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nE exponentiation ezine [4.0]ISSN 1555-693Xhttp://www.corrupt.org/zineCONTENTSI. NewsII. CultureIII. FeaturesIV. Self-SufficiencyV. LiteratureAgainst all odds, trails and tribulations, we stand firm against theraging tempest of the world around us. Where the earth is defiled, wewill step in and fertilize, where the spirit is ravaged, we will stepin and purify, where the cultures lay in ruins, we will step in andbuild. One of the great virtues of living in the Kali Yuga is thepotential to acquire strength and growth through battle. Growth occursbest on the battlefield, be it physical or spiritual, becausechallenges spark creativity, spirit and evolution. The goals ofExponentiation are to reintroduce the sacred, to rebuild the brokencastles and visages of the primordial way of understanding and toreplant where greed has left ruined soil. Exponentiation is dedicatedto the heroism that still remains in this world.-------News-------Skateboard Art Kick Flips RembrandtOctober 3rd, 2006LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles, the land of pristine skyline andshimmering rivers, will not be wearing another cape of beauty on itsshoulders next week as the famed Rembrandt painting "The Night Watch"has been removed from its world tour visit to the J. Paul GettyMuseum. The reason? Skate Punk Art week at the Getty. Officials havestated that the scheduled date of arrival for the Rembrandt piececonflicts with the Skate Punk Art week's massive BBQ and board artfiesta. Because of the massive popularity of the Skate Punk Art weekit has become, in the words of Museum Director Donald Hersh,"artistically, spatially and economically unfeasible to host bothevents simultaneously."An executive meeting was held at the Getty Center on September 27th todecide the fate of the two events. Director Hersh gave the followingcomments on the decision making process, "it was a tough one, I'lltell you that. Twelve of us voted and it came to a split vote, six tosix. We were about to pull straws to settle the dispute, but luckly weheard the evening security guy whistling in the halls so we called himin to cast a tiebreaker. The final vote fell in favor of oustingRembrandt, seven to six." Hersh continued, assuring the Skate Artiststhat their event was safe, "well we want everyone who was planning onthis event for some months to take a deep sigh of relief. We are stillhosting the Sixth Annual Skate Art Week. We appreciated the support ofthe United Skate Art Foundation for working closely with us in thisdilemma. And to all those coming out for the event, don't forget tobring your appetites, there's gonna be a BBQ!"

Evening security guard Luke Richardson was contacted for a commentregarding his tough tie breaking decision. He issued the followingcomments on a blood stained bar napkin (ed.- numerous expletives havebeen omitted. Nothing else has been deleted or altered in Mr.Richardson's writing and the text has been displayed in full inaccordance with his demands on the back of the bar napkin):"well it wasn't an easy decision to boot Rem manz art work, ya now? Imean the guys like famous for lighting in his pictures or somthin'like that, but while thats cool historicilly en all, it's not what thekidz are into anymore...besides, I'm not even sure Remmy man couldhave put out some of the sweet paint lickz on the bottom of the new DCboards. I mean have you seen the shading work on the Flaming Satandoes an olly board put out recently by the DC guys!! I mean[expletive], you tell me with a straight [expletive] face that youwant to jam stale old smelly art in ur museum halls when you have thatbitchin [expletive] in your midst...and holy [expletive] you shouldsee some of the airbrushing detail on the new Independent truckz.Don't even get me started on that tasty line of work."Because the Rembrandt has no other location to be displayed during theweek of the Skate Art festival, officials have decided that it will bestored in a large box in the Getty's basement. At the end of the weekit will be shipped to Seattle to be displayed and deconstructed in agay and lesbian coffee art house for dyslexics.-=-American Standard Announces Revolutionary ToiletOctober 15th, 2006PISCATAWAY, NJ - The bath and kitchen fixtures and fittings branch ofcompany American Standard has announced the newest creation in itsline of home toilet bowls this week, handsomely titled the TawnyWiper. Unlike American Standard's older toilet bowl models, thenewestmember of the American Standard family is revolutionizing what itmeans to take a trip to the "royal throne." The Tawny Wiper isunlike more conventional toilet bowls that sit there cold and sterilewaiting for you to do something, the Tawny Wiper comes stocked withtoilet seat warmers, a mechanical arm that does the wiping for you (inall the tough to reach spaces), a plug in for you ipod or mp3 playerso you can listen to tunes as you go, and a latte maker so you canenjoy your favorite cup of joe while you visit your bathroom paradise.American Standard has announced that it is already taking furthersteps to make sure future models of the Tawny Wiper are just asrevolutionary. American Standard Company CEO Frederic Poses has notlet any secrets out of the bag, but has announced that future modelswill be fully automated with the HAL 5000 chip so that the owner ofthe prestigious bowl can program voice recognition, music, videos andgreetings into the Tawny Wiper. Spokeswoman for American StandardDiana LeHey had this to say about the Tawny Wiper, "we here atAmerican Standard are modest, but we can't hold our excitement backany longer. Going to the bathroom will never again be the same afterthe release of the Tawny Wiper. Imagine, sitting on your ownprivate throne...and mind you we are developing some models to looklike a very royal throne...and then when you make that special

delivery you are congratulated with your favorite sports tune, or bythat sexy little voice you programmed into the voice system tellingyou you've done an A-class job...now that's living the life." That'sliving all right, not since the bidet and the squat toilet has therebeen anything quite so exciting to announce in the world of bathroomengineering design.What's the price of a creation that Roman Emperors could have onlydreamed of? Four hundred and Fifty Five dollars. "What's sofantastic about it," says Diana LeHey, "is that this little piece ofKinghood is going to be moderately priced for the average man. Mostbowls go for about three hundred and fifty dollars. What we have is arevolutionary product that only costs one hundred dollars more thanthe old, cheap model toilets. Pricing it so cheap might be somethingrevolutionary too, but we don't want to brag too much! We wanteveryone to enjoy our creation. Our slogan is, 'enough with having tobend over to wipe those hard to get places, lay back and be treated toa curtsey wipe and massage by Tawny Wiper.'"Perhaps like natural growing processes in the agricultural industry,wiping will be a thing of the past. Could American Standard be theMonsanto of the bathroom Industry? Only time will tell. One thing isfor sure, the future of the bowl looks springtime fresh, wintertimewhite!----------Culture----------Music:Maeror Tri - "Myein" (1995 ND)Slow, vibrating key strokes piece together these extremely dronylandscapes, shaped by ambient masters Maeror Tri - now hailed as cultlegends within the ambient/drone genre.A dark layering of sound begins the album and is used effeciently byimprovising the sound of a guitar string that's constantly pulled andlater into the music the dark layered sounds are accompanied byseveral extended key tones that overlap their forerunner. Like divinginto an unexpected void of emptiness, the music becomes more intense,more drony, the longer it goes on.At a certain point, strange sounds start to appear as rythmicinducers, hypnotizing the mind into a state of total esotericmindexploration. What follows, is an openedness into soundscapestotally unknown. The monotone and persistent vibrating sound in thebackground becomes the basic structure, and disorted and dissonantnoises become leaders, dictating where each song is going.Almost like living inside an airdrum, these noises eventually build upinto an intense tribal dance and become harmonies against beautifulmelodies, similar to the music of Autechre or Beherit's later ambientworks. This is a welcome experience and Maeror Tri proves itsundeniable artistic brilliance when the second movement of this albumbegins. A calm ambient key stroke is introduced as a basic structurallayer, and placed on top of it is a highly emotional and almost epic