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Good Hello Forklifters. In this announcement you will find–

1. BIG BUTT IS NO LONGER LICKING HIS STAMPER
2. TRUE /FALSE TOUR AFTERMATH
3. DEATH SENTENCES
4. BUT WHAT ABOUT NAPSTER?
5. UPCOMING PROJECTS, WEB STUFF AND NEG IN DC SPEAKING TO LAWYERS
5. GOOD-BYE FOR NOW

1. BIG BUTT IS NO LONGER LICKING HIS STAMPER
Big Butt, the famed cat of David Wills (The Weatherman) who was immortalized on various Negativland projects, passed away this weekend at the age of 23.

2. TRUE /FALSE TOUR AFTERMATH
You might very well be wondering how things went on our TRUE FALSE tour since we haven't said a DARN THING to you all since it ended!! Well, as usual, it was artistically successful and a financial mess. We were pleased and proud at how well the whole thing came together with our fantastic crew as we performed the two and a half hour show in 24 cities all over the US. Audience response was truly heart warming and great and if you were at the show, thanks for coming! Each show was recorded directly from the board mix, and, after being in a bit of a coma this summer recovering from the tour, we are now hard at work putting together a double live CD that documents these performances of mostly all brand new material.

3. DEATHSENTENCES
Negativland is FINALLY (really!) in the final stages of putting together their long rumored DEATHS SENTENCES OF THE POLISHED AND STRUCTURALLY WEAK, a 64 page color book and 50 minute brand new studio recorded CD, to be released in 2001.

4. BUT WHAT ABOUT NAPSTER?
Negativland gets asked about Napster and the issues that surround it ALL the time...we have , of course, been following this situation very closely for the last year. Quite frankly, as much as we wanted to rush out quickly into the world with our ideas on how to deal with digital music for free or for sale on the net, well.....quite frankly, we were stumped! Its a very complex issue. But after much pondering and discussion amongst our group, we are poised to un-veil on our website (www.negativland.com) what we see as the only viable response to this new opportunity. Stay tuned for more announcements in the next month.

5. UPCOMING PROJECTS, WEB STUFF AND NEG IN DC SPEAKING TO LAWYERS
We are also putting the final touches on a one hour DVD compilation, collecting together the videos made by Negativland and various collaborators over the last five years. Most of these have never been seen by anyone before.

Pastor Dick will be making a return to our website with his sound advice to lost souls everywhere.

Mark will be in Washington DC on November 11th speaking to a national meeting of the Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts at Georgetown Law University. Mark will be trying to explain just what the heck Negativland thinks its doing by stealing all that stuff that doesn't belong to them to make new stuff out of. Contact Maureen Harrington at mharrington@thewala.org
for more info on this event.

And something might be falling out of the back of a spy plane and landing in our front yard so we can sell it you. More on that later on.

6. GOOD BYE FOR NOW
So, as you can see, we are busy as soda bees working on many new things for your listening and viewing pleasure.

We'll soon be hitting you up with our creative ideas on how to finance all this stuff cause we dont have any money!!......so stay tuned.