X-DAY'S A COMIN'!!!

From: "Rev. Magdalen" <magdalen@home.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2001 5:00 PM

Ahhh, yessss!!! Can you feel it in the air? It's almost time for XD4! I
can almost taste the fresh country air, feel the wind on my face, see the
gently waving treetops, hear the laughter of the frolicking Yeti.

It's time to start thinking about what you will do there. The gates are
down, there is no official program -- a few events are planned, but
scheduling will be made up from moment to moment. This is YOUR event.
There will be a microphone there, and an audience of your peers. Think the
Church has become nothing more than a "sewing circle"? Say so! Want to
thank Dobbs for all the Slack you've gotten? Jump on the stage and testify!
Have a secret plan for world domination? Rally your troops!!

One thing there WILL be is awards, awards, awards! The Bobbie Awards, the
Campsite Awards, GGG's Awards, and my Awards are just a few! Make up your
own if you want to! Prizes vary, but the Campsite Awards have MONEY for
prizes, so you might want to put some thought into making yours extra
snazzy. Last year's winning campsites were not only creatively designed,
they also included features that were highly appreciated by fellow campers,
such as martinis, coffee, and hot chicks. And they used bribery, which is
an accepted method of improving your campsite's score.

Is there a game you love to play, but can never find enough other players?
Bring it. A short story you just KNOW is a classic waiting to be
recognized? Pass out copies and read it out loud around a campfire. Always
wanted to stand in the middle of the road and prophesy at passersby? Get
freaky with it!

Whatever you would do if there were no Con, you can do at X-Day. Within the
invisible dome that protects Brushwood, it is as if we had already triumphed
over the Conspiracy, and restored the Earth to its original state of Slack.
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Subject: Re: X-DAY'S A COMIN'!!!
From: Lilith von Fraumench <lilith@ZubJenius.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Fri, Jun 15, 2001 1:02 AM
Message-ID: <140620012202486793%lilith@ZubJenius.com>

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In article <xB9W6.282297$oc7.17522401@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>, Rev.
Magdalen <magdalen@home.com> wrote:

> There will be a microphone there, and an audience of your peers. Think the
> Church has become nothing more than a "sewing circle"? Say so! Want to
> thank Dobbs for all the Slack you've gotten? Jump on the stage and testify!
> Have a secret plan for world domination? Rally your troops!!

A quick clarification and reminder. The stage is ruled by the
pig-ironed dual fists of myself and Saint N. There will always be a mic
on just loud enough to make yourself heard over a crowd. If you want it
louder, you talk to me.

There is no stage schedule. A schedule is necessary when you're paying
a sound guy to haul out expensive gear, because he has no interest in
showing up at odd hours to turn this or that on. He wants to know when
to clock in and clock out.

Saint N is a sound engineer for a living and has been chomping at the
bit to run sound at X-Day. He shall get his wish. It's HIS.

So he's running the sound gear, and I'm running the stage. And there is
no schedule. How the hell is this going to work?

I have a Plan. It is foolproof.

We will run stage and sound through BRIBERY.

Let me clarify this. The bribe could be as simple as the sheer pleasure
in hearing someone use the sound system. It could be personal, such as
offerings of food, drink, frop, sex, bulldada, or even plain ol' cash.
Or it could be for everyone there, like the time Jehova Hates Phred
brought a keg of beer, or when Susie danced her naked lil' heart out to
everyone's joy. We're flexible. But we're expected to do a lot, from
watching over the gear to making sure everyone who wants to use it can
do so within "reason". And we don't ask for much except for food,
drink, frop, etc.

Not having a schedule means we can have bands playing mid-day,
whenever. It means the kind of freedom of schedule that, frankly, made
running the stage so completely unfun for me, and less fun for everyone
else in so many ways.

I know many will balk at the idea of having to give anything for what
they might consider a privilege. To this, I shall respond by pointing
at the other stage. You may do as you like, lest you not piss off
Brushwood's owners and volunteers, over thar. But many SubGeniuses have
nobly, freely, nay, HAPPILY given of their wallets and sanity to make
this happen, and in memory of their sacrifice we must not forget our
roots as a business cult and let the fruits of their labor rot in the
bellies of ingrates! Attention must be paid! And so must the sound guy,
and ME TOO while we're at it, goddamn it. Now get on th' damn phone!

Metaphorically speaking, that is.

Her Ladyship Lilith

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