8 October 1999
Nick Traenkner

The Beast of '96

It's not how many, but the quality that matters

We used to judge the quality on the price they demanded
Also on the depths of depravity to which they would sink in proportion
to that price

Sometimes we would slap down two-million dollars for a near-corpse- just
to see what they
would do at the sight of that money...

And you wouldn't be surprised.

No- maybe in '88 or even '92- but by the time 1996 rolled in there
wasn't any sky to be the
limit. Tractor-trailers full of cash, bodies and experimental equipment-
oooh he loved the
experimental equipment...

It was difficult to judge quality becasue there was so much money and so
much depravity that the
point where we couldnt tell which was driving which was long gone and we
were spending most
of our time in motel sixes- because we liked the name and the feeling of
anonymity.

You take the money away and they start in with the heat guns, enemas and
road-kill.

(together, mind you- each one alone isn't bad.)

Take away the enemas and the money pours in- seemingly moreso than with!

There was a point where we looked over at one another, covered in it,
and I think we both
realized that this thing we call America has no end.

And that's where we got the idea for 2000!

There are no limits anymore.

No stopping.

Six million dollars in a motel six can still get you a pretty good
hard-on in Nashville.