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	<title>Synthesis Magazine Blog &#187; Chico</title>
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	<description>A music blog with a techy twist, twisted content, and other entertainment oddities viral and live from Northern California.</description>
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		<title>Armed for Apocalypse Signs to Ironclad</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/07/02/armed-for-apocalypse-signs-to-ironclad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh off a headlining gig at SF Gay Pride Festival last weekend, Chico's own Armed For Apocalypse have officially inked a deal with Ironclad / Metal Blade records. Their debut album, DEFEAT, which coincidentally happens to be the heaviest album in the history of mankind, drops September 15th.]]></description>
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		<title>Surrogate &#8220;Popular Mechanics&#8221; In Stores July 14th.</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/06/12/surrogate-popular-mechanics-in-stores-july-14th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=13063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So anyone who still reads this blog-which is probably limited to people who work at Synthesis, people used to work at Synthesis, and their immediate family-already knows that the rock band known as Surrogate is the best fucking band in the whole world. OBVS.]]></description>
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		<title>Life Sucks Die</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/22/life-sucks-die-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 21:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The thing that sucks about life, besides the fact that we'll all die someday and nothing we've ever done will actually mean a single goddamn thing, is that, no matter how hard you try to be a good person, you end up just fucking everything up even worse.]]></description>
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		<title>Tunza Gunz</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/19/tunza-gunz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind&#8230;Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.&#8221; -Thomas Jefferson
The Westwood Rifle Range on Highway 36 in Lassen County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chico State Mechatronics</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/19/chico-state-mechatronics-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chico State&#8217;s Mechatronics Department is cranking out some pretty wild shit. Here are a couple of videos to check out.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkKqeAk4uo&#38;feature=channel_page
The MRCR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5H5Dz-PAPs&#38;feature=channel
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		<title>Chico State Mechatronics</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/18/chico-state-mechatronics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 01:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
 
Chico State&#8217;s Mechatronics Department is cranking out some pretty wild shit. Check out these videos of some of their robots which are currently in heavy use in Iraq and other highly classified war theaters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zkKqeAk4uo&#38;feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5H5Dz-PAPs&#38;feature=channel

	Tags: Chico State Mechatronics &#124; IED's &#124; iraq war &#124; R/C cars

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		<title>Don&#8217;t Try</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/12/dont-try/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 21:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine recently found himself in the bustling metropolis of San Pedro, California, the whimsically dumpy harbor area of Los Angeles, famous for not really a whole lot else as far as I know other than being where the Great American 20th Century Poet Charles Bukowski is buried, underneath a modest in-ground marker that reads "Don't Try."]]></description>
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		<title>How I Survived a Debilitating Misanthropic Episode, Had a Short-lived Career as a Vigilante and Had My Ass Stolen by a Piece of Shit Wall Street Pusbag</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/04/how-i-survived-a-debilitating-misanthropic-episode-had-a-short-lived-career-as-a-vigilante-and-had-my-ass-stolen-by-a-piece-of-shit-wall-street-pusbag/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/04/how-i-survived-a-debilitating-misanthropic-episode-had-a-short-lived-career-as-a-vigilante-and-had-my-ass-stolen-by-a-piece-of-shit-wall-street-pusbag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>awellersdick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12274</guid>
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&#8220;We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price of a paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of a hat while everybody sits around wondering how the hell we did it. Now you&#8217;re not naïve enough to think that we&#8217;re living in a democracy, are you, Buddy? It&#8217;s the free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Flu Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/05/01/one-flu-over-the-cuckoos-nest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 21:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By the time you're reading this, I'll probably be fucking dead. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to stop touching my eyes, mouth, and nose, not to mention my balls and my asscrack. I also can't help but see a delicious slice of pizza and eat it without first washing my hands. I also keep drinking booze, and sleeping on the couch with the TV and otherwise failing to maintain a "healthy lifestyle."]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding in a Car Crash</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/28/understanding-in-a-car-crash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently involved in a car accident. So I got all emo and wrote about it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Jimmy Richards aka Junior Kickstart</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/28/interview-with-jimmy-richards-aka-junior-kickstart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Between designing shirts, and prepping for a new Brighten record coming this summer, Jimmy took a moment to sit down and drop some info to Synthesis editor Jake Sprecher on the past, present and future of Junior Kickstart]]></description>
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		<title>Not Kosher, Dain</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/20/not-kosher-dain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not Kosher. Not in the least.

Some sort of bacon/shrimp concoction? You&#8217;re a food jerk. Why not throw in a butchered jew baby, it&#8217;s Hitler&#8217;s birthday afterall. You could cook it in an oven.
NOT KOSHER.

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		<title>A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/20/a-few-jonathan-troxler-religious-art-specimens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=12191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was  proofing Mad Bob Howard&#8217;s column, and he referenced a fellow &#8220;outsider artist&#8221; (aside: something about the term &#8220;outsider art&#8221; or &#8220;outsider artist&#8221; makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chico, CA Press and Promotion Contacts</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/15/chico-ca-press-and-promotion-contacts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/15/chico-ca-press-and-promotion-contacts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Since I&#8217;m sick of looking it up every time a band asks me, here is a fairly complete list of Chico&#8217;s press and radio contacts as of 4/15/09.
www.Chicolist.com
Chico Independent &#38; Underground Music Scene
Jason Cassidy, Arts Editor
Chico News &#38; Review, 353 E. 2nd St., Chico, CA 95928
Phone: (530) 894-2300 ext. 2242; Fax: (530) 894-0143
E-mail: jasonc@newsreview.com
Web: www.newsreview.com/chico
Christy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Freeze, The Serfs, Severance Package, Purple Dragons @ Monstro&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/the-freeze-the-serfs-severance-package-purple-dragons-monstros/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/the-freeze-the-serfs-severance-package-purple-dragons-monstros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some guy</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=11997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Freeze. In Chico. All the way from Massachusetts, these guys were a big part of the Boston hardcore scene in the ‘80s and have been around since 1978. While associated with the hardcore scene, their music has always had more of a melodic approach than counterparts.]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in Old Mallville</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/adventures-in-old-mallville/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/adventures-in-old-mallville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=11971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After last week's look at the exciting world of Chico's Mallville, I thought it only fitting to in turn spend some quality time out in our town's Old Mallville, or at least what remains of it. ]]></description>
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		<title>Right-Wing Media Machine Backs the Wrong Horse in Pirate Stand-Off</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/right-wing-media-machine-backs-the-wrong-horse-in-pirate-stand-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/13/right-wing-media-machine-backs-the-wrong-horse-in-pirate-stand-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=11965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While US Navy SEALS were parachuting onto the deck of a US Warship, authorized by President Obama to use deadly force in the rescue of American ship Captain Richard Phillips, whom was successfully recovered after snipers shot three Somali pirates dead, the usual suspects in the right-wing punditry club were too busy calling President Obama a coward for his failure to act and relishing the impending doom of Capt Phillips, to even notice.]]></description>
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		<title>Bing Bong Beer Pong</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/09/bing-bong-beer-pong/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/09/bing-bong-beer-pong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=11914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Chico, Beer Pong is not as much a drinking game as an official sport. Roll down any student-populated street and you will find dudes in board shorts and backward baseball hats and tanning-bed-bronzed coeds in bikini tops bouncing ping-pong balls into their opponents cups. It&#8217;s really a sound and sight to behold. 
Most games [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3OH!3, If You Don&#8217;t Know, Now You Know</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/07/3oh3-if-you-dont-know-now-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/07/3oh3-if-you-dont-know-now-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=11866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I feel privileged to have spent the last week on the 2009 AP Tour. Not just because it was a blast, or because I got to hang out with my good friends in The Maine and A Rocket To The Moon all day every day, or that I hung out with Damon Atkinson for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Used &#8212; Senator Theatre &#8212; Chico, CA</title>
		<link>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/02/the-used-senator-theatre-chico-ca-4109/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.synthesis.net/2009/04/02/the-used-senator-theatre-chico-ca-4109/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some guy</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.synthesis.net/?p=11780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[the used, chico, ca, senator theatre, jmax productions, brittini zacher, photos, pics]]></description>
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