An Unofficial History and Chronology of Marilyn Manson: Continued, by Paula O’Keefe (==angelynx==)
+++1997: "the anti-world is on my back..."
1997 was a year of wild extremes for Marilyn Manson, a year in which they were at the same time so loved and
in such demand that they toured the world, appeared in the soundtracks of three movies, became a household
name; and so reviled and hated that it seemed they had to fight for the right to set foot anywhere. It was
impossible to cover the events of this whirlwind year in my previous review style, so here’s 1997 in the only way I
could handle it. My deep thanks to tour date keeper coyote, Canadian chronicler Night Angel, tireless clipping
forwarder Cheryl, even more tireless clipping researcher Loretta/Carfax, Oklahoma activist Thomas Squires,
DopeHat6ix, the witty folk at MTV News, and everyone whose work I have borrowed from here.
NOTA BENE: ==All quoted items are presented exactly as originally published; typoes, weird grammar, etc.,
left as they were. I believe in letting people’s own illiteracy hang them.==
Single-line items in italics are shows played as scheduled by Marilyn Manson. Unless otherwise noted, these
shows went just as planned, picketed or not, protested or not, without causing mass immorality, demonic
possession, or the downfall of Western civilization.
One last 1996 event: in December, a group of Utah fans headed by a Spook known only as "Armed" sues the
Utah State Fairpark for cancelling an MM show scheduled there, claiming their free expression rights were
violated
JANUARY:
It would probably be good to start off by describing the basic appearance and typical performance of a "Dead
To The World" tour show at this point. The basic backdrop was a fifteen-foot stained glass window depicting
Jesus sitting in judgment, flanked by broken Gothic arches. In front of the window is a staircase descended by
Manson to begin the show and used in several other numbers, notably "Apple of Sodom." Midway through the
show the backdrop changes twice, first to three long banners blazoned with the shock symbol (the lightning-bolt
arrow which is the international symbol for "risk of electrical shock" and which has been the emblem of the ACS
LP and tour) and then to what we shall fondly call the Anti-Flag, a huge, (I mean, HUGE - entire-wall-sized)
American Flag with the shock symbol replacing the field of stars. There’s also a tall podium used for "Antichrist
Superstar" and snow machines used during "Cryptorchid" (later "Apple of Sodom") and the encore, "Man That
You Fear" - when the show gets that far. In addition, there’s a costume change or three: into and out of their
army coats and shiny steel helmets for Zim, Pogo, Ginger and Twig; once into and out of his red and black
hell-gangster suit for Manson, plus stilts and aviator’s headset for "Kinderfeld" and a dousing in stage blood for
the encore. One Bible is shredded per night, Ginger’s drum kit takes major damage whenever Marilyn loses his
temper, front rows are regularly doused in Cabernet Sauvignon (the Rev’s red wine of choice), and the
microphone for the encore is trussed up in white Easter lilies dappled with blood. Occasional other props as
called for. No, absolutely no, onstage sex, animal mutilation or calling upon Satan. (In fact, the phrase
"Anti-Satan" in "1996" is the ONLY mention of the Infernal Name in the course of the show.)
We proceed....
1-4-97: International Ballroom, Houston TX
Mon. 1/6/97: Caldwell, OH, Mayor Dick Winder briefed City Council members on "security and other issues" re:
1/12 MM show.
1-7-97: Shrine Mosque, Springfield MO
Tues 1/7: Members of the Idaho Education Association held a press conference to warn parents about "the
Marilyn Manson band". The group urged parents not to allow those younger than 18 to attend "based on
information members gleaned from the band's home page on the Internet".
1-10-97: Mammoth Event Center, Denver CO
1/11: MM plays Salt Lake City's Wolf Mountain Arena tonight, instead of the originally scheduled Utah State
Fairpark, as a result of Armed's lawsuit. A federal judge refused to order the Fairpark to book Manson, but at
the same time told the venue's management that it couldn't ban acts it doesn't like unless the performance
violates legal standards on pornography, or presents a clear and present danger. The judge made his ruling
after Armed & clan requested an injunction to force the concert to be held at the Fairpark. A second suit for
monetary damages was also filed.
Sun. 1/12: O'Connor Fieldhouse, Caldwell, OH : Hymn-singing prayer circles join fans outside sold-out gig but
show goes without incident - 400 people had gathered at nearby Jewett Auditorium to pray for Manson and
fans.
1/14: Oklahomans for Children and Families (OCAF) members petition the Oklahoma City Council to block
MM's OKC show on 2/5. Among other false claims, OCAF states that the show features an American flag with a
Nazi swastika in place of the stars (Yeah, right. See description above.)and that the group "issues an invitation
for children to accept Satan into their hearts as their savior and lord. Many children do as they say." (Local fans
countered this campaign with a set of brilliant mock press releases.)
Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating responded with a statement that Marilyn Manson is "further proof that
society's moral values continue to crumble," and urged people to boycott the February 5 concert. Keating's
statement says in part, "From what I have learned of the content of their lyrics and message, as well as their
conduct on stage they are clearly bent on degrading women, religion and decency, while promoting satanic
worship, child abuse and drug use. These people are peddling garbage." (*sigh*) Many of Keating’s
constituents had contacted him, hoping the governor could block the group's performance at the State
Fairgrounds. Keating's statement noted that since the Fairgrounds are not owned by the state, he is powerless
to stop the show; but he added, "I would encourage Oklahomans to vote with their feet and decline to attend this
event. If no one comes to listen to their trash, this group will go elsewhere and not come back."
1-15-97: PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1/15: Vancouver signing "riot" - 500 kids, queued outside the A&B Sound record store, were cleared out by
cops after pressure caused a plateglass window to collapse in. Some had been waiting for ten hours and
apparently became over-anxious thinking the band might finish signing and leave before they got their chance
(as, indeed, they did). At least some of 'em got their sigs...Local fans blame the store's crowd control, which
was - perhaps rightly - determined to keep all the kids out of the street and thus crammed onto the sidewalk.
1-17 & 18-97: Moore Theater, Seattle WA
1/17: The lovely and disturbing "Tourniquet" video debuts on MTV
1-19-97: Salem Armory, Salem OR
1-21 & 22-97: Warfield Theatre, San Francisco CA
1-24-97: Phoenix Civic Plaza, Phoenix AZ
1-25-97: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica CA
1-28-97: Crosby Hall, San Diego, CA
1-29 & 30-97: The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas NV>
mid-late Jan: "3 x 3", the first demo tape by Three Ton Gate, circulates quietly among fans (it had been first
reported around the Web in December). Three Ton Gate, the new project by Scott Mitchell a/k/a Scott Putesky
(formerly Daisy Berkowitz), is represented solely by Scott on this effort, though visitors to his webpage already
know that he’s recruited a singer, Goth-looking Tyreah James. The three tracks, all originals, are "Honor",
"Head", and "Hollywood’s Heaven". (Others rumored to have been considered were "Heaven On The Brain",
"Nice Day for a Dream", "Edgar Loves Annabelle", and a cover of Blondie’s "Heart of Glass".)
FEBRUARY:
2-1-97: Convention Center, Albuquerque NM
2/2: Pan Am Center, N Mex State Univ, Las Cruces NM - show cancelled, citing "lack of security" According to
MTV News, the school says it usually supplements its own 14-member campus police squad with local cops for
concerts, but that a city police-contract holdup had made that impossible. The police say that, in fact, they
haven't worked school concerts in some time, and wondered why administrators didn't simply contract a private
security firm.
2/3: TV's 700 CLUB fulfills one of Manson's fondest wishes by doing an anti-MM show (which also condemns
Metallica and White Zombie). The show's host, televangelist Pat Robertson, urged a large-scale response to
Manson, saying; "I think it's time that people protest all over this nation. This thing is the most degrading ...it
incites people to murder, to rape, saying that date rape is no big deal. In an era where we're so concerned
about sexual harassment - a little six-year-old gets busted for kissing a girl on a cheek [this was an actual recent
event], and we're talking about date rape and killing virgins! It's unbelievable! Yet this is going to the top of the
heap." Robertson quoted the lyrics to MM songs (including one he called "Killing Everyone") and told his
audience "you'd better watch out for your children and grandchildren... To these kids, it's a kick, it's a rebellion:
'let's play Satan worship'. They are like sheep without a shepherd, and they're being herded." -- Manson told us
that Robertson claimed the lyrics to "Cake and Sodomy" incite the listener to commit date rape, kill your
parents and rape your sister ("your sister!" repeated Marilyn indignantly). ---Ol’ Pat then plugged his
teleministry's "information" sheet, "Repulsive Rock"(see below).
2-4-97: Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock TX
2/4: confrontation @ Lubbock, TX, show between spooks and 75 praying protestors - "they were cursed by
some fans but sheriff's deputies kept trouble to a minimum" according to the AP report.
2-5-97: TNT Building, Oklahoma City, OK
Weds. 2/5: OK City show goes on as scheduled despite all the fuss.
MTV News microphones went among the singing and praying Christian gathering outside the hall and captured
such remarks as "We need to pray for Brian Warner, the leader of the band; we need to pray for band
members; we need to pray, guys, for everyone who's down there tonight!" and the now-classic "If they're gonna
have an atmosphere here that praises Satan, we're going to lift Jesus higher!"
Manson, in Guitar World magazine: "...people who feel so repressed would obviously go more out of their way
to react - sexually, musically, however it's gonna be - whenever they're given any kind of chance to. I've found
that the best crowds we've had were in Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City...all these places where there was so
much resistance against us playing. The audiences were great. It was so worthwhile to go there. It was like
missionary work."
2-7-97: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO
Fri. 2/7: Omaha NE mayor Hal Daub issues press release warning parents to "keep their children away" from
MM's 2/8 show there because the band "promotes hateful, anti-family values" and "themes such as Satanism,
murder and date rape".
also 2/7 [from MTV News]: Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Elmbrook Middle School has banned the so-called Marilyn
Manson "look" after a scuffle involving pro-Manson and anti-Manson students. The school has banned black
lipstick, fishnet stockings, white face paint, pentagram jewelry, and the band's T-shirts. The skirmish reportedly
broke out after Manson devotees pretended to cast spells over other students.
2-8-97: Mancuso Hall, Omaha, NE (Guess the parents didn't listen. =)
Sat. 2/8: 12 Fitchburg, MA, 7th/8th grade kids @ St. Joseph School join teacher Marilyn Hartigan in protesting
MM's 2/21 show there. Kids call group "disgusting" and "Satanic," saying they're [AP quote] "horrified by the
band's allegiance to CoS founder Anton LaVey, a part-time lounge singer" (!).Parent Ralph Riley was also
quoted: "I thought Marilyn Manson was the name of a female country singer...The next thing you know your kid is
at a Satanic cult concert."
2-9-97: Des Moines Convention Center, Des Moines IA
2/9: A Fitchburg family, the Reillys (same as above?) pickets the Wallace Civic Center and passes out anti-MM
leaflets. Father Richard Reilly is one of the first on this tour to make the false claim that MM sells T-shirts which
say "Kill Your Parents".
2-11-97: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo OH
2/11: It’s reported that Christian groups in Anchorage, Alaska, are raising money to buy up and destroy as
many tickets as possible to MM’s forthcoming (March 4th) show there.
2/12: Manson is berated on Mutual Radio Network's "America in the Morning" program: "the darling musical
group reminiscent of Adolf Eichmann starring in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'."
2-13-97: Pepsi Coliseum, Indianapolis IN
2-14-97: Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
A major Spookykids event attended by a mass gathering of the clan. Spooks came from as far away as
Canada.=)
2/14: Members of the Christian Family Network (CFN) attend Hara Arena show in Dayton, write a shocked
review of "this vile event". I’d quote it, but it’s so rich in detail and so reeking of the poor things’ dread ("I can’t
imagine the pit of hell looking much different," they quiver) that it really should be read in its entirety. One detail
ought to be mentioned: when Manson draws a broken (fake) bottle across his chest and fails to draw blood,
they express regret - not because they hoped to see the Enemy bleed but because "self-mutilation would have
been grounds for arrest under [the] Ohio Revised Code."
Their website also provides an extremely interesting letter detailing the concessions they obtained from the
Hara Arena management and local police. These include that:
1) the arena would not sell tickets to full capacity (the arena holds 7000 but sales were capped first at 6000 and
then at 5,200 tickets)
2) there would be no arena-sponsored publicity of the event
3) a new policy would stipulate that arena management not only investigate any band proposed to book the
arena but have a "fall-back" band scheduled to fill any date which "Manson or another group like his" (!) tries to
book. This last will be logistically impossible, but shows the lengths to which the Xian opposition will go and
wants promoters to go.
Also on 2/14: the first Manson-related suicide. Ben Bratt, age 13, of Pollock Pines, CA, hangs himself with a
guitar string on this date. He was actually listening to the Sex Pistols when he killed himself, and had the name
"Sid Vicious" carved into his chest, but his parents cited the ACS CD (which they themselves had bought him
for Xmas) as a major influence, along with NIN and the Dead Kennedys. The death follows the suicide of Ben's
friend and fellow Goth/Industrial fan Chad Stuart, who had hanged himself in a nearby park on Jan. 28th.
2-15-97: Wheeling Civic Center, Wheeling WV
2/15: Wheeling AFA Chapter president Kathleen O'Connor is quoted re: the alternative "family celebration"
they've put together to counter the eee-vil devilvibe of MM's presence in town. 250-300 people attend the night
of music, food and prayer. Although she believes MM's message is Satanic, "our hearts go out to him and to
any of the children that take his lead."
2-18-97: RPI Fieldhouse, Troy NY
2-19-97: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield MA
2-21-97: Wallace Civic Center, Fitchburg MA
2/21: initial (limited) USA and Canadian release of the new David Lynch film, "Lost Highway." Manson and
Twiggy appear briefly in the film as porn actors; the band's version of "I Put A Spell on You" also appears on the
soundtrack.
2/28: nationwide opening of "Lost Highway"
2/28: Premiere party for the Howard Stern biofilm "Private Parts" televised (for the whole weekend) on MTV.
Manson and Twiggy in frequently seen attendance; MM provided a new song for the soundtrack, "The Suck for
Your Solution".
MARCH:
Pause for a discussion of two March events with far-reaching consequences.
The American Family Association (AFA), a right-wing Christian morals group (succinctly labeled by MTV News
as "paleo-conservative") launches a campaign to stop MM's scheduled April concerts in Jackson and Biloxi,
Mississippi. The direct responsibility for the campaign falls to the local chapter, called the Gulf Coast AFA, and
the method they choose projects the AFA straight into Manson history: they post to their website that set of
documents now known to us all as "the Affidavits". These two astonishing fictions purport to be statements
under oath from two unidentified teens who claim direct witness of dozens of criminal acts performed onstage
and offstage by the members of Marilyn Manson. The first "affidavit" is presented as a full description of a MM
concert and describes a gauntlet of atrocities from nudity, animal killing and onstage sex to a Black Mass and
blood baptism in Satan's name (it also introduces a herefore unseen member of MM, a nameless, naked
female guitarist). The second one purports to describe the band's offstage conduct in similar terms. No brief
summary can possibly convey the surreal, minutely detailed luridity of these articles, which blatantly load the
writers' darkest fantasies onto the band's shoulders, and also make it clear that no one involved in the writing
has ever been within a mile of an actual Manson show. Read them for yourself or wait and see if RayGun gets
permission to publish them.)
The Affidavits came to the attention of online Manson fandom, which noticed that the Gulf Coast page bore the
footnote (as it still does) "we are seekers of truth" along with a request for corrections or additional information.
(Sample from one of their replies: "If the affidavits are lies I would really like to know about it. We are seeking
the truth and do not which [sic] to spread ANY mis-information. We appreciate your insight into the affidavits
and will add your comments to our internal "trial" of the affidavits to find errors and to prove them false or
correct.") Dozens of Spooks e-mailed the listed address to scold, complain, reason, offer facts or ask for a
retraction. The first few got a response; after that, they apparently realized we were onto them and stopped
writing back. They also pulled the Affidavits off their web page. (The writers, BTW, were never identified.) Over
the next few weeks, fans watched as the AFA chapter scrambled to establish its story. Apparently afraid of
being cited by others and found at fault, they waffled between admitting that the statements' veracity was under
question, and claiming they needed some OK from the alleged teenage affiants' legal counsel. In April, they
posted that the Affidavits' accuracy had been established (!) and anyone might feel free to use them. However,
soon afterward the site was dismantled and it exists only as a shell, still marked "under construction" nine
months later. (This may have something to do with the fact that Rev. Donald Wildmon, head of the AFA, refused
to defend the Gulf Coast Chapter or the affidavits when Manson sued in April...)
No matter - the damage was done. The Affidavits were taken as literal truth by many of the band's more
credulous opponents - they still are, despite Manson's having specifically debunked them on several occasions,
and accusations which originated there appeared in anti-MM diatribes across the country. --More proof, if
anyone needed it, of the ubiquitous influence of the Internet. (Manson: "a group that sits around and makes up
all these stories...these sick ideas they’ve made up in their own heads, I haven’t told them this, so who’s really
the sick one?" Plus several more pragmatic remarks; he commented on the charge that he tosses bags of
drugs to the crowd that "if I had all those drugs I wouldn’t be giving them away, I’d be backstage doing them.")
But speaking of the 'Net...The AFA affidavits not only established the low and grimy moral ground the Xian
opposition felt free to claim in this fight; they also planted the seeds for the fan-organized Manson defense
movement which would become the international, online Portrait of an American Family Association
(POAAFA). Founded by Nova Bonzek (~moonfier~) and one Rev. (Shawn) Lightborne, the POAAFA came into
being to coordinate letter-writing and protest campaigns in the dizzying flurry of attacks on the band that filled
the first half of 1997 (as this history makes clear!). As fans reeled from the literally daily arrival of new bad news,
it became clear that a central source of information on the shows, their status, who was the local opposition at
each point, and how to contact that opposition would be invaluable. A source of facts and truth about the band
with which to counter the lies was also needed. Such was the original POAAFA in the spring of 1997 (and such
is it basically today, now having a network of webpages and its own mailing list); though fan support for it is
mixed, its work through this stretch goes on tirelessly, and includes much valuable education plus - in all
likelihood - partial credit for rescuing the Richmond, VA concert.
(we now return to the flow of history.)
3-4-97: Egen Center, Anchorage AK
The rumored church-sponsored ticket buyout never materialized, but the show was still jinxed. Manson was
delayed in going on stage because one of the Syquest portable hard drives for their computers was mistakenly
shipped to Japan ahead of schedule. Mayor Richard ("Slick Rick") Mystrom had insisted that the band obey a
recently established - and according to Alaskan fans, very arbitrarily enforced - 11 PM curfew, resulting in the
show lasting a mere six or seven songs. The local Baptist Church school also reportedly told students that any
of them found to have been at the show would be expelled (causing some humorous speculation on which
teachers would have to brave the lions’ den to catch transgressors...)
3-7-97: Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
3-9-97: Club Quattro, Nagoya, Japan
3-11 & 12-97: Club Quattro, Tokyo, Japan
3/13: MTV News announces that MM will play on eight dates of Ozzy Osbourne’s OzzFest metal tour this
summer.
3-15-97: Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
3-17-97: The Palace, Melbourne, Australia
3/17: LaCrosse, WI, authorities rule that allegations of nudity and sodomy are false and MM's contract to play
the LaCrosse Center on 4/5 must be honored; however, Xians set up picket line at venue days before show.
3-19-97: The Powerhouse, Auckland, New Zealand
3/19: Bill Holmes, Exec. Dir of the Biloxi Coliseum, tells the Biloxi Sun-Herald that while he's well aware of the
controversy and agrees that the best thing the ministers can do is take their message to the community, the
Coliseum is a public facility. Holmes shows a nice respect for his audience's intelligence and maturity: "People
who find him (Manson) objectionable can stay home, but there are people, not all of them young people, who
choose to be here, and those who come will have a good idea of his work." If a performer requests certain
dates and those dates are open, he reasonably explains, "you cannot refuse a promoter the dates if the show is
not illegal and poses no direct threat to the audience or the building."
Meanwhile, however, American Family Radio - a Gulf Coast station owned by the AFA - joined the group's
Internet and letter-writing campaign against MM. The AFA had local politicians on board as well, as shown by a
letter dated 3/19, posted to the Gulf Coast AFA's website from Mayor Ken Combs, of Gulfport MS, to the
beleaguered Holmes. Combs - writing on Official City stationary - says, "I feel that Manson’s appearance and
giving him a forum to spout his poisoned philosphy [sic] is not in the best interest of the Mississippi Coast
Community," especially "during this holiest of the Christian seasons celebrating the risen Christ." (--see also a
related letter and their Manson Fact Sheet for parents.)
3/22: Nimitz Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI: 45 minutes into the show, Rev. Manson takes a fall onstage, cuts a wrist
artery and is rushed to hospital. There's speculation that he collapsed from exhaustion, that he was
hyperventilating due to the tightness of his corset, or that he just slipped. Whichever, Xians claim divine
intervention stopped the show...
3/25: The Biloxi City Council votes unanimously to ask the state to ban Manson's scheduled 4/12 show at the
Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Stale law forbids alcohol sale during sexually explicit performances, so if
Manson's show turns out to violate lewdness laws, the Council wants the state' Alcoholic Beverage Control
Division to revoke the venue's liquor license (--um, despite the fact that no alcohol is to be sold during said
show?) The 3/26 Biloxi Sun-Herald quotes Councilman Tom Wall as claiming that Manson's shows "have a lot
of filth and pornography," and the Coliseum's Bill Holmes counter-claiming that he's talked to six venue
managers who'd hosted earlier dates and told him nothing untoward had occurred there. "I want to cancel the
show, " wails Holmes (this guy's had a rough week =). "I've got people saying I'm in bed with Satan." However,
he fears a lawsuit from the band should he publicly debunk..
3/26: Gulf Coast AFA reports on the above council meeting with the following astounding passage, reproduced
here exactly as it was printed: "Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) rules forbid lewd, obsene, or sexual behavior
or any kind of neudity. The City has not made a request for A.B.C. to montior Manson's concert but a senior
enforcement agent tells us that if a request comes agents will attend to make sure the gourp doesn't break the
state's obsenity laws." (No comment required.)
APRIL:
---The 700 CLUB's April 1997 Viewer Guide prominently features a quote from Manson: "Things need to go to
the point of extremism in order to be born again... It's my job to sort of cleanse the world of its sins." The Guide
also promotes a "fact sheet" on "Repulsive Rock: Infiltrating Young Minds" which is dedicated almost
exclusively to MM ("the latest example of how many of today's rock bands are glorifying violence and place
anti-Christian themes in the minds of young people") with a mere one-line nod to Metallica, Snoop Doggy Dog
[sic] and Tupac Shakur. It quotes longtime MM foe Sen. Joseph Lieberman ("this is, perhaps, the sickest group
ever promoted by a Mainstream record company") and indignantly cites an "Internet Church" set up to "worship"
Manson, at which "a digital counter clicks away the number of souls that have been damned as a result" of
visiting the page. (None other than Shlee's much-quoted Church of Antichrist Superstar! =)
4/1: In the past week 800 people have called/faxed/emailed the office of Jacksonville, FL, Mayor John Delaney
to protect MM's 4/17 show there. One of these people is Stan Carter: "The man (Manson) is pressing hatred
and dislike and violence toward Christians. This man is a slap in the face. He's no less an affront than Nazis
marching down Myrtle Avenue."
4/3 Mississippi Senator Ron Farris sends a letter to Manson's tour director protesting the band's 4/14 Biloxi
show, expressing the wish that groups with (ahem) "counter-cultural and/or radical messages" would refrain
from bringing their "spectacles" to Mississippi. (A man of delicate sensibilities, evidently.)
4/4: the Weekend Vidette, Illinois St. Univ. student newspaper, devoted much of its weekly issue to opinions on
the scheduled 4/6 show in Normal. Student responses ranged from indifferent ("I'm not a fan, but the churches
that are trying to ban him are ridiculous" "Those who don't want to participate shouldn't") to hostile ("I'm
disgusted with their videos", "I don't agree they should come, because there are better groups we should be
having", "They're here to entertain, be fake, take our money and leave"). Church groups seemed to regard the
Sunday date of the show as a direct personal affront.
4-5-97: LaCrosse Center, LaCrosse WI
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