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INN HOTEL IN MANHATTEN WITH MY OLE
LADY.WE CHECK IN AT 11 AM UNDER
THE NAME OF MR.AND MRS BROOKS.
 BUT LO AND BEHOLD THE DESK CLERK
ASKS FOR MY I.D. AND THERE I STAND
RED FACED AND EMBARRASSED CAUGHT
DIRTY RIGHT OFF THE GIT GO TRYIN
TO USE AN ALIAS.OH WELL-AFTER
FILLING OUT ANOTHER REGISTRATION
CARD WITH MY RIGHT NAME THIS TIME,ITS
UP TO OUR ROOM FOR A QUICK CHANGE AND
SOME AFTERNOON SHOPPING UNTIL 6 PM
ARRIVES.AT 6 TAP HOLDS ITS MONTHLY
MEETING AT A SECRET PLACE ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF GREENWICH VILLAGE EVERY
MONTH.ARRIVING AT THE TAP MEETING
ON TIME INTRODUCTIONS WERE QUICKLY
MADE AND STORIES ABOUT THE PAST
STARTED FLYING.CHESIRE STATED THAT
TAP ORIGINALLY WAS STARTED BACK IN
1971 BY ABBEY HOFFMAN(OF CHICAGO 7
FAME) AS A POLITICAL ANARCHIST
NEWSLETTER CALLED YPPL (YOUNG PEOPLES
POLITICAL LOBBY).A FEW YEARS LATER
THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO TAP AND AL
BELL TOOK OVER.AS WE ALL KNOW CHESIRE
CATALYST RAN TAP FOR AWHILE WHILE THE
INFAMOUS ISSUE #91 WHICH WAS PRINTED
BUT NEVER MAILED,WAS DONE BY TUC AND
BIOC 003. (ISSUE #91 WAS GIVEN TO ALL
THOSE THAT ATTENDED SATURDAY NIGHTS
TAP CONVENTION)

ANYHOW,I HAD HEARD A LOT OF RUMORS
ABOUT WHO OWNED TAP AND OTHER SULTRY
COMMENTS BY THE TIME I ARRIVED IN NYC.
 SO I DEFINATELY WANTED TO BE AT FRIDAY
NIGHTS TAP MEETING BEFORE EVERYONE
ARRIVED FOR THE BIG TAP CONVENTION ON
SATURDAY NIGHT.(INCLUDING ALL THE FEDS
THAT WERE EXPECTED TO BE SNEAKING
AROUND)
 WE HAD A GREAT TIME FRIDAY NIGHT,MET
A LOT OF COOL PEOPLE,AND FOUND OUT
WHAT A LOT OF SHIT WAS TRUE AND WHAT
WAS GOSSIP & BULLSHIT. 
 AFTER ABOUT 4 HOURS,I GAVE THE OLD
TAP CREW A BOX OF MANUALS TO COPY,
AND WE DEPARTED BACK TO OUR HOTEL SO
WE COULD GET AN EARLY START ON THINGS.

      S-T-R-R-A-A-N-N-G-G-E-E

UPON ARRIVAL AT OUR ROOM,I FIND MY
DOOR UNLOCKED BUT NOTHING MISSING.
 THEN 5 MINUTES LATER THE OLE LADY
HEARS VOICES OUTSIDE OUR DOOR SAYING
"YA-THEYRE FROM OREGON"
THEN LATER MORE FOOTSTEPS OUTSIDE
OUR DOOR.(OUR ROOM WAS THE LAST ONE
AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY)

COULD THE FEDS HAVE OUR ROOM BUGGED??
 THE FACT THAT WE WERE ARRIVING WAS
NOT A WELL KEPT SECRET.NOR WAS THE
TAP CONVENTION TO BE HELD SATURDAY.
SINCE THE CRACKER ALSO MET THE TAP
CREW AND LEFT FOR HIS ROOM THE SAME
TIME AS US,I CALLED HIM TO SEE IF
ANYTHING UNUSUAL TWAS GOING ON AT
HIS ROOM.BUT HE REPORTED ALL WAS WELL
AT HIS END.BUT EVEN CHESIRE COMMENTATED
THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL THAT THERE WAS SO
MANY PEOPLE AT THAT HOTEL THAT WEEKEND!



CALLED TIM UP-HE SAID HIS MOM WAS
GIVING HIM STATIC BOUT FLYING TO
NYC,AND THAT IM NOW PROMOTED TO
MANAGING EDITOR WITH TUC AS EAST
COAST EDITOR AND SUSAN THUNDER AS
WEST COAST EDITOR AND SCAN MAN AS
MIDWEST EDITOR.
 HE ASKED ME TO CARRY ON FOR HIM IN
CASE HE COULDNT MAKE IT.

(NOW YE GOTTA REMEMBER THAT IVE NEVER
EVEN HEARD OF TIM OR THE WHACKO BROTHERS UNTIL 2 WEEKS PREVIOUS TO THIS.BUT THE
PROSPECT OF $3500 PER DAY IN SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BILL STARTING UP AN UNIX SYSTEM
FOR PHREAKS/HACKERS TIS WHAT ENTICED
BOTH BILL AND I. ALSO, IVE BEEN
PROMISSING THE NINJA NYC FOR YEARS THAT
SOMEDAY ID MAKE IT TO NYC FOR ONE OF
THEIR MONTHLY TAP MEETINGS.
 SO,I FIGURED IF WORSE CAME TO WORSE AND TAP DISSOLVED,I STILL HAD ONE GREAT
VACATION AND FINALLY GOT TO MEET ALL
THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT ATTEND THE MONTHLY TAP MEETINGS THAT IVE TALKED TO OVER
THE YEARS.)

THE STAGE TIS NOW SET FOR TOMMORROW-
BUT A LOT OF VARIABLES STILL UNKNOWN.


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