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                                      the best things in life are   F R E E
 Holy Temple of Mass Consumption                                    F R E E
 PO Box 30904                           SLACK@ncsu.edu
 Raleigh, NC  27622                     Finer BBS's everywhere

 NEWS since the last time:

 "BoB"'s head is clearly visible in Dave Letterman's new CBS stage art!
 When Dave's standing up for his monologue, look behind him, at the panels.
 BoB is clearly visible below a large red "E", in the vicinty of Dave's right
 shoulder...        [noticed by Britain Woodman--bwoodman@emunix.emich.edu]

 HToMC is now lashing out from its All-New UNDERGROUND BUNKER which is now
 100% operational, but munitions are still being unpacked. Same sacred PO Box.

 STANG SEZ: Buy Tapes - $6 each: THE HAIRS IN BOB'S EARS (60 min. of latest
 church music by many "bands"), BOB'S MEDIA POLLUTION (60 min. of even more
 recent Church music, of all flavors), HOUR OF SLACK (many titles available)
 $10 SPECIAL: HOUR OF SLACK 400 & 401: Lonesome Cowboy Dave in Hell - special
 improv with Stang, Mary^2, Brain Rot Radio Theatre (Cleveland) $10 for 2 tapes
 New Video, $20: CLUB NO NEW YEARS DALLAS DEVIVAL - Bulldada special effects
 master St. Joe Riley barrage-edited (ARISE-style, with billions of weird clips)
 the footage from this spectacular multi-media show starring Sister Mary^2,
 Rev. Ivan Stang, Sister Suzy the Floozy, St. Janor Hypercleats, Sternodox
 Hackhaver, the Heavenly Morphodite and Band of One.  Much livelier than the
 Rant & Rave devival video.  ORDER FROM:  PO Box 140306  Dallas TX  75124

 BIG FUN - HToMC was present in Denver, CO during the Pope's visit last Aug.
 12-15.  The event was World Youth and S/M Day, with 200,000 people attending
 the big "Pope-stock" event on Sunday.  An estimated 20,000 people required
              emergency medical services as they were
              sunburned, heat-exhausted, stung, broken
                ankles from gopher holes, hypothermia
                at night, fatigue from the all-night
                 vigil after a hellish 15-mile hike
  "Conehead"     during the heat of the previous day,       "Popebusters"
                  PLUS hour-plus long waits for the
    Pope           toilets.  All this to hear from a           Picture 
                   man that even most American cath-
   Picture          olics don't agree with, which only          Here
                     proves Dobbs' rule that "You'll
    here              PAY to know what you THINK"- even
                        with your sweat and blood. Best
                        protestors include American
                        Atheists all over the place
                        with on-target satire, and the
                        Lesbian Avengers downtown.

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             Bill Clinton wants you to read these comics:


satisfies the needs of a violent prison ward.  Cum-drenched adventure on par
with the Horny Biker Slut.  Eros Comics, PO Box 25070 Seattle WA 98125


apocalyptic society gone mad, the psychic who absorbs and transforms it all,
and the attack on him. Wild story, but hard to read. Cry For Dawn Productions.


who is being pursued by the evil males.  Wild sex-fantasy comic unlike any
other.  Rip Off Press,  PO Box 4686  Auburn, CA  95604


Greenberger, Doug Allen and others.  Overall, somewhat tame, although the
most angst-ridden, and best one, is "Whats the Worst Job you ever had..."


David Greenberg, with art by Crabb, Hensley, and others.  Nothing stands
out in this one, although "The Pledge of Allegiance" is interesting.
Fantagraphic Books, 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle WA 98115 - ask for catalog


including the Happy Fisherman, The Party, and more, in his unique lurid style.
Don't miss this one.  Fantagraphic Books.


and his cat.  Plus, driving tips with Gilbert Shelton.  Rip Off Press.


zine war, plus "I Left my Stash in San Francisco".  Pure angst by P. Bagge.


movies, biker gang wars, weird perversions, and more in this action-packed
and cum-drenched issue.  Last Gasp, PO Box 410067, San Francisco CA 94141


tales of life in the slacker culture.  This one has him working in a bookstore
with the hippy manager, how he steals from the store and later deals with it.
Deep stuff.   AEON  5014-D Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle WA 98105


stuff from different authors and artists.  Main feature is Flaming Carrot vs.
The Flapping Head by Bob Burden.  Caliber Press.


monsters, the vampire falls for the sexual power of a vampire-wannabe
stripper/singer, but won't make her a vampire.  Tundra.


short by armies of lawyers attacking and suing Ron.  When he fights back, he
ends up destroying the entire building.  Rip Off Press.


with the story of his encounter with Wild Man Fischer, plus other several
other stories, with different artists.  Fantagraphic Books.


stomping on them, then sell the bug juice for refreshments.  TOO MANY TSR ADS!!


management course, but only finds true satisfaction by beating up Stimpy.


so he can take care of all the work, but it takes as many Cmdr. Hoek clones
to keep him in line.  Plus, Teacher Bingo and Organs of Doom stories.  See
if you can find the subliminal drug and sex humor in this one.  Marvel comics.


cartoons?  They've started grouping them together now by topic, and making
comic books out of them.  This stuff is still gruesome, even by today's
standards.   Schanes Products, 786 Blackthorne Ave. El Cajon CA  92020


go off on a summer holiday to visit relatives, and end up searching for the
fountain of youth.  Plus, a great 'Starsky and Hutch' parody with Booga.


Tank Girl put out to date.  She finds the fountain of youth and escapes with
Hewlett & Martin.  Plus, drugs & aliens on the beach.  Dark Horse Comics

  [Rumor has it that MOVIE rights to Tank Girl are being discussed.....]


has TMCM fighting an evil lawyer who copyrights the coffee cup on the head,
plus more short stories.  Adhesive Comics, PO Box 5372 Austin TX 78763


House, plus the usual barrage of disturbing absurdity.  Unfortunately, this
current administration might as well be one long Zippy strip. Fantagraphic Books


by Bill Griffith, Peter Bagge, and the most offensive strips ever by Robert
Crumb.  Blatant left wing/communist slant in some stories, but overall, a
great issue.  Last Gasp Eco-Funnies, PO Box 410067 San Francisco CA 94141

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                 Jim Morrison: Space Ranger part 3

               by  T. Rev  <hin9@midway.uchicago.edu>


   "Is this Los Angeles?  I'd like the number of Robert Krieger.  
Yes, I'll hold."  It was a gamble, assuming Robbie still lived in 
LA, albeit not much of one.  "It's unlisted, you say.  Well, thanks 
anyway.  Peace."
   So Robbie was still in LA.  He could go there, with the money he 
had.  But there were probably too many people who would recognize 
him there.  Once again, Morrison reviewed his condition.  Whatever 
he'd been through, it hadn't all been hallucination.  The money he 
was living off of, and the police report he'd gotten his hands on--
detailing the investigation of the murder of one Jeremiah Cornelius 
aka Jeremiah Cornell aka Cornelius Brunner--were proof of that.  The 
report was interesting in its brevity; the Philadelphia police had 
been taken off the case, forced off by the FBI and Interpol.  Bob 
had referred to an 'archetype', apparently meaning Jerry.  Maybe 
Jerry was the key.  Or had been, at least; maybe now that he was 
gone, Morrison could go on the offensive.  If only he could identify 
a target.
   It had been a long time since Morrison felt this way.  Maybe not 
since the early days, playing at the Whisky-a-Go-Go, drinking all 
day, dropping acid at night.  He felt in control of his life again, 
for Heaven or Hell, it was his life, and nobody  was pulling his 
strings again.
   The door to Morrison's suite opened.
   "Hey, man."  It was Hendrix.  He was wearing a white suit, with a 
straw hat perched on his shaven head.

   Quietly cursing the agents responsible for the latest of a string 
of unjustifiable coincidences, Morrison resolved to take this one in 
good grace.
   "Jimi!"  Morrison jumped to his feet.  "Good to see you.  I've 
been looking for you."
   "I've been looking for you, man."  Jimi looked around the hotel 
room.  "You've been a lot louder than me."
   "Were you...?"
   "At the warehouse?  Yeah, I think so.  I'm a little blank on what 
happened, you know?  They did something to my head."  Hendrix pulled 
off his hat.  His scalp was marred with old, healed scars, and new 
stitches.  Morrison shuddered.
   "I pulled out all the wires I could get at, then I went to see a 
doctor.  He finished the job.  I'm feeling a lot better now."
   Jimi sat down on a couch and stretched out.  "So what do we do 
now?"
   "Not sure.  I've been thinking about calling Robbie Krieger.  Did 
you see Jerry?"
   "No, uh, when?"
   "Just at the warehouse."
   "No.  Don't remember it, man."
   "Here.  Read this."  Morrison tossed him the file on Cornelius.
   Hendrix read it.  "Shit."
   "I found him first.  That's where I got the money from."
   "Don't, like, waste any time, do you?"
   "Didn't have many choices.  What I really want to do is track 
down this Bob guy's operations and waste them.  Make sure he doesn't 
come back and do this to us again."
   "He did save your life, man."
   "For what?  He wanted to make a slave of me.  I say he gets it in 
the neck."
   Jimi stroked his temples thoughtfully.  "Yeah, okay.  Count me 
in, man."
   Morrison smiled.  "I thought you'd agree."
   Jimi sat in silence for a few seconds.  "Still don't explain what 
we're going to do."
   Morrison's face fell.  "True.  Well, money won't be a problem for 
at least a few more days.  I want to follow two leads.  I want to 
find out who this Bob is, and where his operations are centered.  
That's going to be a bitch.  I also want to know who the hell 'Jerry 
Cornelius' really is."
   "Just some dead guy."
   "Bullshit, Jimi.  He was important to Bob in some way we don't 
understand yet, and maybe can't understand at all.  But we just 
don't have the information either way."
   "So?"
   "So we start finding it."  Morrison stood up and started to pace.
   "Interpol is probably too hard to crack.  Same for the FBI."
   Morrison thought.  "Jimi, where did they grab you from?  Bob's 
people."
   "London.  And I wasn't grabbed, exactly.  I signed up, man."
   "Excuse me?  You signed up?"
   "Yeah, well, I was so bummed, you know, and..."
   "Don't tell me.  You were tired of your life, you felt you needed 
to feel something real, they said they could supply it."
   "Yeah."
   Morrison chuckled.  "Always the same story, isn't it?  They 
always say they have what you need, and the price comes low."  He 
turned toward the windows, overlooking the city.  An explosion lit 
up the sky, out towards the projects.  Morrison ignored it.  "If you 
count souls as cheap, that is."
   Hendrix started to speak.  Morrison cut him off.  "Who got you 
in?"
   "An old roadie of mine.  Lemmy Kilmister."
   Morrison smiled again.  "The hell with Jerry.  We find Mr. 
Kilmister."


   They sent out for music industry papers from the last twenty 
years, and found the information they needed.  Lemmy had gone from 
being one of Hendrix's roadies, to part-time procurer to the stars, 
to bassist for a group called Hawkwind, to fronting his own band, 
Motorhead.
   "Yeah, I'd like to leave a message for Lemmy.  Tell him Jimi H. 
is back in town, have him meet me at the old house in three days.  
Yeah, he knows where.  Thanks."
   Hendrix put the phone down.  "Okay.  That should get him, man."
   "The old house?"
   "Neutral territory.  House has been there since the sixteenth 
century.  Lemmy used to do all his deals there, you know?"
   "Where?"
   "London, where else?"


   Three days later, they were in Ladbroke Grove, waiting in the 
foyer of a shabby cottage squeezed between two scarcely more 
pleasant cinderblock council flats.
   Morrison shifted in his seat uncomfortably.  "Sure he'll show?"
   Hendrix nodded calmly for the fifth time in two hours.
   Morrison stood up and walked to the hearth.  In the weak sunlight 
from two dirty windows, he could make out the anonymous scratchings 
of decades of graffiti smothered uneasily beneath a new coat of 
thick black paint.  The light shifted, and Morrison turned to see a 
shape walk past the window.  Lemmy.
   The cottage door opened, and in he walked.  He was tall, rail-
thin, and as ugly as if he'd just been found underneath a rock.  He 
wore his hair long and stringy; a Gengis Khan moustache narrowly 
missed a huge mole on his cheek.  His eyes were concealed behind 
mirrorshades.  He ignored, or didn't notice, Morrison.
   "Jimi," he stated in a gravelly baritone.  "How was your trip?" 
he continued, without apparent interest.
   "We've seen better," Morrison replied, stepping from behind the 
hearth.
   Lemmy looked from one to the other, surprised.  "You mean, they 
put you on the same bus?  Oh, Jesus.  Fucking incredible."  And he 
started to laugh.
   "Enough jokes, fuckhead," grated Morrison.  "I need information, 
and I've been through enough shit to turn your hair white and burn 
the grease off it.  Do you want to talk or do I put some fist sized 
holes in that pretty leather pajama top of yours?"
   Lemmy stopped cold.  Then, slowly, he straightened up.  "So 
what's the deal?" he said, again to Jimi.
   Jimi blinked, then, slowly, he outlined what had happened to him 
and Morrison, and how.
   "What do you want from me, then?"
   "We want to know where Bob's organization is," said Morrison.  
"You're our last link to them.  We want you to take us to them, so 
we can trash them."
   Lemmy pulled out a pack of Marlboros, took one, lit it, put the 
pack away.  He still hadn't removed the mirrorshades.  "Right.  I 
can do it.  It'll cost."
   "How much?"
   "Five mil UK.  This is a big one, mate."
   "Haven't got it.  Let's go, Jimi."
   "Now, wait a minute.  Eh...did you lot have anything to do with 
Jerry Cornelius washing up dead in the States last week?"
   Morrison sighed, and reached down to his ankle.  "Does this 
answer your question?" he asked, producing Jerry's air pistol.
   Lemmy stared in silence for a moment.  "Right.  I'll do it for 
that.  For the needle gun."
   Morrison was surprised.  "Why for this?"
   Lemmy shook his head and chuckled.  "Old times' sake, mate.  Old 
times' sake."


   Eighteen hours later, they were in Los Angeles.  Bob's 
organization, as it turned out, was based in Colombia now.  It would 
not be easy to get there--and harder to get out.
   "I'll take you up to the last five miles," Lemmy was saying.  
"You're on your own after that."
   "Fine with us, man.  All I need is one clear shot at Bob."
   Morrison had used the past few days to experiment with the gun 
he'd been given on the Luck Plane.  Hendrix gave it to him then, but 
claimed not to remember doing so.  A lot of his memories had gone 
with the circuitry.  So Morrison practiced alone.  The gun was all 
blue-white crystal, with small chrome plates spaced irregularly on 
the barrel, and shot through with green wire; a ruby red button at 
the base of the barrel was the trigger, next to a unmarked dial of 
no apparent purpose.  It was a particle beam weapon of some sort; 
inert targets shattered in its sights and living ones, what was left 
of them, blackened and crumbled within minutes.  Quite an effect for 
something that  looked like an Uzi crafted by Waterford.
   "He'll be paste."
   Lemmy favored Morrison with a glance over his mirrorshades.  "If 
you say so."
   They left Los Angeles the next day, heading for Bogota on a small 
chartered airplane, piloted by a Jamaican in dreadlocks.  He never 
spoke, though he looked around in surprise every time they mentioned 
Bob.  The plane was met at the airfield by a Jeep; after a quick 
conference, Lemmy sent the driver away with a small satchel, and 
took the wheel himself.  "I'm handling this as quietly as I can, 
guys--I can't risk this coming back to haunt me.  Get in and let's 
go."
   They left Bogota and within half an hour were headed through 
thick jungle into the mountains.  Just like Vietnam, Morrison 
thought.  In another hour, even the bumpy dirt trail ended.
   "The coke manufacturers don't like to come around here.  Too 
risky.  It's got to be on foot for the last twenty kilometers."  
Lemmy leered.  "If a couple of dead guys are up to it."
   "Better than you, motorhead.  Let's do it."

          ...stay tuned for the last thrilling episode.....

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SPOT GOES TO SCHENECTADY
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With a sigh of relief, Spot ascended from Hell.  Then he discovered he
was in Schenectady.  He whined liquidly, like a leaky balloon in a
bathtub of Vaseline.
    "Hey, little puppy, swell metaphor!" said a passing man.  He was Mr.
Spudkins, a Remedial English I teacher at Schenectady County Community
College.  "Or was it a simile maybe?  Me can't remember.  What kind are
the sort what has the `like' in it?"
    Spot ignored the pseudo-professor, who was soon sucked into oblivion
by a passing street-sweeper.  It was a combination Hoover and Zamboni
which was cleaning up the broken glass that littered the streets, as
last week had been the Mardi Gras parade, and the General Electric
employees had been throwing light bulbs.  Spot liked General Electric,
because their TV sets made every show look gray and blurry and flickery,
just like "The Honeymooners", his favorite.
    With a start, Spot realized that something was missing from
Schenectady.  The Wonder Burger, the world's worst eating establishment
(certified), had become a used car dealership!  Spot wept for his
favorite anti-restaurant.  Their hamburgers had tasted just like Alpo,
only mushier!
    Spot finished exploring downtown Schenectady five minutes later.
Then he was bored for the rest of his life.  When he died, he went back
to Hell, and breathed a sigh of eternal relief.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:  By now, anyone from Schenectady, NY has noticed the
fatal flaw in the story--it does not even mention that if Spot had gone
down the road to Troy, NY, he would have seen that it was much worse,
and made Schenectady look like Heaven by comparison.  So it goes.


-----James "Kibo" Parry



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September 17-19, 1993 (Idaho)

   MOSCON 15.  University Inn Best Western, Moscow, ID.  GoH: Barbara
   Hambly; AGoH: David A. Martin; FGoH: Steve Fahnestalk.  Info: Moscon 15,
   Box 8521, Moscow, ID 83843; (208)882-0364.

September 18, 1993 (Texas)

   TREKFEST 1993.  Houston, TX.  Emph: Star Trek.  Info: Trekfest 1993, c/o
   Starbase Houston, P.O. Box 981701, Houston TX 77098; (713)527-WARP.

September 24-26, 1993 (New York)

   CONTRADICTION 13.  Hyatt Regency, Buffalo, NY; rms $74/$79/$84/$89.
   GoH: Nancy Kress; SGoH: George Alec Effinger.  Memb: $17 until 7/17/93,
   $21 until 9/7/93, $25 after.  Info: Contradiction 13, Box 2043,
   Newmarket Stn., Niagara Falls, NY 14301; (716)285-2290.

September 29 - October 2, 1993 (Ukraine)

   UKRAINE NATIONAL CON 3.  Kiev, Ukraine.  Info: Ukraine National Con, c/o
   Boris Sidyuk, Poste Restante GPO, Kiev 252001, Ukraine; (044)228-2434.

October 1-3, 1993 (Ohio)

   CONTEXT VI.  Hilton Inn North, Columbus OH.  GoH: Frederik Pohl.  Info:
   Context VI, Box 2954, Columbus OH 43216; (614)263-6089.

October 1-2, 1993 (Virginia)

   RISING STAR 2.  Salem Civic Center, Salem, VA.  Guests: Hal Clement,
   Lisa Cantrell, media guests.  Memb: $7.50 until 8/1/93, $10 after.
   Info: Rising Star 2, 545 Howard Drive, Salem, VA 24153; (703)389-9400.

October 1-3, 1993 (England)

   FANTASYCON 18. Midland Hotel,Birmingham UK. GoH:Peter James; AGoH:Les Edwards
   Info: Fantasycon 18, 46 Oxford Rd., Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT, UK.

October 8-10, 1993 (California, Southern)

   Con-Chord 9.  Burbank Hilton, Burbank CA.  GoH: Dave Clement; TM: Molly
   Bennett.  Filk convention.  Memb: $30 until 9/7/93, $35 after.  Info:
   Con-Chord 9, c/o Rick Weiss, 13261 Donegal Dr., Garden Grove, CA 92644;
   (714)530-3546 (before 10 pacific).

October 8-10, 1993 (Iowa)

   ICON (IA) 18.  Westfield Best Western, Coralville, IA.  GoH: Suzette
   Haden Elgin; FGoHs: Martin & Nancy McClure.  Memb: $18 until 8/1/93, $20
   until 9/15/93, $25 after.  Info: Icon 18, Box 525, Iowa City, IA 52244;
   (319)377-5929.

October 8-10, 1993 (Maryland)

   FARPOINT.  Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn, Cockeysville, Maryland.  Guests:
   George Takei, John de Lancie, more.  Memb: $30.  Info: Farpoint, 5657
   Utrecht Road, Baltimore MD 21206; (410)866-5516.

October 8-10, 1993 (Tennessee)

   CONCAT 5.  Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff, Knoxville TN; rms $60.  GoH: Octavia
   Butler; AGoH: Pat Morrissey; TM: Wendy Webb; SGoH: Mark Maxwell. Memb:
   $25 until 10/1/93, $30 after.  Info: ConCat V, 805 College Street,
   Knoxville TN 37921.

October 15-17, 1993 (Florida)

   NECRONOMICON '93.  Airport Holiday Inn, Tampa, FL.  GoHs: Lois McMaster
   Bujold, Peter David.  Memb: $15 until 9/15/93, $20 after.  Info:
   Necronomicon '93, P.O. Box 2076, Riverview, FL 33569.

October 15-17, 1993 (Massachusetts)

   NOTJUSTANOTHERCON IX.  University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.  GoHs:
   TBA.  Memb: TBA.  Info: RSO 116, Student Activities Office, UMASS,
   Amherst, MA 010002; (413)545-1924.

October 15-17, 1993 (Minnesota)

   VALLEYCON 18.  Madison Hotel, Moorhead MN; rms $54 sngl, $57 dbl.  GoH:
   TBA.  Memb: $8 at door.  Info: Valleycon 18, Box 7202, Fargo ND 58109;
   (701)280-1445.

October 15-17, 1993 (Canada, British Columbia)
   
   ICON (BC) 3.  Harbour Towers Hotel, Victoria BC, Canada.  GoH: Dave
   Duncan; AGoH: Julia Lacquement; FGoH: Betty Bigelow.  Memb: C$25.  Info:
   Icon 3, Box 30004, 3995 Quadra St. #104, Victoria BC V8X 5E1, Canada;
   (604)477-2258.

October 28-31, 1993 (Minnesota)

   WORLD FANTASY CON 1993.  Radisson Hotel South & Plaza Tower, 7800
   Normandale Blvd., Minneapolis MN 55439-3145; (612)835-7800; rms $75
   sngl/dbl, $85 tpl/quad.  GoHs: Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny, John
   Crowley; AGoH: Tom Canty; SGoH: Basil Copper; TM: Neil Gaiman.  Memb:
   $75 until 8/1/93, $100 after; $40 supporting (membership limited to 750
   paid members).  Info: World Fantasy Convention 1993, Box 2128, Loop
   Stn., Minneapolis MN 55402.

October 29-31, 1993 (Washington)

   Dreamcon 8.  South Everett Quality Inn and Conference Center, Everett,
   WA; rms $60.  TM: Nevin Pratt, Jr.; AGoH: David Cherry. 
   Memb: $25.00 until 10/16/93; $30.00 after.  Info: 10121 Evergreen
   Way, Suite 103, Everett, WA 98204; (206)643-7027 (Rick Lewis, chairman)
   before 9PM only (Pacific Time).

October 30-31, 1993 (Ireland)

   OCTOCON '93.  Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
   4th Irish National SF Con.  GoH: Storm Constantine.  Comics GoH: Steve
   Dillon; guests: Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Katherine Kurtz, Morgan
   Llywelyn, Anne McCaffrey, James White, more.  Info: Octocon '93, 20
   Newgrove Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland.

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DragonCon '93 - July 1993  Mini-Review| the children's chewable space ship party
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SHORT VERSION: worthwhile, but not as | Sat Oct 30   Lexington, KY  606-282-1661
fun as last years.  MANY snafus in    | $5/8@door   LexiCon IX Rave
running it- absolutely nothing started|
on time, insufficient A/C, legions of | University of Kentucky
butthead security guards ruining any  | Old Student Center Grand Ballroom
chance of harmless fun, WAY TOO SMALL | Lexington, Kentucky
video room for RHPS performance,      |
dealers room on concrete floor, etc.  | Admission free with convention badge.
I've also heard some nasty (and so far| valid college ID required
unsubstantiated) rumors that the      |----------------------------------------
DragonCon people are trying to kill   | Rumor has it that
every other convention in town, plus  | the PhenomiCon
they are trying to drive out the party| convention in
crowd in favor of the more profitable | Atlanta, GA is       [PhenomiCon
commercialized fandom events.  But,   | now DEAD and will     planet Earth
even despite this, a fun time was had-| not be held any       with gigantic
the LAST Betty Page Look-Alike contest| longer.  Has          screw stuck
was great (next year is a generic     | anyone else who       through it
beauty contest-BIG mistake), the Club | was there last        logo]
Camarilla and Club Hell vampire events| year received
were fun, plus all the usual gaming,  | any info in the
videos, and events.  BEST EVENTS:     | mail about this?
Soliton Rave Front party, Clifford    | Too damn bad, if
Stoll talk, RHPS, Joe Christ video    | its true.
"Acid is Groovy, Kill the Pigs"       |