Project Deliverance©: Don't be fooled

Dear Peoples,

Through the years I have done many different sports. Football, Cycling, and Backpacking are the sports I love most. However, with my busy life it is hard to continue to do those sports. This forced me to learn how to workout on my own. I ran and did calisthenics most of the time. However, I would find that I lost motivation to continue to work out.

I first tried working out with friends but that didn't work because two people can loose interest is easy as one. Eventually I found a group of people that wished to better themselves through rigorous training. This group is named Project Deliverance©.

For those unaware of the new fitness craze that companies like Gym Jones© and P90X© have started. The theory behind Gym Jones© and P90X© is that rigorous circuit training will create an unparalleled fitness level. This theory is correct. Through dedicated circuit training you can gain a phenomenal fitness level in any discipline.

The next question your undoubtedly have is "why is there a problem?"

I do not have a problem with Gym Jones© or P90X©. They are both respectable companies that treat their trainees well. However, there is a very obvious problem with Project Deliverance©.

In the early days of Project Deliverance© the leader of PD©, who will remain nameless, treated everyone like a friend and claimed that the members of Project Deliverance© were a gang of sorts that would be taken care of by PD© and were encouraged by PD©'s Leader to create Project Deliverance© franchises around the country.

Many of us were fooled and PD© Missou and PD© STLCOP/SLU were created. PD© Missou became rather successful and had 4 or 5 regular members. None of which payed to the Central PD© Location but where nevertheless a part of PD©. PD© STLCOP/SLU was an idea that I and another PD© member planned to implement. PD© STLCOP/SLU never took off. No meetings were ever scheduled.

The next important happening in the world of PD© was the Airsoft Incedent. This incident was what finally brought the internal turmoil that PD© was inflamed with.

During the Midterms of Fall 2009 a now former member of PD© posted this picture



Several hours after this picture was posted on Facebook a central member of PD© said something to the effect of "Why are you guys still playing in your backyard, your never going to get girls this way, grow up" I removed some of the more vulgur obsenities. A epic shit storm then started. The leader of PD© then agreed with the first post under the picture and spoke against one of his own dedicated athletes. After a day there were more that 30 posts. I personally recieved calls and text messages from both parties as well as many facebook messages. All of this was happening at the same time as Midterms in most colleges. Most PD© members are college students.

After the dust settled around the situation 3 members of PD© were banned from the organization. I did my best to stay out of it but I sided with the victims and told the leader of PD© that he was wrong and that it was wrong to harrass his members.

The leader of PD© took me off of his site and I had began to stop hanging around with members of PD©. I hung out with the people that had been booted.

I am angered by the injustice of the whole thing becouse the members that had been booted did nothing wrong and were very supportive of PD©. I posted the below video

The leader of PD© found this video and immediatly started picking on the booted members, especially the former member who posted the picture.

The leader of PD© and some of his favorite members came into the former members place of work and threatend police intervention, lawsuit, and physically violence.

The Leader and several members of PD© are now banned from a food joint near the PD© gym.

Since this event I advised the booted members to refuse contact with the leader of PD© or any other PD© members.

I do recognize that the above video doesn't respect the copyright of PD©. All of the pictures were taken from Google Picture Search and were meant to be cursory images of the workouts that PD© does.

As you can see. I now respect the copyright of PD© and any other offiliates.

I do not and I will not retract my statement. Project Deliverance© is a harmful organization that misleads athletes inorder to take their hard earned cash. Throughout the duration of my time at PD©, paying members were forced to buy Concert Tickets, T-Shirts, and generally waste their time and money on an organization that does not respect them.

The training the PD© offers is good. However the leader and upper members of Project Deliverance© do not care about lower members. I would suggest that if you use PD© you do so with caution. I would suggest that you do not get socially involved with them and disapear as soon as your workout is over. PD© is not your friend. They do not care about you. They never will

High Seas with Popeye the Sailorman - 9.14.09

Dear Peoples,

Welcome to the 14th Renegade Rabbit Post covering the 3rd High Seas with Popeye the Sailorman Show. Things are going to get very interesting. On the show many things were covered including Kanye West, Lazy Town, The 2009 Flour and Grain Show, PD, LOL, Rainbow, and of course Drea Fish 2: Return of the Sepulvida.
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KSLU Information

Website - kslu.slu.edu
Phone Number - 314.977.1581
AIM Account - KSLUDJ
Facebook - HERE
MySpace - HERE
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Due to an unfortunate error between Audacity, Apple, and the Board Operator the audio file of the show was damaged. It is not salvageable. I am sad. :'(
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SHOWNOTES
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Keelhulled - Alestorm
Gangster - Merauder
Satisfaction - Benni Benassi
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Yesterday Kanye West verbally destroyed Taylor Swift at the VMA's. It's just about the funniest thing I've ever seen. Below is him in the act





If the top video doesn't work try here - Kanye West Trolls the VMAs
Due to Kanye West's horrible act of greatness I decided to dedicate a song to him - Gay Fish
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Gay Fish - Trey Parker
Exist - Born of Osiris
Lazy Town Remix (Lil John + Lazy Town) - godmad1984
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SHOWS @ POPS

- Billy Talent - Oct. 2nd
- All That Remains and Maylene & The Sons of Disaster - Oct. 5th
- GWAR and Job for a Cowboy - Oct. 14th
- Five Finger Death Punch - Oct. 25th
- Insane Clown Possee - Nov. 28th
- Trivium, Chimaira, and Whitechapel - Dec. 4th
- Hatebreed and Cannibal Corpse - Dec. 11th
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When Darkness Falls - Killswitch Engage
Judas Rising - Judas Priest
Original Prankster - The Offspring
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Black Betty (Ram Jam) - Ministry
Inner Station - Burnt by the Sun
Du Hast - Rammstein
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PSAs

Project Deliverance - is an underground gym located in St. Louis which specializes in athletic enhancement. The training is a combination of 20 years of combined athletic experience and education. Our training methods are derived from Gym Jones (G-Y-M Jones), Westside Barbell, and various collegiate strength and conditioning programs. Apply for training at "projectdeliverance.com"

LOL - The League of Laughter - Friday from 5 to 6 in Xaviers Black Box Theater

The Rainbow Alliance - Monday from 9 to 10 on the 3rd floor of the BSC

Make sure you see Drea Fish 2: Return of the Sepulveda

Soon to be in theaters everywhere
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40 oz to Freedom - Sublime
Redneck Ride - Assjack
Bulls on Parade - Rage Against the Machine
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THE END
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Thanks to the Bands I played for being kick ass, thanks KSLU for the gear and the music, Thanks The Underground City for hosting my audio, and thanks to you for listening.

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

High Seas with Popeye the Sailorman - 9.8.09

Dear Peoples,

This weeks showing of High Seas with Popeye the Sailorman (HSWPTSM or Hypapotosim) is one day late. My show slot is usually from 9 - 10 on Mondays. This Monday was Labor Day. So I moved the show to Tuesday. Enjoy the Magical 13th post of The Renegade Rabbit.

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KSLU Information

Website - kslu.slu.edu
Phone Number - 314.977.1581
AIM Account - KSLUDJ
Facebook - HERE
MySpace - HERE
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SHOW NOTES
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OPENING
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Twisted Transistor - Korn
Leviathan - Alestorm
Forgiveness is a Six Gun - Devil Driver
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Upcoming Shows @ Pops

- Saliva - Sept. 9th
- Billy Talent - Oct. 2nd
- All That Remains and Maylene & The Sons of Disaster - Oct. 5th
- GWAR and Job for a Cowboy - Oct. 14th
- Five Finger Death Punch - Oct. 25th

Big Muddy Blues Fest - 9.6.09
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Everybody's got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightening - Beatallica
Baby One More Time (Britney Spears) - August Burns Red
Tears Don't Fall - Bullet For My Valentine
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Project Deliverance
is an underground gym located in St. Louis which specializes in athletic enhancement. The training is a combination of 20 years of combined athletic experience and education. Our training methods are derived from Gym Jones (G-Y-M Jones), Westside Barbell, and various collegiate strength and conditioning programs. Apply for training at "projectdeliverance.com"
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Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage
Battles and Brotherhood - 3 Inches of Blood
Destination Tomorrow - Nullsleep
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Jam Wow - DJ Steve Porter
Hard To See - Five Finger Death Punch
Mr. Jack - System of a Down
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LOL - The League of Laughter - Friday from 5 to 6 in Xaviers Black Box Theater

The Rainbow Alliance - Monday from 9 to 10 on the 3rd floor of the BSC
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From the Seas to the Streets - Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew
Smash the Control Machine - Otep
Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
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CLOSING
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A big thanks to all the bands that I play for producing the music that they do and The Underground City for hosting my show, and KSLU for pulling in new music and letting me use there equipment.

Thanks for Listening

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

High Seas with Popeye the Sailorman - 8.31.09

Dear Peoples,

This is the first High Seas broadcast of the '09-'10 school year. It will be fun. It will be from 9PM to 10PM and There will be lots to talk about.

The Renegade Rabbit now has an email address

lwl.the.renegade.rabbit.lwl@gmail.com

If you don't know me and you want to talk to me during the broadcast you can google chat with me here. You are also free to send me emails with music suggestions or files to play.

How to Access KSLU

The first thing you need to know about KSLU is that it's an internet radio station. This is lucky for you because you can listen in from anywhere. All you need is an internet connection and a media player that can access .m3u files (I know iTunes can do this, and I think Windows Media Player can)

- Go to the KSLU site slu.kslu.edu

- Click on the Yellow Box in the Right Hand Corner (see below)

- After you click on the box you can download the .m3u file and import it into your media player in the same way you would import a song.

KSLU Contact info

Phone - 314.977.1581

AIM - KSLUDJ

Episode 1 - High Seas with Popeye the Sailorman - 8.31.09 - Runtime - 1hr 2min


Mistake - I said that Dirtfedd was famous for there F' the American Dream song. That is wrong. Walls of Jericho is famous for that song. Dirtfedd is famous for The American Nightmare

Show Notes - Be aware that if you click on a link that you will leave this page. If you want to explore this page while listening to the radioshow you should left click on a link and say "open in new window or tab". You can also just open another tab or browser and bring up this page and then navigate through the show notes.

This is the part where I list what songs were played and what I talked about as well as links to everything
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Opening
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Ship 2 Ship - Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew
The Old Iron Hills - Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Two Ton Paperweight - Psychostick
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Clouds Over California - Devil Driver
The Uberklaw - Gwar
Technologic - Daft Punk
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PSA

Shows at Pops - Evergreen Terrace - Sept. 6th
- Saliva - Sept. 9th
- Billy Talent - Oct. 2nd
- All That Remains and Maylene & The Sons of Disaster - Oct. 5th
- GWAR and Job for a Cowboy - Oct. 14th
- Five Finger Death Punch - Oct. 25th

LOL - The League of Laughter - Friday from 5 to 6 in Xaviers Black Box Theater

The Rainbow Alliance - Monday from 9 to 10 on the 3rd floor of the BSC
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Disposible Teens - Marilyn Manson
Splash N Thrash - Swashbuckle
Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
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PSA

Rooster Teeth released Chapter 11 of the Red vs Blue Series, Recreation.

Chapter 11 - Dumb Cop, Bad Cop
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Fuck Authority - Pennywise
Corpus Imperium - Molotov Solution
Diamonds Arn't Forever - Bring Me the Horizon
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Mississippi Queen (Mountain) - Ministry
The American Nightmare - Dirtfedd
Cut the Curtains - Billy Talent
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Closing
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Thanks for listening everybody

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

P.S. - A big thanks to THE UNDERGOUND CITY for hosting my audio file

DevilDriver at Pops

Dear Peoples,

On Wednesday August 26, 2007 I embarked on a journey to see some kick ass bands. This journey was straight into what most people would say is a "bad neighborhood" or "the wrong side of the tracks". Hell if we cared. I was with the Director of Hard Rock at KSLU and we were going to interview Dez Fafara, the lead singer of DevilDriver. We drove up to Pops and were met by DevilDriver's tour director. He lead us into the band's bus. The bus was like a sleeper car on a train that could drive on the highway. At the end of the bunks there was a lounge and we did the interview there.

I don't want to put the interview into this post yet becouse I don't have the recording and I don't want to misquote Dez. When the recording is put online I will post a link to it. The first thing you should know about Dez is that he's an awesome guy. It's unusual that a lead singer of such a large band would let in some college kids to interview him but he had no problem with it. One thing I can safely say is that his favorite color is purple. After that epic 20 minutes of interviewing we waited around for the concert. This was the lineup for the concert

Soul Decenders
Site Street Team | Store | Myspace | YouTube
Dirtfedd
Myspace | Facebook | Twitter | iTunes | YouTube
My Children My Bride
Wikipedia | MySpace | iTunes | YouTube
DevilDriver
Site | Wikipedia | MySpace | Facebook | YouTube

This is one of the best concerts I've been to at Pop's. Soul Decenders was a great Thrash Metal band. They are right out of High School and they sound great. I would keep an eye on these guys. They're going to get big. Next was Dirtfedd, an industrial metal, keyboard driven band. They're lyrical content is very war based and is definatly a "Fight the Power" band. After that was My Children My Bride. They are a great Christan Metalcore Band. After that was of course DevilDriver. Dez and DevilDriver put on a great show. They have a great stage presence and a huge following. Although this following was not fully represented at Pops it was still a great show.

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

Drag Race at Gatway International Speedway

Dear Peoples,

On the 7th of August, 4 of my friends and I attended the Hardee's Gateway Drags II at Gateway International Raceway. The engines were loud, the tires were hot, and the cars hella fast.

Unfortunately, the Results of the race are not yet in so I can't post them.

However, I can tell you that world records were broken. I believe that one car made the quarter mile in 3.42 seconds (correct me if I'm wrong).

I also made a really cool video. Enjoy


If this video doesn't work try below

Drag Race at Gateway - The Underground City

Unfortunately we left before the rocket car took it's run. My 4 buddies and others who want to see what a rocket car run looks like. Here's the video taken from the videos of FlyByUNMy50Stang on YouTube





Well, that's how we roll at the races. In rocket cars.

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

p.s. - A big thanks to The Car Gods, the Racers, Gatway Raceway, The Undergound City, YouTube, and Omega for the conversion software.

Rock the River

Dear Peoples,

On August 2nd, 2009 a free Christian Music Concert opened under the St. Louis Arch. This concert was put on by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. According to Wikipedia, Evangelism is the practice of converting people to different religions. This is mostly reserved for Christan and Islamic Religions because they have put forth the most effort to gather followers.

The purpose of this concert was two fold. To tell people the good news about Christianity and to have fun. For those who were already avid Christians it was a great concert. The right messages were put forth, the right bands sang there songs, and the atmosphere was lots of fun.

However, I am not part of the usual Christan Rock Concert crowd. Most of the concerts that I attend are more........Metalish. If that makes any sense. The bands are scary and demonic. The kids are screaming and moshing and the message is mostly about freedom and teen angst.

The Rock the River tour was much different. First of all it was free. So the concert tickets were non-existent. The biggest issue was parking. Luckily, my group found parking pretty easily by the river. Next was the walk to the stage. First we had to walk from the rivers edge to the Arch Grounds. In the Arch grounds there were tents like you'd see at a regular Concert. It had a bit of a fair vibe. There were corn dog venders and t-shirt venders right next to each other. After we waded through the Fair ground we got to the fences that blocked off the grounds. We waited till 2 when the gates opened. Security at this event was non-existant. I know for a fact that I could have carried any number of weapons, knives, or guns into the premisis. I carried my wallet chain in. Most of the concerts I go into require me to remove it and leave it into the car. I wasn't frisked at all and most of the people at the concert wern't frisked. Only bags were checked. When we got into the concert lawn chairs and blankets were rampant. Many of them were boardering the pit. This was clearly a bad idea. Partioning the areas would have been an excellent idea. That way those who want to be in the croud can be in the croud and those who want to watch from blankets and lawnchairs can.

This was who was on the bill at the concert.

The Ambassador
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TBP
Canton Jones
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes
DA' T.R.U.T.H
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes
Decemberadio
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
Hawk Nelson
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
Lecrae
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes
Red
Site | Wikipedia | Viral Site
Skillet
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
Flyleaf
Site | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
Kirk Franklin
Site | Wikipeda | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB

If you like any of these bands buy a T-Shirt, CD, Poster or whatever. Don't just P1r473 and leave.

This is a video of Red at Rock the River

Flynn Lives

A trippy movie was released in 1982 under the name of Tron. It was one of the first movies with large scale computer generated graphics which was quite an accomplishment back then.

TRON
IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia | Wiki | Free Viewing | TPB | Amazon | Facebook | Myspace

Since 1982 the Tron front has been rather quiet except for the creation of the Tron game untill now.

A rabbit hole has opened up in the void that some of the most hardcore fans have discovered.

SPOILER ALERT - DO NOT GO PAST THIS POINT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW

The following is a chronology of the Tron Alternate Reality Game called Flynn Lives. What you see here is not complete. However, it will keep changing as more clues are found.

7.21.09 03:21:00 PM

Two pictures, a .gif and a .jpeg, are loaded onto a site called comingsoon.net. The .jpeg was of a Tron game token and the .gif was scrolling html code. It is presumed that the coin was sent to several people around the country along with a flashdrive that contained the .gif. A person registered to the unfiction forums named Wireless found this on comingsoon.net and decoded it by 03:36:00 PM. The message read FlynnLives.com. FlynnLives.com is the rabbit hole. It has also been hinted that HomeOfTron.com is also an active site.

7.21.09 03:45:00 PM

At the bottom FlynnLives. com there is a bouncing spider. A link is encoded into this spyder that leads to a clock that has a countdown timer that will play out on 7.23.09 late in the evening.

7.21.09 05:01:00 PM

An address is found in the terms of use at FlynnLives.com

Copyright Agent
c/o Flynn Lives Organization
PO Box # 236
611 K Street #B
San Diego, CA 92101
E-Mail: copyrightagentSPLATflynnlives.com

It is presumed that this is the address that ARGers need to be at when the clock hits 0. This address is across the street from ComicCon.

7:23:09 10:26:00 PM

Disney reveals concept artwork and a Teaser Trailer for the new film. This information is posted on slashfilm.com here

7:23:09 11:16:00 PM

mr.judkins on the unfiction forums says "So we went around the city and found Flynn Lives posters and used the blacklight to find coordinates and a new map to Flynn's Arcade!" and "Currently waiting for them to open up and let us into Flynn's Arcade - awesome!"

7:23:09 11:38:00 PM

These videos of Flynn's Arcade is posted on YouTube by davecobb

The Opening of Flynn's Arcade



Inside Flynn's Arcade



Flynn's Secret Backroom



07.24.09 01:24:00 PM

All 5 codes were hidden in the Flynn's arcade video games that were required to open the official trailer are unlocked

3XB772M | 79XY33A | TP288FZ | ZZ49B3X | C2CMF9X

Official Trailer

This is where I entered the game when a friend tipped me off to it on Facebook

07.24.09 02:32:00 PM

A picture was assembled from pictures found on the Flynn Lives site

07:25:09 05:16:00 PM

The Flynn Lives site is updated with this >

07:25:09 06:05:00 PM

A black image under Flynn's image is found. It is labeled findoutmore.jpg. No one seems to know what this clue means.

07.25.09 6:25:00 PM

A new place of interest is found on the Flynn Lives site by chippy on the Unfiction Forums.

A question and answer page

07.25.09 6:27:00 PM

5 News Articles are found on the Flynn Lives site.

Who's the most Amazing

Game Over

Dead or In Love

Diversification Trumps Innovation at Encom

Will Encom Weather the Financial Storm

chippy posts this about the Dead or In Love Article "says that the #1 place to dissapear, the place for us to find flynn is Papua New Guinea."

and

"To me Papua New Guinea equals PNG, which a few of you may recognise as an image file format .png Ive tried a few but for sure not all URL's of all images, so far with no joy."

07.26.09 11:03:00 AM

This twitter account is found for Flynn Lives by enaxor

However chippy says "unsure as to officialness here too. Flynnlives twitter account as it was created today"

07.30.09 6:59:00 AM

I believe that there are some clues in the below text found on Flynn Lives. However, I haven't found any leads

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MOVEMENT

1989 -- Kevin Flynn alleged to "disappear." Initial facts raise many questions. Many of us were suspicious.

1990 -- Sightings of Kevin Flynn by ordinary citizens, including high-credibility "Level 3" sightings of Flynn in NYC's Central Park during a Shakespeare Festival, on the fringes of a San Francisco street fair, and the notorious "Elvira" sighting of Kevin Flynn at Halloween celebrations in West Hollywood, California. Unfortunately, these initial sightings display certain characteristics true to this day -- nothing has been confirmed and photographic evidence has been lacking.

1992 -- Sightings continue. Several of us make contact thru Usenet and begin correspondence.

1994 -- First Flynn Lives! meet-up in Dayton, Ohio. We resolve to continue our efforts to find out the facts behind the mysterious disappearance.

1998 -- Letter from Kevin Flynn to a founding member of the group gains media attention, then debunked. Founding member (now ex-member) checks into a mental hospital for observations.

2001 -- A $5,000 award is offered to anybody who can prove Kevin Flynn is alive. By December 31st, alas, nobody had satisfied our jury and the money was spent on a great party for all of the "Troniacs" we know and love!

2002 - 2005 An era of low visibility for our group. Sightings drop off, and interest seems to slacken. Thank heavens that is over!

2007 - Interest picks up as the "Albino Cow" Flynn sighting in southern New Jersey energizes a new generation of activists.

I believe that the 2007 post has something to do with something. However that something is a hunch.


This is the end of leads for Flynn Lives. If you find anything else please contact me.

\w/ MAYHEM \w/

Dear Peoples,

I want you to imagine 4 guys who just got out of high school and are trying to express themselves with really loud rock. Now age those guys about 10 years, sell there souls to the devil, dress them like the soldiers of Satan, throw in more speakers, amps, and subs than would fit in a high school gymnasium, and surround them with raging crazy fans that start moshing as soon as the first chord is struck and you have a limited view of what a Metal Concert is. Now extend that to about 12 hours, get 12 more bands, add crazy amounts of caffeine, booze, and rage and you have a glimpse of what the ROCKSTAR MAYHEM FEST is. If you are offended by Satan please leave. Now.

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Ok, now that they're gone I can talk about my love for kittens. JUST KIDDING. Anyway, If you were at Mayhem this year I commend you. If you were not. Here is the lineup for who was at Mayhem.


White Chapel
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | iTunes
Mushroomhead
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
The Black Dahlia Murder
Website | Store | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
Behemoth
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
God Forbid
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | iTunes | TPB
Job For A Cowboy
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
All That Remains
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
Trivium
Website | Fanclub | Store | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
Cannibal Corpse
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
Bullet For My Valentine
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
Killswitch Engage
Website | Fanclub | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes
Marilyn Manson
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB
Slayer
Website | Wikipedia | Myspace | Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | TPB

That's all 13 bands that were at Mayhem. There was a locas band in the line up in St. Louis but I didn't mosh to them so I don't really remember who they were. Feel free to click on the text bars under the bands and explore their universe. If you arrrre going to use TPB please buy a t-shirt or go to a show. How can your favorite band tour they have no money?

When I was at Mayhem I had a ĵ(|{1n9 blast. I also remembered to record some video and take some pictures with my phone. Here is the resulting video.

\/ If this video doesn't work try here \/

\w/

I know the video is choppy and out of focus but a 1 dollar phone that came from a ATT plan took it. So all things considered it came out pretty good. Using your phone as a camera is really the only way to take video of a pit. I have a nice 10 MP camera that I use for most things but I didn't bring it to Mayhem because I would have been destroyed 2 seconds into Job for a Cowboy.

In order to get your $h177¥ phone transfer pictures and video to your phone you just need to buy a Mini SD Card. I bought my Mini SD at the chain office supply store where I work but you can get it online for $12.99 at Tiger Direct. Then just jack the card into your phone. Use your settings to change where the camera saves your videos and Pictures to the Mini SD and your set. Snap and Shoot away. When you're ready to put them on your computer just take the card out of your phone and put it in the SD adapter. The put that adapter into your computer and start transfering. Most phone cameras shoot in .jpeg format but they record video in .3gpp. Most video editing software is not prepared for .3gpp. In order to get your videos on to Youtube, Blogger, or The Underground City (TUC is my choice becouse they don't cater to WMG) you need a converter. The best converter I have found is called Any Video Converter. AVC does a very good job of converting .3gpp to any other format (really). After you convert it's pretty easy to create and upload your videos. Now your ready to document your mosh!

A good friend of mine created the videos below. They are taken with a real camera and thus are ĵ(|{1n9 awesome.






This is video that my good friend found of a B Stage pit early in the day



This is a video from the Job for a Cowboy pit



Ok Well I had a great time at Mayhem and I will buy tickets as soon as they come out. I'm looking foreward to going to Pop's as soon as I can. If you are going to Pop's, tell me. Maybe, I'll show up.

\w/ KEEP MOSHING \w/,

The Renegade Rabbit

Old World Skills

Dear Peoples,

Today I was working a 7 hour shift at the Retail Store that I am employed at. It was pretty much business as usual for most of the day: stacking boxes, working cash registers, and selling products. We are currently in the Back-to-school phase of our year so we are pretty busy. Today we had to assemble displays for more school products. During this time we had to put an obnoxious sign on top of the display. The sign was in the form of a cardboard tube that other signs attached to it. The Manager didn't know what to do because the mother ship to our satellite store hadn't given us the correct supplies to display the sign. So it was my job.

In my life I had seen many challenges like this. Not in any place I had ever been employed though. In my work experience. I was never required to do very many things that involved a brain. Where I encountered my challenges was in Boy Scouts. Throughout my experience we had to complete many puzzles. Using critical thinking skills combined with scout skills and knowledge was pretty commonplace. In Boy Scout team building exercises we had to work as a group to scale walls, cross rivers, create make-shift shelters, start fire without matches, and lash together 15' tall observation towers. When I was growing up it was a very normal occurrence to be given limited tools to complete complex tasks.

This state of mind couldn't be further from the corporate minimum wage jobs that I tend to work. When you're in a corporate satellite retail store you are not allowed to use your brain. All of your instructions are given to you and you are expected to follow them out without even the slightest question to there efficiency or purpose. You are required to use a box cutter that doesn't cut boxes that are thicker than a pencil eraser (not that I ever follow that rule). In order to get promoted in such a job you have to suck ass for long enough that the bossman notices you and gives you a promotion and a raise of pennies an hour. In such a manner the managers are usually suck up pricks that couldn't think to save there lives.

This is why I loved this situation. It was exactly what a strict follower of corporate policy couldn't do. Think. In this situation I had to stand a 4', top heavy, cardboard sign to a 5' tall plastic display that held writing implements. My boss told me to use packing tape. My boss is a flipping idiot.

I immediately went to the back of the store and grabbed a length of synthetic rope and a screw driver (both of these things are no where to be found in the employee manual). I loosened the screws on the top of the box to use as anchor points. Then I cut the rope in half using my "illegal" knife and tied each piece to the cardboard post with a clove hitch. Then I tied overhand loops near the post on all four ropes coming off the post. With the help of one of my friends at the store (the kind of guy that uses an "illegal" knife). I used the loop-double half hitch method that I learned from my Dad. Then I tightened the screws with the screwdriver and the lines were really taught. My friend and I even subjected the display to the earthquake test and it didn't fall over.

One thing can be gleaned from this experience. A world of strict corporate workers is a world of boring people who can't use there skills and minds to work and solve problems. It is incredibly important for those of us with "Old World Skills" to keep it alive. Everyone needs to learn how to tie knots, work with knives, sew, work with a compass, and camp when we are young. Without such important skills we could all become corporate drones and live our lives with out the wherewithal to think outside of the box and make our own decisions.

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

The Battle Continues

Dear Peoples,

The battle between Pop and Soda has a long and dark history in the United States. However, what is truly interesting is the battle that goes on in the rest of the world. In the United States the primary battle is over Soda, Pop, and Coke. There are many different carbonated factions in the rest of the world.

Leslassa

This is the name for Ethieopian carbonated beverages. The word leslassa literally means "smooth"

汽水

The symbol above means "Air or Gas Water" which is the Chinese term to refer to Carbonated Beverages

炭酸飲料

The Japaneese call Carbonated Beverages 炭酸飲料 or Carbon Drink. Although I know what's going on it doesn't sound to appetizing.

газирано

The Bulgarians pronounce it "gazirano" and it means "Something Fizzy". Very Accurate

αναψυκτικά

The Greeks call it "anapsyktika" which means refreshing. Also very accurate.

It is possible to go on for days and days with what other countries call there Carbonated Beverages. Just check it out on Wikipedia HERE if you are going to a foreign country soon.

Where Soda, Pop, and Coke come from is more of a mystery.

Soda is a French word that Americans adopted. The french still use Soda to refer to tasty drinks to this day as do many other countries such as Kenya and Denmark

Pop does not seem to have a know origin although it is very popular in Canada and England

Cola is a derivative of Coca-cola, which is one of the most widely known carbonated beverages. Coca-cola was invented by John Pemberton who had intended Coca-cola to be used as a medicine and not a drink. The original Coca-cola was manufactured with the Coca plant meaning that it had Cocaine in it. Pemberton invented the drink to get off Morphine, a drug he was hopelessly addicted to.

So in the United States 3 powers are competing for control of the Carbonated Beverage's naming rights. A french name, a Canadian name, and a name thought up by a druggy. I don't think this fight is going to end anytime soon so stay tuned.

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Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

The Gathering War

Dear Peoples,

I have been observing a war that has been slowly escalating in places where many people from different areas of the country meet. The most notorious areas of conflict are Airports and Colleges. Many lives, young and old, have been affected by this war

I am talking of course about the war between Soda and Pop

I have a large group of friends from College that are from many different places. We have internal feuds about this subject almost every week. New information has surfaced about the War in the form of this color coded map

This preticular graph is old but it was only brought up reciently by students from East Central University in Oklahoma on a web site called The Pop vs Soda Page. If you look closely at the picture the Blue Areas are Pop, the Yellow Areas are Soda, and the Red Areas are Coke. The darker the color the more people call our favorite carbonated beverate what they call it. As it is clearly seen, The Northern US is primarly made up of Pop Supporters, the Southern US is primarly made up of Coke Supporters. Soda is supported in the St. Louis Area, The Southwestern US, and the Northeastern US. Hawaii is dominated by Soda and Alaska is dominated by Pop.

The real question is why all of this controversy. The war has even lurked into kid's TV shows like Digimon in this clip found on YouTube. Although, if you are strongly for one side you can see the problem with hearing your delicious drink called the wrong name. It still remains a mystery as to why the battle has gotten so far out of control.

What is certain is that our favorite carbonated beverages hold the ultimate power in the universe. Radical things can happen if you mix it with Mentos as seen here or Pop Rocks as seen here.

Whatever may happen make sure that your carefull when you decide to name your delecious tasty beverage becouse you might start the war up again.

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Feel free to leave any comments or questions that you have.

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

Google Earth Book?

Dear Peoples,

I just finished reading a new (to me) form of media. A Google Earth Book. The good people that make up 6 to Start have put together a tour of sorts where a predestined course is set through Google Earth and you read captions along the way that fill you in on the story. The book I read was called The 21 Steps. It was short, sweet and really showed off how well you can tell stories with Google Earth.

Personal News

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Best,

The Renegade Rabbit

Hello World

Hello One and All,

This is the first post of an exciting and eventful blog that will star me as your host and guide.

The Renegade Rabbit has many purposes. Mainly it will unite many parts of my life such as:

- J-Mail

- High Seas with Popeye the Sailor Man

- And my many interests
- Liberty
- Metal
- Mischief
- Technology

And for the first subject of my first post

Little Brother

This is a book that had clearly changed my life. The title is the first hint that I would like this book. I have been uncomfortable about "Big Brother" for my entire life. Reading this book was a wonderful experience because I was always taught to conform and move with society. I was told you should never question authority and never stand up. I always did question authority and stand up for myself but I saw it as a act of perversion. But enough about me.

Little Brother is about a 17 year old boy and his friends. I would call his group the new age of geeks. They are incredibly socially savy with technology. Not like the game nerds you usually see. They are masters of security and infiltration, gathering and using community to have a great time. Their main game was a ARG or Alternate Reality Game. During the playing of this game a terrorists attack occurs where they live in San Francisco. Due to the fact that the group snuck out of school they are viewed as terrorists. They are locked up for weeks and then are released. The rest of the book is about how one 17 year old throws of the shackles of an oppressive American regime

This book was written by Cory Doctorow and is open source and free to the public

Little Brother.pdf

Cory Doctorow's website, Craphound.com. Is also very good. Doctorow is a libertarian futurist and his work is phenomenal

Ok, that's the end of the first post.

I hope you enjoyed it

Best,

The Renegade Rabbit