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    Gus, Mixed Biscuits and the Less Wrong diaspora.

    corrected
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    WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WILLIAM KENT?

    pfft.. Chinese martial arts are superior to the Japanese perversions. - see "Shaolin vs Ninja" starring Gordon Liu
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    Cats or Dogs?

    Ive been to one temple and one shrine, both of which reckoned to be the birthplace of the LUCKY NEKO 2023: Gōtokuji Temple, Setagaya, Japan - birthplace of LUCKY NEKO there was weird disjunct when confronted with a vending machine on the Temple grounds you get used to it, religion is...
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    Austin Osman Spare

    before I pass out here are a couple more Tower cards the Diamond Tarot: When it comes to TAROT I'm not a fan of the GD nonsense ( Thoth & Rider-Waite ) but the Diamond tarot does have a certain trippy feel that I like The Crystal tarot ( by Elisabetta Trevisan ): "infinite emotions through...
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    Austin Osman Spare

    I'd recommend this tarot it almost meets my criteria REVERSIBLE BACKS: CHECK pre breakthrough psychedelia, can't tell up from down, like the best trips before they really get going CARD STOCK: matt, feels nice SIZE: just right, can shuffle with ease ACE OF WANDS: works for me my...
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    A Brooklyn Culture Mafia

    when I lived on the estate the Guardian like to write about ( BLADE RUNNER MEETS BERGHAIN! ) there was a guy, let'd call him "*UNTY" who liked to experiment on the more depraved residents by injecting them with unknown compounds ( nowadays these might be termed "research chemicals" ) - this...
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    A Brooklyn Culture Mafia

    I'm drunk - I misread this as HORROR and BUKKAKE and immediately closed the tab
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    now is a good as time as any to relate the boring story about how I picked up copy of the Rallizes book this week UPS mailed me telling me they were going to deliver at an inconvenient time, so I chose to redirect to the nearest "pick up" point so on my lunch break I head off to the 'little...
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    Haino thought his fringe was pretty cool but Mitzutani disagreed
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    I'm a bit drunk, maybe prone to exaggeration
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    fuck US junk Japan takes shit and turns it to gold JACKS - MARIANNE
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    I'd write JACKS into the equation, Miztutani definitely modelled his hair on the lead singer ( guy on the left: Keiji Haino and Miztutani both copied the hairstyle, it is plain to see ) Mitzutani and Haino HATED each other, a rivalry worthy of a novel meanwhile I have been quietly...
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    Rallizes were def influenced by VU I'm guessing smack was the only influence they took from the Dead
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    Rallizes - darkness returns ( live February 13, 1993 - BAUS ) the comeback gig - starts out as 'rock" and ends up someplace else, echo and feedback and darkness
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    The Velvet Underground vs The Grateful Dead

    and yet I end up buying a 10 CD plus Blu ray box set of Space ritual because Lemmy's bass solo on the Sunderland gig has an extra note
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