(Note from the author\u2019s son regarding this email excerpt: Sorry, Mom…)<\/p>\n
And here’s my written piece of the week, deemed too inhospitable for the blog by those I’ve asked (ie your mom):<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Top Ten Black Metal Band Names
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\n10. Purgatory Amos
\n9. Viagra Falls
\n8. Clock Shuckers
\n7. Hell Toupee
\n6. Cher Croppers
\n5. Ho Downers
\n4. Corrodeo
\n3. Beaver Damned
\n2. Princess Die Anthrax
\n1. Den Motherfuckers<\/p>\n
Honorable Mention:<\/p>\n
Cod Peace
\nSausage Lynx
\nGore Text
\nFour Hour Election
\nNun Of The Above (NOTA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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