DOWNTIME
We did experience some downtime Friday night/Saturday morning due to IP renumbering. There might still be some DNS updates that need to take effect on every individual ISP's end. Basically if you can read this message, you don't need to worry.

FTP ACCESS
Finally, anonymous FTP is working properly. This directory is for uploading files to brainwashed in the case that you would like to contribute to some of the web pages. It sure beats sending sound files in the email and crashing a poor mail server! To upload, ftp to brainwashed.com and login as anonymous, upload files to the incoming directory.

COIL - NORTH
White Rainbow harks back to Moon's Milk in its vocals and consists of Balance singing over viola and voice it is a gentle droney piece which expands into sparks of noise toward the end and you can feel the winter in it's bones. North is filled with shimmering noise and vocal embedded in the shimmering music, it seems to be built on layers of rhythmic pulses over which Balance intones that this black dog has no home, which could be about depression as that is often referred to as a black dog. This is a dark broody piece, winter bloody winter you can be beautiful but when will you end. Magnetic North is a long, almost ambient piece of floating synths, almost Eno-esque from the Apollo period. Balance speaks of red roses filling the skull and under the ice synths odd slivers of sound worm and snake. These three tracks all flow into each other and seem to bring conclusion to the circle which began in the spring with Moon's Milk.
Then, as an afterword Rose tells us Christmas is drawing near, over a guitar or stick riff which layers and harmonizes against viola, as shafts of light conjures out of rose's voice.

the year is ended and the light will soon return

The seven inch has a shorter version of White Rainbow which does have not have the ending of the cd version. It concentrates on the song part of the piece and seems to be the same mix. Christmas Is Now Drawing Near is the same as the cd version. There are some scratchings on the vinyl which are hard to read on the clear vinyl. - John Siddique

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BASEKETBALL
I think the word "stupidfunny" comes to mind with this one. If you have lived under a rock in the last year then you might not know that this movie is the brain child of David Zucker (of Airplane/Naked Gun fame) and stars South Park brains Trey Parker and Matt Stone. If you can't already guess, it's hilarious and completely idiotic. It pokes fun at itself the most, however. You're seriously in stitches watching these guys turn the sports world around, doing everything they can to be as anti-sports industry as they can. This is a satire on the serious nature of sports and the industries of sponsorship vs. the 'cleanliness' of sports. With whacky commenters like the real Bob Costas, this movie has enough characters and punchlines for a couple good water-fountain conversations around the office. Just do yourself a favor and don't stay and watch the outtakes after the credits on the videotape. - Jon Whitney