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foreplay thanx hazie for the wonderful hold graphic.. someday i, too will produce top-o-the-line rembrandt's...o wait... i think they're talkin a la art, and i'm talkin oral care...start under the nose and work(it) yer way 'in'....it's a deal! yea! i might be the first famous digital oral arteeest chic-dicksoup/hell0dahli-.... WHAT? and you cheapO's, support your favorite ezine and poet and get a genuine hold tshirt, mousepad, MUG, or chapbook just click on the appropriate place ----ok step in read up below and see what this EMOUNGuS issue has to offer and leave your comments at the hold's graffiti board there's easy access from every page ya know so get that thing rompin~!...IS ANYBODY ALIVE OUT THERE besides goo and savagepeace? heh...ok, i'll be back tomorrow or the next day or the next night -time for my casinO break..and then... do bwah titty ditty/  night dave!   XO's cait

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• has someone damaged your tree!? • michael basinski has reviewed many chapbooks/books that we've sent his way. well, michael has some books of his own and some reviews to add to em....i know it's his job but see what HE's all about!!!...and support these great poets/buy a chapbook...pretend it's food and you can't survive without it.../better yet, make that seXXX!! lalaal No Static Neil Wellen is there a fishbowl in your toilet? Political Humorist. Satirist. Illustrator. Right to Free Speech Advocate. Cartoonist. Tattoo Artist.=No Static Neil Wellon...shows how it's done with illustrations/poetry/ more...gurgle gurlgle ...welcome to the hold Neil!!! Ron Androla Land yes! welcome to RonAndrolaLand. rons new website is rockin n rollin... (mentally, at least - says ron)! go there read the poems view the pictures EXPLORE~! This site is always under construction! check it out peeps marc ellis song lyrics/music is in the air at the hold for marc ellis-read/listen to the fine tunes of marc ellis! ..awesome!! dickens' journal for those of you who read dickens' journal and write him, well, don't write him until notice is posted at his column with a new address. dickens will be leaving the Spokane County Jail. yes! the verdict is in..go read about at dickens' journal chastityhat w/ arthor ray bag adds a hot new art gallery to his chastityhat site and if you've seen any of his artwork here at the hold, then you'll go take a look-see. seee you there! hubbA! Redd_k is back with something about degrees, BA's, MA's, Phds! i think it's about 70 degrees here cloudy, rainy, overcast, shitty...well, you check out reddk's column this month's 'on counseling' INTERVIEWS in celebration of the holds' upcoming 50th issue (November 2001), founder and maharajeee dave dembinski, co-editor Jay Miner and I have teamed together to INTERVIEW all of the contributors of the hold. this issue continues contributor interviews which proves to be not only interesting, intriguing but also I hafta say...these people eat life (luv) ..ha! anyways, by November, I will have assembled all of the issues of the hold (1 - 50) on cd, including these interviews, which will be distributed to all of the contributors. *Dave, Jay and myself will receive interview questions submitted by the contributors of the hold and anybody else insane that wants an answer - no dead animal questions, you'se! art expO at the-hold.com: (alphabetically)     "windows" by Dancing Bear affilate e-zines now updated and live online/don't miss em! please visit these ezines for more information on submissions...and read em,they're great! Thunder Sandwich editors Jim Chandler/ Haze McElhenny Disquieting Muses editor Dancing Bear logic alley editor trina stolec Erosha editors Donna Hill / Elaine Thomas Michael Basinski Assistant Curator of the Poetry/Rare Books Collection of the University Libraries, SUNY at Buffalo offers us complete reviews of the poetry books of not only some of our contributors, but ezines and other books available online and in your local bookstore. Michael's poems, articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications. send your book to Michael for review! ADD-ALL Search, compare, and save at 40 bookstores, 20,000 dealers, and millions of books. Looking for hard to find, used or out of print books? Why waste your time going from site to site? You can search all of them with just one click. If they have it, AddALL will find it. click here! (if you've updated your website....email me and I'll make a 'ta do' about it - even roll out a red carpet full of fleas...nah, fuck the fleas, make that a joint!) COMING NEXT MONTH the hold - issue 46 is closin in/ yep yep!?!