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Helter Skelter Issue 1 Editor's Note  
     If there were any people I would dedicate this issue to, it  
would be Trevor Davis, editor of Washington Commie Spotter(local 
zine) for the inspiration and help, and whoever puts out Small 
Victory (a half-sized punkzine out of the bay area).  I'd also like 
to thank Nick and Ben for the art.  
     Just in case any of you care, this probably won't come out  
on any set schedule, maybe once every 2-4 months.  There's just  
too much going on.  Anyway in this issue we've got three good  
artists and some nice articles this issue.  I'll try to get some  
interviews next issue. (You know what's fun?  Calling two  
different Domino's on three-way and hooking them together.   
Definitely good for a cheap laugh.) 
     If you have anything (art, articles, zines, music, anything)  
send it to me.  If it's art or articles I'll send you a free copy 
(two if I use it.)  Zines I'll review and send you one of mine.  
Music I'll review (I'll give you some free advertising if I like 
it.)  Also, any DC show info would be greatly appreciated.  If it 
gets here in time I'll print it.  If not I'll get some friends 
together and we'll go. 
     If anyone has enough money to give me some "financial support"  
it would greatly increase quality and decrease cover price.  I'll  
run free ads for bands,labels, and zines.  Here's my address:  
  
Helter Skelter c/o  
Derek Teslik  
3519 Woodbine St  
Chevy Chase MD 20815  
 
Email: 
DerekTesl@Aol.com or 
Derek.Teslik@sbaonline.gov 
  
Get out and get involved  
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  ---How to Build Your Own Underground Television Transmitter--- 
          ---Using Commercially Available Parts--- 
      
Yes, for some time now it has been possible to construct a 
clandestine television station, which you can operate from your 
Telecommando Lair, or modify for Mobile Media Guerrilla campaigns. 
     We have named this device the Snow Box, due to its cool 
nature, and the snow seen on blank television channels waiting to 
be commandeered.To put together a TV station you will need this 
stuff:  
  
A VCR or Camcorder with video or RF outputs  
  
A Ham Radio 6-meter Band Linear amplifier  
        (This boosts the RF signal from the VCR for broadcasting) 
        (The Linear Amp should have a bandwidth of 6 MHz for best 
results)  
        A cable television RF distribution amplifier may also be 
used.  
  
Coaxial cable with UHF connectors  
       (Connects the Linear Amp to the Antenna)  
  
A cable-TV patch cable with an F-connector and a UHF connector  
       (To connect the RF signal to the Linear Amp)  
       (F-connectors are the small ones used with cable TV)  
       (UHF connectors are the large ones used for Ham Radio)  
  
If your VCR does not have RF outputs:  
       An external RF modulator (converts video to channel 3,6,12, 
etc.)  
       A cable with RCA connectors (a standard stereo cord is OK) 
 
  
A 6-meter Ham radio antenna.  
  
If you do not have a pre-made 6-meter antenna:  
       About 20 feet of strong wire 3 ceramic antenna insulators 
       Another UHF connector  
   
 Likely places to get the linear amplifier, connectors and cables 
are a Ham Radio swapmeet, a Ham club  news-letter's classified ads, 
a Buy-Sell-Trade paper like The Recycler, or at a store 
specializing in Ham gear.  RF modulators are available at  
specialty video stores, or major VCR dealers.  
  
Setting Up the Transmitter:  
    
 Using a VCR with RF out:  
[VCR/RF]F------U[Linear Amp]U-------U[Antenna]  
                  weak RF            Power RF  
  
 Using an External RF Modulator:  
  
[VCR]R--R[RFModulator]----U[LinearAmp]U----U[Antenna]  
  video                    weak RF          Power RF  
  
Diagram Symbols:  
  
U    UHF-connectors (Ham radio)  
F    F-connectors   (cable TV)  
R    RCA connectors (stereos)  
---  coax, cables, wires  
[]   devices (name of device in brackets)  
<I>  ceramic insulator (the kind with a hole at each      
     end)  
  
  
Building The Dipole Antenna:  
  
          wire                        wire  
<I>---------------------+<I>+----------------------<I>  
                        |   |  
           Short coax   |   |  
                         [U]    UHF connector  
  
     The antenna is set up much like a clothesline with the   
wires tethered straight out horizontally. The outer insulators are  
used to isolate the antenna from the tether lines, which should be  
rope or nylon cords for good results. The inner insulator isolates  
a gap between the two long wires of the antenna.  
  
     The length of the wires used for the antenna is critical.   
Look up the length in feet for the channel you want to use in the  
table below & make each of the two long wires that length. As a  
rule of thumb, a wire half-wave antenna's length in feet is equal  
to 468 divided by the frequency in MHz.  
  
****************************************  
     VHF Television Channel Data  
----------------------------------------  
  TV            MHZ       ---carrier---      antenna  
channel        range     video     sound     lengths 
-------        -----     -----     -----     -------  
2              54-60     55.25     59.75     8.47 ft  
3              60-66     61.25     65.75     7.64 ft  
5              76-82     77.25     81.75     6.05 ft  
6              82-88     83.25     87.75     5.62 ft  
7              174-180   175.25    179.75    2.67 ft  
8              180-186   181.25    185.75    2.58 ft  
9              186-192   187.25    191.75    2.49 ft  
10             192-198   193.25    197.75    2.42 ft  
11             198-204   199.25    193.75    2.34 ft  
12             204-210   205.25    209.75    2.28 ft  
13             210-216   211.25    215.75    2.21 ft  
        (All frequencies in MHz)  
  (Lengths are for half-wave antennas)  
****************************************  
  
For Further information: Look in the ARRL Handbook published by the 
American Radio Relay League for detailed plans & theory for 
antennas, transmitters & linear amplifiers. The info in that book 
can be used for setting up an underground AM or FM radio station.  
  
Public Education: Make a videotape of each step in the process of 
constructing your transmitter. Show this tape in your broadcasts, 
"For informational purposes only," of course.  
  
Short-burst zipping: From a fixed or mobile base of operation show 
short snippets of graffiti-like computer graphics, quick subliminal 
messages, images & suggestions, or brief manifestos. Commercials 
are an opportune time to break into TV broadcasts.  
  
Cable TV Piracy: With modifications it may be possible to feed the 
power RF signal directly into a cable TV system, overriding 
cablecasts or commandeering unused channels.  
  
Mobile Operation: Using storage batteries and a 110-volt inverter 
the transmitter may be modified for mobile use to avoid detection 
by the FCC during long broadcasts. Battery operated mobile linear 
amps and portable camcorders are also available.  
  
                        anarchy!  
            
          anarchy \ann-ar-KEY\ [ML anarchia, fr. Gk.  
          fr. ararchos, having no ruler, fr. an +  
          archos ruler] 1c: a utopian society made up  
          of individuals who have no government and who  
          enjoy complete freedom.  [taken from  
          webster's new collegiate dictionary].   
                                           
      NOTE: this is the definition in which i use the word 
'anarchy' through out this article unless specified as anything 
other.  the reason being, the word 'anarchy' directly means 
'without ruler.'   
     quite flexible.  
                               
contrary to popular belief, anarchy, on the whole, has intent  
and ethics (what?!?!) for the good of the people.  to start out  
i'd like to state that 'blowing shit up' is NOT anarchy.  anarchy 
is a political belief and is not necessarily connected with  
violence, about as much, if not less than any other political  
system.  to put it bluntly, 'blowing shit up' is exactly that and 
nothing else (unless of course, you are a surrealist).     
  
anarchy has an appeal to "young people" because we tend to have  
this thing about rebellion, truth is, most don't understand that 
anarchy is very hard to achieve and requires society as a whole  
to share a similar belief.  which is a very difficult task, it  
takes complete participation of the members of the society and a 
different state of mind.  the idea of non-violence poses a  
problem due to the commonly stated phrase "violence is natural  
human behavior" that i believe to be true, but that is not  
something to be proud and has been proven to be a changeable  
behavior.  people are violent because they don't care enough to  
be non-violent, and in a society that offers no hope, is corrupt, 
apartial, owned by the rich few, etc. violence is viewed as  
wrong, but "since life sucks anyway, why not?"  one undoubted  
cause of our violent society is due to the content on television, 
i'm sure you've all heard the "a child has viewed 1500 murders  
before the age of twelve" statistic.  not only that the "faster  
than the eye can see" advertising techniques of half-naked,  
young, white women on beer and car commercials after a  
gratuitously violent program must contribute to the growing rise 
in rape.    
                          
anarchy CAN be achieved.  the common argument is that it is  
against human nature to have a successful anarchistic culture for 
a long period of time, or "it'd be fun for a little while until  
someone creates a military and it becomes fascism"  that would be 
common in a small tribe situation, one tribe conquering the other 
tribe.  but we are a world of 5+ billion people, telecommunications 
are a common house-hold object in many countries, people are 
dependent on a source of information every day, if we, as  a planet 
tried, anarchy would succeed.    
  
i must agree if all governments fell, in the condition that we  
are in now, it would be a disaster, that is the reason i chose  
the word *achievement* of anarchy, implying that a successful  
utopian anarchistic society takes effort and not simply the  
destruction of government.  this effort is not hard to come by,  
for an example: religion.  if people with religious beliefs were 
doing their part for anarchy in the name of jah, or allah, or god, 
or jehovah, or shiva, or elvis, or FOR THE HELL OF IT, anarchy  
can and will be achieved.  or else extinction of the human race.  
  
anarchy must be maintained though, thus we must influence the  
rich and or powerful to not control us with an oligarchy,  
monarchy, dictatorship, etc. by threatening them with revolution.  
they create apartheid, we create chaos, they do not compensate us 
in a socialist behavior, we burn the mother fuckers in the  
street!                               
    
we have achieved much in this world so far.  partial liberation  
of women and basically anyone else except a white, heterosexual, 
christian male in many "first world countries."  we must achieve 
complete liberation of those that have no negative effect on the 
world (those who do not fit in this category:   
murderers, rapists, thieves, etc.).  and the solution for the 
"baaad" people i just listed, is re-education, social support, and 
a less manipulative atmosphere in an attempt for prevention of 
crimes.    
  
now, some of this may sound like the ideals of democracy and  
socialism, and their is a reason for that, these ARE the ideals  
of democracy and socialism.  though, in my opinion, democracy is 
a failure and socialism is good, so why not better (anarchy)?   
the US has one of, if not THE, highest crimes rates of the world.  
proving democracy faulty, and like i said, anarchy would be in a 
similar situation in this society.  the achievement of anarchy is 
the cure for that, it would provide proper motivation to evolve  
into a higher (no pun intended), peaceful, and free existence.   
 
many people are still oppressed today, racism, chauvinism,  
homophobia, etc. are still concepts shared by many people in the 
world.  calling for a more efficient education.  but no matter  
how much you learn in school, it is nothing compared to what you 
learn on television or in the street (guess which one is a  
reflection of the other.  wrong).  our rulers and law enforcers  
are very major contributors to this situation, and like wise must 
be illuminated against hatred and greed.  many of the laws today 
are unjust and profitable to the ones that make them.  including 
the 'drug' laws, especially the ones pertaining to addictive  
'drugs'.  for an example, a popular drug among rich, white  
businessmen is cocaine, a popular drug among oppressed black  
people in the ghetto is crack, a different process of preparing  
cocaine.  the amount of crack for a sentence of, say, ten years  
is 1/100 or so the amount of cocaine for ten years.  not only  
that, the speculated drug use and or abuse of 'drugs' in the  
white community which makes up about 70% of the US populace is  
around 70%.  the speculated use and or abuse of 'drugs' in the  
poor, inner-city, "non-whites" which makes up about 20% is, *drum 
roll* 20%.  the arrests in the inner-city are 90-95%.  an example 
of the corruption of those who are supposed to protect us.   
  
open your mind, and abolish your hatred and fears, and by all  
means don't oppress someone.  we do not have to live in the state 
that we are in, and if you are not feeling the un-pleasantries of 
capitalism, you will if you are not one of the 1% that is causing 
this shit to hit the fan.  so liberate yourself before you are  
oppressed (it's easier that way) and liberate others that are  
oppressed.    
                       rise above.                                
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The Problem With American "Justice"  
  
   Over the course of human history there have been two main   
types of laws. The first type, disciplinary, are created to punish  
and rehabilitate those who effect the lives of others and impose  
on their personal freedoms.  The others, preventative laws, are  
used to keep people within the accepted moral bounds of society.  
While disciplinary laws are used to preserve the freedoms of the  
great part of  society, preventative laws are used only to limit  
freedoms and fit the country's citizens into a pre-defined mold  
     Disciplinary laws include those outlawing murder, assault,  
discrimination, etc.  In other words, these are the laws that   
protect the average citizen from those that would seek to harm   
them, and when these offenders are found, to rehabilitate them.   
This kind of legislation is unfortunately needed to keep the   
populace from becoming excessively violent and self-destructing  
(Judging by the social climate and the news they haven't worked  
too well.)  Although not always just, these laws are sadly a   
necessity.  
     Preventative laws include those outlawing drug use, certain 
kinds of sexual contact, and other kinds of social behavior that 
affects no one but the offender.  These are laws that try to   
replace a strong set of morals.  As such, they are made to conform 
to the current societal standards of conduct, and not to those 
rights that this country was founded upon. Because drug use and 
sexual contact, when consentual, are personal issues to whoever 
undertakes these practices, the legislature has no grounds to 
regulate them.  
     Don't get me wrong.  Whenever there is a crime committed 
against another person the offender should be punished to the full 
extent of the law. If we removed from jail those who were not put 
in jail because of a disciplinary law, the overcrowding problem in 
the prisons could be alleviated. Those who were a danger to society 
could be removed from that society and rehabilitated, not put back 
on the streets in a matter of years.    
     Those who are seen as a danger to themselves only should be 
left to their own devices.  Society should not pay $40,000 a year 
or more to have an individual removed from the populace who is   
not threatening to that populace as a whole.  In fact, drug users  
and sexual deviants are less likely to be "rehabilitated," because  
they will less often believe that their own actions are wrong.   
     By making deviants criminals, society is implementing a   
form of thought crime legislature.  "If you do not think as we do,  
you are wrong. Even if you hurt no one except possibly yourself,  
you should be incarcerated."  This is exactly the beliefs the   
founding fathers were running away from in England. To keep these 
kinds of laws on the books is a disgrace to both the people and 
the founders of our country.  
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Jesus was a Punk  
     Last night I was watching a TV Minister for some amusement  
and I was surprised at the similarity many of his ideals had to the 
"Punk Dogma."  This particular sermon was titled "As you sow, so 
shall you reap."  After listening for a while I was amazed at how 
familiar his words seemed after reading so many DIY (Do It 
Yourself) articles.  In the local community I'm seeing some people 
sowing, but many us "reaping" and complaining about the harvest.  
True, the DC punk scene is not what it was in the 80's.  I've heard 
a lot of people saying it's dead and gone (I wouldn't go that far.)  
I guess it's just moved on.  There's a LOT of interest out there, 
and all people need to do is get involved.    
     Whatever you want to do, I can personally guarantee you are  
not alone.  Even if you're not ready to get up and start something,  
support your local scene.  Every dollar you use to buy a 7", a 
zine, local art, or a ticket to a show will be better spent to 
improve the scene than if you buy some major-label album or go see 
Stone Temple Pilots or Pearl Jam or something.  Of course, if 
there's nothing you want to support, make something.  I'm not 
writing this just to get it out or make money(actually I'll 
probably go broke doing this) but to give some exposure to local 
bands, labels, and movements and my friend's art and to get my 
ideas out there and considered.  I might even inspire some people 
to do things.    
     Help your own.  Go and learn to play.  Write out your ideas 
and send them to some zine or write your own.  Start a label for 
your band and your friend's bands.  Most importantly, go out and 
do it.  You are not alone, and there are people that can and will 
help if you tell them about it.  But use your initiative and make 
a difference.  And hey! if Jesus said it, it must be true.  
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     My America  
  
     The moment in history that now and forever will belong to me  
is that of the early Nineties.  These are the Clinton-Bush years, 
a time when two leaders with opposite rhetoric embrace strangely 
similar policy.  Hypocrisy seems to be the guiding force of 
presidency. Patriotism has died.  The country is not the land of 
freedom and liberty as the songs call it, but in the big cities it 
is a land of warfare.  Our presidents gladly war with countries 
overseas to take the attention of the populace away from the 
battles in our streets.  This destruction is both a distraction 
from and an excuse for ballooning budgets.  These wars are fought 
not in the fields but on CNN and CBS, as are the occasional battles 
on the home front, such as those in L.A. and Mount Pleasant. 
Everything is for sale, although no one but the Japanese has the 
money. Jobs are scarce, and the metropolitan areas have more people 
than they know what to do with.  Gun control advocates slowly eat 
away at the second amendment while guns eat away at our inner 
cities.  The quest for racial unity has led only to more 
separation, as people stress their differences than their 
similarities.  There is a "black" culture and a "white" culture, 
but no clear american culture.  The underground has become the 
mains
