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Of DRUGULA and other chemicals

My two cents on the drug talk:

It was never for me - I was weird enough all by myself...and I was
always upset that music I'd hear never quite went far enough in the
direction I wanted it to.

For instance, when I was 7 or 8:

Me:  Can you show me where I can find the weird music?
Librarian:  Huh?
Me:  Nevermind, I'll find it myself.

So consequently I was listening to stuff like Mahavishnu at very
early age.  It got way worse after that.  Drugs would have made me
more normal.  Ick.

I participate in a mountain biking discussion group and there were many
varying opinions.  Some felt that a true athlete should never do this, and
still others felt that they should do it, but keep flammables off the 
trail for fear of setting the brush on fire, and still others were a bit
more open minded.  I don't know.  It's probably not good to be drooling 
on oneself when mountain biking lest you go head on into a tree or another
rider.  At least in music the collisions could produce pretty patterns on
tape and not cause injuries.

Like the other poster, I've seen friends whose heavy involvement in this
resulted in a lot of wasted potential.  Others may be able to exercise 
in moderation.  I wouldn't know.

Frankly, I'd rather spend my time creating dense, swirling soundscapes.

Todd Madson
Musician, Mountain Biker, Stunt Kite Flyer, BeOS/MacOS/Linux/WinNt user.
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