The Digger Archives Guestbook 2002

These are the Guestbook Entries from 2002. Please visit the current Guestbook if you would like to leave your own comments. We also have a Discussion Forum where there are threaded topics.

The most recent entries are at the top of this listing.

NOTE: this file contains the entries from the first part of 2002. The regular Guestbook contains entries later in 2002.

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Date: 30 Sep 2002

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Steve, That is the word that keeps banging up against my skull.....WHEN!? Nicole, An occasional visit to the Bickerson's stimulates the reticent but etiquette and tolerance could be more evident here. I can't believe that the war junkies are using the "Jane Fonda" epithet regarding the congressman in Iraq last week.

Name: flirts with earth
E-mail Address: dances in water
Date: 30 Sep 2002

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http://www.tompaine.com/op_ads/opad.cfm/ID/6438 the ad did run in the NY Times. I just wanted it back on the page so you can see this excellent political ad. Uncle oSAMa Wants YOU!!!

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Date: 30 Sep 2002

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Ah...once again; the voice of reason...thanks Nicole. We needed that. You and your Digger Diplomacy: you could tell a man to go to hell in such a way, that he would look forward to the trip. Again, thanks.. Nik, Its just so frustrating watching it come down with our hands tied. Oh, speaking of tied, ( as in fit to be...) I heard from some Red Necked Alaskans and War Chanting Hawians. (My audience is broadening) Lets just say that They wont vote for me anytime soon, and leave it at that. No word yet from the Mexicans. (Probably woundering how much the deal would bring down.) Anyway...What I want to know is: what did US atomic intelligence, and McCarthyism, have to do with China's 1950 invasion of Tibet?...and why has the CIA hidden this chapter of American history for fifty years? Christ, Woodward and Bernstien had it knocked. Wheres a "Deep Throat" Connection when ya' need one? This site could use a decent (if one exists) Ex-CIA Atomic Spy. Hey, as far as me puttin' my tail between my legs and splittin' to the High Desert... I was wired on Caffine. (My only stimulant)..I lost my Gun Powder black Pearl Tea connection, and wont go back to the green Tea anytime soon. Anyway, Ive' outlined my game plan and this is where my heart is. Theres alot to be said for the Madding Crowd. Its sink or swim in this sea of humanity. I will forge (plod) ahead here, taking some solas (is that spelled right?).. some solas in the spirit of Britts of the Blitz, the Stalingraders, and the Belfasters as well. Our finest hours lay ahead, and who knows, Nicole and I may someday soon be reporting the real story from the front line. Speaking of reporting; I cant tell you all how rewarding it is to spill my guts (talk it out) with you all like this. Please, if I make any comments that seem contradictory, or if my terminology seems odd (oh ya)..please speek up and I will clarify any issues at hand. Hey, whens the "Muzak Industry Bad Boyz gonna flip their hats around and stop singin' about killin' cops and start slammin' the War??..in mean Feud...I mean retalitory action...I mean defensive measure...I mean vendeta...I mean chrusade...I mean justifiable responce...I mean...well; you know what I mean. WHEN???

Name: nicole
E-mail Address:
Date: 30 Sep 2002

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oh, it's actually http://cafemo.com

Name: Nicole
E-mail Address: willinics
Date: 30 Sep 2002

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Boy oh boy, I guess I missed spending the week-end with the "Bickersons" Personally I think anything anyone has to say or get out of their head or off their chest, whatever, is relevant...period...sometimes I will repeat something someone else said or that I read, just as a review to help me get a better understanding or just because I can't fucking believe it! Plus, look at it this way...that was pretty interesting dialogue betwixt and between everyone..made me chuckle, and someone elses relevance...can help me clarify my own beliefs...especially if I passionately disagree...but all that's just my two cents...by the way, for a little lightness check out www.cafemo.com and click on the abc poetry...it's a fun exercise...Nicole

Name: mugu
E-mail Address: mugu@guymen.net
Date: 30 Sep 2002

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PLEASE MAKA UNA KEEP OFF I DON BOMB HERE FINISH OH!!!!!!!!

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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PS - I have been invited to help structure a neo-western poetry reading in Havana. Anyone interested in this?

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Mark - Now there are some words worth reading - thanks for the coherent and astute reply. I was being over the edge a bit regarding "the revolution" being over - nonetheless - look who is running things - another good old boy. I make my little statements such as pouring water into the gutter for the Summit out of frustration and artististic isolation. I plant trees whenever I can and recycle everything worth recycling - the Eco-revolution has continued and bless those who are on the front line at Planet Drum and so many other venues - nonetheless - the planet continues to deteriorate faster than the ice caps can melt - the homeless population grows by the second - education is going down the drain and we are closer to 1984 than ever before - a new "illegal war" looms over our heads. I may well have left the "system" behind on a personal level - but I do join in when and where I can trying to make a difference. Taking to the streets is one thing but if 350,000 Americans were marching in London it might make quite an impression. Media or no media......Long live the dream....

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Okay, I found the old posts. IMAM, regarding your 27 Sept. post, I get your stance but to me avoidance conjures failure and a return to the static position. Stepping out of the system can be seen as an agressive tactic and I like to think that I don't want to join "them" and would be better entertained making them crazy. Television news has for a long time nothing to offer but something to fall asleep to but that could and may change given the state of things. Media can go both ways, it has an mercurial backfire component, but I agree that the news media is at it's very lowest credibility since I can remember. As far as revolution, the change as we know it began at the end WWII with Keroauc, Hells Angels, Civil Rights, etc. The revolution didn't end, fail, or disappear. It has been a process that has included times of sharp polarization, revenge and deceit, assimilation, frustration, shrill mutations, muted by depression and alienation, and relative dormant periods. But it is and has been fully incorporated into our culture like it or hate it since its begining. The Diggers were major facilitators that helped manifest and embed this stuff in our culture. That is why the old fools are still fighting to overcome it and it doesn't take much surface scratching to find the warriors of the right who still plot to take the culture back. Dormancy has been on deck for awhile but Bush and his jerks have set out to fight for it again. All we need to do is turn up the heat. Globalization and anti-war protests will attract the media, the media gives voice even when they try not to. My kids (grown) and parents (80's) are aware of the importance of this effort and we get out to these events when possible. Respectfully, they also agree that tossing three coins in the air ain't gonna get it.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Make that "RED THREAT" not red treat. OK?

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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nah-nah-na-nan-ah - von Sprog - Why don't you just answer my question and be done with it (and me). The weather has me cranky.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Sprog, you Ol' Sod. In reviewing the Curious Vs. Boyd files, it seems to me that if you crammed the Sprog-Imam feud up a knats ass; it would look like a B-B in a box car. You a both head-butting a moot point. It's so damn frustrating, we know this. Our Government has been grasping at straws ever since the "Red Treat" dissapeared. (there never was one). The "Build up was only reactionary; on their part.) It's a two way street; statistics dont often lie: but liers often use statistics. You Britts are jumping right on the band wagon in an effort to eventually declare all out war on the Irish. And will no doubt "Liberate" them from themselves. We (the common folk), inherantly view things by the decade: "fabulous fifties", "Swingin' Sixties" Etc. The Govt. (Machine) has a much broader out look. Case in point: The Japs..(oops, sorry friend) said that WWII was just a battle in a 100 year war. And if you do the arithmatic; England was THE super power as late as 1860's. 150 years later ..well, you know the rest. But, hey, Go with yer' gut feelings and dont confuse yer'self with facts. That being said, Im' promoting you to the rank of "American". Your Mum will be proud. God I miss the weird hours of the pubs. And the silver-sides and chips. Its a damn shame that public drunkeness isnt frowned upon on this side of the lake. Man, Ive' got a real bad feeling about sitting it out here on the Island...Moss and such...Ive' got to roll again. You know...take my own advice. I may pool funds and purchase a two-wheeler outright by next spring. As far as building; time is my enemy. I may head for the high desert. A man can breath in the foot hills. I miss the siesta life style. Golden Margueritas....coin silver hammered earings. follow me? Bad feeling about the boys in D.C. I always thrived near the edge..(Ocean)..but it would give me something to shoot for. Blow over to Dago periodically. Scarf an extra motor to tweek and swap to cut down time.(the old trick was to have Identical tattooed numbers on each set of cases) A builder's title was the ticket. Maybe find a full figured gal in a trailor of the beaten path. Rice & beans, corn bread and greens. Im' rambling again. Any New Yorkers out there gettin' a bad feeling? Remember... "If only" are the saddest words in existance.

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Steve - "he started it first" Adolph Hitler

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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"Time flys when you don't know what you're doing." M. Hebard "The only way to do it is to do it." Mendoza brothers, Tank 2, Santa Cruz County Jail, 1970. Hey, are we missing a page or so of posts from last week?

Name: REMOTE 4.33.82.100
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Now Boys...Boys....."Intolerance of difference goes to the heart of conflict everywhere in the world" John Hume, Nobel Laureate for Peace. / "In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess." and "Change only takes place through action." His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. / "The function of freedom is to free somebody else." Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate for Literature. / "Politics is like trying to fuck a cat in the ass." Charles Bukowski. / "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master". Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President. / "I wonder what It would be like to live the life I REALLY want?" Mr. Jones.

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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OOOH get her, Mrs touchy

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address: Whocares.com
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Sprog - do you have words of your own to post - or are you simply another Washington Post?

Having Opened the Gates of Hell -

In a time when only the homeless have a place to reside, and the leaders of today realize that they can no longer communicate - perhaps just before the world is lost to ignorance and error - it will be left to the deaf, the mute, and the blind to lead us back to our gardens of Eden.

For when wisdom's words, along with the sky, the sea, and the sands of time have been turned to toxic waste, only the deaf, the mute and the blind will have been left (relatively) uncontaminated by mankind’s disability.

Free Copy 2002 IMAM -

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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PS Sprog - you want some relevance - fine here's something to chew on from my pen to your brain.

WakeN & WarN

1.25 billion dreaming nightmares reaching for reality’s tinder box eight minutes into the aftermath

12 million fireballs suffering uninhabitable times add 7 million red-tagged bodies

The last ground zero (re) calling an endangered species running the planet on diplomatic sand

1.25 billion roused and more to waken and warn the world to act before the mourn

Unable to comprehend the horrific Black Rain skin melting now the hibakusha can never forget

(free copy - 2002 IMAM

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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Sprog - I can reprint the daily news just as easily as the next person and relevance is in the eye of the receiver. I was questioning your relevance in restating the obvious, but instead of answering my question - you attack my articulation and insinuate that I don't know the meaning of the word "patronize." When you come on like a xerox machine I find that patronizing in itself. At least I quoted my source when I reiterated that bullets were the problem - not guns - what's your source - Antiwar.com - or the NYTimes? I could go back through the guestbook and pull out the silly links that you have inserted for the benifit of no one but what's the point? Who forgets the past is doomed to reinsert it anyway. Where was I when Kennedy got shot? I was in hospital recuperating from a bar fight where my kidney was knocked away from the wall of self about and inch and half. I was sucker punched from behind by a club fist - and yes my kidney was saved. But who cares were anyone was when he got shot - what is the relevance here Sprog? Time waits for no one least of all you and your nonsense blather. If you want to say that the US is going to Iraq because of the oil fields then say so - If you are saying that the real terrorist is living in the White House fine - say it - but if all you can do is restate the obvious why bother? Go talk to a Republican.

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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IMAM—My colonial friend. I have just looked through the guest book to find a piece ,by yourself, with any relevance what so ever and guess what? Nothing. Nothing at all stood out . Still never mind. However a thought struck me. I shall keep this simple because I don’t wish to patronise you (that’s when you talk down to some one) There is a question that has entered into American culture—one that I am sure you are aware of and it is “where was you when Kennedy was shot” now that will soon be replaced by “where was you when IMAM actually said something articulate or relevant” You are a living testament to the inadequacies of state education. Go visit the local library-its free

Name: Dance More
E-mail Address: Shake that thing
Date: 29 Sep 2002

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the censored anti war ad with Uncle oSAMa did run in the NY Times on Sept. 25. Cool.

Name: Gabriel Garcia Ma'rquez
E-mail Address: snowflake@bogota.com
Date: 28 Sep 2002

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One of these days Im going to arm my boys so we can get rid of these shitty gringos.

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 28 Sep 2002

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Ok Sprog - fine - thanks - good-bye. These are all relevant items you have listed - but so what? This guestbook is a forum for discussion - insight - rememberance - hope - intuitive action - and peace - not the Pentagon, White House, UN, Congress or any other body of unilateral - bipartisan business. What possible good does it do for you or anyone here to reprint these factoids about Iraq? Do you really think we need convincing that the administration has their heads up the ass? What are you trying to say here? Put up or shut up! IMAM

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Date: 28 Sep 2002

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LIE 1: Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction"

FACTS: Even Blair is forced to admit that in fact Iraq does not have nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) has inspected Iraq. It has looked for the enriched uranium needed to produce nuclear weapons. On 28 June this year the IAEA insisted that Iraq did not have the capacity to produce enriched uranium.

Iraq does have some useless low-grade uranium. This cannot be used for nuclear weapons without specialised, expensive and very obvious industrial-scale facilities.

Britain and the US have produced no evidence that such facilities exist in Iraq. Blair claims that Iraq "could" produce or obtain this material with outside help. So could any other state in the world.

Blair says Iraq has imported steel and aluminium tubes that could be used in centrifuges to produce enriched uranium. The Washington Post noted on 10 September this year that the tubes are in fact used in making conventional artillery, which Iraq is not prohibited from doing even under the sanctions regime.

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LIE 2: Iraq has large stocks of chemical and biological weapons

FACTS: Iraq did have some such material in the 1980s-mainly the biological weapon anthrax, and the nerve agents sarin and VX, as well as mustard gas. United Nations inspectors destroyed most of these in the 1990s. Blair says some stocks were "unaccounted" for.

Most chemical and biological agents have a limited shelf life and become useless after a few years. Anthrax, for example, becomes useless even under ideal storage conditions after three years at most.

Iraq has never had the highly advanced technology needed to produce more than laboratory quantities of VX.

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LIE 3: Iraq has rebuilt facilities to produce nuclear or biological weapons

FACTS: The "evidence" for this comes mainly from Iraqi scientists who have defected to Europe or the US, and have been offered financial rewards by the US as well as guarantees of asylum. Even the US State Department has in the past warned that such sources should not be taken seriously.

Among the British and US allegations are that a site at Taji in Iraq has been rebuilt to produce chemical and biological weapons. Journalists from the respected Reuters news agency visited the site in mid-August this year. They found nothing resembling the advanced industrial and scientific facilities needed to produce weapons.

Instead they discovered only "boxes of powdered milk from Yemen, Vietnam, Tunisia and Indonesia, and sacks of sugar from Egypt and India".

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LIE 4: Iraq has missiles that could hit its neighbours and British forces

FACTS: By 1997 817 of Iraq's 819 ballistic missiles had been destroyed, according to the UN weapons inspectors. Charles Duelfer is the former US deputy assistant secretary of state and deputy head of the Unscom weapons inspectorate, and a leading advocate of war against Iraq.

Even he says Iraq could have at most 12 to 14 missiles today if it has salvaged parts to rebuild some. These have a range of a few hundred miles at most. They were ineffective in the 1991 Gulf War when Iraq had far more missiles. They can not be used for biological weapons like anthrax, which are destroyed by the missile's impact.

Blair claims that Iraqi missiles could threaten British troops in Cyprus. Britain has no business being in Cyprus. It only has bases there to help protect the multinationals' oil profits. Blair says Iraq threatens British fighter jets. But that is only because they are flying over Iraq.

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LIE 5: Iraq would use weapons of mass destruction if it had them

FACTS: Iraq did have some chemical and biological weapons at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. Even facing defeat, Saddam Hussein did not use them. The reason is simple. Iraq faces the US, Britain and Israel, which have overwhelming military power and definitely have real weapons of mass destuction.

For Iraq to even threaten to use any such weapons if it had them would bring a devastating response. George Bush's national security adviser Condoleezza Rice has admitted, "If they do acquire weapons of mass destruction, their weapons will be unusable because any attempt to use them will bring national obliteration."

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LIE 6: Iraq will use chemical weapons again because it used them before

FACTS: Iraq did use mustard gas and sarin in its war with Iran from 1981 to 1988. It did this with the compliance of the US. The US gave Saddam Hussein intelligence information and "crop spraying" helicopters which helped in such attacks.

In 1986 a United Nations Security Council statement recognised that "chemical weapons on many occasions have been used by Iraqi forces against Iranian forces". The US voted against this in the UN Security Council. This was because Iraq was a US ally at the time.

Saddam Hussein went on to use chemical weapons against Kurdish people at Halabja and other places in Iraq in 1988. The US did not condemn Iraq, and stepped up its support for Saddam Hussein's regime.

Blair also claims that "Saddam practices torture, execution and other forces of coercion against his enemies". This is equally true of a host of other regimes across the world which are US and British allies-Saudi Arabia for one.

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LIE 7: Saddam Hussein is linked to Al Qaida and the 11 September attacks

FACTS: There is not a shred of evidence for this. An earlier claim by some US papers that an Iraqi agent met with one of the 11 September attackers in Prague has been rubbished. Blair points to a group in Iraq called Ansar al Islam, which allegedly has had tenous links with Al Qaida.

He forgets to mention that this group operates in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan, which since 1991 has been controlled by the US-backed Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and not the Iraqi government.

Name: GUY MAN
E-mail Address: coolio@cutey.com
Date: 28 Sep 2002

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I DON REACH HEREOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAKE UNA MAINTAINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Afternote: - As Ken Kesey's grandchild once noted - "guns are not the problem - bullets are the problem."

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 216.99.194.71
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Ok - Hi, I was Anonymouse - and now via Steve I am IMAM, but song remains the same whatever the name. One of my mentors once advised me - "If you can't join them - avoid them" and this is what I have endeavored to do regarding politicians, governments, police, con men/women, buskers and butt-holes. I keep my social security number out of the big picture as much as possible and stopped paying the government my hard earned wages for nothing a long time ago. In the 60s we tried our best to change the "system" - but end the end most of us had to leave the system behind because it wasn't and isn't going to change. Power hungry oil barons and cheap thrill artists will run this place into the ionosphere for another eternity and there is very little anyone can do about it. "We" the people are not represented by anyone in Congress or the House unless "we" have deep $$$ pockets and relatively toxic self-industrial interests to protect. "Peace demands War" or didn't you know. I have no solutions for the future - only directions top follow from my inner soul guide and the I Ching when necessary. Turn off the television news folks - the revolution is over. What comes next is anybody's guess.

Name: Steve Oswald
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.82.100
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Open Letter to Beetle Skin Bailey; In the end, we were labled as Hippies with guns. (for good reason?). Heres two that you can stake yer' life on. Springfield (Remington) M1903A4 Cal. .30-06 Sniper Rifle with M84 Telescope and the Mosin-Nagant, Russian M91/30 Cal. 7.62X54R Sniper Rifle with PE Scope. Nuff said???

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.240.140
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Whoe!!!! Back to 4.43 ....that a relief.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.240.140
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Hey Eric...I just went from being 4.43 to 4.33. What gives? Also, If the Coding is to find out who is fuckin' with ya, by sending shit in by utilizing more than one identity, (couldnt they just send from different computer sites to get around that?) Anyway, I figure that Juice, Lemon and maybe Sara Jane were all one in the same. I personally know of one "Duel Personality", but Im' sworn to secrecy. (I dig the Ol' Alter-Ego thing myself, as long as it doesnt harm the player, or players. It can me a Demi-Urge outlet of sorts. The Doctor Jeckle in question hasnt E-Mailed me lately and I miss his dry wit. Wink, nudge...But seriously, a user ID may be your man hear. Even a "Annonamous" code would be cool for those who for one reason or another want to stay low profile. I personaly met more than a few writers in my Hollywood daze, who lived through the dark days of the Black List era. Vile shit man, vile shit. I have a dear freind who is an old Heavy Out Cat Jazz Aligator. He holds "Socialist Humanists" meetings out of his apartment. Hey, to each his own. I remember the old Flint boys telling about the days when you could not even talk to the man next to you in the factory. I say UNITE. (But, then again, what do I know?). Later, Steve.

Name: Steve Meryweather Lewis
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.80.48
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Heres the skinny: The machine is geared to keep yer' asses so far in hock that ya' cant see daylight. Its geared to pushin' ya' into the bathroom with the towel jammed under the door indulging in the latest designer drug, just to grab a few minutes of false freedom. I cant really blame anyone for not revieling their name to a world of faceless shadows. Being a wage slave is no sin either. (It feeds yer' people). I was balls deep in the gut-wringer and was fighting office weasles who were burying me alive in an effort to starve me and mine. Its that basic, ...that sick...that twisted. The most inhuman environment is the factory. Its a micro-cosm of our society. "Stay on top by standing on some poor bastard's head. "trade in your hours for a hand full of dimes" J.D.M. What's the answer? It's personal. Show me a million people, and I will show you a million answers. But what is the question? I say ONE STATE. Fuck the borders. If the U.S.A. was truly UNITED, it would be one state wouldnt it? Think about it. GET BACK TO A POPULAR VOTE. ONE STATE, ONE HEART, ONE MIND. While im' on a roll; what the fuck is up with Alaska? I say either cut a swath; oh say 50 miles wide straight up the north west sea board that would connect it to "The Mainland; or sell it to the Canooks. Fuck, trade Hawaii for a corridor to Alaska. Cutting thru another country to get to a "State" really smells. Lets offer Mexico State Hood. (Those fuckers would sell out in a minute). As far a President...go with the Scottish Clan system. Vote in the Wisest. That is the one who wont get our asses killed. Whether it be an aged negro or a nineteen year old Woman. The "Wisest" dig? Make it work here. Foriegn polocy? Sounds greek to me. Myself, Im' not beyond tellin' young folks to join up and come out of it with the GI Bill and a chunk o' change. Hey, there must be an out let for our young Warrior Sub-Culture. As is they seem to be cutting each other to peices in the alley. (What a waste). In case you havent noticed, the "Americans" comprise the most well fed Hybrid specimens on the globe, and as such should be feared as a potential fighting fource. (Not because they are inherantly "Braver", but more lustfull, sportive, and bobust. I felt the vibe (long before the Euro-Dollar) while traveling thru the various Countries over seas. I thought, why dont these fuckers unite? Well, thats how I see America. We are not United. Its all hype. You folks who live on the state lines can hear me cant ya? Think about it.

Name:
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 195.93.32.11
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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'Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world. The US wants to restore this enormous prize to its control'

[... Note: this long article has been moved to the Free City News section, a more appropriate location in the opinion of the editor than this page.]

This is an edited version of an interview with the anti-capitalist magazine Zmag. The full interview will appear in the near future on www.zmag.org

Name: Beetle Bailey
E-mail Address: US of A
Remote Name: 12.255.30.232
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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Mark , what is the left, which is the right. Can you spell agent provocateur. Just what the fuck is the Digger Movement. If you wish to meet with a representative of the Committee for Lone Justice, look deeply into the mirror. If the young men and women of this country, bereft of any serious political analysis, seek to join the military in order to become instruments of national policy (even a policy that defies anyone's understanding) then advise them and organize more militant forms of dissent/rebellion. Teach while you fight. If you are a family man, organize by opening a dialog with your sons and daughters. It will be good practice upon which to base your outreach efforts to the sons and daughters of other families. Get set for a long haul. Use some discretion and some caution. You don't seem to recognize that you are already operating in enemy territory. If that does not change, I certainly wouldn't be willing to go on patrol with you--would you, in those circumstances, go on patrol with you?

Name: mother nature
E-mail Address: ocean delights
Remote Name: 65.162.32.87
Date: 27 Sep 2002

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anti-war advertisement that the New York Times refused http://www.tompaine.com/op_ads/opad.cfm/ID/6438/view/print

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Remote Name: 198.81.16.162
Date: 26 Sep 2002

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Sprog, The media pukes out the government line that the majority of the American people support the violence. In the Bay Area that isn't true but in large parts of the country it is and as always "our" spineless "politicians" suck the leaders ass. The point is what the fuck are we doing about it. The left has been working to change the culture in order to change the politics and I agree with the method for the long run but now, and I mean right now, we are being discarded. We have no say, our demonstrations are orderly and without any credible high-profile citizens raising the alarm, the media does not cover them. There are no enraged politicians, no hot shit musicians to bring people out, no guerilla theater, no icons to wave their arms. We have been written off as old and foolish burn outs from the 60's by the media and therefore by the majority. Here on this list many people won't use their real names. Why? Is this indicative of our paranoia or do we have too much to lose? How far does the does this have to go before some of us raise some hell? I love coming here to remember and discover the history of the Digger movement and the seeds that were sown but it isn't the past anymore. We are right back where we fucking started and it is getting ugly. I can't believe the lack of fire in the gut of the left. To all that lurk here, come out into the light and fight this. Where is the art of the Digger? Check the hit counter on this website, there is an audience. Silent Steve sure as hell isn't holding back, is he the only one with an unbridled voice?

Name: Silent Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.255.243
Date: 26 Sep 2002

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Open Letter to Homeless Hank: Heres my "NYC Street Sheet" on where to find shelter, food and clothing without any horse shit hassles. Im' not including churches. They offer all kinds of good stuff. (nice folks too) One Star* =food, Two Stars** =clothing, Three Stars*** =food and clothing. /***NYC Rescue Mission, 90 Lafayette St./ *** Bowery Mission, 227 Bowery, Mon. thru Sun. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Clothes on Wed./ *** American Indian Community House, 404 Lafayette, 8th fl. M-F 10-4pm American Indians only...ah, fuck em', just threaten to scalp their asses.(I did))./ ** Joseph House, 36 E.1st St. M-F, 2-4pm/ Hare Kreshna Food Relief, 48 Ave. B, 12-6pm/ ** Hudson Guild Project Connect, 441 W. 26th St. Mon. 1-3pm, Thur. 11am-2pm / ***Grand Central Neighborhood, 146 E. 43rd St. Breakfast, Lunch & Supper, 7 Days, (housing, employment placement & counciling)/ * Yorkville Soup Kitchen, 91st. & 1st Ave. in PS 151, supper M, W & F 4:30-5:30 pm/ * Yorkville Common Pantry, 8 E. 109th St. breakfast, Mon.-Fri. 8:15-9:30am, 120 tickets are given out. /* Community Kitchen of West Harlem, 222 W. 116th St. Supper Mon. thru Fri. 4-6pm, tickets at 2:30pm /*** Emmaus House, 124th St. & Lex. Ave. Mon-Fri, 12-2pm. Housing & Problems, 9am-3pm./ *** Billy Roberts House of Hope, 302 W. 124th St. Lunch 11am M,T, Thur. & Fri., doors close at 12:30pm Clothes given out when avail./ ***Harlem Welcome Table, 45E 126th St. Noon-2pm, tickets at 11am, Clothes when avail. Reserection Family Services, 65E 129th St., Lunch Tue. & Fri. at 12:30 M,W, & Thur. Food: 12:30, 110 tickets given out at 9:30am/ * Coalition for the Homeless, 137th St. & Lex. Ave. (outside Hosp.) Van gives out food every night at 9:30pm/ Good Luck Hank; Happy Hunting. Steve

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 195.93.48.11
Date: 26 Sep 2002

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A "rogue state" is threatening the world. It possesses weapons of mass destruction, and has used them. It has attacked, bombed and invaded more countries than any other state.

The regime is run by a gang of ruthless killers. They are bent on world domination, and prepared to commit mass murder to achieve it. The state is the US. Its leader is George W Bush.

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 195.93.48.11
Date: 26 Sep 2002

Comments

THE US is the world's biggest haven for war criminals, and harbours terrorists. They include:

HECTOR GRAMAJO MORALES, a former defence minister in Guatemala, was allowed to live for years in the US in the 1990s. He got a study scholarship from the US government. A US court had ruled, "The evidence suggests that Gramajo devised and directed the implementation of an indiscriminate campaign of terror against civilians."

JOSE GUILLERMO GARCIA has lived in Florida since the early 1990s. He headed El Salvador's military when its death squads killed thousands of civilians 20 years ago.

EMMANUEL CONSTANT was head of the infamous FRAPH death squads, which launched a wave of terror in Haiti in the early 1990s. He was on the CIA payroll.

SINTANG PANJAITAN was an Indonesian general who was responsible for a massacre at Santa Cruz in Indonesian-occupied East Timor which killed hundreds of people.

Name: Sprog
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 195.93.48.11
Date: 26 Sep 2002

Comments

THE US is a proven threat to its neighbours and beyond.

PHILIPPINES, 1898-1910: seizes from Spain, 600,000 Filipinos killed.

PUERTO RICO, 1898: seizes from Spain. PANAMA, 1901-14: separates country from Colombia and annexes canal zone.

HONDURAS, 1903: US marines intervene against revolution.

NICARAGUA, 1912-33: 20-year occupation and war against guerrillas.

HAITI, 1914-34: occupation.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1916-24: occupation.

CUBA, 1917-33: military occupation, made into economic protectorate.

RUSSIA, 1917-22: five landings of troops to try to overthrow revolution.

YUGOSLAVIA, 1919: marines intervene against Serbs.

PANAMA, 1925: marines suppress general strike.

CHINA, 1927-34: marines stationed throughout the country.

EL SALVADOR, 1932: warships sent during revolt.

JAPAN, 1945: firebombs Tokyo and other cities, drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

PUERTO RICO, 1950: independence rebellion crushed.

KOREA, 1950-3: US and South Korea fight China and North Korea to stalemate. US threatens to use nuclear bombs. At least two million Korean civilians killed or wounded. IRAN, 1953: CIA overthrows democracy.

GUATEMALA, 1954: CIA directs invasion after government nationalises land belonging to US United Fruit company.

LEBANON, 1956: US troops land.

VIETNAM, 1960-75: Two million Vietnamese killed in longest US war.

INDONESIA, 1965: One million killed in CIA-assisted coup.

CAMBODIA, 1969-75: US carpet bombs. Two million killed by years of bombing and starvation.

CHILE, 1973: CIA-backed coup overthrows democratically elected government.

ANGOLA, 1976-92: CIA assists South African backed rebels.

LIBYA, 1981: two Libyan jets shot down.

EL SALVADOR, 1981-92: troops and air power assist death squads, 75,000 people killed.

NICARAGUA, 1981-90: CIA directs Contra invasions.

LEBANON, 1982-4: US forces intervene, navy shells Beirut.

HONDURAS, 1983-9: US troops build bases for death squads.

GRENADA, 1983: US invasion.

LIBYA, 1986: capital Tripoli bombed in effort to kill President Gadaffi.

IRAN, 1987: Iranian passenger jet shot down over Persian Gulf.

PANAMA, 1989-90: invasion, thousands of civilians killed.

GULF WAR, 1990-1: US-led coalition kills 100,000 Iraqis. SOMALIA, 1992-4: US-led United Nations occupation.

EX-YUGOSLAVIA, 1995: bombs Serbs and assists ethnic cleansing.

SUDAN, 1998: bombs pharmaceutical factory.

IRAQ, 1998: four days of air strikes, raids continue until present day.

SERBIA, 1989: 78 days of NATO air strikes.

AFGHANISTAN, 2001: US-led war kills thousands.

IRAQ, 2002...

Name: agboga
E-mail Address: agboga@hotmail.com
Remote Name: 192.118.53.27
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

nice stie keep tit up

Name: Steve Boyd
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.243.120
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

OPPS!...I mean Hank..not Frank. Hey man; If you had the "Homeskin" concept down, You would never again refer to yourself as "Homeless". Hey Hank, you may want to attend "Picture The Homeless" ("Homeless People are Organizing for Respect and Justice") If yal' would just hook up and form a wedge (By Voting) you may get a chance to pick who fucks ya' over. (We all like options, right?) Im' tellin' ya, that Boo-Coo Quid is being dumped into NYC to "help" people who are "homeless" and to develop poor neighborhoods. Hank, where's the Fuckin' Money goin'??? Anyway, Meetings are held at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South: (enter at the corner of W.S. South and Thompson St.) Refreshments are served and tokens are available. (212) 982-5947 Check it out.

Name: Steve Boyd
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.80.195
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

Residence Challenged Franklin; drag yer' dead-beat ass down to the Peace Church this Sunday by high noon. No captive audiences here; You dont have to listen to the fire and brimstone prior to chowing down. Skip it and just fall in line. No hard sell. Just comfort food, and plenty of it: Straight goods on the barrel top. Nothin' behind the door. Hey Frank, Weve' been signing up stray cats to register to vote where by they can use our address. It seems that the Polititians prefer to ignore the very existance of thousands of citizens who have been living on the streets of this city for decades yet are denied the vote: as they have no "Perminent Addresses" and as such "Arent Residents???" Go figure. WELCOME. P.S. BREAK THE LAWS!!! VOTE!!!

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 216.99.201.41
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

Rebirthing is over rated.

Name: HomelessHank
E-mail Address: homelesshank@nycpublibrary.org
Remote Name: 65.100.16.49
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

hi folks! I haven't posted since August 27 2001 when I was in the maui airport en route to NYC after an unfortunate experience on the island. As you know, some bizarre stuff went down in NYC about 2 weeks later. I was arrested and detained for telling a newsperson that I saw a guy who looked like Lee Harvey Oswald run from the building right before the first plane hit (I DID,I DID!). Just was released from custody after photos from a recently recovered camera in a nearby ATM corroborated my story. Yow, am I famous yet? Homeless hank

Name:                  ~*
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 216.119.5.222
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

Increase the Peace ~ Begin Within ~*

Name: 3d Ralph
E-mail Address: submit@rebusmedia.de
Remote Name: 80.141.149.58
Date: 25 Sep 2002

Comments

Very nice Site...WOW!!! I really enjoyed it.

c ya 3d Ralph

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Name: Becky
E-mail Address: purplgreen5225@aol.com
Remote Name: 205.188.208.167
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

We can still feel the digger influence of the 60's. Thank God! I would love to see a rebirth of the movement.

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 216.99.197.93
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

Indeed - Freedom can be disorienting - for a split second - then it just like riding a bike.

Name: SueTurner
E-mail Address: suzinka2000@yahoo.com
Remote Name: 207.62.186.254
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

It's good to see the Diggers. I remember how totally disorient- ing it was to be in the Free Store. All the stuff was mine t hang. rearrange, show to somebody else, but nowhere was there a human being that tells you what to do...nobody gets to think the concept of "steal" in that stre. Pretty neat for this old beat.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.241.240
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

Nicole; Im' proud to know ya'....Mighty Damn Proud! P.S. The West Free Street Budget went wild...your home computer is still on the list though. Patients please. Should you choose to accept the offer, there is only one "string"...and that is to delete "Obligation" from your vocabulary. (free stuff scares the hell out of most folks) Dont question a gift. Your time has come. You are so deserving. Endure...and Enjoy. P.S. Nichole, fifty years from now it wont matter what clothes you wore or what you rode around on, (or what you indulged in)..but what will matter is that you were so important to so many. I really mean that. Bless you. Steve

Name: Hammond
E-mail Address: writenow@spiritone.com
Remote Name: 216.99.219.2
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

Nicole - Great anecdote! and, I would love to hear those tribute tapes. Stew and I get together as often was we can for coffee and clatch about things then and now - indeed a great way to spend an afternoon. Stew as you know was real close to Phil - and in The 3rd Page you can read Stew's poem "Next To Nothing" http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/almostfornothing.html - I think Phil was along on this same trip to South America. Good news that you have reconnected with S & J - they are such good folks. Hammond

Name: Nicole
E-mail Address: willinics@yahoo
Remote Name: 66.234.226.138
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

Hammond...such a small world...after you posted the article yesterday by Stew Albert I went to his site to see if it was the same one I knew from forever ago and sure enough he e-mailed me this morning. Thank you for reconnecting me to both he and Judy...I met them through one of my dearest friends who had grown up with Abbey Hoffman in Wooster, Mass. When Phil Ochs died Abbey wanted to attend the Madison Square Garden memorial but of course under the Rockefeller laws he daren't come into the country straight out, so we devised a way to get there...he and I disquised ourselves as radio personell from somewhere complete with press credentials and ID enableing us to gain total access...earlier in the week Eric Anderson, Ed Sanders, Abbey and myself(and another woman who's name I can't recall) recorded a couple of Abbey's songs that were played to Phil over the sound system..."light up an angel" about cuban cigars and one called "Brother Phil" a tribute ...I have a tape somewhere...and he had also written a synopsis of the whole couple of weeks, then poked his finger and signed it with his thumbprint in blood so that if I wanted to sell a story to playboy or whatever, I could corraborate it...of course I never did being from the digger end of things...it's still tucked away with the tapes in some box somewhere...probably the most interesting thing I have from that particular adventure is a couple of hours of taped conversations he and I had while in the hotel and in the cab on the way to the memorial, most of it was discussing the differences between diggers and yippies...and his personal feeling about Peter and Emmet, some rare stuff there...maybe I could give it to his children...anyway Hammond if I get out to Portland I'll see you there...until then of course I'll see you right here...thanks again, Nicole

Name: Hammond
E-mail Address: writenow@spiritone.com
Remote Name: 216.99.198.212
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

Indeed, the galant and artistic precedents are many - the abstract expressionist Group Cobra in Holland comes to mind. The challenge of the day is clear - but the audience is difficult to define. In the main I fear that currently we "artists" are only speaking to our 'selves' and kindred souls. One problem here is that the set changes before the paint is dry. I am presently consulting the medium of Preemptive Art and will get back to you once the oracle has spoken. In the mean time, all one can do is "Keep on Brush'in"

AsEver - Hammond

Name: williams
E-mail Address: williams_tony@excite.com
Remote Name: 216.139.168.248
Date: 24 Sep 2002

Comments

This is a great sit keep it up and God bless you. make una note say I done reach here ooo

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.255.236
Date: 23 Sep 2002

Comments

Mark; shades of Pollock!!! Man, he was involved!!! He packed alot in, in 44 years. (he was formaly trained..so why not me?). Its not about control or power, its about gravity, nature, and compulsion; (spell that "Free-form Freedom"). Hammond; My favorite artists fought back by painting through the Great...(Great?) Wars of the past 200 years. Are we up to the fight partner? There are two fronts, (physical and mental)..so break out the Chocolate and nylons, ah,..the smell of romance in the morning..smells like Victory! Oh, our Nicole...Autumnal Equinox, 1970 (Year One). Wearin' my hero's hat, Mellow Yellow melting dawn, campfire smoke, leaves,, black and blue w/ knots on my head just landing from my first solo flight...I cut a hole in a Mexican Tourist blanket; (A real Poncho...not a Sears Poncho!). Winter socks?... One pair (Stars and bars)... 32 years later; one pair of Zen socks...Aint' it the way? Heat cranked up..I hear ya!. Try McCanes Irish steel cut Oat meal (with buttermilk over it). Soup? Im' slowin' down these days...ANTI-micro-wave. Only gas flame on the ol' Vulcan for this boy. Apples? The ferminting rotted ones on the ground, fresh sliced by the mower blade. (If they could bottle that fragrance... call it Saytre??? Take it from Nicole folks...Dont fiddle around... Keep stashing those acorns....winters commin' on. Life is Good.(but you knew that) Steve

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Remote Name: 198.81.16.169
Date: 23 Sep 2002

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Steve, I like to lay out the canvas already stretched on bars, BIG is better, on the floor with a cat walk out of 2x6's to walk and stalk the canvas. Pour, tilt and flood, let the color bleed and mingle, settle and change. Let the color and the gesture come on its own. What do I like to do on a good day? Watch the paint dry on a sunny afternoon. Mark

Name: Hammond
E-mail Address: writenow@spiritone.com
Remote Name: 216.99.198.56
Date: 23 Sep 2002

Comments

Hello All - Here is a piece I received today from Stew Albert (Yippie!) and thought you might agree with the wording - H.

Bush to rule world? by Stew Albert

When George Bush was running for President he promised the American people a more "humble" foreign policy if he won the election. Now as maximum leader Bush has declared "today Lubbock, tomorrow the world." I suppose because Bush didn't really win the election he feels under no obligation to keep his promises.

The scope of Bush's ambition makes Augustus Caesar look modest. The Roman Legion's just wanted to rule the known world. These days a lot more world is known. Our president is casting his greedy eyes even on China.

The current target for destruction and domination is Iraq. At first the Bushies tried to play the game with a nod to international law and traditional doctrines of "just war." They sought to tie Saddam Hussein to September 11 and the Al Queda. But extensive investigation proved just the opposite. The secularist Iraqi government and the religious fascists of Islamic fundamentalism actually hate each other. And the universal finding on Iraq was "not guilty" of the Twin Towers massacre.

So the Bush gang came up with a rather novel concept. Since Iraq might someday do something bad to the United States, the US has the right to militarily assault that nation and change its government. It resembles Hitler's excuse for attacking Russia at a time when his country had signed a nonaggression pact promising never to do that terrible thing. Hitler claimed that since the Russians were Communists they would probably attack Germany someday soon. After the war was over, an international tribunal did not buy this excuse for aggression. In fact the court was so miffed that it sent quite a few Nazi leaders to the gallows and the Russian invasion was one of the reasons.

Perhaps it is to avoid these very same gallows that the Bush Doctrine arrogantly declares that no American will ever be tried in an international court. After all, Americans are the good guys.

For a while it looked like Congress might put up some road blocks on Bush's superhighway to war. Some peace minded and libertarian Republicans criticized Bushist militarism. But the Democrats, chickenhearted after all these years, collapsed, figuring, I guess that if they let Bush steal the election they might as well give him the whole Constitution. Congress has become such a sham, we can expect a new Caligula to nominate his horse for the Senate.

The Bush doctine of anticipating bad behavior and punishing it before it occurs has invaded the legal system. Recently in Oregon a judge disappointed the prosecutor, the Portland Police Chief and the anti-terrorist commission because she refused to tack on lots of years to an Arab's prison sentence just because the guy was sympathetic to a Palestinian Islamic group. The Police Chief stated that the fellow might become a terrorist someday.

And the FBI and its allies are starting to talk of banning protest demonstrations, even peaceful ones because "they might be a diversion for terrorist acts." It's getting like the sci-fi film "Minority Report," where consumerist America has become a nation that arrests and punishes individual for crimes they have not yet committed.

Will Junior Bush actually get to rule the world? I was raised to believe that anyone who tried that move was a dangerous psycho who would fall flat on their hubris. (My people call it chutzpah.) And economists point out that the US is becoming such a deep-in-the-hole debtor nation to foreigners, that ultimately it will be them and not the American president who dictates policy. And then again there are the terrible terrorists (remember them) who have no nation to destroy and who can turn commercial airplanes into weapons of mass destruction. It would seem that the Bush Doctrine will only create a million more of these suicidal killers.

Even if Bush does get to rule the world, he wont have much fun doing it.

And visit Stew's Yippie Reading Room! http://members.aol.com/stewa/stew.html

Name: Nicole
E-mail Address: willinics@yahoo
Remote Name: 66.234.226.138
Date: 23 Sep 2002

Comments

today is the autumn eqinox. Happy Birthday Sam Eileen David Jane and all of you 23rd ers...I couldn't help but think about Turkey Ridge this morning as I walked to the train on my way to the office...finishing up the hay season and gleaning the corn fields for ears the machinery forgot...and end of summer smells are hanging in the air even here in NYC...I'm sure it's memorex and not actual...I feel like a squirel storing up nuts for the winter...living in all this concrete it's good to have an acorn of memory to crack open every now and again...soon enough it'll be dark at 5:30 with steamed up windows and a rich soup on the stove, leaves falling passed the windows and the smell of apples on the ground and upcoming sales on winter socks...harvests and firewood...of course here in the city it's such that you practically have to keep your windows open throughout fall and winter because the supers crank the heat so high you can barely breathe...still the sky will begin to look like opals...and the mornings crisp and the hearts warm...anybody want a bowl of oatmeal? Warm regards to all, Nicole

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.242.162
Date: 23 Sep 2002

Comments

Ya, that full moon is/was somthin'. Oh, the Kinks...counter-parts of the Beach Boys on this side of the pond. Original w/ a capital "O". Hey, I just got inspired last night, and plan to approach the 2003 series of paintings in a different manner: First; I will not "Borrow" anything from anyone. (let them borrow from me), I forgot..."Im' Steve Boyd"..remember!. Secondly; I will paint on rolls of canvas layed out on floor of the balcony. (two levels approx. 10'-0" deep) Real nice space. This will enable me to really fuck with the sailcloth as opposed to just tickling it upon it's trampoline type frame work, dig?. It will also alow me to the freedom of plotting the composition and cut, stretch and mount to varying size, as the forms dictate, etc. I may only get a 25% of usable surface; who knows? I also plan to go from dark to light, using three sizes of brush (one set of three for each color; going from thick to thin.) I will start out w/a black underlayer, as oppossed to white gesso.) Creators add light; destroyers diminish it.(you can quote me.) I will use an alternate canvas as a paint pallet, because experience has taught me that the pallet often turns out more intruiging that the painting. Dig? I will only stock three primary colors, red, blue, and yellow; and mix everything in between; plus black and white of course. I may take Wayne's original advise, and say fuck school. (what Im' seeking, they cant teach.) I truly feel that Ive' finaly emerged as the man I was always meant to be. Im' not scared any more. Screw the LP records, Im' going to off the hand full that I have left. From here on out, I will subject myself to nothing short of the "Real" thing; an' Im' not talkin' bout' Coka-Cola, baby. Fuck the speakers and the screens. Live music, live theatre, live plants, live cats, (Ive' narrowed it down to an Egyptian Mau and an Abyssinian),and live people. As far as Low creative marks...hell, low marks beat no marks. (take it from Stevie) Hey, Im' beguinning to see the light....Scary aint it. Hey number twelve...uh..I mean Curious, I refered half of the people to the other half of the people, and in cutting the correspondance in half, it was managable. Id'e say 80% thought that I was a "Project", and not an actual person. While the remaining 20%,...I thought were projects. I noticed alot of locals poking around, but keeping their distance. Man, it feels so good to walk around unarmed. (I was a blade freak from the get go) I had a Rob Roy attitude about being defensively prepared. I only got to this stage once before. It was at Black Bear Ranch, when I was down to just a loin cloth. I had a Black Handled Italian Stilleto that I used to stick in the wall at night while crashing at Olema Ranch; right above my head while I slept. (I alone, knew where it was in the dark). Anyway, at B.B.R. I smashed it up with a rock and layed the pieces out in a shallow part of the stream. Funny how the little rituals seem to flow unabated at certain points in a man-childs life. Carrying a blade (or two in my case) had a responsibility with it. That was the weight of knowing that even a minor dispute could lead to lethal force. (A heavy weight to bear). I was always the type who carried no keys, no I.D., and no money. But always a "Tooth" as the Boy from Jungle Book would say. Well, its my day off. Like the Buddists say: When there is nothing to do; Do nothing. (I hear that). Later T.,... Thanks fer' droppin' by. your Campus cut-up. S.

Name: curious is as curious does
E-mail Address: la luna spectacular
Remote Name: 12.255.30.232
Date: 23 Sep 2002

Comments

Steve: I won't get high creative marks for this, and I also know that you really are not just screwing around with your other duties in life, but; when you dig yourself out of your correspondence, and quit lazing on this sunny afternoon, come back. You do useful work here as well. And if the current N.Y. anarchists can't dig it--fuck-em....see ya 'round campus....T.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.248.204
Date: 22 Sep 2002

Comments

Eric; heres the scoop. Just got word that the "Pot" was an offering of sorts, and not a set up. Im' directing anyone who will listen to stop contacting me and touch base with your web site instead; as I have lovingly donated mine to a worthy Homeless outfit who are in an uphill battle for Housing/Jobs-Not-WEP/ anti-Police harassement/ Etc. Im' getting buried in correspondance, and cant dig myself out. Im' consentrating my energies on the Tibetan Issue, upcomming NYU painting classes. (no art theory etc. Just basic fundamental ground work.), the Planet Drum projects, Peace Bell Gardens Etc. It seems I was a bit to heavy for the NY Anarchists. (they talk the talk, but....) As far as getting my tales of drunkeness and cruelty in print: I will leave the writting to Erma Brombeck's ghost. My folks will arrive at the end of this month, so the D.C. Trip is out; (just as well; as NYC is enough to tackle). I cut a deal yesterday to paint scenery for a production group.(The money aint so great, but the experience may prove to be priceless; as it could lead to abstract set design). After I dump a wad on the folks..(who I have forgiven for the their many injustices..(both real and percieved) I plan on completing my Isabey Brush collection, as well as a full line of Sennelier pastels; (for preliminary color layouts of my upcomming 2003 oil paintings.) Im' a man of substance; but "Color" was never my Long, or strong suit. (thats why I was a Chiariscuru Cat who favored Ink, as well as conte' crayon) I love sepia tone as well. Anyway; The style will be pure "Boydism", but I plan on "Borrowing" the color combinations of the likes of Tan'g Yin, P.Uccello, K.Hokusai, G.Caillebotte, A.P.Ryder, G.Seurat, T.Eakins, W.Homer, M.Hartley, W.Kandinsky, M.Weber, J.Pollock(of course), P.Guston, F.Lobdell, R.Motherwell, F.Kline, J.Miro', A.Gottlieb, H.Hofmann, and H.Frankenthaler. By 2004, I should be off and running, and have no reservations what-so-ever as to the "Color Thing"..Dig? The church balcony area is shaping up nicely as a Bohemian loft space. Its so trippy. Im' trying hard not to be extreme and as such I held back a hand full of Record albums from WFMU. Will close for now, Hey man, I appologise for refering to this site as a painted ship on a painted sea. I was feeling like a forgotten son. I found it, and others will follow. You are so lucky to have an Historian Like Nicole in your Corner. (She's the the one who should write a Book.) She blows my mind. Hey, Clay Freeman; being "Unremembered" is a real bitch, aint it? Hope you ring a bell. Speaking of remembering: I remember meeting an earthling at Olema who wheeled a Cherry 36 or 39 Black Chevy sedan. He had scored it from the father of a kid who never made it back from Vietnam. The old man was under the impression that the block was cracked. But, no dice. You still around? Hey, I MAD IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!! (Thanks to all of you who pulled me kicking and screaming into it.) I was misguided into thinking that leaping across the earth in lucky boots was what it took to fulfil my every wish. Ther is no magic self-serving table cloth folks. Looking back on my entries since June, I cant help but conger up the image of a weary old Lost Generation / New Beat; who; back in 1970 was pissing, Moaning, and groaning about what-the-fuck happened back in 1940. Kinda sad aint it? Hey, like Ginsburg told me: Man, thats all over..it's gone. (but did I Listen?) In closing; let your heart never cool, your dream never fade away. Let your whole life be an endless road to the unknown. Then you will understand that true happiness can be found only on the road. Open your eyes and LOOK!. Happy voyage to you all! Focus on Peace. Thanks again yall' Steve. P.S. I will leave the light on for ya'.

Name: Clay Freeman
E-mail Address: clayfreeman.rcfreeman@verizon.net
Remote Name: 67.192.163.207
Date: 20 Sep 2002

Comments

Hi. This is "Zachariah". You may have known me from the Oak Street House of the Good Earth commune, Hole-in-the-Wall Garage on Haight Street, Morning Star Ranch, or Wheeler's Ranch.

If you remember me and wanna get in touch, drop me a "cybernote"

Ahimsa,

Zachariah

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.241.156
Date: 19 Sep 2002

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Ah...Shuuucks..Hey, after readin' the feed-back, I was prompted to climb to the top of the arch in Washington Square Park and proclaim it the Independant Republic of Greenwich Village...(But Marcel Duchamp and his drunken friends beat me to it by 86 years)..Aint it the way? Well, I caught up on some much needed sleep; but am seriously considering the advice that I recieved from the Mighty Bald Ones; It seems that I have abused sleep my entire life. It was my mini vacation. Sure, my un-schooled spiritual inclings told me that I die nightly and am reborn every dawn,..thats cool, but the rest..you know, the gravy was real overkill. I justified it as re-charging and delighted in the fact that im the type of dreamer that can remember the dreams for a short while before the memory fades, (as it is abstract thought, Etc.) Ive' had dreams inwhich, I awoke from dreams. These Munch and Miro escapades, although entertaining somewhat distract me from the work at hand, and as such, I plan on re-juicing in a more Quality Vs. Quantity vein. Oh-Oh..there O go, acting 50 again. Scary, aint it? Will close for now. Thanks so much Nik. Im' smilin' (a real loud smile!) Heres' two slogans to ponder. (Paris Street Posters, May, 1968) "I Participate, You Participate...They Profit". "We Are All Undesirables". P.S. Dont look now folks, but our not-so Secret Agent Man is goin' for the ol' Double Zero designation; (spell that: "License to Kill"). The name is Bush,..George Bush.

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Remote Name: 198.81.16.59
Date: 19 Sep 2002

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Steve, You're freakin' roller coaster keyboard Tsunami. You don't have any Cassady in you, do you? You built a fire here that will spin the website hit counter for some time. I still can't answer your question about what music to take to that desert island. I don't know, John Coltrane, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Exile on Main Street, Etta James, Cecil Taylor, Brother Ray, the Wolf, Emmy Lou Harris, McCoy Tyner, Monk, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61, John Wesley Harding, Mongo Santamaria, Boz Skaggs, John Lee Hooker/Bonnie Raitt "I'm in the Mood", Frank Zappa "Freak Out", Get Your Ya Ya's Out, Dr. John the Night Tripper "Walk on Golden Splinters", Richie Haven's "Run Shaker Life",.......Help me, I can't stop! Maybe nothing, listening to the music in the moment inside and out. How about a sensory deprivation tank so when you come out after a day and can suddenly hear all that quiet coming roaring at you. Okay, this has to stop. Damn, I need to find something to do. I can't stop!

Name: Nicole
E-mail Address: willinics@yahoo
Remote Name: 66.234.226.138
Date: 19 Sep 2002

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Blue 52 and anyone who hasn't actually met or hasn't seen the incredibly wonderful SilentSteveBoyd...Let me testify. My favorite word is Magnanomous...websters encyclopedic dictionary defines it as: Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean or ungenerous; exhibiting nobel quality of mind; high souled...etc, etc, etc and as 'they' say it sould have a photo of our own silentsteveboyd right there....he actually radiates vocabulary...I can't explain it, even though no actual words come out of his mouth(yeah, I'm talking about you steve) you can sort of hear him...In the movie "the Pawn Broker" there's a scene in which Rod Stiegers character finds his young daughter murdered on the sidewalk and he opens his mouth to scream out in his pain...but there is no sound...no music track, no nothing, just his agony...and you can take bets from anyone who will say he is screaming...he is not...Silent steve is almost a misnomer...because as I've said before...he speaks volumes...and radiates charm and warmth inspite of his obvious physical trials...those monks are blessed to have you amoung them...and we certainly all know he can type!!! later, Nicole

Name: Nicole
E-mail Address: willinics@yahoo
Remote Name: 66.234.226.138
Date: 19 Sep 2002

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Blue 52 and anyone who hasn't actually met or hasn't seen the incredibly wonderful SilentSteveBoyd...Let me testify. My favorite word is Magnanomous...websters encyclopedic dictionary defines it as: Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean or ungenerous; exhibiting nobel quality of mind; high souled...etc, etc, etc and as 'they' say it sould have a photo of our own silentsteveboyd right there....he actually radiates vocabulary...I can't explain it, even though no actual words come out of his mouth(yeah, I'm talking about you steve) you can sort of hear him...In the movie "the Pawn Broker" there's a scene in which Rod Stiegers character finds his young daughter murdered on the sidewalk and he opens his mouth to scream out in his pain...but there is no sound...no music track, no nothing, just his agony...and you can take bets from anyone who will say he is screaming...he is not...Silent steve is almost a misnomer...because as I've said before...he speaks volumes...and radiates charm and warmth inspite of his obvious physical trials...those monks are blessed to have you amoung them...and we certainly all know he can type!!! later, Nicole

Name: IMAM
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 216.99.219.56
Date: 19 Sep 2002

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Tibetan saying for Steve's new identity - "If there is veneration - even a dog's tooth emits light."

Name: Steve the enlightened One
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.251.44
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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Hey, Its official. Im' in bed with the Tibetans. The general consensus is that I have a bad attitude, (but a bad attitude beats the hell out of no attitude at all) My maternal instint to protect and keep the pease kicked in tonight, "New Approach". (The Monk played to a straw house tonight. Every Pew, padded chair, and folding chair was taken. There were three hundred strong and still standing room. The sanctuary was shoulder to shoulder. Im talkin' hundreds. The main man of the event fingered a heat merchant who upsets all of the local Peace Ralleys. He had just started to stalk when I zoned in on him. It was like that crowd scene in the film "Taxi Driver". This cat hit the pavement running like a cartoon cat. I never even touched him. It was as if I had a ten foot diamiter force field. There was a wake of people flowing around me. They parted like the red sea. It was like this dude was escaping the rolling boulder from the Lost Temple of Doom. Hell, I felt so charged up that I scaled the rear alter wall like Quasimoto, and ripped off my "Students for a Free Tibet" tee shirt and switched it with my "Diggers North. Calif." one that I had retired to the rafters. Its a sign, I tell ya. (There may be hope for a mildly retarded branch of Diggers after all. By the way, that crew was super at the free lunch today. An, God, I got to walk little Darla this afternoon. She's 4-1/2 Months old. I thought that she was 6. Anyway, Im' now an honorary Student. (I sure the fuck wont let my "Skoolin' interfear with my "Edjucashion". Dig? Well, I will close for now Kids. Thanks for listening. To show you that my heart is in the right place, I will leave you all with one by my Ol' Uncle George Orwell: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act". P.S. Fuck Brittish Petroleum, (BP), Fuck Amoco and Fuck Exon-Mobile twice. Those stagnant pools of piss give financial support for China's continued exploitation and occupation of Tibetan lands and resources. Hey, Pump a full tank at the self serve; leave a note that says "Put it on Silent Steve's tab", and split. (It's on me...honnest).

Name: SILENT STEVE
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.255.118
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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Blue; An ace team of Nazis (actually Jews) prerformed some grownd-breaking radical surgery on me..After I gave em' some prompting. It took some doing, (but they are like Physical lawyers who smell "New Law". The route that they took could never have been suggested on their part because ...Hell, look what happenend to Dr. Frankenstien. They stressed that they could in now way remotly suggest that I go under the knike cold with no prior Neuclear medicine, radiation or Keemo. That came a while after. They standard proceedure is to fry yer' ass down to a crisp piece of bacon and then pick around at the scabs. I told those mother fuckers to cut it out, or I would. They shook my hand after gettin' their rocks off and had me sign a volume of disclaimers. Any way, It was 16 to 18 Hours worth on the table. That was of course after exploritory work while under. I was sleepin' in a card board condo down on Bowery and I went into the Mission out of the rain. I told them that I was going under in the A/M for Cancer and couldnt bear the thought of stayin' out in the rain all night. I had a bible that their side walk reverend had given to me, which he signed " May this book keep you from sin, and sin not keep you from this book. I actually started crying (the second time was on the phone telling Sweet Lorraine) I asked the dude if I could just sleep on a pew.."No Way" I walked out into the rain; threw the bible in the gutter and walked into the night; thourally cleansed. To make a long story even longer; They pulled ten teeth, saw cut my jaw, totally removed my tounge as well as my entire voice box and replaced a ton of shit-canned mass with muscle and tendons from the left side of my chest. (they rebuilt my neck) What ive' got left for a gullet is about the size of a nickle, and its real high in the rear of the disaster area that I call a mouth. My left nipple is alot higher than the right one. Im gaining every day though, as my left shoulder is all but unfrozen. Im' lucky to be alive. The head of the team was Dr. Jordan Stern, the Chief Surgon at St. Vincent's. He was ready to take up practice in France until he found out that I was game. He held off splitting untill I was out of the woods. I bite the bullet, and refused any pain management which was good, as a different nurse would try to jamb a fuckin' thermometer in my mouth every night of the week. (I know what yer' thinkin'..but it was under the arm) I had to fight one off like a tiger; jesus that woman was tough. The cat who was in the next bed didnt go through half the hell that I did, and was doped out forever, He was on the same status that I was; which was pain management on request...Well that prick spoke right up. They couldnt get him to get out of bed. I was doin' jumping jacks while he was pushin' the ol' thrill button. To tell the truth, I was looking forward to the dope, but for some reason I just kicked into survivor mode. I still cant figure it out. I was constantly being interviewed by suits and shrinks, they wanted to know if I was some sort of Zealot, ya know? They thought that I was standing my ground on religiouse principles. Hell, I felt some discomfort, but havent had so much as a headache..which is more than that doped up room mate of mine can proboble say. He hadnt gotten out of bed on the day that I checked out. Theres no hope for dope. Dig it?

Name: blue 52
E-mail Address: not here yet@space cadet.com
Remote Name: 66.168.120.114
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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th' old neurons offer up one query: Steve how did you acquire the moniker of 'Silent Steve' ? if I may inquire

Name: The switcheroo can be applied to you!!!
E-mail Address: silentbevydesot@hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.83.147
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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Gnaa..Gnaa...Ngyet, Ngyet, Ngyet...why soitenley!!! Why??? Because we like you! And it tolls for thee. Now its time to say goodbye to all our little friends...195. see ya real soom....933...why, because we like you!...3211 Gee!!!

Name: BEVY DE SOT
E-mail Address: anag
Remote Name: 195.93.32.11
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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SO! IS IT OR IS IT NOT ? WHY SHOULD WE CARE AND FOR WHOME

Name: Mikal
E-mail Address: chapman@inst.augie.edu
Remote Name: 192.103.41.2
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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Thanks for the tape, Eric. Great to watch it with a South Dakota perspective.

Name:
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 192.103.41.2
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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Name: huck
E-mail Address: huckphotovi@hotmail.com
Remote Name: 66.185.43.233
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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to mark in santa cruz remember those daze well?lived in ben lomand just before town and country lodge right on hwy 9 and bear creek road photographed catalyst shows, leon at the coconut grove on the boardwalk was a chef at hillaries photos from those days at http://huckphotovi.tripod.com/galley.html living in the virgin islands now lots of dead pics on my site too drop me a note huck

Name: Tops of the Pops
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.249.70
Date: 18 Sep 2002

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Mark, now were gettin' somewhere. (you speak the lingo!) London sessions, sure..Pin-stripes & Violin cases?? But those Limey gangsters were to busy droolin' on him to croud him in the least. You know what Im' sayin'..the way Count Bassie's boys spanked Frank Sinatras ass! Hey, Check out Sinatra's Great Songs from Great Britton; It wasnt released over here for years. London Sessions? am I wrong, or did Jerry Lee and his boy show em' how? Or maybe that was on this side of the pond...Anyway... Charley watts SWINGS. But, no shit; Id' trade the Original Carter Family for the whole crew. Hey, check out Jimmie Driftwood's wilderness trail Folk Ballads. I cut my teeth on it. Give me one album for the Desert Island and it would be Chuck Willis / The King of the Stroll. Whats your pick?

Name: mark hebard
E-mail Address: bard382@aol.com
Remote Name: 198.81.17.37
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Steve, Oh yes, from blind faith to the vanishing point in the desert behind a beat-to-death hemi-cuda and rattlesnakes. Bullit on meth. On to Derek and his Dominos to 461 Ocean Boulevard. SMACK. Put my vote down for Shaman of the millenium for Howlin Wolf, try the london sessions, as the acidic perpetrator of the sound of holy. Put Jimmy Reed and Little Walter in there too. British, give me Charlie Watts anytime. I hit new bardos at John Lee Hooker's 60th Birthday Party at Club Zayante, now that was a party. Tell me there isn't a digger who didn't find some music at Club Z. Today it is a wicked grin offered up by Tom Waits given oxygen by John Hammond. In defense of Leon, he had a bad weekend, his slick bus got stuck in a ditch on Highway 9 causing a morning mountain commuter back-up while trying to sleep at a severe list in the midst of it. But still, he played an hour of stock tunes one after another and got up and walked out. Gone, no thank you, no fuck you, just bailed. Later for Leon.

Name: Smilin' Steve Hinton
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.83.97
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Any Bull Fiddle Jazzy Cats or Kittens out there? How about more feed-back from the Beat Poets and Aligators. OK.. lets not forget those Kooky Zeldas. Come on,..(any left still Breathin'? Simon says; Unplug, Dump yer amp and file down and epoxy over the frets. Free yourself...cut loose an' run. Hey..lets here it for the Trombone.

Name: Smilin' Steve Hinton
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.241.14
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Mark, I passed on Leon's show here in NYC at the Bottom Line awhile back. Just dont seem right!!??. The last time I saw him was in S.F. (Early 71 I think); he was suckin' on a beer and huffin' a Jay; an did his piano thing with no back-up, (none needed). The Filmore kids all loved him. (that was the era of no clapping; just blank-melting-stares; remember???) thats what some straighter acts just didnt get. They thought that they had bombed; but had really made points. Ive' got you vibed as a Delanny and Bonnie Man. (Am I Close?) Can you spell Long John Baldrey? Anyway, by then, Leon had gotten through his Cat-In-The-Hat phaze as well as the Holy Redeemer and Mad Dog thing. Tired; you say??? Maybe...but never tiring. Sha-Na-Na used to storm the conssesion counter between shows and pour free soft drinks and throw free candy bars to the freaks. We used to make the mistake of getting into a temporary thing while sitting cross-legged during all of the shows, and when it was time to split, we werent aware that our legs had fallen asleep (all thogh, it happened every time!) and would stand up and crazy walk and fall all over each other. We would all hold on to one another like a freaked out catapillar and often resort to scooting down the carpeted stair case on our asses. Im' rambling again (who me?). Speaking of the Bottom Line, I just an older couple down there. They had strayed from 4th onto West 4th. I didnt look to see who was playing. They offered me money but I couldnt take it. Oh, the NYU orchestra practices here in the sanctuary two nights a week, and last night a cat let me work it out on his double bass. Man I gotta score one SOON. Dum, Dum, Dum,...Thump. Take care. Frets are like lines in a coloring book, there is a whole world out side of em'. Cave men didnt take lessons; think about it. Yours in Music. Steve

Name: Mark Hebard
E-mail Address: Bard382@aol.com
Remote Name: 198.81.16.159
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Nicole, The Tubes including Fee Waybill recently surfaced at Brookdale Lodge in the San Lorenzo Valley near Boulder Creek. I missed the show. The first Tubes gig I saw was in Ben Lomond, California at place called Town and Country Lodge in the early 70's. The were a last minute deal because Lynrd Skynrd or another southern rock band backed out of the show. Needless to say the crowd that gathered for some down home Alabama stuff was not ready for the Tubes. One of the guys we went with got the shit thoroughly kicked out of him by two girls who were with the band. I mean big black eyes, stole his shoes, it was bad. I did go see Leon Russell at the Brookdale Lodge two weeks ago. He can still sing but I think he has punched that 60's ticket too many times, he is tired. Anybody remember the Santa Cruz Mountains "back in the day", China Grade, Holiday or in Santa Cruz at the old Catalyst or the White Buffalo? The Hip Pocket bookstore? Pleasure Point Night Fighters? I lived at Hidden Island across the river from the Castle.

Name: Skeeter
E-mail Address: skeeter@cybertowneast.com
Remote Name: 65.116.205.23
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Name:
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 168.143.113.115
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Me too, Eric! Watched the tape over the weekend. Is Leonore Kandel contributing to the women page? Any page would do, really, as she has so much wisdom, so much people can learn from. Thanks, L.

Name: Char ~*
E-mail Address: embersglo@yahoo.com
Remote Name: 216.119.5.26
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Eric thank you so much for Les Diggers tape. I've been swirling fondly in memories of the Haight, street theatre, colorful happenings, and rememberences of yummy stews and life filling breads. I will pass it on. Onward the Diggers. Love. Free from the heart. Char ~*

Name:
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 216.99.201.96
Date: 17 Sep 2002

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Eric - Thanks very much mate! The video arrived yesterday - and the cover work is terrific - Full viewing is tonight among friends. Cheers to all - H.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.84.250
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Eric, I dont know how to break this to you...but did any one ever tell you that you are the spittin' Image of The Mayor of Polk Gulch?? Say it aint so. (and here I had ya on a pedestal). My world just rocked.

Name: Bell-Bottom Blues
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.84.250
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Hey Nicole, I passed on seeing the Tubes; as I had never heard of them at that point. Heres another one that I passed on; (the insiders didnt' clue me In, but rather urged me to "Check em' out" I said Naaaa. (Derrik and the Dominoes at the Carosel Ballroom; New Filmore West). I also passed on Sister Aretha, (The night that they cut the album w/ Ray Charels.) I did however have the sence to catch B.B.King the night that Elvin and Al joined in after the Union Boys split. A kid from the audiance actually was invited up to lay Elvin's steel in his lap. Joe Winters; The Documentary Film Maker, turned me on to sylysiben and a free Who ticket at the S.F. Civic Center. I was tight with the Cherakee Lead Guitarest for Stone Ground. Too much to list here. Im shoping for a Bull Fiddle and a rightiouse wooden Drum kit.; but thats another story. Hope to see ya Wed. Night. Steve

Name: Steve the Hun
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.84.250
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Nicole, You brought me out of the wood-work. The Tibetans have swayed me to their camp. Im drawing the line at doing the road trip w/them..(as Im needed here) A heavy Monk is dumping a shit-load of truth in my back yard on Wednesday Night at 8:00 PM. The Ven. Palden Gyatso (Monk and Political Prisoner of 33 Years) SPEAKS OUT at the Washington Square Free Church. Im here ta' tell ya' that the Chinks fucked him over big time. From here on out, Im' havin' my laundry done by the Italians. Palden was among the few lucky ones who survived and managed to escape to the outside world. Heres a quote from an E-Mail buddy of mine; "Palden Gyatso's testimony is one of the most extraordinary stories of suffering and endurance...His story is an inspiration to us all" THE DALAI LAMA. Welcome Nicole; Nuff said?

Name: nicole
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 66.234.226.138
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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some how I deleted the word RAINING out of the last post, I was trying to say Raining Hard...I also deleted Steve from in front of ,"you were asking about the TUBES" it may make more sense now... and it has not been hard for me lately as a matter of fact...things are good right now...nik

Name: Nicole
E-mail Address: willinics@yahoo
Remote Name: 66.234.226.138
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Eric, thank you so much...the video arrived today and I watched it with my co-workers in the conference room here at the office. They were filled with questions, and wanted to know everything...,you asked something about the TUBES. My first memory of Hibiscus was from little Paula's but again later through Rhea Styles who shared a house with me in Mill Valley. there was a guy named Patrick there too who had tatooed the words HARLEY DAVIDSON across his toes, but it was spelled wrong...it was a huge house and alot of people passed through, that was when I met some of that crew again...(hibiscus et al)Rhea later joined the band the tubes and married Prairie Prince...It's been hard here in NYC off and on today and yesterday and feels very clean to me...although a bit humid...warm regards to all...

Name: Eric
E-mail Address:
Remote Name: 207.113.160.198
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Hey, Steve, that's Irving in the photo you found ("Rasputin type on the left in the white shirt"). The photo is actually on the digger web here -- Miriam has a link from her web page, although she was the photographer. She also has lots of same-era photos of everyday types of activities, but those are hidden on her web someplace. The only official photo of the commune is the one you found. By the way, I'm in that photo too -- the only person looking toward the heavens, as if for redemption.

Name: Shit and Gone.
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.251.227
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Hey Eric, as far as my latest influx of E-Mails goes..It seems to be unanamous, Im' not exactly the leaper with the most fingers in certain underground circles. "Friends" of "Friends" tell me which Players passed the "Code of silence Ruling",... it seems that their editors and publishers had been under the mis-guided impression that we were all dead or worse. They were mislead into buying into the notion that no "credible" living source would repute any of their horse-shit fairy-tale sub-culture high-hated home-grown yuppy-scum propaganda. Well, its nice to be acknowledged as "credible" and "Living" for that matter. I ate, drank, bathed, fucked and renamed half of the funky free family freaks who wont acknowledge my E-Mail or answer even the most basic question. Talk about toeing the line. How could that many "Individualists" be so roped in" What is this short leash shit? Im' disgusted and am going to protest (who me?). The soul survivors of my Olema clan aint talkin' so could you perhaps dig up a copy of "HOMESKIN" for me to review in my old dog phase???" Did your crew print it??? It got me on the right path. Maybe others could benefit. Is it the best kept secret of that era; or am I??? Any clue? and P.S. What scared everyone??? Its gettin' to the point that I wish I had never heard the word "DIGGER" (aint it the way?). Opps...here comes the sun. I will take a peek once in awhile, but as far as contributing, Fuck; they name streets after web sites like this one...ONE WAY!

Name: Steve LaTrek
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.249.245
Date: 16 Sep 2002

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Hey Eric; I just skimmed Miriam's site. Cool. I remember that Rasputin type on the left in the white shirt. (intense) And I know that I tripped out nude at Lands End on a foggy afternoon with the Heavy Cat and his Pal. I drew their Psycho-Portrait (Titled "Love-Bush: By the Ocean). Also, does anyone remember that oil painting in the main house at Black Bear Ranch? It was a melting Female Figure doing a Dance of Life in swamp-like surroundings. Its 4:00 AM EST. I didnt make it to Wed. (or bed) And am having second thoughts about the Novella. Too coventional, (and commercial). Hey Miriam; you ever run into Ralph Levy (I LOVE LUCY) and wife in Sante Fe? We we real tight in LA LA Land. Ricky Richardi (who kept Judy Garland's face on) taught me his version of the 5 to 1 Martini. The Bridge club consisted of Dick Fisher, Ricky, Dr. Chas. Lesley Lucas and Myself. Ralph was a regular at the Doheney and Fountain Ave. House. I was living in Beverley Hills with Flo Handman, (Miss Floretta)...God the Laura Desmond types turn me on. I was Sammy from Alabamy's barber. I use to shave his face as he listened to his soap opera's and weep. He was big in the Juke Box Racket and got slammed in the crash of 68. Will Rogers Jr. ( Relax; he's straight folks) was in and out. I was doing film work for Double Image Studios in Sherman Oaks. Robert Mitchum's son was a regular. I inherited Don Perry's (famouse stunt Man's Grandson) Girl friend Robyn ( from Burbank) and came real close to scoring the Gun Stock N.H. house w/ acerage on a second mortgage. ( would have married Robyn, but I already was...I hate when that happens) She was in the proceess of having her nose bobbed and getting a much needed Breast reduction. She threatened Suicide, until I fishtailed the 67 Vette into the path of an oncomming diesel to make her rethink her position. (what I go through for love) In a heart-stopping second, Robyn realized that she had alot to live for. Man, it was the first year for disc breaks and functional side vents. There were something like 22000 produced in 67. (this bute carried the last serial number to roll off the line, I shit you not.) I got pissed at her death threats and tromped it so hard that the exelorator linkage hung up on the underside of the rubber air cleaner trim and we missed the on-comming diesel and the main flow of traffic by centimeters at top end right down Melrose Drive. They were famouse for light-end ass-hoppin' and fish-tailing, and this babe had original sport style narrow gold stripe tires but she leaped right off the fuckin black top like a panther. I was astounded myself. IT really pushed Robyn's tits outa' shape. She always wore nylons and garters after that, and was very attentive..Go Figure! Anyway, Moose: "Roger" (who got shot in the hand by the Sal Minio murder suspect) hid out at the Gunstock House all winter after inadvertantly (Opps) making it on the Ten Most Wanted List. (How did it get that crazy) I offered to donate and move the Historic School House to the town in order to keep the tourists off the property. It had been relocated at the turn of the century; so it was only fitting to move it back to town. (They wanted an envelope) Barber Shop Yankee Polotics! Glad I bowed out. The highway that they had blasted through the mountain pass at the rear of the property had caved in the attached barn. I had cut a deal to sell the dry timbers for a small fortune. Sweet Lorraine's love strings were gently tugging at my heart, and I ambeled down to the gulf coast. Hey..how did I jump from Nor.Cal. to So.Cal. to Sante Fe to N.H. to Robyn to Lorrie??? (in the same paragraph)..was it that frenzied???...(I think that I just answered my own question) Jumping back to Miriams lovely site now. SRB

Name: Silenced Steve???
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.255.38
Date: 15 Sep 2002

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Hey Eric,..another epic just bit the dust. Where do my words go when they get eaten like this??? Between this computer and your web site,...Are we talkin' EarthLink Pergatory???...Internet Hell???..I mean are the culture vultures banking on "The Lost Submittals Of The Late S.R. Boyd?? (It's always about ME; aint it?)...(I ..ahh...more than Like Myself.).. Its..well..Admiration..Ya...Speaking of me.. I will lay low while the Sun is at odds with Uranus. Im' writting a three day Novella; Titled: "How I Killed Myself" (fully Illustrated..of course). Talk at ya Wed. Night. SRB If this dont get though, ...well..it wont matter...not to you anyway...

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.82.130
Date: 15 Sep 2002

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Hammond, your comment in question was Sept.9,2002. Sorry; My fuck up. Hey, great day..we must of fed every illagitamate man in town today. I think that there was a live birth in line; anyway..Im' bein' silly. Wow..Im' really pushin' these stingy Christian Women to pile it on. Ive' even started a to-go program. I just cant figure it..it's free food..why not give out seconds at the same time that you give out firsts??? It saves all of that back-tracking. These fuckers would eat a skunks ass. Follow me? I got the gals to triple stack both ovens. Move over McDonalds; speaking of which, back in 80, I hit (not that way) a McD's in El Paso that cranked out more burgers per hour than any in the world. OLE"!!! I gave Buckley a clean shirt. My activity pal Nancy is really spinnin', (she may have some real activity on her mind) Go figure? I missed the baby today. The gal downstairs lets me kid-nap her daily. We hang out on the sidewalk. What a wonderful thing.

Name: Silent Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.43.242.17
Date: 15 Sep 2002

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Wow!!!!And the Beat goes on. Christ, I wish that I had some of my stuff. I write w/no drafts and the originals fly..really fly. Hey, they say we turn old the day that our dreams turn to regrets. GET A PENCIL (remember what they looked like?) FIRST THOUGHT/BEST THOUGHT. DO NOT EDIT. Thats what Editors are for. Do not re-write. At one point it will lead to "Change". But, hay..what do I know? Hey, any Instant Coffee Drinkin', Mentholated Cigarette Smokin', Catholic gals out there? Im' in need of about five years of Inspiration and at least ten years of perspiration. Come on. Give it up. P.S. "SKIP" (the New Hampshire Poet) GET IN TOUCH. (my writer's cramp is ironed out.)

Name: Hammond
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Remote Name: 216.99.201.59
Date: 15 Sep 2002

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"And The Beast Goes On" - http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/beast.html

Name: The Original Drunken Poet
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.83.183
Date: 15 Sep 2002

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Come on...Ive' met more than a few Poets who werent' drunks...But Ive' never met any drunks who werent Poets. Lets get some creativity goin' here. Pour a glass o' wine...I never got a poem out of a glass of water myself...Think about it.

Name: Steve
E-mail Address: silentsteveboyd @hotmail.com
Remote Name: 4.33.83.183
Date: 15 Sep 2002

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Hey, Eric, are you talkin' about Hawian Stevie? (Kenny Bunting's Stevie?) We were tight. P.S. Did you know Holly (who preformed at Phinochio's?? God...Build me a Woman. Holly was what it was all about.