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"Author: a fool who , not contentwith having bored thosewho have lived with him/her,insists on tormenting the generationsto come."Anonymous"Okay, the kids are goingthrough' the angst and everythingbut this Marilyn Mansonguy is truly scary for a rolemodel. My day it was blackSabbath driving my parentscrazy ...This singer gives me thebonafide willys.Scccaarn:yyy!!"-Rosie O'DonnellImpatiently awaiting Spring.Apple and Kelly green umbrellasexpectant as salutary showerssoon shall turn up a newleafy lease on life. February'sAmethyst whimsy, Raphaelangels and unrequited love ofValentine's divested of intimatebouquets and entwined trystspractically 'forgotten.Hyacinths, paper whites, crocus,amaryllisand tulips pe-rish.or proliferate. Terra firmsgroundbreaking and tremulousushers in daffodils, gnomesand fairies...Hold it a goshdurnedsecond! Shez...Andyou figured on an alternativesans the magical and fantastical,a monochromatic nirvanaor whatnot. Think again.Welcome the approaching millenniumwith avant-garde Zenprisms. The full spectrum.Imagination, kiddos,Omnipresent, omnipotent,omniscient. Neophytes, bendan ear. Avante cultist, prideyourself on discovering thus in. music, film, philosophy and literature.It's everything thatflies in the unconscious face ofthe American Dream.Still...Theirs is analogous bewildermentand ignorance in allthis fringe zeitgeist. The DarkHorsemetaphor is that of arace entrant or contestant notgiven much chance of winning,a former practice of disguisinga fast horse with dark paintand entering it with inferiorhorses. Hijinks. Laissez-fairevs. Am. Dream. Polarity orparallels. Hanging with thedark angels and gargoyles isn'talways the apotheosis of edgeliving. The threshold is dauntlessand ubiquitous. Lets borrowour Editor's phraseology"intestinal fortitude"."Side by side with the humanrace there urns another race ofbeings, the inhuman ones, therace of artists who, goaded byunknown impulses, take thelifeless mass of humanity andby the fever and ferment withwhich they imbue it turn thissoggy dough into bread and thebread into wine and the wineinto song...One who belongs tothis race must stand up on ahigh place with gibberish inmouth and rip out one'sentrails." .-Henri; Miller"The awareness of human separationwithout reunion bylove is the sourceof shame,guilt and anxiety. The deepestneed is to overcome this separatenessand to leave theprison of aloneness. Theabsolute failure to achieve thisaim means ins~nity. J/ .~Erich FrommPortrait of Kurt Cobain? Amucous talk radio phone-in ­caller jokingly commented thatthe longevity of rock stars MickJagger, Tina Turner and the likeis due to housing portraits ofDorian Grey, in their attics.Hey x.c.. x.c Would You DieFor Me, Hosanna Superstar!,_Lars! Such .spitefulnesslUnresolved Mysteries allegedmurder premise? Let his suicideR.I.P. Case closed . Whenwill the stupid club come fullcircle? The Phantom's masquerade.Phantom of theOpera allegory, that is.Incognito costumes and masks.Art school vesture synonymous.The Phantom indicativeof the nightmarish, intrepidgenius. Dark madness.Christine's seduction embracesit's imminent power and sway.She must allow romanticlove...the brilliance of love'sexaltation...to vanquish herPhantom allure. Then again,grant us the muses hysteriaand ultimatesacrifices under the aegis ofacumen."Some experts claim they canspot a left-hander at infancy.The whorl of their hair willtwist counterclockwise. Thebase of the left thumbnail iswider and squarer that theright. Greta Garbo's "I uant tobe alone" relates to her reclusivenature. She was painfullyshy, also due to her left-handedness,in general, becausevisual imagery is right-braindominant, nonoerbdl lefties areoften limited talkers and apt toavoid social contact" ­(Whomeverth)Very funny, anonymousSLUG critic, I sincerelyenjoy a good insult. Yet,as toldto Gianni months ago, my utilizationof big words is a personaldefense mechanismover / from emotional excessand sometimes hypersensitivity.When you have the authenticityand audacious nerve todenounce hiding behind monogramsor the interlocutor'smonitor, I'll take you seriously.Until then, heed not to payattention. Comprehende?Slacker gloatings, bro. Yourbrain drain, not mine. Plato'sthe unexamined life is notworth living. Ruminate.Exercise )or exorcise) them tharbrain cells. And yes, I've experiencedthee journalist's initiationrites of getting one's feet 'wet via a death threat.Skinheads. Twas my Z.D.Z.commentary. I started ZIONDISPATCHER ZINE disgruntledwith previous tenure atSLUG and THE PRIVATE EYE.Competition is healthy andnecessary in regards to bandsand publications. As for DeathMetal, cock rock get pussyimbecilities. Admittedly, I oncelistened to KRCL's MasterButcher just for Chow's TOTALHARMONIC DISTORTION isstill churning out the vitalwiles . Those spunky galsTristan and Bernice co-hostSTATIC RADIO followed bythe Goth SHORT TERMEFFECTS. Anyways... Botherthe squabble over Twitch'sEditor Christian Aria!. Hisdescription of the creativeprocess engendered synergy,mastery imperfections, imbalances,focus/ drift, etc., wasmost competent.Hmmmm...The alternativecadence renowned in the muse.A universal art form.McClellan referred to it as thepurest express ion.Hmm...Those in the creativefields of visual art , literatureand dance would claim theself-same directive, eh?Actually dance is the purer, inmy biased opinion, of course.Instrumentation and lose ofidentity in the umpteenthdegree. That is, the artisticinstrument is yourself, facilitatedand tempestuous. Withmanic vehemence. Withmania's excitation . Withimpassioned hysteria."It is said that the saddestamongst us are those who wearthe jester's motley garb. Aclassic version of this notion istold by 19th century criminologistCesare Lombroso. Adepressed man is advised byhis physician to take advantageof the circus being intown, and to be sure to see thegreatest of harlequins [osephGrimaldi. you need amusement,Grimaldi will make yOIllaugh, that will be better foryou than drugs. my God, theman replies, but I am Grimaldithis story symbolizes a longheldview that suffering liesjust below the surface of histrionicenthusiasm. Forceful,activity, even when contrived,can defend against melancholy,for awhile at least. everyonewas crying, exclaims the moviecharacter Zorba the Greek. me,I got up and danced. They saidZorba is mad. But i: was thedancing Only thedancing That stopped thepain ."