund Records (Seattle, WA., U.S.), Cortina de Ferro (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Andreas Öcsi (Schwechat, Austria), Anllelow A. Callejas/Warmaster Records (Medellin, Colombia), Back/Exorcist ‘zine (Poland), Parm/Terminal Catatonia Radio (Sayville, NY, U.S.), Mathias Adamsson/Vermin (Anneberg, Sweden), Kinetic Dissent (Avondale, CA, U.S.), Juha Sulasalmi/Dion Fortune & Nominon (Jönköping, Sweden), Hannu Kujanen/Cryptic & God Forsaken (Seinäjoki, Finland), Travis Ogletree/Skeletal Earth (Madison, AL, U.S.), Frédéric Mirouze (Boulazac, France), Kapital (Arcueil, France), Mel/Megapulse Records (London, England), Wez Wenedikter/Wrong Again Records (Hjärup, Sweden), Terhi Wallenius (Finland), Fabian Tagliaferro/No Compassion ’zine (Qormi, Malta), Nicke Andersson/The Hellacopters & Entombed (Stockholm, Sweden), Michiel Papenhove/Within Temptation (Holland), Antti Luukkanen, Karl Demata/Flying Records & Godhead Recordings (Napoli, Italy), Kjetil Arve Dahle (Isfjorden, Norway), Mariuz Kmiolek/Carnage & Thrash’Em All ‘zine(Legionowo, Poland), Sadist (Recco, Italy), Eduardo de Souza Bonadia/Rock Brigade (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Ahto Lehtmets/Decease (Kadrina Lääne, Estonia), John Perez/Solitude Aeturnus (Arlington, TX, U.S.), Sasu Mykkänen & Sweatmaster (Turku, Finland), Igor Naumchuk (Zhitomir, Ukraine), Sergej (Moscow, Russia), Sean Panek/P.S. Records (Belle Vernon, PA, U.S.), Roman Ivanov aka. Possessed/Gothic Prod. (Murmansk, Russia), Val/Infest Records (Paris, France), Peter Jäger/Witchhunt Records (Zurich, Switzerland), Vincent Meyer (Aurignac, France), Roberto/Avantgarde Music, Dellamorte (Avesta, Sweden), Kenneth Tiller/Nephrite & Fungore (Stjördal, Norway), Flemming Clausen Lund/Decrial (Rödding, Denmark), Patrick Charvet/Misery (Sion, Switzerland), Marc-André/Groovy Aardvark (Montréal, QC, Canada), Mikko Lappalainen (Turku, Finland), Kim Everett (Tasmania, Australia), Markus Wittmann (Kirchheim, Germany), Carsten Bosch/S.N.N. ‘zine (Ichenhausen, Germany), Taneli Jarva/The Black League (Finland), Michel/Mutilated (Montfort-Le-Gesnois, France), Malcolm Callus/Sceptocrypt & Rancid Soup ‘zine (Malta), John Araya/Bloodcum (Montobello, CA, U.S.), Carlos Martins (Geneve, Switzerland), Ronald Psaila (Qormi, Malta), Stephene Monger/Psyk-O-Path (Sept-Iles, QC, Canada), Anna Greta Gudmundsdottir (Reykjavik, Iceland), Morbid/Necromantia (Athens, Greece), Conscicide aka. San/Bhaobhan Sidhe & Bestial Summoning (Oisterwijk, Holland), Roberto Fernando/Halluzination ‘zine, Bill Yurkiewicz/Relapse Records, Nuclear Blast America, Exit-13, Namanax & Neverhealed (Washingtonboro, PA, U.S.), Marko Tuominen/Feast Services & Let Me Dream (Riihimäki, Finland), Tom Supkow/Grotesque Graphics (Norton, MA, U.S.), Wagner Roland/Totally Sick ‘zine (Babenhausen, Germany), Alexander Naumenko/Septikosensoror & Chaotic Disintegration (Belgorod, Russia), Godwin Micallef/Mystical Summoning & Malefica ‘zine (Siggiewi, Malta), Dominick Schork/Shredomatic Records (Thompson, PA, U.S.), Zilvinas Valeika/Revelation ‘zine (Kaunas, Lithuania), Stéphane Bélanger & Obliveon (Montréal, Canada), Gisli Sigmundsson/Sororicide (Reykjavik, Iceland), Gary Greenwood (Cheshire, England), Jan Verdoorn (& family)/Mindlink (Terneuzen, Holland), Stéphane Buriez/Loudblast (Villeneuve, France), Richard C./Wild Rags (Montobello, CA, U.S.), George A. Solis/Torched Records (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.), Efthimis Karadimas/Nightfall (Athens, Greece), Sandy/Rest In Peace & Lunacy (Zurich, Switzerland), James Spera (Beaumfaris,Victoria, Australia), Rage Records (N.Y., NY, U.S.), Andrew Andreou/Metal Oath ‘zine & tapes (Kalamata, Greece), Bertram Burgerer (Saas-Fee, Switzerland), Slawek Brzezinski/Daemonolatreia ‘zine (Stalowa Wola, Poland), Nuclear Blast (Donzdorf, Germany), Sijmen/Foundation 2000 & Sexorcist (Rijn, Holland), Mary Temelkov (Melbourne, Australia), Donald/4ZZZ Metal Show (Fortitude Valley, Australia), Adwin v/d Zande/Cenotaph Records (Wemeldinge, Holland), Max/Napalm Records (Eisenerz, Austria), Jörgen Forsberg/SF Bokhandeln AB (Stockholm, Sweden), Nelson Augusto Santos/Rotthenness Records (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Guy Marchais/Pyrexia (Williston Park, NY, U.S.), Alex/Final Holocaust (Moscow, Russia), Anders Gjerde (Stavanger, Norway), Seb Meyer/Mestema & Obscure (Wittelsheim, France), Robert Cortinas/Crucifix (Dallas, TX, U.S.), R.E.X. Music (Brentwood, TN, U.S.), Herbaut Herve/Osmose Productions (Beuarainville, France), Frank Stöver (Bremen, Germany), Tim Spear/Decomposed (Cryodon, England), Gunder Audun Dragsten/Godsend (Kattem, Norway), Fred Schaus (Ethe, Belgium), Jani Muurinen & Xysma (Naantali, Finland) Michael H. Andersen/Emanzipation ‘zine (Naestved, Denmark), Krzysztof Gerwatowski/Blood Last Radio (Bielsko-Biaka, Poland), Peter Jäger (Zumikon, Switzerland), Trev Jarvis/Balance Of Terror ‘zine (Victoria, BC, Canada), Euronymous/Mayhem (Oslo, Norway), Guillou Christian/Northern Lights (Quimper, France), Nick Giagacos/Chained And Desperate (New Farino, Greece), Damla/Sarkast (Istanbul, Turkey), Chris Lyndon/False Prophet (Greensboro, NC, U.S.), Jochen Steinmaier/Targost (Hochdorf, Germany), Dominique/Intellectual Convulsion (Paris, France), Kovla (Rhodes, Greece), Chrysostomos Magos/Immortal Dei Lucifer ‘zine (Nicosie, Cyprus), Epe/Radon (Vantaa, Finland), Gordon E. 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(DPabu, France), Ildjarn/Daemonium Aeturnus ‘zine (Schrool, Holland), Fredéric/A.T.V. (Avignon, France), Oliver Benoit (Domene, France), Marcelo Benevioes Nogueira (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), Manos Serzetakhs (Iraklion, Crete, Greece), Danny Dube/Degeneracy (Rimouski, QC, Canada), Adela Farrelly (Dublin, Ireland), Alexis Tolias/Mortiferous ‘zine (Thessalia, Greece), Nicolas Kostadimas/Blackend Recordings (Branois, Switzerland), J.D. Pedersen (Denmark), Benny Geerarts/Rubbish ‘zine (Grootlo, Belgium), Mirva (Finland), Simon Dower/Acheron (Melbourne, Australia), Eddie Szanyi/Ebullition & Kingpin Productions (Ocala, FL, U.S.), Belzébuth (Québec, Canada), Steve Jurkovich (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), Helen Sotiropoulou (Komotini, Greece), Roberto/Dark Records (Barreiro, Portugal), Dave Blyth (West Yorkshire, England), Razer/Shemine (Moscow, Russia), Leond Fishman/Necrokilldozer (Moscow, Russia), Tepa Karjalainen & A.R.G. (Kuusamo, Finland), Jake Luomajoki/Aspiration (Vesikoski, Finland), Roberto/Nosferatu (Acicastello, Italy), Tomas Diez/Fonomusic (Madrid, Spain), Ken France (Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, England), George Remoyndos (Athens, Greece), Anton Kupias & Pakeni (Turku, Finland), Roberto Mammarella/Obscure Plasma (Vanzago, Italy), Aaron/My Dying Bride (Dewsbury, W.Yorks, England), Wojtek/Violent Dirge (Warsaw, Poland), Durkin/Brimstone Records (Cerritos, CA, U.S.), Dissect (Holland), Andy Panagopoulos/Nuthin’ But Death ‘zine (Yagoona, Australia), Sephiroth/Death Tapes Rules (Venlo, Holland), Timo Isoaho (Tampere, Finland), Ian Lawless (Co’wicklow, Ireland), Esa Linden/Demigod (Loimaa, Finland), Anders Iwers/Ceremonial Oath (Billdal, Sweden), Remi Coté/Purulence (Longueuil, Canada), Aki Ala-Kokko/Lubricant (Nokia, Finland), Shanno/Slaughter ‘zine (Violet Town, Australia), Mike Cee Cerminara/Reactor (Quebec, Canada), Mike Serden/Brutal Enemy (Ocala, FL, U.S.), Jason Avery/Eulogy (Tampa, FL, U.S.), Rytkönen & Rami Auvinen & Protected Illusion (Vantaa, Finland), Cara Santos (Houston, TX, U.S.), Christian & Vincent/Adipocere Records (Miribel, France), Jesper Markvardsen/G.S.O. (Nyborg, Denmark), Idan Kupferberg/People (Holon, Israel), Michael McCarthy (Dublin, Ireland), Ludovic Loej/Supuration (Wallers, France), Hanno Balz (Bremen, Germany), Bobby Sadzak/Slaughter & Strappado (Canada), Arne Rook (Geesthacht, Germany), Albert & Reverend Bizarre (Turku, Finland), Jeremy Wagner/Broken Hope (Gurnee, IL, U.S.), Therion (Sweden), Peter/Poserslaughter Records (Berlin, Germany), Bart Cieckowski/D.A.S. ‘zine (Poznan, Poland), Steve Humphreys/Mephistopheles (Whyalla Norrie, Australia), Boris Kadlicek/No Trend Press (Leimen, Germany), Josh Semerjian/Gutwrench ‘zine (Fred’burg, VA, U.S.), Jarkko/Adramelech (Loimaa, Finland), Darren Cole (Parramatta, Australia), Esa Holopainen & Amorphis (Helsinki, Finland), Kimmo Niukko (Turku, Finland), Ian Gilia (Mellieha, Malta), Christopher Hicks/Arrogant Bitch (Waldorf, MD, U.S.), J.Luomajoki/Melcorn (Vesikoski, Finland), Enrico Leccese/Regress Records & Baphomet ‘zine (Rome, Italy), Brainstorm Promotion (Immenstadt, Germany), Robbie Forel/Pounding Productions (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Mike van Mastrigt/Sinister (Schiedam, Holland), Anders Malkomsson/Radio Metal Corner (Spånga, Sweden), Ralf Petzschmann (Berlin, Germany), Danne/Eucharist (Veddige, Sweden), K.Baird/Southern Disorder (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia), Alain Demers & Martin Gagné/Obliveon (Quebec, Canada), Erik Adams/Mutilated Carcass ‘zine (Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.), Oppu Laine & Mannhai (Helsinki, Finland), Tommi Korhonen (Angered, Sweden), David Johach/Immured (Rednitzhembach, Germany), R. José Domingues de Pontes/Viollent Hate (Sao Paolo, Brazil), Kipp Johnson/Candiru (Camp Hill, PA, U.S.), Equ & Dirty Damage (Helsinki, Finland), Mel Harrison/Megapulse Records (London, England), Ryan Kardash (Regina, Canada), Volodya aka. Vladimir “Deicide” (Krivoy Rog, Ukraine), Abbath Occulta/Immortal (Nesttun, Norway), Ivan O’Riordan (Cork, Ireland), Chris Baker & Chris Cauble/Ghost Story (Atlanta, GA, U.S.), Tomi Palanen/Chrystler & Chasm (Forssa, Finland), Minchell/Modern Primitive (Paris, France), Miguel Leites/Koning Lijk ‘zine (Braga, Portugal), Martin Brinkmann (Bederkesa, Germany), Jonny/Peaceville (London, England), Kiril (Varna, Bulgaria), Dimitris Sofronas/Blood Covered (Athens, Greece), Julie Price/Smoke Dreams (Melbourne, Australia), Norbert Zahnen (Darmstadt, Germany), Mark Murray/Rotten Records (Citrus Heights, CA, U.S.), Gary Schipani/Baphomet (Buffalo, NY, U.S.), Jason Wineland/After World Records (Hillsdale, Mich., U.S.), Jalle Pedersen/Nice Noise ‘zine (Denmark), Roy Fox (Kearny, NJ, U.S.), Max Malin & Necromancer (Hyvinkää, Finland), Mike Minicucci/Blood-Shed ‘zine (Westfield, MA, U.S.), Bob White/Paineater (Brandon, FL, U.S.), Dusan Kovác (Banská Bystrica, Czech Rep.), War D/Alastis (ST-Severin, Switzerland), Paul Mazziotta/Disembowelment (Thomastown, Victoria, Australia), Philippe Courtois/Misanthrope (Livry-Gargan, France), Ari Honkonen/Morningstar (Äänekoski, Finland), Stan Zielinski/Damonacy (Belford, NJ, U.S.), Juan Carlos Ruiz H./Mutilador & Innsmouth Records (Mexico, Mexico), Esa Vähäsöyrinki & Funebre (Turku, Finland), Haldar Kjersén (Uppsala, Sweden), Demonos Sova/Barathrum (Finland), Ted Vreman/Sicktone Records & Cyber Music (Varsseveld, Holland), Fab Gnoni/Estropia (Bienne, Switzerland), Fred Puvilland/Deadly Dislocated (Mezeriat, France), Serge Poncelet/Chaos Records & Napalm Beach Distribution (Val de Reuil, France), Jan-Chris/Gorefest (Goes, Holland), Domenic Ferrante (Adelaide, Australia), Toni Kainulainen/Curse (Kangaslampi, Finland), Petri Nousiainen & Mikko Nurmi/Catamenia (Äänekoski, Finland), Tumppa/Chamber Of Dismay (Nivala, Finland), Mikko Jaakkola/Crashed (Forssa, Finland), Trey Azagthoth/Morbid Angel (Daytona Beach, FL, U.S.), Defection (Helsinki, Finland), Bobby Germain/Anthagonist (Sorel, QC, Canada), Wojtek Stasiak/Hazael (Plock, Poland), Jussi Aaltonen/Chaoslord (Ruovesi, Finland), Ad van Osch/Ravenous ‘zine, Matte Berglund/Gorement (Nyköping, Sweden), Mikael Stanne/Dark Tranquillity (Billdall, Sweden), Harald/Immortal (Nesttun, Norway), Hank Sherman/Mercyful Fate (U.S.), Bob Yost/Possessed (Pinole, CA, U.S.), Erik Parviainen & Mythem (Loimaa, Finland), Ray/Absu (Plano, TX, U.S.), Albert Sancho/Behemoth (Barcelona, Spain), Dani Wala/Obscurity (Sweden), Enrique/Gothic Records (Downey, CA, U.S.), Ryan Muldoon/Incarnis (Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.), Exhumed Productions (Fulda, Germany), Erik/Red Alert (Merksplas, Belgium), Martin Pelletier/The Affected (Longueuil, Qc, Canada), Alfonso Viveros/Speed Or Bleed ‘zine (Valparaiso, Chile), Mesmin Dominique/L’Ame de Fond ‘zine (Poitiers, France), Ville Airaksinen (Kajaani, Finland), John/Legion Of Death (Denver, Colorado, U.S.), Per M. Jensen, Jacob Hansen & Invocator (Esbjerg, Denmark), Paul Garvey/Beyond (Ontario, Canada), Steve Reynolds/Demolition Hammer (Yonkers, NY, U.S.), Fredde/Mould In Hell Records (Täby, Sweden), Marco Foddis/Pestilence (Enchede, Holland), Dead Serious (Holland), Robert Muller/Metal Hammer ‘zine (Dortmund, Germany), Pia Karhapää (Rovaniemi, Finland), Jarno Koskinen & Belial (Finland), Arjo/Carnifex & Parade Of Souls (Finland), Selwyn E. Rochard (Effretilzon, Switzerland), Eisl Jörg (Salzburg, Austria), Intermusic (Belgrad, Serbia and Montenegro), Polluted Inheritance (Holland), John Cooper/Radiation Defiency ‘zine (Houston, TX, U.S.), Pasi Ripatti/Phenomenon (Mikkeli, Finland), Antti Oinonen/Excrement (Vimpeli, Finland), Jenni (Kuopio, Finland), Kenneth Thomsen/Sardonic Death (Rödding, Denmark), Sasu Tyni/Mental Slaughter (Oulu, Finland), Janne Tamminen/Euthanausea (Riihimäki, Finland), Jarmo Hohtari/Endoparasites (Heinola, Finland), Rich Noonan/Dr. Shrinker (Milwaukee, WI, U.S.), Valtteri Kangasniemi/Suicidal Metal ‘zine (Naantali, Finland), Tommi/Mental Agony (Finland), Erkki Virta (Lohja, Finland), J.C. Poisson (Lille, France), Ykä/Airdash (Helsinki, Finland), Mikko Palanen/Rhapsodical Rhizobium (Forssa, Finland), Kari Tyynmaa/Deceiver (Turku, Finland), Petri Poskiparta/Dominion Productions (Uusikaupunki, Finland), Hannu Ruohoniemi/Benefits Forgot (Peräseinäjoki, Finland), Lori/Nuclear Death (Glendale, AZ, U.S.), Num Skull (Winthrop Harbor, IL, U.S.), Steve DiGiorgio/Sadus (Antioch, CA, U.S.), Henri Parpala (Oulu, Finland), Roman Inauen (Zug, Switzerland), Pauli Kallio/Pakeni (Turku, Finland), Daniel Donaldson, Arise Records (Bilbao, Spain), Felix Lasitscheka (Egelsbach, Germany), Weno/Darkstyle (Turku, Finland), David Leuacher/Confessions Of Obscurity (Duffel, Belgium), Roxanne Joseph/Kill By Inches & Shadows Of Michelango ‘zine (New York, NY, U.S.), Epe/Norseman (Vantaa, Finland), Jonna V. (Joensuu, Finland), Nembrionic (Zaanstad, Holland), Johann/Norm Rejection (Malta), Matti Maikola (Posio, Finland), Morgan/Marduk (Norrköping, Sweden), Andrea Henzel (Maramures, Romania), I.L.Patskih/Moritura (Kandalaksha, Russia), Henri Holopainen (Eno, Finland), Arni Sveinsson/Strigaskór # 42 (K’op, Iceland), Olga Sumina (Ekatrinburg, Russia), Blakk/Angelkill (Le Claite, IA, U.S.), Selfish (Turku, Finland), Friedrich/Thy Repentance (Russia), Alain Demers (Canada), Corre/Deathcore (Speyer, Germany), Chris/Mucky Pup, Miku/Sacred Crucifix (Kuusamo, Finland), Afflicted (Sweden), Stephan Larsen/Discomposure (Nordborg, Denmark), Theo Hilfiker/Sarcasm (Langnau, Switzerland), C. Dorner/Suffering Records (Zurich, Switzerland), Mika A./Morbidity (Raahe, Finland), Mass Psychosis (Keyport, NJ, U.S.), Igor Koukharev (Moscow, Russia), Altar Of Destruction (Kauhajoki, Finland), Kyton Weeks (Devonport, Tasmania, Australia), Jeff/Carcass (England), René Schmidt/Lunacy (Zurich, Switzerland), Ivar Björsson/Enslaved (Torvastad, Norway), Chris Duran (Wassenaar, Holland), Andre Dijkstra/Lords Of The Stone (Beilen, Holland), Waltteri Myllynen/Unburied (Lahti, Finland), Kimmo Nurminen/Sue ‘zine (Turku, Finland), Anti-Christian Hillenbrand/Slaughter Records, Paul Gentile/Terata (East Preoria, IL, U.S.), Joni/Mengele (Oulu, Finland), Tomas Nyqvist/No Fashion Records & Putrefaction ‘zine (Strängnäs, Sweden), Ezra Sarajinsky (Vauchluse, Australia), Searing Meadow (Turku, Finland), The Hirvi (Helsinki, Finland), Christian Borchgrevink (Iveland, Norway), Costas/Black Power Records (Athens, Greece), Deathlike Silence Productions (Oslo, Norway), Kjell E. Moberg/Punishment Park (Oslo, Norway), Janne Kuru/Black Dawn & Enochian Crescent (Vaasa, Finland), Robb/Agent 86 (Washington D.C., U.S.), Yordan/D.E.A.D. Productions (Silistra, Bulgaria), Keni France (Herts, England), Marc Schmozcer (Erlangen, Germany), Kristian Helle (Leknes, Norway), Kai Hahto & Keijo Bagge/Rotten Sound (Vaasa, Finland), Julian N./Reborn (Irapuato, Mexico), Enska/Depvavity (Pirkkala, Finland), Jussi Heikkinen/Tenebrae & Soulgrind (Helsinki, Finland), Pete/Sigillum Diaboli (Tampere, Finland), Petri Murto & Sähköinen Ekstaasi (Turku, Finland), Marcos Mayopaulos (Volos, Greece), Scaffold (Murmansk, Russia), Stefan Latvaniemi (Kosta, Sweden), Kimmo Perkkiö/Malice In Wonderland (Finland), Ville Laiho (Forssa, Finland), Christina Giscombe (London, England), Keith Muscat (St. Paul’s Bay, Malta), F.Leduc (Liege, Belgium), Sami Kotiranta/As Serenity Fades (Vantaa, Finland), Joonas Sukanen & Sceptical Schizo (Noormarkku, Finland), Teemu Vähäkangas/Astaroth (Seinäjoki, Finland), Mikko Muranen/Dogmeat (Vääksy, Finland), Old Funeral (Norway), Neil (West Yorkshire, England), Regis Niossat (Linoges, France), Patrick Poirier, Signor Havn/Los Plantronics (Oslo, Norway), Jan Yrlund/Prestige (Tampere, Finland), Frederic Maisonneuve (Avignon, France), Mikko Kapanen/Boneviolin ‘zine (Espoo, Finland), Ville Peura (Kuopio, Finland), A663 (Montromorency, Australia), Morticia Numskull ‘zine (Dordrecht, Holland), Joakim Westerlund (Mariehamn, Finland), Martti Nurminen (Kouvola, Finland), Skeleton (Arlington, VA, U.S.), Starcy Albanis/Regent (Thessaloniki, Greece), Markus Woeste/Malodorous Mangled Innards Records (Halver, Germany), Michel Deramond/Wreeck-Truck ‘zine (Tarbes, France), Jens Börner/Lonewolf (Sassanage, France), and family and relatives, brief acquaintances, e-mail contacts, and the friends I may have forgotten and the genius minds in the world of music, art and literature.
See you in goodness or in death.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Saturday, August 27, 2005
fried-egg sandwich a go-go
Recipe of the day:
Makes 1 sandwich
2 slices white bread (any kind you like)
2 slices low-fat Swiss or American cheese
1 whole extra-large egg or 2 extra-large egg whites
3 slices Canadian bacon
2 tablespoons chunky peanut butter (optional)
1 tablespoon blackberry jelly (or what's on hand)
1 scallion, finely chopped
1. Toast the bread and while still warm, top each slice with a piece of cheese.
2. In a nonstick skillet (the 9-inch size should do), fry the egg at the same time as you heat the bacon. Put the bacon on one of the cheese-topped slices and top with the fried egg.
3. Spread the peanut butter, if using, over the cheese on the other slice of bread and top with jelly and scallion. Put the slices together. Serve the sandwich sliced in half on the diagonal, if desired. (Try not to cut into the yolk, if you can.)
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Makes 1 sandwich
2 slices white bread (any kind you like)
2 slices low-fat Swiss or American cheese
1 whole extra-large egg or 2 extra-large egg whites
3 slices Canadian bacon
2 tablespoons chunky peanut butter (optional)
1 tablespoon blackberry jelly (or what's on hand)
1 scallion, finely chopped
1. Toast the bread and while still warm, top each slice with a piece of cheese.
2. In a nonstick skillet (the 9-inch size should do), fry the egg at the same time as you heat the bacon. Put the bacon on one of the cheese-topped slices and top with the fried egg.
3. Spread the peanut butter, if using, over the cheese on the other slice of bread and top with jelly and scallion. Put the slices together. Serve the sandwich sliced in half on the diagonal, if desired. (Try not to cut into the yolk, if you can.)
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
let the children play
This is just fucking stupid. The following story is copied completely from blabbermouth:
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OZZFEST, Hang Your Head In Shame: The Backstage Perspective - Aug. 22, 2005
The manager of a well-known heavy metal band (*NOT* IRON MAIDEN) who attended this past weekend's Ozzfest show at the Hyundai Pavillion in Devore, California has submitted the following first-hand account of the evening that will surely go down as one of the most shameful moments in recent rock history (NOTE: at his request, the author's identity is being protected by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):
"Saturday night's Ozzfest at the Hyundai Pavillion near Los Angeles was a debacle on so many levels, I am still in shock as I write this. As a fan of many of the bands [Saturday] night, one can only hope this was an isolated incident, but sadly, it most likely wasn't. As many of you have heard already, co-headliners and metal legends IRON MAIDEN were pelted with eggs, bottle caps, beer cups, spit on, had people from the Ozzfest camp talking over the PA during their set, had 'Eddie' delayed from his onstage entrance, had members of the [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] entourage rush the stage with American flags, and had the PA intentionally turned off over six times, all by the OSBOURNE CAMP.
"While it's still unclear as to the exact reasons why the terrorizing started (rumors abounded as to why, with everything from Bruce calling out Ozzy in the U.K. rock magazine Kerrang! on the widely known fact that Ozzy uses a teleprompter, to various vague references said on stage about a 'reality show' at an Ozzfest stop in Detroit), one thing was very clear: The whole thing stunk, and left me, and nearly all of the 40,000+ heavy metal fans in attendance angered and disappointed. Not that behind the scenes bickering or magazine trash-talking is anything new to rock fans, but the shocking lack of professionalism at one of the largest stops in North America in front of 40,000+ spectators, at the hand of the Osbournes was nothing short of disgusting.
"It all began early in the afternoon, when many side stage bands were openly approached in clear view of everyone backstage by Sharon and Kelly Osbourne to 'join them in throwing eggs at IRON MAIDEN this evening.' All the bands were encouraged to rally the other side-stage bands to do so. Members and/or friends of the hardcore band BURY YOUR DEAD were seen actively trying to encourage other side-stage bands to 'join in the fun.' Thankfully, many side stage bands angrily declined.
"Later that evening, as IRON MAIDEN came on stage, their intro was interrupted by [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] hanger-on and biker wannabe Big Dave, who was at the soundboard loudly chanting 'Ozzy, Ozzy' over the PA. MAIDEN opened their set and the entire band was pelted from the front row with eggs, beer, beer cups, spit, and various other objects by an Ozzfest-credentialed, bandana-wearing, Osbourne entourage. IRON MAIDEN, ever the professionals, continued through their set, and by the time they launched into their second song, 'The Trooper', Bruce changed into a civil war-era, red coat and began waving a Union Jack — British flag. Then, someone in, or associated with, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY tried to rush the stage waving and American Flag with the words 'Don't fuck with Ozzy' scrawled across his bare chest. He was tackled and beaten by MAIDEN crew and promptly thrown off stage.
"As 'The Trooper' ended, frontman Bruce Dickinson, with characteristic spunk, launched into a scathing attack on the people terrorizing his band, calling them 'a sorry excuse for an Ozzy Osbourne fan,' and wondering aloud how, 'three dozen eggs could get snuck into the front row of Ozzfest by people with Ozzfest laminates?' Though he never named names, all in attendance could understand who he was referring to. Nicko McBrain ran up to the front asking Bruce to hold on while he cleaned egg off his drums. He then stated the the next song wouldn't be heard on 'Your local cocksucking corporate radio station, wouldn't be seen on MTV anymore, and sure as hell wouldn't be played on a fucking reality TV show,' met by a huge roar from the crowd.
"During the song 'Hallowed Be Thy Name', Bruce, after only the first two lines, stopped singing and ran to the front row, firing back at his terrorizers, saying 'That asswipe right there, with the curly hair, the fucking glasses, and Ozzfest laminate throw his fucking ass out of here right now. It's gonna take more than eggs to stop IRON MAIDEN, and if it wasn't for a lawsuit, I'd rip your fucking head off right now, you piece of shit!!!!' He had the various attackers ejected and continued with a blistering version of the song until right before the big sing long at the end, the PA was INTENTIONALLY cut off. When it came back, Bruce launched into another scathing attack saying that they were supposed to play a shorter set than normal today, and only play 55 minutes, but IRON MAIDEN can't drive 55, or play 55, and were going to play our whole fucking set tonight.
"The band endured six more 'PA cuts,' including having the power to their amps turned off at one point. When the PA would come back on, they would simply launch into the next IRON MAIDEN classic, never missing a beat. Frankly, with every PA cut, the band just got meaner and meaner, playing each new song with an anger and a fire that was at times, simply astonishing to watch. Bruce began the introduction to IRON MAIDEN with a speech about 'Your constitution has something about 'We The People.' Well let me tell you, the only reason we are up here tolerating this bullshit, is because of you people. You have been amazing Glen Helen, and there are A LOT of IRON MAIDEN fans here tonight,' eliciting a huge roar from the crowd. He continued, 'It's gonna take more than eggs to stop IRON MAIDEN, NOTHING is going to come between us and our fans, and it will be death before dishonor, this is 'Iron fucking Maiden',' which was greeted by a thunderous applause. During 'Iron Maiden', longtime MAIDEN mascot Eddie was purposely delayed from making his entrance, making a brief appearance at the end, and one could only wonder as to how. As the band closed there set with a furious version of 'Sanctuary', the PA was again cut only to have Big Dave repeatedly chant 'Ozzy' over the PA, while the band tried to say goodbye to their fans. The now-furious crowd angrily drowned him out with chants of 'MAIDEN, MAIDEN.'
"Then, not 10 seconds after MAIDEN left the stage, Sharon Osbourne walked on stage and predictably, tried to give MAIDEN some fake, half-hearted praise about how they'd like to 'thank IRON MAIDEN,' and what a wonderful band IRON MAIDEN are, and how their crew were 'fantastic,' then sneering, 'But Bruce Dickinson is a prick.' The entire crowd, now fed up with the entire affair, began loudly booing her, pelting her with beer cups, and yelling 'bitch.' She tried to carry on, adding that 'Bruce had disrespected Ozzfest,' only to be drowned out by an ocean of boos, and soaked with beer. She slammed the microphone down and stormed off stage. Many in the crowd, fed up with what they had just witnessed, especially considering that many had come solely for MAIDEN, and paid upwards of $150 to do so, left in droves. SABBATH played to maybe half the audience that was there prior, and seemed stagnate compared to the band preceding them. As a huge fan of SABBATH, I honestly couldn't stand to watch them.
"I've seen IRON MAIDEN probably 10 times in my life, and frankly this was the very best IRON MAIDEN show I've had the pleasure of witnessing. You DON'T want to fuck with IRON MAIDEN. The more the Osbournes tried to fuck with them, the better they got! IRON MAIDEN was on fucking overdrive! Considering the amount of terrorizing and intimidation that IRON MAIDEN had to deal with at the hands of the Osbournes and the other side stage and main stage bands participating, they were the consummate professionals. They had the crowd in the palms of their hands, and IRON MAIDEN and Bruce Dickinson proved beyond a shadow of a doubt why they are the greatest metal band on earth right now, and quite possibly, the classiest, too.
"The Osbournes are drunk with power. Shame on them, and shame on ANY of the bands that participated in the terrorizing and intimidation. It was disgusting display, that NO BAND should have had to endure, but especially a legend like IRON MAIDEN. That fact that it happened in front of 40,000+ people, at a Clear Channel-sponsored event, while Hyundai Pavilion Security turned a blind eye and let the Osbourne camp pelt one of the main headlining bands with eggs, beer, and spit, was simply inexcusable.
"I will proudly be attending next year's MAIDEN fest, and as much as I hate to say it, I can't bring myself to spend another dime on the Osbournes.
"Ozzfest, hang your head in shame." “
Like stated in the beginning, just utterly fucking stupid. The Osbourne Camp, plain idiots, them.
Sharon Osbourne’s comment afterwards "It also offended me every night how he took out the English flag in America. There are American boys going to war alongside the English boys every day. How dare he forget the American troops on their home turf?" is probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
Here are a couple of photographs of Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris and Janick Gers pelted with eggs:
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OZZFEST, Hang Your Head In Shame: The Backstage Perspective - Aug. 22, 2005
The manager of a well-known heavy metal band (*NOT* IRON MAIDEN) who attended this past weekend's Ozzfest show at the Hyundai Pavillion in Devore, California has submitted the following first-hand account of the evening that will surely go down as one of the most shameful moments in recent rock history (NOTE: at his request, the author's identity is being protected by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):
"Saturday night's Ozzfest at the Hyundai Pavillion near Los Angeles was a debacle on so many levels, I am still in shock as I write this. As a fan of many of the bands [Saturday] night, one can only hope this was an isolated incident, but sadly, it most likely wasn't. As many of you have heard already, co-headliners and metal legends IRON MAIDEN were pelted with eggs, bottle caps, beer cups, spit on, had people from the Ozzfest camp talking over the PA during their set, had 'Eddie' delayed from his onstage entrance, had members of the [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] entourage rush the stage with American flags, and had the PA intentionally turned off over six times, all by the OSBOURNE CAMP.
"While it's still unclear as to the exact reasons why the terrorizing started (rumors abounded as to why, with everything from Bruce calling out Ozzy in the U.K. rock magazine Kerrang! on the widely known fact that Ozzy uses a teleprompter, to various vague references said on stage about a 'reality show' at an Ozzfest stop in Detroit), one thing was very clear: The whole thing stunk, and left me, and nearly all of the 40,000+ heavy metal fans in attendance angered and disappointed. Not that behind the scenes bickering or magazine trash-talking is anything new to rock fans, but the shocking lack of professionalism at one of the largest stops in North America in front of 40,000+ spectators, at the hand of the Osbournes was nothing short of disgusting.
"It all began early in the afternoon, when many side stage bands were openly approached in clear view of everyone backstage by Sharon and Kelly Osbourne to 'join them in throwing eggs at IRON MAIDEN this evening.' All the bands were encouraged to rally the other side-stage bands to do so. Members and/or friends of the hardcore band BURY YOUR DEAD were seen actively trying to encourage other side-stage bands to 'join in the fun.' Thankfully, many side stage bands angrily declined.
"Later that evening, as IRON MAIDEN came on stage, their intro was interrupted by [BLACK LABEL SOCIETY] hanger-on and biker wannabe Big Dave, who was at the soundboard loudly chanting 'Ozzy, Ozzy' over the PA. MAIDEN opened their set and the entire band was pelted from the front row with eggs, beer, beer cups, spit, and various other objects by an Ozzfest-credentialed, bandana-wearing, Osbourne entourage. IRON MAIDEN, ever the professionals, continued through their set, and by the time they launched into their second song, 'The Trooper', Bruce changed into a civil war-era, red coat and began waving a Union Jack — British flag. Then, someone in, or associated with, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY tried to rush the stage waving and American Flag with the words 'Don't fuck with Ozzy' scrawled across his bare chest. He was tackled and beaten by MAIDEN crew and promptly thrown off stage.
"As 'The Trooper' ended, frontman Bruce Dickinson, with characteristic spunk, launched into a scathing attack on the people terrorizing his band, calling them 'a sorry excuse for an Ozzy Osbourne fan,' and wondering aloud how, 'three dozen eggs could get snuck into the front row of Ozzfest by people with Ozzfest laminates?' Though he never named names, all in attendance could understand who he was referring to. Nicko McBrain ran up to the front asking Bruce to hold on while he cleaned egg off his drums. He then stated the the next song wouldn't be heard on 'Your local cocksucking corporate radio station, wouldn't be seen on MTV anymore, and sure as hell wouldn't be played on a fucking reality TV show,' met by a huge roar from the crowd.
"During the song 'Hallowed Be Thy Name', Bruce, after only the first two lines, stopped singing and ran to the front row, firing back at his terrorizers, saying 'That asswipe right there, with the curly hair, the fucking glasses, and Ozzfest laminate throw his fucking ass out of here right now. It's gonna take more than eggs to stop IRON MAIDEN, and if it wasn't for a lawsuit, I'd rip your fucking head off right now, you piece of shit!!!!' He had the various attackers ejected and continued with a blistering version of the song until right before the big sing long at the end, the PA was INTENTIONALLY cut off. When it came back, Bruce launched into another scathing attack saying that they were supposed to play a shorter set than normal today, and only play 55 minutes, but IRON MAIDEN can't drive 55, or play 55, and were going to play our whole fucking set tonight.
"The band endured six more 'PA cuts,' including having the power to their amps turned off at one point. When the PA would come back on, they would simply launch into the next IRON MAIDEN classic, never missing a beat. Frankly, with every PA cut, the band just got meaner and meaner, playing each new song with an anger and a fire that was at times, simply astonishing to watch. Bruce began the introduction to IRON MAIDEN with a speech about 'Your constitution has something about 'We The People.' Well let me tell you, the only reason we are up here tolerating this bullshit, is because of you people. You have been amazing Glen Helen, and there are A LOT of IRON MAIDEN fans here tonight,' eliciting a huge roar from the crowd. He continued, 'It's gonna take more than eggs to stop IRON MAIDEN, NOTHING is going to come between us and our fans, and it will be death before dishonor, this is 'Iron fucking Maiden',' which was greeted by a thunderous applause. During 'Iron Maiden', longtime MAIDEN mascot Eddie was purposely delayed from making his entrance, making a brief appearance at the end, and one could only wonder as to how. As the band closed there set with a furious version of 'Sanctuary', the PA was again cut only to have Big Dave repeatedly chant 'Ozzy' over the PA, while the band tried to say goodbye to their fans. The now-furious crowd angrily drowned him out with chants of 'MAIDEN, MAIDEN.'
"Then, not 10 seconds after MAIDEN left the stage, Sharon Osbourne walked on stage and predictably, tried to give MAIDEN some fake, half-hearted praise about how they'd like to 'thank IRON MAIDEN,' and what a wonderful band IRON MAIDEN are, and how their crew were 'fantastic,' then sneering, 'But Bruce Dickinson is a prick.' The entire crowd, now fed up with the entire affair, began loudly booing her, pelting her with beer cups, and yelling 'bitch.' She tried to carry on, adding that 'Bruce had disrespected Ozzfest,' only to be drowned out by an ocean of boos, and soaked with beer. She slammed the microphone down and stormed off stage. Many in the crowd, fed up with what they had just witnessed, especially considering that many had come solely for MAIDEN, and paid upwards of $150 to do so, left in droves. SABBATH played to maybe half the audience that was there prior, and seemed stagnate compared to the band preceding them. As a huge fan of SABBATH, I honestly couldn't stand to watch them.
"I've seen IRON MAIDEN probably 10 times in my life, and frankly this was the very best IRON MAIDEN show I've had the pleasure of witnessing. You DON'T want to fuck with IRON MAIDEN. The more the Osbournes tried to fuck with them, the better they got! IRON MAIDEN was on fucking overdrive! Considering the amount of terrorizing and intimidation that IRON MAIDEN had to deal with at the hands of the Osbournes and the other side stage and main stage bands participating, they were the consummate professionals. They had the crowd in the palms of their hands, and IRON MAIDEN and Bruce Dickinson proved beyond a shadow of a doubt why they are the greatest metal band on earth right now, and quite possibly, the classiest, too.
"The Osbournes are drunk with power. Shame on them, and shame on ANY of the bands that participated in the terrorizing and intimidation. It was disgusting display, that NO BAND should have had to endure, but especially a legend like IRON MAIDEN. That fact that it happened in front of 40,000+ people, at a Clear Channel-sponsored event, while Hyundai Pavilion Security turned a blind eye and let the Osbourne camp pelt one of the main headlining bands with eggs, beer, and spit, was simply inexcusable.
"I will proudly be attending next year's MAIDEN fest, and as much as I hate to say it, I can't bring myself to spend another dime on the Osbournes.
"Ozzfest, hang your head in shame." “
Like stated in the beginning, just utterly fucking stupid. The Osbourne Camp, plain idiots, them.
Sharon Osbourne’s comment afterwards "It also offended me every night how he took out the English flag in America. There are American boys going to war alongside the English boys every day. How dare he forget the American troops on their home turf?" is probably the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
Here are a couple of photographs of Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris and Janick Gers pelted with eggs:
Monday, August 22, 2005
Saturday, August 20, 2005
I missed my chance to become a teen suicide
I just watched three hours of early 80s Monsters Of Rock and Sky-Trax SKY/MTV-shows (hosted by Mick Wall and Amanda Redington) and that was a complete waste of my time. I guess I kind of wanted to hark back to the Eighties with them music videos, but I probably had forgotten how utterly fucking lame bands and artists like Quiet Riot, Madame X, Legs Diamond, Keel, Gary Moore, Ratt, Gary Glitter (with and without Girlschool), Loudness and many, many others, actually were. In addition to the wishy-washy bullshit music, it was a glittery cavalcade of fluorescent wristbands, spandex outfits, hairspray and lipstick, and big bad hairdos, y’know, the puffy –types. Ghastly.
Not them all were bad though, Motörhead were rocking like motherfuckers, Iron Maiden did brilliant stuff back then. There was Venom, of course, and AC/DC with classic shit like “Let The Be Rock” and "Hell's Bells."
Yeah, the eighties were okay I guess, done with style it was, with spikes and bulletbelts. With metal.
Not them all were bad though, Motörhead were rocking like motherfuckers, Iron Maiden did brilliant stuff back then. There was Venom, of course, and AC/DC with classic shit like “Let The Be Rock” and "Hell's Bells."
Yeah, the eighties were okay I guess, done with style it was, with spikes and bulletbelts. With metal.
Edit:
I watched 5 more videocassettes (a few more to go) filled up with these Monsters Of Rock/Sky-Trax shows, some observations:
-That shit music is more entertaining to watch while leafing through a book, or doing anything else for that matter.
-That shit music is more entertaining with a beer in hand.
-Those Mega-Monster-Mix or triple Thrash videos or whatever they called are fucken amazing. And now Exodus-Slayer-Venom!
-Dio did fucking cheesy promo videos back in the day, only Judas Priest made them worse.
-I kinda re-found Rainbow.
-Hear’n Aid “Stars” was goddamn brilliant and stupid as shit at the same time. We are stars! Matt Thor, Mick Brown, Brad Gillis, Donald “Back Dharma” Roeser, and many more!
-Apparently, people actually found Krokus interesting.
-Most of the guests on the show seemed to be either drunk or high, probably both is the truth.
-“Madhouse” is still the best song Anthrax had ever written, that's for fucken sure.
-Lee Aaron - hot damn.
-Classic comment from King Diamond (when asked what he thinks about bands like Exodus and Slayer): "They are very good personal friends of mine. I don't know how much they believe in the real thing. But I know they've read the book."
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
doom over the world
Well, this book I read, Thom Hartmann’s “The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight” (picture somewhere below) was a decent one although it was, albeit point-on dead serious, somewhat, for the lack of better word, hippie w/ emphasis on ecological values and peace. All in all though, in spite of my nihilistic self, it was alright because it didn’t really rant and bellow that much, or pointed fingers for that matter, just served them “facts” (I use apostrophes for the sake or argument and lack of enough contradictive arguments) in easily acceptable/understandable manner. The main focus of attention was on oil wells running dry (they will last less than 45 years), the ocean fish stocks that have been exploited and “overfished”, new and ancient diseases that prevail (staphyloccus aureus bacteria, bird flu, H4N1 type-A strain, AIDS, hantavirus, encephalis, coronavirus and the worst of them all, tuberculosis, that old fucker TB which is now killing more people than the others combined), pesticides, immune insects, survival of the fittest, inevitable World War III, and so on.
An informative book, frightening some could say, it warns you about breathing the wrong air, of having sex, of travelling and eating. So there you go, quit doing them, you’ll be just fine. Time’s-a-wasting, die with fucking dignity, right?
Seriously, it had some good points, some really interesting stuff, which I may return to later on (or then I don’t), but for now merely a few words of the explorer Christopher Columbus of whom this book touched briefly because of the fucked-up state of Haiti today:
When Christopher Columbus first landed on Hispaniola (off Haiti) in 1492, almost the entire island was covered by lush forest. Now the island looks like somebody took a giant blowtorch and a pocketful of napalm, and burned the damn thing to the ground. I don’t go much further why the island today looks the way it does, it’s a long story (it’s thoroughly explained in The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight), it’s the same old story of mass population, erosion and creating farmland to herd cattle so McDonalds can make them inexpensive supersized burgers. I found more interesting the story of Columbus and what took place in Hispaniola, which was originally inhabited by Taino Indians. One of Columbus’s crew, Miguel Cuneo, made notes of their journeys, so it ain’t just speculation what was destined to those friendly Indians living an idyllic life in paradise. And the Indians weren’t cannibals, as generally assumed. To put it short, after Columbus’s crew had raped The Taino people (teenage girls, mostly), they enslaved a few (in Cuneo’s words: “One thousand six hundred male and female persons of those Indians”) and slaughtered the rest.
Miguel Cuneo himself took a teenage girl as his personal slave (if I recall, she was a personal gift from Columbus), but when he attempted to have sex with her, she, again in his own words, “resisted with all her strength.” So, he “thrashed her mercilessly and raped her.” Columbus himself was a major player in the sex-slave business; this is what he wrote in 1500: “A hundred castellanoes [a Spanish coin] are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those of nine to ten [years old] are now in demand.”
Sure enough, the Taino people resented their lands and children being taken, and attempted to fight back against the invaders. Columbus didn’t like that one bit, so he sought to impose discipline on them. In a twinkling of an eye, Columbus attacked them with dogs, cut off noses and ears, skewered Indians on poles from anus to mouth, and shot them. No wonder why Indians began seeing suicide as a better option. It was reported that a hundred Indians committed mass suicide. Also, they killed their children with their own hands, so as not to leave them in such oppressive slavery.
By 1555, every single one of Taino Indians was dead.
Nothing out of ordinary of course, not much different were the atrocities colonists practised against Native Americans, or doings of Ceaser, Pizarro, Hitler, Pol Pot, Tutsis and Hutus, or the modern genocides, but I wish I once saw a Christopher Columbus –movie where he isn’t portrayed as a charming little fucker.
An informative book, frightening some could say, it warns you about breathing the wrong air, of having sex, of travelling and eating. So there you go, quit doing them, you’ll be just fine. Time’s-a-wasting, die with fucking dignity, right?
Seriously, it had some good points, some really interesting stuff, which I may return to later on (or then I don’t), but for now merely a few words of the explorer Christopher Columbus of whom this book touched briefly because of the fucked-up state of Haiti today:
When Christopher Columbus first landed on Hispaniola (off Haiti) in 1492, almost the entire island was covered by lush forest. Now the island looks like somebody took a giant blowtorch and a pocketful of napalm, and burned the damn thing to the ground. I don’t go much further why the island today looks the way it does, it’s a long story (it’s thoroughly explained in The Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight), it’s the same old story of mass population, erosion and creating farmland to herd cattle so McDonalds can make them inexpensive supersized burgers. I found more interesting the story of Columbus and what took place in Hispaniola, which was originally inhabited by Taino Indians. One of Columbus’s crew, Miguel Cuneo, made notes of their journeys, so it ain’t just speculation what was destined to those friendly Indians living an idyllic life in paradise. And the Indians weren’t cannibals, as generally assumed. To put it short, after Columbus’s crew had raped The Taino people (teenage girls, mostly), they enslaved a few (in Cuneo’s words: “One thousand six hundred male and female persons of those Indians”) and slaughtered the rest.
Miguel Cuneo himself took a teenage girl as his personal slave (if I recall, she was a personal gift from Columbus), but when he attempted to have sex with her, she, again in his own words, “resisted with all her strength.” So, he “thrashed her mercilessly and raped her.” Columbus himself was a major player in the sex-slave business; this is what he wrote in 1500: “A hundred castellanoes [a Spanish coin] are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those of nine to ten [years old] are now in demand.”
Sure enough, the Taino people resented their lands and children being taken, and attempted to fight back against the invaders. Columbus didn’t like that one bit, so he sought to impose discipline on them. In a twinkling of an eye, Columbus attacked them with dogs, cut off noses and ears, skewered Indians on poles from anus to mouth, and shot them. No wonder why Indians began seeing suicide as a better option. It was reported that a hundred Indians committed mass suicide. Also, they killed their children with their own hands, so as not to leave them in such oppressive slavery.
By 1555, every single one of Taino Indians was dead.
Nothing out of ordinary of course, not much different were the atrocities colonists practised against Native Americans, or doings of Ceaser, Pizarro, Hitler, Pol Pot, Tutsis and Hutus, or the modern genocides, but I wish I once saw a Christopher Columbus –movie where he isn’t portrayed as a charming little fucker.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
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