From: The Moonshadow Area: Night Side To: Kayla Block 23 Apr 94 18:42:24 Subject: Book UpdReq |KB}very shortly after he died, i met this guy who was one of | |KB}the editors for 'egg magazine'. he said that forbes was | |KB}really cool. | malcolm was just a regular guy--who happened to have a LOT of money! when he died, his will decreed that any of his employees who had a loan with forbes publishing could consider it paid. i kind of liked egg magazine, too, but i think its size helped to kill it. the magazine was simply too big for the newsstands. (not to mention for the mail boxes!) |KB}LOL, sounds like a great gift for a friend of mine. BTW, i | i hope you can find one, then! i used to see them all the time when i worked at a book wholesaler called baker & taylor. usually those kinds of books were shrink-wrapped. :( |KB}found the other book that i mentioned to you. it's called | |KB}'the forbidden zone' by michael lesy. it's about people | the title sounds familiar. |KB}who work in the 'death industry' in some way or another. | |KB}he went out and interviewed morticians, people from the | |KB}coroner's office, people who work in slaughterhouses, a | |KB}mercenary, guys who work on death row, etc. it was pretty | |KB}interesting. | fascinating shit. i'll have to check for it at the libary. (you never know about my libary! sometimes they inherit book collections from people who die in this town--so they have books from the 19th century!) |KB}it was rather fascinating. it's focus is primarily on the | |KB}physiological processes that go on during the death | |KB}process. it was interesting because it's not the kind of | |KB}thing that you generally hear about. | sounds like another good one. who's the author of "how we die"? didnt that book just come out recently? |KB} TM> i used to know an undertaker who had an apartment above the funeral| |KB} TM> he used to blast rock n roll on his stereo loud enuf to wake th ded| |KB} TM> fortunately, it didnt. :) | |KB} | |KB}hehee, lucky for him! | i was waiting for that day to come... ___ MegaMail 2.10 #0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: The Moonshadow Area: Night Side To: The Sinistar 23 Apr 94 18:50:26 Subject: Fangoria Convention o UpdReq |TS}The third annual Fango Chainsaw Awards will take place, as | rofl! what a great name! |TS}of the Trancers series), Kenneth Tobey (1950's horror hero | |TS}star of The Thing), Beverly Garland (1950's horror | good grief! they're still alive?? (or...are they?) |TS}LARGE room for horror dealers. We each managed to find some | |TS}real "hard to find" horror movies, books and props. The | didja get anything by herschel gordon lewis? i'd luv to see one of his flicks. ___ MegaMail 2.10 #0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: The Moonshadow Area: Night Side To: Christeos Pir 23 Apr 94 18:53:28 Subject: Modern Psychosis... . UpdReq |CP} Oh, you mean the ones who want forced prayer in the schools, but say | |CP} that sex education belongs in the home (a little TOO close to the truth| |CP} for some of them)! | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ yeah, that's part of the problem--they are GETTING their sex "education" in the home! ___ MegaMail 2.10 #0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: The Moonshadow Area: Night Side To: Jonathon Blake 23 Apr 94 18:54:30 Subject: More Weird Fundies UpdReq |JB}RD>tendency in similar circumstances is to grab the | |JB}RD>hypothetical MAC-10 & holler "Get out, get out, get | |JB} | |JB} i like that sort of encouragement to give somebody. It sort | |JB} of fits the mood. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ it certainly cant be misinterpreted! ___ MegaMail 2.10 #0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: The Moonshadow Area: Night Side To: Kayla Block 23 Apr 94 18:54:32 Subject: More Weird Fundies S UpdReq |KB}ROTFL! yeah, you gotta shovel em with a pitchfork. ;> | ooo! remember that joke about why a truckload of dead babies is more fun than a truckload of bowling balls? :D |KB}yeah, well.....they shouldn't have had children in sin, or | |KB}they shouldn't have left their husbands! | well, we can always go with the farrakhan plan: no more welfare--just GIVE US MONEY! |KB} TM> no, televangelists are a punishment from god. | |KB} | |KB}ROTFLMAOSTC! ain't it the truth! | a friend of mine luvs to listen to gene scott, the most sentient of those guys. (well, i guess you'd have to call him a radiovangelist, since he's not on tv any more.) during one program he actually said that he hates it when he's in a store trying to buy something & the person waiting on him starts talking about how jesus saves, etc. dr. scott sez you should save that kinda bullshit ONLY for when you have to talk to the IRS! (actually, i like to use it on any bureaucrat who's giving you a bad time. once you start that kinda shit, he'll do ANYTHING to get you outta his office toot sweet.) ___ MegaMail 2.10 #0 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Charles Nemo Area: Night Side To: All 24 Apr 94 07:39:40 Subject: _Evil_ Sent UpdReq Hey, all you "True Crime Book Fanatics" and serial/mass killer wannabes, check out _Evil_, a *fine* 30-page 'zine with lots of reviews, articles and tips on all the latest doings in True Crime. Just out is Issue 6, a special double issue, costing $2 plus 2 stamps. Subscriptions are $1.50 per issue plus 2 stamps per issue (except Issue 6), or $8 for 6 issues (plus no stamps) -- the latter includes a free classified ad. Issue 5 can be had for $1 plus 2 stamps. Issues 1 to 4 are SOLD OUT, and Dan Kelly (the editor) won't photocopy back issues. Write to: EVIL P.O. Box 476641 Chicago, IL 60647 *Highly* recommended!!! 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Maldoror Area: Night Side To: Merlin Ambrosius 9 Apr 94 13:33:20 Subject: Grumping around UpdReq Hail to Thee! > Listen to the albumn JuJu on acid some night when you don't have a > whole lot to do. then tell me Siouxsie isn't Goth. Why do you need drugs for this? bless 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Maldoror Area: Night Side To: Merlin Ambrosius 12 Apr 94 22:18:32 Subject: Dead in Paris UpdReq Hail to Thee! KB>> yeah, but nico is dead. =:-/ > that's what you get for riding a bike in paris! In former times people were killed by the carriages in Paris - like the husband of Madame Curie. bless 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718