WHIPMEBEATME!!! COMPLIMENTS WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE... THANX FOR YOUR KEWL LETTER INVITING US TO BE YOUR TECHNONMAD CORRESPONDENTS!...IM SURE WERE GONNA TRAVEL A FEW THOUSAND K'S TOGETHER *GRIN* ........ok HERE IT COMES! -----------------------------------22-1-1995-------------------------------- OK!.. AT THE MOMENT WERE TRAVELLING DOWN FROM THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.. 2 VANS AN A CRANKY UNREGISTERED BUS, CROSSING THROUGH THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF SOUTH OZ..THE WHEELS TURN FAST-DEAD KANGAROOS AND DUST WERE SCREAMING INTO BADLANDS ..THE MOBILE PHONE IS SITTING DEAD ON THE DASHBOARD.. IT DROPPED OUT A FEW DAYS AGO .. LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE STOPPING AND PUTIN UP THE ANTENNA TO SEND IN THIS REPORT!...THE PACKET SERVER BACK HOME SHOULD BOUNCE A COPY TO YOU FOLKS!.. IF YOU GET IT SEND A FLARE!! *YAAAHOO* .....HOPEFULLY IF WE HEAD A COUPLE OF DAYS EAST, WE WILL KICK INTO RANGE OF SOME NSW CELLS AN I'LL CATCH A FEW NET RAYZ FOR A FEW HOURZ OF ONLINE BLISS!! :) SHOULD BE ABLE TO BOOK A FEW GIGS IN SYDNEY ... MABY MAKE A FEW PESO! IF WERE LUCKY *laugh* OK FOLKZ I'LL POST A NEW REPORT IN A FEW DAZE! .. UNTIL THEN .. B KEWL! -----------EMPATHICALLY YOURZ-------SHOGIE PHENOME & THE ROADCREW-------------- -----------26-1-1995--------CRASHBANGPLOP----------------------------- TWENTY HOUR NONSTOP DRIVE AND THE BLISTERING SUN RISES ACROSS THE SMOG STAINED METROPOLIS OF -OL SYDNEY TOWN- WALL TO WALL PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC! WE MADE IT THROUGH ALL THOSE RED-NECK TOWNS AN SLIPPED IN2 SYD B4 DAWN! WERE HOLLED UP IN A DARK MASSIVE ABANDONED FACTORY IN DARLINGHURST AN SOMEONE DOWN STAIRS IS HAVING -BUTTHOLE SURFERS- FOR BREAKFAST!! SOME MAY THINK IT A LITTLE EARLY FOR CHEAP-CREAM-SHERRI BUT NOT I... THROUGH THE RUMBLE OF WATERPIPES & BLANKETS I VAINLY SEARCH FOR MY TRUSTY SUNGLASSES AND MA STASH!!! SEVERAL PEOPLE WANTED OUR MOBILE NUMBER AND DETAILS ON OUR SET-UP ON THE ROAD ...ALAS SOME THINGS SHOULD PROBABLY NOT BE GONE INTO TOO PUBLICLY, NEEDLESS TO SAY WE CANNOT RECEIVE CALLS AS WE HAVE NO NUMBER!;)...ITS ONLY REAL USE TO US IS TO GET ONTO THE NET! WHICH AS OUR RESIDENT TEKO-PHREAK! SAYS -CATCH US IF YOU CAN!!- *laugh* WE HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD NOW FOR 18 MONTHS AND SOLONG AS WE KEEP MOVING...WERE NOT LIKELY TO ATTRACT TOO MUCH ATTENTION RE:FEDS etc! THE ONLY OTHER WAY WE HAVE OF CONNECTING IS THROUGH OUR CRUMBLING PACKET RIG.. WHICH THANKFULLY HAS A SOLID LINK TO A PIRATE SERVER IN (city deleted for safety [wink] -ed-) , WHICH OPERATES ON AN ILLEGAL 'SPLIT FREQUENCY SW' AND RELIABLY BOUNCES OUR MAIL TO A PRIVATE CC LIST! ANYWAYZ ENOUGH ABOUT THAT! IM GONNA SCOPE OUT THE SYDNEY SCENE..MABY CHEK OUT A FEW GIGZ MABY PLAY A FEW!...AN I GOT2 GET RID OF THIS GAD AWFUL SHERRY SMELL B4 I DO! .... UNTIL NEXT WEEK DUDEZ! I WILL KEEP U POSTED! HEY -ED- SYDNEY STINKS!....SHOGIE PHENOME...... still standing...just -------------------------------CRASHBANGPLOP--------------------------- --------------------2-FEB-1995---------SYDNEY---------------------- OH CITY..PUTRID CITY ONLY A FEW DAYS IN THIS RAT HOLE AND ALREADY THE ROT IS SETTING IN WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF OF A THIRD DAY TURKEY SHIVER I AM ACUTELY REMINDED OF WHY IT IS WE HIT THE ROAD TO START WITH! - NEXT STOP CANBERRA - THE POLITICAL CESS PIT OF AUSTRALIA - IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY I NOW REALISE THE STRANGE HALLUCINATIONS I WAS SEEMINGLY EXPERIENCING LATE AT NIGHT ON THE LAPTOP ARE CAUSED BY A COLONY OF TINY RED ANTS THAT LIVE SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE SCREEN-IVE HAD THIS COMPUTER FOR 12MNTHS ITS FALLEN OUT THE DOOR OF A CAR GOING 60K AROUND A CORNER,BEEN STEPPED ON -SPEWED ON -SPILT BEER -MULLBOWL CATASTROPHES STILL POWERING UP LIKE NEW..COULD THEY TAKE AWAY MY WINGS.. I THINK *NOT* OK ... WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM *CASEY* ASKING US >>Tell me about the legal issues regarding the tat/punc scene. WELL....CASEY!... I AM PLASTERED WITH A MULTITUDE OF EM MYSELF! MOST OF MY RELATIVES REEL AWAY IN HORROR AT THE MERE MENTION OF MY NAME LET ALONE ACTUALLY COMING INTO CONTACT WITH MY PERSON! NO ONE I KNOW OF HAS BEEN BUSTED FOR TATS,BUT NOT LONG AGO SOMEONE HAD TWO GOOD TAT GUNS TAKEN BY COPS RAIDING A SQUAT HERE IN SYDNEY,ANOTHER OF THEIR FAVOURITE TRICKS IS TO TEAR NOSE/LIP RINGS OUT BRUTALLY BEFORE THROWIN YA IN THE CELLS! MORE LIKELY IF BIKERS CATCH YOU TATOOIN AROUND THE PLACE THEY STOMP FIRST AND ASK NO QUESTIONS LATER.. THEY LIKE TO THINK THEY HAVE A FRANCHISE ON THE TAT SCENE HERE IN OZ... STILL YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY INDISCREET TO DRAW SUCH HEAT SQUATTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD TARGET FOR ALL MANNER OF SHIT THROWERS AND COPS STILL LIKE TO PRACTISE CRACKIN HEADS IN TOKEN EVICTION RAIDS..NO MORE COULD THEY HOLD BACK A PLAGUE OF RATS.... THE UNDERGROUND HERE IS STRONG!!! OK DUDEZ & DUDESSEZ...PULL THE RED CELLOPHANE DOWN OVER THE MONITOR -----PACK A NICE BIG UN 4 ME----------SHOGIE PHENOME-----------------* --------------------21-FEB-1995---------CANBERRA---------------------- NIGHT - CANBERRA FUSES ARE POPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE OH CANBERRA - OH WRETCHED CANBERRA RAISE PETROL - RAISE TOBBACO - RAISE THE DOLE..RAISE THE POLATITION UP-THE-POLE SO WHATS NEW! GOVERNMENT VEHICLES MADLY RUSHING ABOUT THE CITY - TINTED WINDOWS HIDING MISTRESSES AND HALF PISSED POLLI,S.......SUCH IS THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN OZ! WE ENDED UP DOING A PSYCHOTIC 3AM SPLIT FROM SYDNEY ... AND IM STILL WONDERING WHY WE ENDED UP IN CANBERRA?! @#@!^ .. (I THINK I'LL AVE ANOTHER DRINK) .....(; IM OUT IN THE FIELD WITH MY GAFFA TAPED LAP-TOP - AND MY GOOD MATE KIA, SHES 24,HAS A MOHAWK, A RAT TATTO,D ON THE SIDE OF HER HEAD AND IS A TRUE DEVIANT....WERE SITTING IN THE BACK OF A PUB IN -FISHWICK- SMACK BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CALAMITY OF CANBERRA,S OUTER SUBURBS,THE MAIN BARS FULL OF PAINTERS AN DOCKERS,FACTORY WORKERS AND CRUSTY PUNKS, FIGHTING FOR POSSESSION OF THE TWO POOL TABLES AND FOUR POKER MACHINES...THINGS ARE GETTING UGLIER AND UGLIER! WERE GONNA FINISH THIS EMAIL - PICK UP - AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE! SOMEONE CALLED -BENNY- EMAILED US FROM CALI ASKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES >im coming to Australia in july and i wana chek out the rave scene there! >whats gettin around tripwise & how's the herb supply? WELL BENNY .... I HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR QUALITY....SERIOUSLY THO,IT IS TRU.. I AM A FIEND...JUS BETWEEN U..ME..AN THE REST OF THE WORLD. ...ALL WILL BE REVEALED!! >Hmmmm. Maybe we should do that pgp thing before they hang us from > a dogmatic neo-traditionalist flagpole by our testicles, eh?? I'LL SEND YOU SOME -PGP- DETAILS MATE!, NEEDLES TO SAY.. THERE IS PLENTY TO GO AROUND *GRIN* MY MAN JUS WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR,GLASSES ARE SMASHING AND KIA,S TRYING TO CONVINCE SOME HALF PISSED YOBBO THAT SHE,S HIS LONG LOST DAUGHTER.. WERE OUTA HERE...................CATCH YA SOON!..........SHOGIE....... is that a nun in your pocket or r u just happy to sie me ----------SHOK THE E-MONKEY TONITE--------SHOGIE PHENOME------------* --------------------13-MAR-1995---------BEGA---------------------- HEY DUDEZ.................................................... YOU DRIVE ABOUT THREE HOURS OUT OF TOWN UP 20 K OF WINDING BOGGY DIRT TRACK..LEAVE YOUR CAR AND WALK 40 MINUTES UP A STEEP SLIPPERY TRACK UNTIL TUCKED NEATLY IN THE BUSH RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE CLIFF IS THE GEO DOME OF WILLY.D...25 YRS OLD AND COMFORTABLY RETIRED ON AN OZ INVALID PENSION FOR NERVOUS ANXIETY AND PARANOIA..A FRIEND..A BROTHER..AND AN ABSOLUTE FREAK!! >tell us more about the RUG scene in Oz .... do many people.../ WILLY.D GROWS A MEGA TAI/MEX STRAIN THAT HE'S KEPT PURE FOR 6 YRS.. MIND BLOWING NARCO EFFECT..SUCH DELICACIES ARE NOT FOR SALE IN OZ THE STREET POT IS USUALLY COMMERCIAL CROPS GROWN WITH MEGA FERTS AND CHEMICAL BOOSTERS...INCREASINGLY MORE AND MORE HYDROPONIC GEAR IS HITTING THE STREETS.. BIG ON HEADRUSH LOW ON FRUITY TASTE.... NOTHIN BEATS LOVINGLY CULTIVATED ORGANIC HERB! 2 WEEKS OF ISOLATION AND HAZY MEDITATION AND WERE BACK BITCHIN ON THE ROAD AGAIN..MY 2 YR OLD KID JUST LEARNED TO SAY FUCK!! THE SUN IS SHINING..THE BEES ARE STINGIN AN ALL IS WELL (WELL.. IN REALITY THE BUS IS BOGGED ... AND IM WAITIN FOR THE SOLAR TO CHARGE THE DAMN BATTERIES UP AGAIN!.. SUCH IS LIFE) TALK TO YA SOON...........................SHOGIE PHENOME......... WHEN USING IMPROBABILITY DRIVES......RANDOM GOLDFISH ARE OFTEN A HAZARD.. ----------WASTED ON THE INFO-BI-WAY--------SHOGIE PHENOME------------* --------------------14-MAY-1995---------NOWHERESVILLE---------------------- YO DUDEz'z!! THE BIG WHEEL TURNS SOMETIMES I CANT DECIDE WHETHER THE VIEW FROM THE TOP IS WORTH THE IMMINENT SQUASHING AT THE BOTTOM!!...SUCH INDECISION IS THE FRUIT OF HUMANITY! SO HERE WE ARE..... I CAN SEE A PHUCKEN RIVER .. A FEW TREE'S .. .... ERR A BROKEN DOWN BUS!....... GAD! .. THE BROKEN DOWN BUS!!!! I COULD BE DOWN THERE UP TO THE ARMPITS IN SUMP OIL ... BUT NADA! I'VE ARC'D UP THE OL PACKET RIG AN IM READIN THE LATEST *PHRACK* MAG THATS JUS ROLLIN IN DOWN THE PIPES! ....ITS NOT LIKE WERE IN A HURRY *WINK* SO HEY!! .. WE MISSED THE -NIMBIN- THINGIE! .. BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF THE PAGES THERE WERE ENOUGH LONG HAIRED OUT-OF-IT TYPES THERE ANYWAY! .....OK .. SO WE HIT THE OL BLISS OUT IN A BIG WAY .. AN 1 WEEK TURNED INTO A HAZE OF ETERNITY ... ERR LIKE 3 WEEKS UP IN THE SURREAL HILLS OF BEGA ... AND SO HERE WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD .. BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH A BROKEN CRANK SHAFT!.... THERE'S A NEW ONE ON THE WAY BACK FROM MOSSY POINT (NICE PLACE TO DIE *HEHEHE*) SO... WHEN WE GET THIS MINOR OBSTRUCTION SORTED OUT, WERE A-HEADDEN UP TO CAIRNS (VIA BRISBANE ME THINX) .. SO DON'T BE SURPRISED IF WE LAND THE WHOLE KABOODLE ON YA *HEHE* (err... do you still have my address? *yikes* ed) LONGITUDE -151o LATITUDE -33o .....LIFEZ THE BITCHENEST! MEANWHILE SEE IF YOU CAN JAM THE CBS NETWORK WITH A PERPETUAL LOOP OF.... THE ZOO OF VIOLENT GALAXIES *----------COOL IN THE DROOL--------SHOGIE PHENOME------------* --------------------19-AUG-1995---------NIMBIN---------------------- PEOPLEZ!! OH NIMBIN... MIGHTY NIMBIN! OK...OK.. SO I JUS SPENT 1 MONTH IN GRAFTON PRISON!!! I WOZ FINALLY GOT FOR. - NO LICENCE (so whats new) - NO REGISTRATION (our bus has never been registered!) - ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES (a lousy .5 of a gram of pot & sum tripz) - MALICIOUS INJURY (to a damn signpost) SO WE'D JUS FIRED UP THE BUS ON A BLOODY FREEZIN COLD MORNIN.. THE SUN WAS BLEARIN IN MY FACE & I WAS JUS KNOCKIN OVER MY FIRST SKOOB OF THE DAY! NEXT THING WE GOT 2 BACK WHEELS STUCK IN THE PHUCKEN MUD!!... SO BEING THE ENTERPRISING PEOPLEZ THAT WE ARE WE PROCEED TO AXE DOWN THE NEAREST SIGNPOST TO SHOVE UNDER THE WHEEL..... A FEW ROCKS & SIGNPOSTS LATER WE WERE JUS STARTING TO ROCK OUT OF THE BOG (WITH MUCH BILLIOUS CLOUDS OF DIESEL) WHEN *WHAMMO* THE PHUCKEN HIGHWAY PATROL ROARS PAST! MUCH HASSLING AND HEAVY VIBES FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT LATER AN I AM DOWN FOR NO LICENCE ETC ETC & KIRA IS DOWN FOR PILLS & POT!.. ANYWAY .. I AM OUT!! ... KIRA IS STILL IN... WE WILL BE HANGIN AROUND THIS AREA FOR A WHILE UNTIL SHE GETS OUT (3 MORE WEEKS) AND THEN WE WILL BE GETTING THE PHUCK AS FAR PHUCKEN AWAY FROM HERE AS WE CAN!! I WILL SEND A REPORT ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN NIMBIN IN MY NEXT REPORT! (ALSO THE PHUCKED STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GRAFTON PRISON!!) SORRY FOR THE DELAY ED* .. PRISON FOOD STILL SUX BIGTIME! *SHOGIE* (PHUCK THE ESTABLISHMENT.. THEY PHUCK US!) *----------FREEDOM AIN'T SO BAD!--------SHOGIE PHENOME------------* ----------------19-JANUARY-1996------80K SE OF ALICE SPRINGS-------------- HEY!!! LONG TIME ... NO SEE FOLKX!... FIRST OF ALL ID LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL OFF YOU KIND PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY SENT IN LETTERS TO US, BUT A SPECIAL THANX TO THOSE WHO SENT DONATIONS (CASH & HERBAL)..... IT IS YOU KIND PEOPLE WHO GIVE US THE MOTIVATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY TO CARRY ON!! WELL GAD DAMN IT ...... AFTER OUR LAST INSTALLATION WE HEADED OUT OF NIMBIN AND DIDN'T STOP TILL WE HIT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BORDER..... OUR RECENT INCARCERATION DEFIANTLY GAVE US THE BURNING DESIRE TO GET THE PHUCK AWAY FROM NSW AND OUT INTO THE BADLANDS ... WE'VE BEEN HOLED UP AT A MISSION (THE RESIDENTS ASKED US NOT TO PRINT THE NAME OR LOCATION OF THE MISSION.. THEY ARE SIK TO DETH OF TOURISTS) NOT A BAD LIFE IF YOU DON'T MIND EATING KANGAROO AND SITTING IN 40 DEGREE HEAT EVERYDAY! ANYWAY WHILE WE WERE THERE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTAKE IN A PARTICULAR HERBAL EXTRACT FAMILIAR TO OUR NATIVE INHABITANTS .. ITS CALLED -PITURI- .. IN LATIN ITS NAME IS -NICOTINIA EXCELSIOR- (BUT SPELT MORE PROPER).. THE BOTTOM LINE ON THIS SUBSTANCE IS THAT IT IS A NARCOTIC, AND IF YOU CHEW ENOUGH OF THE STUFF MIXED WITH FIRE ASH YOU WILL BE FAIRLY NODDING OFF WITHIN 20MIN. THE DUDES OUT ON THE MISSION TELL US THAT ITS THE BEST WALKABOUT DRUG U EVER DID TRY! ... AND HAVING NOW TRIED IT... I BELIEVE EM!!! FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED .. IT GROWS IN ARID ROCKY OUTCROPS MOSTLY AND IT HAS LONGISH OVAL SHAPED LEAVES .... THESE YOU PICK AND MIX WITH A GOB FULL OF FIRE ASH (ADDS THE ALKALINE TO THE MIX AND ACTIVATES THE ACTIVE NARCOTIC COMPONENTS) IT SURE IS A SATISFYING BUZZ!!! ANYWAYZ ENUF OF THAT! ... CURRENTLY WE ARE PARKED JUST IN MOBILE PHONE RANGE ABOUT 80 K OUT OF ALICE SPRINGS .....WERE GONNA SIT HERE TIL NIGHTFALL AND THEN MAKE A BREAK FOR IT THROUGH ALICE AND HEAD FOR A PROPERTY ABOUT 120K SW OF DARWIN WHERE SOME KEWL BROTHERS AND SISTERS LIVE . ITS STINKING HOT OUT HERE AND THE POOR OL BUS IS OVER HEATING EVERY 50K OR SO! I KEEP RAMING MORE CLAY INTO THE HOLES IN THE RADIATOR BUT ALAS THIS ONLY HOLDS FOR A LITTLE WHILE B4 WE HAVE TO STOP AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. I WILL BE LOOKING OUT FOR A NEW RADIATOR WHEN WE GET NEAR DARWIN, SO IF ANY OF OUR READERS IN DARWIN WANT TO CATCH UP WITH US AND PARTY OUT, WE WILL BE PARKED OUTSIDE THE DARWIN POST OFFICE ALL DAY ON THE 22ND OF JAN. CHEK YA'S THERE ... OR HANG IN THERE FOR THE NEXT INSTALMENT BE GROOVIE YA-ALL! *--------MAN CANNOT LIVE ON LENTILS ALONE!--------SHOGIE PHENOME---------* ----------------5-MARCH-1996------370 SW OF DARWIN-------------- WWOOOAAA .. WHERE THE HELL ARE WE WE DO NOT KNOW ... WE LEFT THE MAIN ROAD (WELL IT DISAPEARED ACTUALLY) ABOUT 120 K AGO ... WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OUR WAY THROUGH SAND DRIFTS, BOULDERS AND SMALL SHRUBZ SINCE THEN..... THE REASON I AM TYPING THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PATCH TO DRY ON AN INNER TUBE ON THE BUS!! .. YES THATS RIGHT .. *A TUBE* .. SOMEWHAT INEFFICIENT .. BUT ULTIMATLY REPAIRTABLE IN A PINCH! .... LOST THE TIRE ON A SPEARLIKE GUM ROOT... HAVE TO WAIT MABY 4 HOURS.. SO UP WITH THE DI-POLE AND WIND UP THE PACKET RIG!@ ... NICE TO SEE THE AUSPAK PACKET RECEIVER IS STILL POWERING STRONG OUTTA BRIZZIE (THERE ARE ELEVEN KNOWN PACKET RECEIVING STATIONS KNOWN TO US IN AND AROUND AUSTRALIA AND PNG......>> ANYWAYZ .. IT BLOIWZ THE BATTERY OUT PRETTY FAST IF THE ENGINES NOT GOING SO IM OUTTA HERE FOLKX .... STAY KEWL TILL NEXT TIME *------SAND AND TREES AND SANS AND ROCKS AND SAND!------SHOGIE PHENOME-------* ----------------17-MAY-1996------840 SW OF DARWIN-------------- FIRST TIMME IN WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A SYGNAL ON THE PACKET RIG DROPPED LINK 5 TIMES TRYING TO SEND THIS! JUST TO LET U KNO WE ARE ALL STILL ALIVE (WE THINK) NOT REALLY SURE WHERE WE ARE (THE METER SAYS 840 SW DARWIN) WERE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT DAMN ABANDONMED MINEING TOWN WE HEARD OF OUT HERE SOMEHWERE ......... (AROUND 1000K'S THEY SAID) OUT HERE ON THE PERIMETER THERE ARE NO ROADS (ONLY STARS) *------B INSANE & STAY TUNED !------SHOGIE PHENOME-------* ----------------22-JULY-1996------MIDDLE OF W.A SOMEWHERE-------------- OK .. NO PROBS .. WE JUST FOUND A TOWN CALLED "WINTON" ABANDONED SINCE 1987 .. HAS POST OFFICE - PUB - EVEN POLICE STATION - ALL ABANDONED.. WE HEARD OF THIS PLACE IN A BAR IN DARWIN .. APARENTLY IT WAS SOLD OFF (FOR A REDICULOUS AMOUNT OF CASH) TO A PRIVATE MINEING CONCERN (PROB AT A LOSS) .. IT USED TO BE A BUSTELING MINEING TOWN BEFORE THE MINE SOLD OUT AND EVERYBODY MOVED AWAY .. ITS GREAT!! .. LIKE A GHOST TOWN!! LOTS OF GOOD TAT TO BE FOUND AROUND THE PLACE (ALREADY GOT A WATER PUMP AND HALF A OLD SHORTWAVE RADIO) AND THERE IS HEAPS OF FRESH RAIN WATER! WERE BUNKIN DOWN HERE FOR A WHILE AND WERE GOING TO SEE HOW LONG WE CAN SQUAT THIS PLACE BEFORE WE GET HARASSED OUT OF HERE (HOPEFULLY QUITE A WHILE) .. WE GET GOOD STRONG RADIO RECEPTION HERE AND THE PACKET RADIO RIG IS HUMMIN ALONG ON SIX'S! MIGHT EVEN DROP A FEW SEEDS! CHAT YAZ ALL SOON! *------CULT OF THE SANDSTORM!------SHOGIE PHENOME & CO-------* ----------------22-JULY-1997------ LIGHTENING RIDGE-------------- THERE IS A SAD SAD STORY OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO'S BUS BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE & WHO HAD TO SELL THEIR SOLAR PANNELS TO FIX THE DAMN BUS & GET IT ROLLIN ALONG AGAIN! NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE WERE LIMITED TO CREEPING INTO TOWN & STICKING PHONE COUPLERS ONTO THE PUBLIC PHONE IN TOWN TO GET ONLINE, A PROCESS WHICH GOT ME ARRESTED & CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH TELECOM EQUIPMENT! *SHEESH* .. WE HAD JUST BECOME MOBILE WHEN ONE OF MI FRIENDS ON THE BUS DECIDED TO DROP ANOTHER KID (IT WAS MESSY .. BUT FUN) .. AND 200 PAINFUL CONTRACTIONS LATER WE HAVE A NEW BUS RESIDENT (I WANTED TO CALL HIM "GEAR-BOX" .. BUT THEY CALLED HIM "OPAL"!..... MUST HAVE BEEN THE INFLUANCE OF THE 200 POUND .. EX-OPAL MINER MIDWIFE!) SO WHERE HAVE WE BEEN? .... WE GOT STUCK ALONG THE NULLARBOR & WE COULDNT LOG ON FOR 3 MONTHS (I WAS PEEKIN OUT TO THE MAXX) ...... AFTER SEVERAL HARROWING BREAKDOWNS & SEVERAL NON-EVENTFUL RUNS IN WITH THE COPZ WE DECIDED TO KNOCK OVER A COUNCIL YARD (SOMEWHERE IN S.A) FOR SOME SUPPLIES & A COUPLE OF SOLAR PANNELS (AND WHATEVER ELSE WE COULD SCROUNGE) .. THIS LED TO A MAD CHASE THROUGH 100K OF SCRUB (SPARSE BUSH) UNTIL WE GOT GROUNDED IN A RIVER BED & GOT CAUGHT .... TURNED OUT THAT THE GUYS CHASIN US WERE TRYIN TO KNOCK OVER THE SAME PLACE & DIDNT EVEN WORK THERE! ... WE HAD A GOOD OL LAUGH & A IMPROVISED PARTY ON THE SPOT (WITH THE LAST OF THE MANGO MEAD & 2 CRATES OF HOME BREW) SUCH IS THE CHAOTIK WAY OF THE WERLD! WE SHOULD BE BAK IN CONTACT MORE REGULARLY NOW! .. SO STAY TUNED@! *---LIFE & LOVE & LONG FEUL TUBES WITH HOLES IN EM!--SHOGIE PHENOME & CO--* ----------------13-AUG-1997------ SYDNEY TOWN -------------- PRESS RELEASE: Syd Morning Herald 13/Aug/1997 Drug Crazed Ferals set up camp in Cabramatta - 5 Arrested The rather visual encampment of a group of ferals in the main municipal park area in down town Cabramatta was today disbanded as local authorities moved in arresting some of the inhabitants on prior warrants & drug charges. The large painted bus of questionable registration status & roadworthyness was towed away, hopefully never to darken these streets again! Both the local branch of the Christian DPP & the local Community whatchdog group C.A.I.P were present both vocally and even phisically as at least one arrest turned bad. Police have released no details of the names of those arrested and no details are currently available on the location of the bus. We will post further reports as they become available! *--------------------------------------------------------* *--------------- EYE'LL b BAK SOON -----------------* Time & space unfold in decaying moments of confusion & delight ... For those of you who have been following the saga & have been wondering what became of me ... I have been enjoying an enforced meditation & diet retreat at the behest of HMS Correctional institutions. Thus the once substance enhanced fertile landscape of my concious has been suffering the constant harrassment of 4 grey stone (graphiti covered) walls, Officers who may as well be working late shift in an abbatoir (electro shock cattle prods always at the ready) Food that would once be considered fit only for farm yard swine is now dished up to our congregation as Sunday best! Some might say that 2 years, six months & 4 days of confinment would destroy a person! Especially since the restriction also applied to drugs, internet access & sex! My descent into the third & fourth levels of hell is coming to an end in 7 weeks (perish the thought) If you are reading this message online through my homepage then it means that this blood scrawled note has been successfully secreted out of this hell hole in the warm & too moist confines of a friendly vaginal cavity! (no mean feat considering that to visit me means having to suffer the rigours of a full cavity search *ik* luckily they only search on the way in!!) Anywayz - for those who care (and there are quite a few who have snail mailed me inside) I will be back on track in 7 (way too long) weeks! I am planning a short stay at a friends in Syd (substance assult & de-programming), then its back on the road! Since the enforced incarceration of 4 of my beloved bro's & sis's the bus has been languishing out the back of someones parent's place in Penrith. I fully intend to reanimate it ASAP (it is the only real home I have) & get back on the tour again! Errp - the bell just went for 'excercise period' the only chance I get to see an unobstructed view of the sky (my cell window overlooks another cell block & is only good for firing messages across to the maximum security block - oh what fun) Stand by & stand at attention & Stay tuned! Shogie Phenome *-------------------- BAK SOON! -------------------* *---------- PRESS RELEASE ---------- 14/03/2000 ----------* We have just been informed by HMS that on the 14/03/2000 Shogie and an un-named female visitor were caught in possesion of illegal and controlled substances while enjoying a full contact visit. The matter has gone before the board & Shogie has pulled another three months in the concrete box!! We are right now awaiting a phone call from him where he has promised to dictate his column, but prison systems can be fucked sometimes, and phonecalls can be revoked for being a naughty boy! The female visitor is being held in custody pending her own case which is due to go before the great wigged one end of March! - We will keep you posted! ED. *-------------------- END PRESS RELEASE -------------------* *---------- SMUGGLED LETTER ---------- 14/04/2000 ----------* WELL AS YOU HAVE NO DOUBT HEARD BY NOW - I HAVE BEEN DELAYED IN MY QUEST FOR FREEDOM - ALL FOR 2 MEASLY JOINTS & A BAG FULL OF COOKIES (OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN) - LATEST BOARD SESSION DROPPED IT BACK TO 2 MONTHS SO I SHOULD BE OUT START OF JULY (IF I KEEP MY NOSE, VEINS & LUNGS CLEAN) - YOU CAN GET ALMOST ANYTHNG YOU INSIDE PRISON - IN FACT, SOMETIMES YOU CAN SCORE EASIER THAN YOU CAN OUT ON THE STREETS !!! (BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE $$ OR A BIG FRIEND) - THE FOOD SUCKS - THE HOURS IN YER CELL SUCK - THE COMPANY BY & LARGE ISN'T BAD, BUT YOU DO TEND TO GET A PRETTY BITTER SUB-SECTION OF SOCIETY IN HERE... NOT SURPRISING CONSIDERING YOU HAVE TO REALLY FUCK UP, KILL SOMEONE, RUN BIG DRUGS OR FINES TO END UP SPENDING ANY AMOUNT OF TIME IN ONE OF THESE SHITHOLES! RAN INTO AN OLD BUDDY (AND I MEAN OLD) WHO IS DOING SOME TIME IN HERE - HE WAS RECENTLY FEATURED IN A NEW NOVEL ABOUT THAI PRISONS AND DRUG RUNNING, HE'D HAVE TO BE IN HIS 70'S BY NOW, AND HE'S STILL GETTING BUSTED FOR DEALING, AND STILL RUNNING BAD HABITS! GUESS OLD HABITS DIE HARD, SPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO ALOT OF HARD TIME! - THIS OLD FELLA HAD DONE TIME WITH SOME OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMS - HAS SOME NASTY STORIES TO TELL - ESPECIALLY ABOUT GRAFTON PRISON (EVEN TODAY) - ANYWAYS - THIS IS ABOUT AS MUCH AS I CAN WRITE ON THIS FRAGILE TOILET PAPER (THEY SHOULD GIVE US SOME STRONGER STUFF SO WE CAN WRITE PROPER LETTERS) CHEK YAZ SOON BROS & SISRZ *-------------------- OUT START JULY -------------------* *---------- SMUGGLED LETTER ---------- 4/06/2000 ----------* WELL NUTHIN MUCH HAPPENIN THIS WAY - PLAYIN CARDS FOR CIGG'S GETS PRETTY PREDICTABLE AFTER AROUND 10,000 GAMES WITH THE SAME PEOPLE (GREAT PEOPLE MAY THEY BE, MURDERERS, THIEVES, DRUG ADDICTS & GENERAL THUGGISH RANDOM MASHERS - JUS LIKE HOME REALLY) GOT SLAPPED ON THE WRIST BAD LAST WEEK WHEN THEY TURNED UP A CUT-DOWN SYRINGE IN MY CELL - WASN'T EVEN MINE (MINE'S STASHED IN THE TOILET BLOCK) THREATENED ALL KIND OF SHIT ON ME - EXTRA TIME ETC ETC - IN THE END IT WAS PROL THE WARDEN WHO BRINGS THE BULK OF THE SHIT IN SO HE DIDNT WANT TO MAKE TOO MUCH OF AN ISSUE OF IT - OR TOOK MERCY UPON MY DRUG RIDDLED SOUL (NOT F/N LIKLY) - ONE HAS LOTS O TIME TO PONDER SUCH MATTERS - OH DID I MENTION THAT I NOW KNOW AT LEAST 7 NEW WAYS TO BREAK INTO LATEST MODEL CARS (SHOULD I EVER NEED THE SKILL AGAIN) AND MUCH OTHER ASSORTED KNOWLEDGE - NOT MUCH ELSE TO DO - ITS LIKE A UNIVERSITY OF CRIME IN HERE - LOTS O FOLKX WITH LOTS O TIME TO FIGURE HOW THEY COULD GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME (AND MANY WHO KEEP GETTING IT WRONG BUT PONDER ONWARD ANYHOW) - VISITOR TELLS ME THAT THE GOOD FOLKX @ FH HAVE SET UP A FOREIGN PRISON SITE - WELL FUKEN DONE GUYS - ITS BORING AS HELL IN HERE (WELL U CAN WORK IF U WANT, BUT WHO WANTS TO IRON SHIRTS & SHEETS ALL DAY) BUT ITS A F/N HOLLIDAY COMPARED TO OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS INCARCERATED OVERSEAS IN SOME OF THE SHITTIER COUNTRIES - WELL OVERDUE I SAY! -!! ANYHOW - I HAD TO WRITE THIS ON TOILET PAPER AS IVE LOST PRIVILEGES AGAIN - WONT TELL U HOW WE GOT THIS MESSAGE OUT *G* IM SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE - I CAN JUS SEE THE ED OF FH TRYING TO DECIPHER MY SCRAWL OFF 5 SHEETS OF SANDPAPER LOO PAPER! (you will never know what we endure for you Shogie!!! - ED) FUCKEN DYIN TO BE FREE OF THIS CONCRETE BOX - THANX AS USUAL FOR THE FOLKX WHO WROTE TO ME - I DID WRITE BACK (COULDNT READ THE ONE IN GERMAN THO) - CHEK YAZ ON THE OUTSIDE (TIME COUNTIN) ( Here's the site Shogie was refering to - ED) *-------------------- OUT START JULY -------------------* *---------- FREE AT LAST ---------- 1/7/2000 ----------* IM IN THE ONLY THING THAT RESEMBLES A HOTEL IN A PLACE CALLED BOOMI I HAD TO PULL HALF THE BEDHEAD APART TO WIRE IN THE MODEM CABLES WITH PAPER CLIPS (NUTHING THEY WILL NOTICE) - AND I AM A FREE MAN! THE LITTLE RITUAL DONE, THE FAREWELLS SAID I WAS LED THROUGH THE MYRIAD OF SLIDING BARS & STEEL DOORS TO THE OFFICE WHERE YOU GET YOUR POSSESIONS BACK - THE DUTY OFFICER NEARLY PUKED AS HE PUSHED MY DECAYING JEANS & JACKET ACROSS THE DESK WITH A BATON. MY LAPTOP WAS DEAD BUT THE INTERNAL BATTERY HAD PRESERVED THE HARDDRIVE & WHEN I GOT TO PLUG IT ONTO THE SOURCE IT SPARKED TO LIFE.. HAD TO TRY 4 ISP'S TILL I FOUND ONE THAT WOULD STILL LET ME IN ON SOME DUDES UNLIMITED CORPORATE ACCOUNT (EVEN I HAVE ETHICS U KNO!) - EVEN SO I HAD TO DO IT LONG DISTANCE AS IM NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF NO-F/N-WHERE! UPON RELEASE I SPLIT AS FAST AS I COULD OUT OF GRAFTON, ONLY BRIEFLY STOPPING IN NIMBIN (FOR MEDICAL REASONS *G*) THEN ONTO WOODENBONG (YES THERES ACTUALLY A TOWN CALLED WOODENBONG) THEN N/WEST. ENDED UP HERE IN A ONE HORSE TOWN THAT WANTED CASH UPFRONT BEFORE LETTING ME IN THE DOOR. FUNNY THING HAPPENED YESTERDAY, WHILE HITCHING OUT OF GYMPIE I GOT A RIDE WITH A DUDE WHO WAS TRANSPORTING THE OLYMPIC TORCH OUT WEST FOR THE NEXT LEG OF THE SAGA KNOWN AS OLYMPICS 2000! NICE LOOKING BIT OF EQUIPMENT REALLY - HE HAD BOTH THE LANTERN & THE TORCH UNIT - I DID A LAP OF HOUNOR WITH IT ROUND THE ROADHOUSE OUTSIDE OF GOONDOOWINDI (MUCH TO THE VARIED DELIGHT & DISGUST OF THE LOCAL STAFF & TRUCKERS) - SINCE THE CAR CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS STUFFED WE USED THE TORCH TO LIGHT OUR CIGGIES ALL THE WAY TO BOOMI (HE WAS GOING NORTH, I WANTED TO VEER FURTHER WEST & MEET UP WITH THE BUS WHICH IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ALICE SPRINGS & ADELAIDE) - THEY SHULD HAVE SENT ME TO GREECE!!!! ANYWAYS - SOUNDS LIKE CLOSING TIME DOWNSTAIRS, LOTS OF DRUNKEN SHOUTING & UTES DOING BURNOUTS DOWN MAIN STREET (WHICH IS THE ONLY STREET REALLY) - IM GOING TO NIP OUT ON THE VERANDA FOR A QUICK SCOOB (I MISSED MY SCOOBS INSIDE) & IVE GOT ENUF MEDICINE TO GET ME TO ALICE AT LEAST (IT HAD BLOODY BETTER LAST THAT LONG - NUTHIN BUT SPEED & GROG THIS FAR FROM THE INTERZONE!) *IK* STAY TUNED - I WILL POST IN FROM THE NEXT SAFETY BUFFER ZONE I CAN FIND ALONG THE WAY! MY HITCH-HIKING THUMB ALREADY HAS BLISTERS FROM ALL THE CARS THAT JUST ROLL ON BY WITHOUT STOPPING! - THEN AGAIN I PROBABLY LOOK LIKE A GENERAL HEALTH HAZARD & SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T RISK BEING CONFINED WITH IN AND INCLOSED SPACE FOR TOO LONG (ASK MY OLD CELLMATE! *G*) B GOOD BOUYZ & GERLZ & STAY OUT OF THE BIG HOUSE (IT AINT NO PHUN) *---------- FREE AT LAST ---------- 1/7/2000 ----------* *---------- DUSTBOWL CITY LIMITS ---------- 1/8/2000 ----------* HOPE YOU GET THIS - IM SENDING IT VIA MY LAPTOP WIRED TO AN OLD COUPLER-SET GAFFA TAPED TO MY MOBILE PHONE - THE CONNEXION IS LIKE SWIMMING THROUGH CUSTARD - BUT IT SHULD GET MY REPORTS FOR THE MONTH OUT - AND MY NEW EMAIL IN (IM NOT HOLDIN MY BREATH).. OK SO WHATS NEW? I GUESS THE NEWEST THING IS THE STENCH THAT CURRENTLY SUROUNDS ME & HAS PERMIATED EVERY CELL OF MY BEING. AFTER WAITING ON THE DAMN ROAD FOR NEAR 2 DAYS TRYING FOR A LIFT FURTHER WEST, I FINALLY GOT A RIDE IN THE BACK OF A ROAD TRAIN THAT WAS ON ITS WAY BACK FROM DUMPING ITS RANCID LOAD AT SLOPWERX! NO F/N ROOM IN THE CAB BECAUSE HIS FOX TERRIER HAD JUST HAD A LITTER AND HIS MISSUS (WHO HAD MORE TATS THAN THE DRIVER) WASNT GOING TO BUDGE FOR NO FERAL LOOKING WANDERER - I CURSED THE F/N DOG (AND THE MISSUS) AS I CLIMBED INTO THE 4 INCHES OF COWSHIT IN THE BACK OF THE CAGE - I SPENT THE NEXT 5 HOURS DRY RETHCING AND BEING THROWN FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN THE SHIT AS THE DAMN TRUCK HIT EVERY POT HOLE & ROAD KILL IT COULD FIND. BY THE TIME I EMERGED IN A TOWN CALLED MAREEBA I WAS COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN SHIT - THEY WOULDNT LET ME INTO THE HOSTEL & I HAD TO WALK DOWN TO THE RIVER TO CLEAN OFF. IT WAS UP TO MY NECK IN THE BROWN SLUDGE OF THE MURRAY RIVER NEKKID AS THE DAY I WAS BORN - WHEN I WAS SET UPON BY THE LOCAL CONSTABULARLY IN THEIR BULL WAGON - NEEDLESS TO SAY - THERE WAS NO MERCY - MY ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS THAT I HAD HID MY ID AND WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY STASH UNDER A NEARBY LOG - THEY BUSTED ME FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE UNDER THE NAME WILLIAM GINSBURG - SPOSED TO GO TO COURT IN 3 WEEKS BUT I WILL BE LONG GONE BY THEN & WILLIAM WILL BE NONE THE WISER (I HOPE) MANAGED TO GET THE STINK OUT OF MY CLOTHES AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS IN THE SALVATION ARMY WASHING MACHINE, BUT MY DREDS & BAGS ARE ANOTHER STORY - I HAVE TO LEANT TO LIVE WITH SEVERAL HANDYCAPS IN THIS WORLD - BUT STINKING OF RANCID COW SHIT ISNT ONE OF THEM! IM HEADING FOR WYRALLA IN S.A WHERE IVE BEEN TOLD THE BUS IS WAITING FOR ME BEFORE HEADING FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE NULLABOR THE ONLY THING I CAN REMEMBER ABOUT THAT SHITTY TOWN IS THAT IT HAS A WORSE PRISON THAN GRAFTON - THE BUS HAS THROWN A UNIVERSAL JOINT SO IT AINT GOING ANYWHERE FAST & WITH ANY LUCK (IM NOT HOPPIN ANY MORE CATTLE TRAINS) I SHULD GET THERE IN 3/4 DAYS - GONNA DO A QUICK STOP IN PORT AUGUSTA TO VISIT AN OLD FRIEND & HERBAL CONOSOUR & REPLENISH MY SUPPLIES. POT IS DECRIMINALISED IN S.A WHICH IS GREAT BUT STILL DOSENT STOP THE LOCAL PLODS FROM STOPPING YOU & MAKING YOU SPREAD YOUR LIFES POSSESIONS ON THE ROADSIDE! (I TRAVEL LIGHT) ANYWAYS - IM OUTTA HERE - GONNA TRY FOR A HITCH TO MILDURA WHERE THERE RESIDES THE LONGEST BAR IN AUSTRALIA - I REMEMBER IT FONDLY BECAUSE I WAS ARRESTED THERE AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 16 AFTER KICKING UP A STINK WHEN THEY TRIED TO THROW ME OUT FOR NOT WEARING SHOES (FUNNY THEY NEVER MENTIONED THE FACT THAT I WAS UNDERAGED & HAD BEEN DRINKING THERE HALF THE DAY!) WILL TRY & SEND A POST FROM PORT AUGUSTA LET YOU KNOW THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE STATE OF S.A (AND WHAT THE HERBS LIKE) IN THE FAMOUS WORDS OF PINK FLOYD ..... STAY OUT OF THE ROAD IF YOU WANT TO GROW OLD... (SHULD TAKE THAT ADVICE MYSELF EH! - LUV STINKY) *--------- SHOGIE TV STAR & INTERNATIONAL HACKER ------ 04/10/2000 ----------* *---------- S.A STATE OF DECRIMINALISATION ---------- 7/9/2000 ----------* AHH THE BLISS OF BEING IN A STATE WHERE SMOKING THE WEED ISNT A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY CASTRATION & IMPRISONMENT!! - HERE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA YOU CAN GROW UP TO 10 PLANTS PER PERSON (AND IVE SEEN SOME F/N HUGE PLANTS IN THE LAST WEEK!!) PORT AUGUSTA IS A FUNNY PLACE - ITS A SMALLISH TOWN WHICH SERVES AS THE MAIN JUMP OFF POINT TO HEAD NORTH TO THE TERRITORY OR WEST TO THE NULLABOR - MOST PEOPLE DONT EVEN STOP! ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS PLACE IS THAT THE COP CARS ARE PINK!! - ADDS A NEW TWIST TO THE BOYS WITH BATTONS! - PROL SEE EM MARCHIN IN THE MARDI GRAZ B4 TOO LONG! IVE SPENT THE LAST WEEK RECUPERATING FROM MY MARATHON JOURNEY, MY GEAR HAS FINALLY STOPPED STINKING OF COW SHIT AFTER SEVERAL DAYS BAKING IN THE SUN AND MY DREDS ARE BACK TO THEIR SUMP OIL SMELL (PREFERABLE TO THE COW SHIT SMELL EVERYTIME). IVE SMOKED AT LEAST 20 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUD INCLUDING SEVERAL SESSIONS OF HOMEMADE HASH OIL (MEGA GEAR) AND A FEW LATE NIGHT TRIPS ON PEACH SCHNAPPS & COMPRESSED RED-HAIRS FROM WIKKED BUDS - NOTHING LIKE HIGH PRODUCTION GROWERS TO SPICE UP THE OLD HERBAL INTAKE - IM NOW PACKED & READY TO BLAST OFF - IVE GOT 2 POUNDS OF COMPRESSED THAI-MEX ORGANIC SKUNK (7TH GENERATION CLONE STOCK) ORIGINALLY GROWN FROM THAI BHUDDA STICK & GIANT MEXICAN STOCK ORDERED DIRECT FROM THE AMSTERDAM SEED CATALOGUE. THESE BOYS DONT MESS AROUND - I WENT OUT WITH EM LAST THURS & DISCOVERED ONE OF THEIR MANY SECRETS OF GROWING HIGH OCTAINE HERB - WE WERE ABOUT 20KM NORTH OF P/AUGUSTA WHEN THE UTE SCREAMED TO A HALT (NEARLY THROWING THE 2 GERMAN BACKPACKERS IN THE BACK OVER THE ROOF) - WHEN SPIN (MY HOST & ILLLUSTRIOUS SUPPLIER) JUMPED OUT & DRAGGED A ROAD-KILL KANGAROO INTO THE BACK (MUCH TO THE DISGUST OF THE NOW SOMEWHAT SHELLSHOCKED BACKPACKERS) - WE OFF LOADED THE GERMANS WITH A HANDFUL OF WEED AS WE LEFT THE MAIN HIWAY TO ALICE & SCREAMED ALONG THE DIRT FOR ANOTHER 50KM - FINALLY WE REACHED THE PLOTS WHERE I SAW SOME OF THE MOST HUMONGOUS PLANTS I HAVE SEEN SINCE BLOOMFIELD RIVER CIRCA 1975! WE'RE TALKIN PLANTS THAT HAVE A YIELD OF 12 POUND PER PLANT! - I TAXED MORE THAN 2 POUND OFF ONE PLANT'S LOWER BRANCHES & DIDNT EVEN DINT IT! - THE SECRET AS I DISCOVERED IS THE ROAD-KILL! - I STOOD BACK (THE STINK IS VERY BAD) AS SPIN CUT THE DEAD & MANGLED ROO UP THE GUTS & ROLLED THE WHOLE LOT INTO A 4 FOOT DEEP HOLE - DUMP IN HALF A BAG OF LIME - COVER IT ALL OVER - LEAVE IT TO COOK DOWN FOR A FEW WEEKS THEN COME BACK & STICK A 5 WEEK OLD ESTABLISHED SEEDLING IN THE TOP, WRAP IT ALL NICELY IN CHICKEN WIRE TO STOP THE FERALS FROM CHEWIN IT & YOU'RE IN BUSINESS! IVE GOT THE 2LB GAFFA TAPED INTO MY NEWLY ACQUIRED GUITAR & AM SET TO JUMP ON THE BUS AS IT COMES BACK THROUGH P/AUGUSTA HEADED FOR THE S11 PROTEST IN MELB & THEN ONTO SYDNEY FOR THE LIMPITS WHERE WE'RE SCHEDULED TO COVER SOME RALLIES WITH OUR KOORI BROTHERS & SISTERS! - THANKS TO A KINDLY MECHANIC THE BUS IS AGAIN MOBILE & HEADED BACK THIS AWAY TO GRAB MY SORRY ASS - S11 SHOULD BE A RIOT AND A GOOD EXCUSE FOR A FAMILY GET TOGETHER AS MOST OF THE ANARCHO-FERAL BRO/S & SIS/RS WILL BE HEADIN FROM ALL CORNERS OF THIS BIG SCORCHED LAND TO MELB. GUARANTEED TO BE A BLAST IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE AND ALSO MORE THAN LIKELY WILL REQUIRE A SHORT STAY AT THE BEHEST OF THE LOCAL CONSTABULARY AS THEY PROCESS THE MASS ARRESTS & SLOG THEIR WAY THROUGH MY PHONEBOOK SIZED CHARGE SHEET! (WHATS THE POINT OF ATTENDING A PROTEST IF YOU CAN'T GET ARRESTED!) V IVE ALSO GOT AN OLD MOM & DAD IN MELB (YES THERE ARE ACTUALLY ONE OR 2 PEOPLE WHO STILL CLAIM BIRTHRIGHTS TO MY CREATION - EVEN IF THEY WOULD DENY IT IN A COURT OF LAW!) WHO I MIGHT FRIGHTEN THE HELL OUT OF BY DROPPING IN BUS & ALL FOR A FEED & A HOSE DOWN! (ME OLD MOM'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FEED & A WASHING MACHINE!) - THO RELATIONS HAVE BEEN STRAINED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE DROPPED IN EN MASSE, DESTROYED THEIR FRONT FENCE BY ACCIDENTALLY BACKING OVER IT (OBLITERATING SEVERAL GARDEN GNOMES & NUMEROUS SPECIES OF FLORAL TYPE LIFEFORMS) AND LEAVING MY MOM WITH AT LEAST 3 STRAINS OF CHEMICALLY RESISTANT HEAD LICE! (FROM WHICH SHE HAS NEVER REALLY RECOVERED) - I ALSO HAVE A GENETIC BROTHER DOWN IN MELB WHO DELIGHTS IN SPENDING HIS TIME HARRASING COPS ON THEIR SECURE RADIO CHANNELS - HE SITS IN A TREE AS THE RADIO VANS PATROL AROUND TRYING TO TRACE HIS SIGNALS - HE'S NEVER BEEN CAUGHT YET (AT LEAST NOT FOR UNAUTHORISED RADIO BROADCASTING) - I'LL BE GETTING HIM TO HAVE A LOOK AT MY DECAYING PACKET RIG WHICH IS IN A SORRY STATE SINCE IT WAS WIRED BACKWARDS INTO A HOLDEN CIGARETTE LIGHTER SOCKET *IK* IF ANYONE CAN FIX IT - HE CAN - HIS ROOF LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF ELECTRIC ECHIDNA WITH AT LEAST 20 ANTENNA & ONE SAT DISH POINTING SKYWARD - CHRONICALLY UNEMPLOYED HE SPENDS HIS TIME SCANNING THE RADIO SPECTRUM, ACCESSING SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS & OF COURSE PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH THE LOCAL COPS - MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE MELB WATER! - IT BREEDS SUBVERSIVES & DRUG FIENDS! ANYHOW - IVE BEEN TYPIN FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW & MY KEYPAD LOOKS AS THO I COULD SCRAPE HASH OF IT (MY D KEY HAS GONE MISSING & I HAVE TO STICK MY FINGER IN THE WOUND TO MAKE IT WERK AT ALL) EMAIL YAZ FROM GLOOMY OL MELBOURNE - STAY COMFORTABLY INSANE!! *---------- S.A STATE OF DECRIMINALISATION ---------- 07/09/2000 ----------* *--------- SHOGIE MEDIA STAR & INTERNATIONAL HACKER ------ 04/10/2000 ----------* THATS RIGHT FOLKS - IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER - SUPERSTAR RECOGNITION & NATIONWIDE MEDIA COVERAGE THAT U COULDNT PAY FOR! - AS IT HAPPENS YOUR HUMBLE & CRUSTY NARATOR (ME) WAS FRONT & CENTER AT THE S11 DEMO IN PISSY MELBOURNE WHEN LO & BEHOLD I WAS CRACKED ACROSS THE SCULL BY A POLICE BATON - BLOOD EVERYWHERE THE TV CAMERAS DESCENDED LIKE FLIES - MY RUDDY COMPLEXION WAS BEAMED OUT ON EVERY NEWS CHANNEL & THEN SOME INTO THE NICE WARM HOMES OF 200,000 JOE & SARAH NORMALS! WHILE I WAS RECUPERATING WITH 14 STICHES & SOME FRIENDLY SOUTHERN PHARAMCEUTICALS I MANAGED TO WANDER INTO THE CROWN CASINO INTERNAL NETWORK. (THE CONFRENCE WAS HELD AT THE CASINO - HANDY EH!) MANAGED TO WREAK A BIT OF SHOGIE HAVOK CHANGING PIN NUMBERS FOR MOTEL DOOR CODES SO NO ONES SWIPE CARDS WOULD LET THEM INTO THE RIGHT ROOMS - *G* SHUT THE LIGHTS, PA SYSTEM & VIDEO PROJECTORS DOWN IN THE MAIN CONFRENCE ROOMS 12 TIMES OVER 2 DAYS AND TRIGGERED 23 SECURITY ALERTS & 5 FIRE ALERTS WHICH HAD EM ALL RUNNING AROUND LIKE RAMBO CHASING THEIR OWN TAILS - FINALLY THEY GOT SOME GEEK SECURITY CONSULTANT FROM ONE OF MELB'S FINEST FIRMS IN TO LOCK US OUT - SPENT 3 DAYS MOVING AROUND AVOIDING VISITS FROM THE FEDERAL POLICE COMPUTER CRIME DIVISION. THEY CRASHED 2 PLACES I WAS AT & SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF SOME INNOCENT YOUNG SQUATTERS WHO HAD JUMPED INTO THE ABANDONED BUILDING WHEN WE JUMPED OUT! ANYWAYS IT WAS A PISSER OF AN EVENT - FOLKS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE - WAS LIKE A FERAL REUNION! WE WERE TRYING FOR SYDNEY BEFORE THE LIMPIKS ENDED BUT WE GOT STALLED IN BEGA AT SOME GROWER FRIENDS PLACE - WE ARE NOW HEADING SOMEWHERE NORTH OF CANBERRA HEADED FOR SYDNEY & BEYOND TO OUR BELOVED NORTH COAST (NOT GRAFTON WHICH IS A SHIT HOLE & HAS A VERY BAD PRISON WHICH ONE SHOULD DO ONES BEST TO STAY AWAY FROM!) ANYHOW - I GUESS THEYLL BE RINGING ME SOON TO TAKE OVER THE HOSTING OF THE MIDDAY SHOW *HA* I CAN SEE IT NOW SHOGIE & KERRY ANNE KENNERLEY WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE OF INCONTINENT GERIATRIC WOMWN - ALL GOES QUIET & YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF COLOSTOMY BAGS GURGLING & KNITTING NEEDLES CLACKING. AHH PERISH THE THOUGHT OF BEING CRUCIFIED BY GRANNIES WEILDING BLOODY CROCHET HOOKS & HANDBAGS FULL OF POKIE CHANGE! *--------- SHOGIE MEDIA STAR & INTERNATIONAL HACKER ------ 04/10/2000 ----------* *--------- SHOGIE MEDIA STAR TAKES A BULLET ------ 28/2/2001 ----------* NEWS REPORT SYDNEY - SELF STYLES HACKER CRACKER PHRACKER & SOMETIME CORESPONDENT FOR FIREHORSE MAGAZINE WAS REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO WESTMEAD HOSPITAL TODAY WITH 3 BULLET WOUNDS TO THE ARM, BACK & LEG. REPORTS ARE STILL COMING IN FROM SOURCES OVER WHAT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT, HOWEVER SOURCES CLOSE TO SHOGIE REPORT THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A DRUG DEAL GONE WRONG WHILST VISITING CABRAMATA. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AS WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO SPEAK WITH MR PHENOME OR GET A STORY FROM HIM. STAY TUNED *--------- SHOGIE MEDIA STAR TAKES A BULLET ------ 28/2/2001 ----------* *--------- SHOGIE RETURNS BADDER THAN EVER ------ 25/6/2001 ----------* OK SO IM BACK - SO WHATS NEW - WELL I GUESS THE LAST YOU HEARD FROM ME I HAD BEEN SHOT 3 TIMES. LET ME TELL YA - FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN SHOT IT FUCKEN HURTS! NOT HURTS LIKE A STAB WITH A KNIFE, ITS MORE A BURNING FEELING TO START WITH, THEN IT SETS IN WITH A DULL SICKLY KIND OF THUDDING (AS THE SURROUNDING ,MUSCLES GO INTO TRAUMA MODE & ORGANS START HAEMORRHAGE ETC) - LUCKILY THE ONE IN THE BACK JUST MISSED A KIDNEY, THE ONES IN THE ARM & LEG MISSED MAIN ARTERIES, THOUGH IVE BEEN LIMPING AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND LET ME TELL YA, THE FIRST COUPLE O MONTHS I WAS SIMPLY IN DAMAGE CONTROL UNDER A BLANKET OF OPIATED PAIN RELIEF! - FOR A WHILE THERE THEY HAD ME ON A PAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHERE ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PUSH A BUTTON & WHAMMO I GOT A MAINLINE DOSE OF MORPHINE, DOLOXINE & KETAMINE (NICE COCKTAIL IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF) - ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD ANY SPECIAL K WILL KNOW THAT THE KETAMINE MAKES FOR SOME VERY COLOURFUL DREAMS, AND WELL THE MORPH MAKES FOR 24 HOUR SNOOZING. ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END AND AFTER SEVERAL HARSH WORDS TO THE PAIN MANAGEMENT TEAM I WAS RELEASED INTO THE BAD OLD WORLD & LEFT TO FIND MY OWN PAIN RELIEF (WHICH I PROMPTLY DID, AND THEN KEPT DOING AT DAILY INCREMENTS) ANYHOW - ITS BEEN 4 MONTHS NOW AND IVE JUST FINISHED ANOTHER 3 WEEK DETOX TO CLEAN MYSELF OF THE PAIN RELIEF THAT I NEEDED TO COPE WITH COMING DOWN FROM THE PAIN RELIEF THAT THE HOSPITAL GAVE ME. THE DUDE WHO SHOT ME HAS BEEN WELL & TRULY PAID BACK & IS NOW UNDER A HEADSTONE IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY (WASTERS LIKE THAT TEND TO SUCCUMB TO KARMA MUCH QUICKER THAN OTHERS). WITHOUT SAYING TOO MUCH (AS ITS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION) THERE WAS A NICE LITTLE REGULAR ARRAIGNMENT WHICH I HAD GOING WHERE I WOULD TRADE CERTAIN MATERIAL GAINED VIA THE ILLICIT USE OF COMPUTERS FOR CASH OR SUBSTANCES. THIS DEAL WAS ARRAIGNED WITH AN OLD COLLEAGUE OF MINE WHO DID BUSINESS WITH ME MANY YEARS AGO & WHO HAD CLIMBED THE LOCAL UNDERWORLD LADDER TO BE A BIG MAN IN ONE OF THE MAIN GANGS AROUND THE AREA. NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAD TRANSFERRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DATA TO THIS PERSON (AS I HAD BEEN DOING MONTHLY FOR OVER 8 MONTHS) AND FUNDS WOULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO MY ACCOUNT, OR A PACKAGE WOULD ARRIVE AT THE NEAREST POSTOFFICE TO WHERE I WAS. THE NATURE OF THE DATA WAS USUALLY TO DO WITH CREDIT CARDS (SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THEM), SOMETIMES THERE WOULD BE SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR INFO WHICH WAS ALSO SUPPLIED. ANYWAYS THE DATA WAS SENT, AND NOTHING CAME BACK - SINCE I WAS HEADING THROUGH THAT WAY ON THE WAY UP TO NIMBIN I DECIDED TO DROP IN & SEE WHAT AS UP. IT TURNS OUT THAT MY CONTACT WAS SHOT DEAD IN A POWER STRUGGLE FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE GANG, NEEDLESS TO SAY THE NEW BOSS DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL. THIS PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN OK EXCEPT THAT HE CHOSE TO DO IT WITH A PISTOL. THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION WHERE MYSELF AND AN ASSOCIATE OF MINE WERE FORCED TO RESORT TO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, KNIVES WERE PULLED, BLOOD WAS DRAWN, AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY THE FUCK OUT OF THERE WHEN SUDDENLY FIVE SHOTS RANG OUT AND NEXT THING I KNOW I WAS BEING BAILED INTO A TAXI BLEEDING FROM 3 PLACES. AS IT TURNED OUT THE DUDE WHO DID THE SHOOTING WAS HIMSELF SHOT 2 DAYS LATER (AS I SAID KARMA). I HAD A NICE LITTLE HOLIDAY COURTESY OF THE MEDICAL SYSTEM AND WELL 4 MONTHS LATER IM PRETTY MUCH AS GOOD AS NEW. IM SHORT AROUND A GRAND A MONTH, BUT COMPARED TO BEING DEAD ITS KEWL! IM NOW HOLED UP AT A FRIENDS PLACE OUTSIDE OF KYOGAL IN NORTHERN NSW. IVE GOT ENUF BUDS ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF ME TO LAST INTO THE NEW YEAR OF NEEDED AND IM THINKING I MIGHT JUST HOLD UP HERE FOR A BIT WHILE I WAIT FOR THE BUS TO CATCH UP AGAIN (THEIR BROKEN DOWN SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF CANBERRA) LIVE LONG - BE KIND TO ANIMALS - WATCH YOUR FRIENDS BACKS - CHECK YOUR DOPE B4 U SHOOT IT & ALWAYS WEAR A CONDOM!! *--------- SHOGIE RETURNS BADDER THAN EVER ------ 25/6/2001 ----------* Ed: Shogie's spelling aptitude was compramised by his early edication in other matters no doubt! *--------- SHOGIE GETS PEIRCED ------ 14/10/2001 ----------* FUK ME DED! - WELL SINCE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO YAZ IVE BEEN IN & OUT OF THE BLOODY HOSPITAL LIKE A YOYO - FIRST IT WAS A HEAMORAGE - THEN BLOODY SEPTOSEMIA (BLOOD POISONING) - SHEESH - WHO'D HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT A FEW MEASLY SLUGS OF LEAD COULD CAUSE SO MUCH FUSS! !! I WONT GO INTO THE GORY DETAILS OF HOW & WHY THIS ALL HAPPENED, INDEED YOU HAVE NO DOUBT ALREADY HEARD OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURPOUDING MY WOUNDING FROM MY PAST CORESPONDENCES - NEEDLESS TO SAY THE NURSING STAFF HAVE RECOMENDED THAT I TRY & BATH MORE REGULARLY AND THAT I SHOULD REALLY DISPOSE OF THE CLOTHING WHICH I ETURNALLY WEAR (ITS NOT LIKE IVE GOT A F*N WARDROBE OF GARMENTS TO CHOOSE FROM!!) THE BLOODY PAIN RELEIF HAS BEEN COSTING ME AN ARM & A LEG, NOT TO MENTION WHAT THE DAMN CHEMISTS CHARGE FOR THE LEGAL STUFF!! IM CURRENTLY SITTIN IN A WATERFALL POOL (ITS BLOODY HOT) - IVE GOT HALF AN OUNCE OF BLOODWOOD SAP PACKED INTO MY WOUNDS (AN OLD BUSHY TRICK) AND IM NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE I AM AS THE GRAPEVINE HAS ALERTED ME TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO CRAZIES OUT THERE WHO FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE TIME IN AIMING THEIR PISSY LITTLE HANDGUNS AT OLD SHOGIE! I HAVE STARTED THE PAYBACK WHEELS IN MOTION & AM RIGHT NOW AWAITING NEWS ON HOW IT IS GOING TO ALL PAN OUT - NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE FALLEN FOUL OF CRAZIES & I KNOW IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST! - SUCH IS LIFE IN THE BIG CITY (OR BUSH AS IT MAY BE) I MUST SEND A BIG HELLO TO SAMANTHA FROM KANSAS, YOUR PARCEL FINALLY MADE IT TO ME & IT WAS A WELCOME RELIEF TO RECEIVE A PRESSIE FROM SOMEONE WHO CAN APRECIATE FINE SUBSTANCES!! - REMEMBER FOLKS! - ALL LETTERS, EMAILS & NON EXPLOSIVE PARCELS CAN BE DELIVERED TO ME C/O THIS KIND MAGAZINE! OK - IM OFF TO SUCK ANOTHER MANGO & CONTEMPLATE HEALING MATTERS! KNO FEER! *--------- OR WAS THAT PISSED ------ 14/10/2001 ----------* *--------- WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN? ------ 2/04/2002 ----------* HOW TIME FLIES WHEN YOUR HAVING PHUN (AND ON THE RUN) OK GROOVERS, SINCE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH YOU ALL, PROVIDENCE HAS AS USUAL SHINED ITS BLINDING LIGHT UPON MY KARMICALLY ENHANCED SELF. THE ISSUES OF THE PREVIOUS FEW MONTHS HAVE TIED THEMSELVES UP VERY NEATLY. THE POOR MISGUIDED SOULS WHO THORT THAT THIS WRITER WOULD LOOK GOOD WITH SEVERAL MORE PIERCINGS (COURTESY OF LEAD) HAVE BEEN DISAPEARED. I AM NOT AT LIBERTY TO KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AND FOR LEGAL REASONS, IM NOT INTERESTED, BUT THE SAID PEOPLES WERE LAST SEEN DRIVING AWAY INTO THE SUNSET (OR DARLINGHURST ANYWAYS). THEY HAVENT BEEN HEARD FO SINCE, NOR SEEN ABOUT THE LOCAL SCENE. SOUNDSLIKE THEY MAY BE HACING AN EXTENDED COUNTRY HOLIDAY (OR THEY ARE MADDER THAN MYSELF AND OUT THERE SOMEWHERE LOOKING FOR ME IN THE BUSH - THEN AGAIN MABY IM PARANOID) SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IM NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT, OR THEM AND CAN NOW FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT PUBLICISING MY WHEREABOUTS (THO I DONT THINK YOUD FIND ME EVEN IF YOU DID) ALL WOUNDS HAVE NOW HEALED, AND I HAVE FULL MOVEMENT BACK IN MY ARM & LEG. STILL SUFFERING FROM THE AFTER EFFECTS OF PRELONGED PAIN MANAGMENT, BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY. OK, I BETTER GO, MY RIDE FOR TOWN IS LEAVING SOON AND SPENDIN YOUR TIME UNDER A BAMBOO ROOF WITH NO WALLS MIGHT SOUND LIKE FUN, BUT WHEN YOUVE BEEN LIVIN HERE FOR MONTHS IT GETS A BIT STIR CRAZY - IM LONGIN FOR TOWN, A PACKET OF TAILOR MADE CIGGIES, AND OTHER ASSORTED MEDICINES & BASLMS *HEHE* WILL WRITE SOON - BUS HAS TAKEN OFF FOR A MINE S/W OF HERE AND WILL BE BACK IN A MONTH, I STAID PUT AS IM STILL NOT QUITE UP TO BEING DRAGED BY MY HAIR BY THE POLICE JUST YET! *--------- WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN? ------ 2/04/2002 ----------* *--------- HANGIN WITH THE AFGANZ ------ 16/07/2002 ----------* OK BAK ON THE ROAD, BACK IN THE BUS, SEEMS WE LIMP WHEREVER WE GO, SOMETHING TO DO WITH LACK OF $$ FOR REAL REPAIRS, LACK OF PARTS, AND LACK OF ATTENTION TO THE FINER ASPECTS OF MECHANICS! ANYWAYS WE IS ON A MISSION - WE HAVE BEEN COMMISIONED TO HEAD OUT WEST TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSPORTATION & RESCUE OF CITIZENS OF THIS PLANET WHO HAPPENED TO FIND THEMSELVES IN A LOCATION WHICH WAS NOT CONDUSIVE FOR SAFE EXISTANCE AND SO TOOK THE RISK OF JOURNEYING TO ANOTHER LOCATION ON THIS PLANET ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY ARE NOT ENTIRELY WELCOME AND MOST LIKLEY THEY WILL BE SENT BACK TO WHENST THEY COMETH! PRETTY SUCKY EH! - WE RIPPED THIS COUNTRY OFF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS, THEN PROCEED TO DRAW THE LINE ABOUT WHO CAN & CANT LIVE HERE! NEEDLESS TO SAY, MY ASSOCIATES AND MYSELF HOLD VIEWS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO OUR POLICY MAKERS AND WHEN THE SITUATION APEARS TO HAVE REACHED A STALEMATE, THEN DIRECT ACTION IS NEEDED! AN ASSOCIATE OF OURS ASSISTED BY SEVERAL HELPFUL SOULS WHO ARE PROTESTING OUT THAT WAY WAS ABLE TO SPRING SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE DETENTION CENTER. IT IS OUR JOB TO GET THEM SAFELY TO MELBOURNE WHERE THEY ARE TO BE PLACED AT A SAFE HOUSE UNTIL MATTERS CAN BE SORTED OUT MORE EFFECTIVLY AND THE MEDIA CAN BE BOUGHT IN ON THE MATTER. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE POSSESION OF OUR CARGO IN 2 DAYS TIME SO I WILL KEEP YA POSTED ON WHATS WHAT & HOW IT GOES DOWN ETC UNTIL THEN - CONTEMPLATE THE HYPOCRACY OF ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A COUNTRY WHICH WAS STOLEN FROM ITS NATIVE, AND ORIGIONAL INHABITANTS, TELLING ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THEY CANT SHARE THIS HUGE COUNTRY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY!! WHATSMORE, THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVE THAT THEY SUFFERED UNDUE HARDSHIP, RAPE, TORTURE ETC ETC OTHERWISE THEY ARE ON A PLANE BACK TO THE OLD COUNTRY! - FUCKEN BORDERS - WHO NEEDS EM! - BCNUL8R *--------- HANGIN WITH THE AFGANZ ------ 16/07/2002 ----------* *--------- WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN? ------ 16/12/2002 ----------* WHOA WHAT A TRIP, THE BREAKOUT WENT BADLY AND IT WAS CHAOTIC AS HELL WITH MANY RESIDENTS OF THE DETENTION CENTER SIMPLY RUNNING OFF INTO THE BUSH (THERE IS ALOT OF BUSH OUT THERE AND IT ISNT THAT EASY TO SURVIVE IN UNLESS YOU KNOW THE AREA OR HAVE SUPPLIES - WHICH MOST DIDNT - CARRYING ONLY THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACKS) - MOST WERE ROUNDED UP VERY QUICKLY, HOWEVER THIS ACTED AS A DECOY FOR A HANDFUL OF OTHERS WHO WERE SECRETED AWAY. WE MADE OUR RENDEVOUS AT 11PM ON A DIRT SIDE ROAD OFF THE MAIN HIWAY HEADING WEST OUT OF DARWIN. THE NIGHT WAS STILL & STICKY AND WE WERE ALL A BIT ON THE PARANOID SIDE HAVING PASSED SEVERAL POLICE VEHICLES SINCE WE LEFT DARWIN. WE KNEW THE COPS WOULD BE PISSED OFF, EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE THE ESCAPE WAS OBVIOUSLY ASSISTED BY MEMBERS OF THE PROTESTING GROUP WHICH HAD GROWN IN SIZE & NUMBERS OUTSIDE THE DETENTION CENTER. WITH NOTHING TO DO, AND VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DISTRATION THESE SO CALLED REFUGEES ARE LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES TO WHILE AWAY THE HOURS/DAYS/MONTHS/YEARS NOT SURE IF ANY DAY MAY BE THEIR LAST! SOME EVEN CONSIDER LIVING HERE IN CONFINMENT BETTER THAN THE CONDITIONS AT HOME. WE MADE OUR PICKUP, COLLECTING 2 YOUNG LADS FROM AFGANISTAN. THERE ARE SEVERAL SPOTS IN, UNDER & ON THE BUS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SECURE OBJECTS FROM THE DETECTION OF THE POLITZA. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WASNT TOO HARD TO SET UP A SYSTEM WHERE THE BOYS COULD TRAVEL IN THE BUS, AND IF ANY HEAT APPEARED THEY COULD DISAPEAR INTO THEIR HIDEY HOLES TO AVOID DETECTION. ONE SPACE WAS A STEEL TOOLBOX WHICH WAS WELDED UNDER THE BUS IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT HAD NO OPENING FROM UNDER THE BUS, BUT COULD BE ACCESSED FROM INSIDE BY POPING A FLOOR PANEL. THIS BOX WAS WELL BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE A FULL GROWN PERSON, AND ROOM TO SPARE FOR OUR SLIGHTER PASSENGER. THE OTHER WAS ABLE TO SLIP INTO A ENCLOSED AREA WHICH WAS ACCESSED BY CRAWLING UNDER THE MAIN COMUNAL BED (WHICH TOOK UP THE WHOLE AREA AT THE BACK OF THE BUS AND COULD SLEEP UP TO 10 PEOPLE WITHOUT DRAMA! 70KM BEFORE DARWIN WE CAME ACROSS A ROAD BLOCK AND ATTRACTED QUITE SOME ATTENTION. THE RATIONAL OF OUR ASSOCIATES WAS THAT IT WAS TOO RISKY TO TRY TO SIMPLY DRIVE THESE KIDS OUT OF THE STATE IN A NORMAL/OR HIRE CAR. IT WOULD BE TOO OBVIOUS TO ANY ONLOOKERS, AND THERE WOULD BE NO OPTIONS IF THEY WERE PULLED OVER. THUS THE BUS CAME INTO IT, IT WAS SO BIG, AND SO FULL OF BITS & PEICES THAT THE COPS HAD LONG AGO GIVEN UP ON TRYING TO SEARCH IT. SURE THEY WOULD OFTEN DO A WANDER THRU, KICKING AT THIS & LIFTING UP THAT, BUT THE SITE OF SEVERAL LARGE WHITE (AND TAME) RATS SOON PUT THEM OFF ANY CLOSER INSPECTION. IN ADDITION TO THAT IT WAS A SURE FIRE BET THAT EVEN THO WE WERE A PRETTY OBVIOUS LOT, TRAVELING IN A FULLY PAINTED UP BUS, AND FULL OF FERAL LOOKING FOLKZ THAT WE WOULDNT BE A TARGET FOR STOLEN REFUGEE TRANSPORT. WITH OUR HUMAN CARGO SECURED WE PROCEEDED ONTO THE ROAD BLOCK. AS USUAL SOMEONE JUMPED STRAIGHT OUT WITH A VIDEO CAMERA (STANDARD PROCEEDURE, IT MAKES QUITE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE ARE TREATED BY THE COPS, ONLY ONCE HAVE WE HAD OUR CAMERA TAKEN BY A COP & SMASHED, AND ON THAT OCCASION HIS SUPERIOR HAD TO LET US GO KNOWING THAT IT WAS FULLY WITHIN OUR RIGHTS TO FILM WHATEVER THE FUCK WE WANTED) - SURE THE COPS ALWAYS TRY THE "TURN THE CAMERA OFF" LINE, BUT AFTER THE LEGAL DEFINITION IS QUOTED VERBATUM TO THEM THEY HAVE NO ALTERNITIVE THAN TO COP (SIC) IT. AS USUAL THE COPS ENQUIRED AS TO THE OWNER OF THE BUS, AS USUAL WE EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS A CO-OP, AS USUAL THEY ASKED FOR A LICENCE, AS USUAL WE HANDED THEM THE SLIP OF PAPER THAT WAS GIVEN TO US 3 YEARS AGO AS AN INTERIM LICENCE TO GET US OUT OF TOWN (AND AS IT WASNT DATED IT STILL FUNCTIONED AS A LICENCE TECHNICALLY - EVEN THO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO ONLY BE VALID FOR A FEW DAYS) - AS USUAL THEY UMMED & ARRED ABOUT IT - AND AS USUAL THEY DID A WANDER THRU THE BUS, THE WHOLE TIME BEING FILMED AND CHATTED TO BY ALL PRESENT. THE GIRLS WERE GIVING THEM HEAPS, LAYLA WAS IN A STATE OF SEMI UNDRESS WHICH WAS HER USUAL ATTIRE, AND ALTHO THEY COPS REALLY COULDNT GET HER FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE, THERE REALLY WASNT MUCH LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION - THE COPS EYES NEARLY ALWAYS FELL OUT OF THEIR HEADS WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE CLEAVAGE EL GRANDE! - AFTER MUCH JOSHING & BATTING OF EYELASHES THE COPS DECIDED THAT WE WERE A BUNCH OF HARMLESS HIPPES WITH A MOBILE JUNK YARD. TO PULL US IN ON ANYTHING AT ALL WOULD RESULT IN A RATHER MESSY PRODUCTION INVOLVING THE STRIPPING OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BUS, DETAINING THE PASSENGERS (IF ONE GETS LOCKED UP, ALL THE REST PARK OUTSIDE THE POLICE STATION WAITING FOR THEM TO BE RELEASED - OUR RECORD IS 3 WEEKS OF WAITING IN THE MAIN STREET OF A LITTLE HICK TOWN BEFORE ALL CHARGES WERE DROPPED AND WE WERE RELEASED) - NOT TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT WOULD TAKE 3/4 OFFICERS TO DO THIS TASK. ALL IN ALL THESE BOYS WERE MORE INTERESTED IN CAPTURING ESCAPEE'S, NOT PLAYING WITH FERAL HIPPIES! THEY WAVED US ON, AND ASIDE FROM A HIGH COP PRESENCE ON THE ROADS ZIPPING BACK & FORTH AT HIGH SPEED, WE WERENT STOPPED HASSLED AGAIN. INDEED OUR REPUTATION MUST HAVE PROCEEDED US BECAUSE ON THE ROAD BETWEEN DARWIN & ALICE THERE WAS ANOTHER ROAD BLOCK, CHECKING ALL VEHICLES, BUT WHEN WE CAME UP THEY SIMPLY WAVED US ON WITH A FEW GIGGLES & SNIDE REMARKS! 4 DAYS LATER, AND MANY BACK ROADS INBETWEEN WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE SAFE HOUSE AND SAID A TEARFUL GOODBYE 2 OUR 2 NEW FRIENDS. THESE BOYS HAD GROWN UP IN A WORLD WHERE KIDS ARE GIVEN GUNS TO KILL PEOPLE, NO ONE IS SAFE. ONE BOYS FATHER WAS TAKEN ONE NIGHT & TORTURED. HE WAS FINALLY RELEASED BRUISED & BROKEN, A WEEK LATER HIS BROTHER WAS TAKEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. THE OTHER LAD HAD BEEN HELD AT GUN POINT WHILE SOLDIERS TOOK TURNS RAPING HIS 2 SISTERS AND HIS MOTHER. HIS FATHER WAS ALREADY DEAD FROM A BOMB WHICH WENT OFF ONE DAY WHILE HE WAS AT THE MARKET TRYING TO BUY FOOD. WE GOT IT SO LUCKY HERE IN AUSTRALIA, INFACT MOST OF CANT EVEN IMAGINE WHAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO ENDURE AS A WAY OF LIFE - IT SUX! - IT IS IGNORANT! AND IT CERTIANLY SHOWS NO COMMPASSION FOR ONES FELLOW HUMANS. ITS NOT MUCH, BUT JUST PERHAPS THESE 2 BOYS CAN TELL THEIR STORIES, AND THEIR EXPERIANCES WHILE HELD IN DETENTION HERE IN AUSTRALIA, AND JUST PERHAPS IT MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE! UNTIL NEXT TIME - HANG LOOSE IN THE JUICE! *--------- WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN? ------ 16/12/2002 ----------* *--------- WHATS NEW PISSYCAT ------ 9/02/2003 ----------* SHIT HAPPENS AND HAPPEN IT DOES CANT TELL YOU WEHAT UP RIGHT NOW BUT STAND BY AND ALL WILL BE REVEALED!! *--------- WHATS NEW PISSYCAT ------ 9/02/2003 ----------* *--------- IN MARCH THE STORMTROOPERS ------ 13/03/2003 ----------* FUCKEN WAR .. ANOTHER FUCKEN WAR!! .. THE BLOODY IDIOTS!! .. SEEMS LIKE HALF THE BLOODY PLANET IS OUT THERE WANDERING ABOUT THE STREETS WITH ANTI-WAR BANNERS TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO NOTICE .... IF THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE MAKING A NOISE THEN IT MEANS THAT THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY BUT ARENT AS MOTIVATED TO GET OFF THEIR ASSES! THAT MAKES FOR A SHITLOAD OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING A WAR (ANY WAR). OK OK .. WELL AFTER THE LAST INSTALMENT WE HAD A VISIT FROM THE BOYS IN GREY! .. THATS RIGHT .. NO BADGES .. NO ID'S .. JUST GUNS, HANDCUFFS AND AN AGENDA TO GAIN AS MUCH INFORMATION IN A SHOT TIME AS THEY CULD. A FEW OF US MANAGED TO EFFECT AN ESCAPE WITHOUT GETTING ANY MORE BULLET WOUNDS (I JUS DONT NEED ANY MORE OF EM) .. THE 4 PEOPLE THAT REMAINED WERE BASHED BADLY AND QUESTIONED RELENTLESSLY FOR 4 DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP! ... IT SOUNDED LIKE A NIGHTMARE STRAIGHT OUT OF IRAQ .. BUT NO FOLKS .. THIS HAPPENED IN MELBOURNE! AFTER THE 5TH DAY THEY ALL PACKED UP & FUCKED OFF .. LEAVING THE RUINS OF OUR BUS AND THE BRUISED REMAINS OF OUR COMRADES ... FUCKERS! WE HAD PLANNED OUR PREVIOUS FORAYS TOO WELL .. WE ONLY KNEW THE ADDRESS OF THE SAFE HOUSE .. AND WE KNEW THAT THE SAFE HOUSE WAS T BE VACATED IMMEDIATLY AFTER WE DID THE DROP .. THIS WAS A FALL BACK INCASE ANYONE GOT CAUGHT .. EXERIANCE HAS SHOWN US THAT UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE PURSUADED TO TALK ... THESE CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE USED TO ADVANTAGE .. ESPECIALLY WHEN WHAT YOU KNOW CANT HELP EM ONE PINCH! WE PACKED UP & FUCKED OFF QUICK SMART .. IVE BEEN DOING BUG CHECKS OF THE BUS WITH A RADIO SCANNER JUST INCASE THEY LEFT ANY DROPPINGS ... NOTHING YET! STILL DONT KNOW WHO THEY WERE .. PROBABLY MILITARY OR NSCA (WHO WERE SPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DISBANDED) .. WHO KNOWS .. DONT CARE! ANYWAYS WE ARE OFF TO CAUSE SOME MAHEM IN SYDNEY .. WE ARE LEAVING THE BUS OUT OF THE CITY AND USING A SHITBOX VAN WE BOUGHT FOR $300 TO GO IN & OUT OF TOWN ... IT SEEMS TO US THAT PEACEFUL PROTEST IS NO LONGER AN EFFECTIVE OPTION ... NO BODY IS LISTENING ... BUSH IS AS BAD IF NOT WORSE THAN THE PEOPLE HE IS HUNTING DOWN ... HOW IS IT OK TO KILL & WOUND IRAQ CIVILIANS WHILE TRYING TO DAMAGE SADAM .. HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT TO TERRORISTS HITTING THE TRADE CENTRE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE BUSH?! NO ONE WINS IN A WAR ... 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