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• The Law of Fives states simply that:
  ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY OR ARE MULTIPLES OF FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY APPROPRIATE TO 5.
  • 604 track _Lore Of Fives_ by Tristan off of _Audiodrome_ 12"x2 on Twisted (1999)
• 23 Annunaki, the number of the original advance team of "aliens" who aided in the seeding of life on this planet.

• Apollo Lunar Landings 1 & 2 - First landing on the Moon was in the Sea of Tranquility, 23.63 degrees East. Second landing was in the Ocean of Storms, 23.42 degrees West. Notice the names of the picked sights and how they contrast. Note: First two landings were Apollo 11 & 12 (11+12= 23). Just exactly what does  know? 

• W is the 23 letter of this alphabet. The symbol for that letter is two points down and three points up.
• William Shakespeare was born and died on Apri 23. Most of Shakespeare is known to us through the first folio published in 1623.
• The human biorhythm cycle is generally 23 days. One measures a circle  beginning anywhere.
• It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body.
• In the epic cartoon _Yellow Submarine_ the Blue Meenies are comprised  of a wild pack of destructive anti-music villains. Among them is a character named the Butterfly Stomper (butterfly being a symbol of  transformation). The Butterfly Stomper is one who destroys all things of beauty. On his shirt is the number 23...
  • 604 track _Blue Moonies_ MP3 by Process off of _One Drop Or Two_
• In the early '60's in Tangiers, William Burroughs knew a certain "Captain Clark" who ran a ferry from Tangiers to Spain. One day, Clark said to Burroughs that he'd been running the ferry 23 years without an accident. That very day the ferry sank, killing Clark and everyone aboard. In the evening, Burroughs was thinking about this when he turned on the radio. The first newscast headlined the crash of an airline plane on the New York-Miami route. The pilot was another Captain Clark and the flight was listed as Flight 23 (ala the line "Captain Clark welcomes you aboard.").
• The human body has 46 chromosomes, which are paired, in somatic cells.  Generative cells have half this number, 23, which is the number of chromosomes each parents gives to human DNA.

• 23 Axioms in Euclid's Geometry.
• The Knights Templars had only 23 Grandmasters. Jacques de Molay was the 23rd and last of the Templar Grandmasters.
• After the Rodney King verdict, a Korean shopkeeper during the L.A riots can be clearly seen shooting at looters from the roof of a building in front of a large sign proclaiming the number 23 and nothing else.

• There are 23 letters in the Latin alphabet
• Max Headroom broadcast on Network 23.
• Nissan is a brand of Japanese cars. In Japanese, "ni" is 2, and "san" is 3.  So Nissan would be 23.
• In the film version (titled _Alice_) of Lewis Carroll's classic _Alice in Wonderland_ by the Czech director/animator Jan Svankmejer, Alice's taxidermically stuffed rabbit flings open the door by dressing itself and running 'away'. The case that holds the white rabbit (i.e. Pookah (i.e. one who takes you OUT)) is labeled "No. 23"
• 23 is the first prime number in which both digits are prime numbers and add up to another prime number.
  • IDM track _Prime Numbers_ MP3 (vK) by TRS-80 off of _Mr. Kickass_ on Invisible (2002)
• In the Qabalistic Tree of Life the 23rd path is associated with the Hanged Man Tarot Card. Aleister Crowley also states that this card represents the concept that the only way OUT is WITHIN. 
• 23 HOP is the club where the Toronto rave scene was created.
• Popeye is seen repeatedly pondering the number 23 in many of his 1970's TV Cartoons.

• Film: _Star Wars_ (vhs/ntsc) - In the final assault on the Death Star, Luke Skywalker is in Red 5. Red 2 and Red 3 start the bomb runs at 23 degrees. "Stay on target!" 
• Film: _Star Wars_ (vhs/ntsc) (1977) - AA-23 - designation of the detention block on the first Death Star used to imprison Princess Leia. It was located on Level 5. 
• Standard TCP/IP port for Telnet is 23.
• In the movie _THX1138_ (vhs/ntsc) (1970) (faces:  Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasance - directed by George Lucas and produced by Francis Ford Coppala), the main police droid is number 23. 

• Church of the Process - Famed church, espoused by Skinny Puppy and Psychic TV, which regards 23 as a special number of great significance.
• The address of the Freemasons lodge in Stafford, England is 23 Jaol Rd.  In New York it is on 23rd street. 
• Physics: Tidal Wave  Frequency - On average every 23rd wave crashing to shore is twice as large as normal.

• Money: U.S. Coinage - There are exactly 23 plainly visible characters (letters & numbers) on the front of U.S. Coins.
• The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees (At the moment)

• film: _Unbearable Lightness Of Being_ - The characters had stopped in a doorway, as the Russian tanks rolled into the city.  The number on the doorway was 23.
• tv series - _Kung Fu_ episode #23 - _The Tong_ - Caine helps a missionary woman rescue a Chinese boy from slavery to a member of the Dragon of Retribution Tong.
• There are 23 buildings on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington.
• The "Dog Days" of summer begin on July 23rd when the star Sirius (the brightest star in our Summer sky), first rises from behind the sun in the Constellation of Canis Major.
  • ambient track _July 23_ MP3 (vK) by Fila Brazilia off of _Black Market Gardening_ on Twentythree #007 (1996)
• The pattern of DNA shows irregular connections at every 23rd section (angtroms).
• Humans have 23 vertebra running down their main bit.
• Blood circulates the body on average every 23 seconds.
• the 23rd letter in the Greek alphabet is Psi. In quantum physics the wave function (denoted by the Greek psi symbol) is sometimes referred to as mathematical fiction. When Schrodinger developed his famous wave equation, it was a puzzle as to what psi really represented. It was concluded that the wave function depicted probabilities--and not energy.
• The 23rd hexagram of the I-Ching signifies chaos, Disintegration.
• film _One Hour Photo_ (vhs/ntsc)(2002) directed by Mark Romanek - 23 was shown twice. the number of the kid's soccer jersey, as well as how many peole waiting to be served at the one hour photo. it's also Catch-23 Productions
• film _Matrix: Reloaded_ - Architect: The function of the One is now to return to the Source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which, you will be required to select from the Matrix 23 individuals - 16 female, 7 male - to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash, killing everyone connected to the Matrix, which, coupled with the extermination of Zion, will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
  Neo: You won't let it happen. You can't. You need human beings to survive.

• 604 release _KV23 MP3 (192k)/Random Factor_ MP3 12" by Process & Tristan on Flying Rhino

 

• 604 track _J-23_ by Y off of _Dancing To The Sound Of The Sun Volume 2_ compilation CDx2 on Psy-Harmonics

• 604 track _23 Degrees Under The Sun_ by Ceiba off of _Goa Gil/Ceiba/Kode IV@Burning Man_ compilation CDx2 on Ceiba

• 604 track _Square Root Of 529_ MP3 (160k) by Lumukanda off of _Araglin_ CD on Psy Harmonics
• 604 track _Solstice 23_ MP3 (192k) by Tripiatrik
• 604 track _Microchip 23_ MP3 (192k) by S-Range off of _Sola Sonorum_ compilation CD on Spirit Zone #128 (2002)
• 604 track _23rd Century_ MP3 (256k) by Charasmatix off of _Progopoly_ compilation
• 604 track _Lost Eternal_ by Moksha on 23 Temple (2000)
• 604 track _23 Mantra_MP3 (160k) by Moksha off of _Nataraja 3_ compilation on POF
 
• 604 track _23rd Chromosome_ MP3 by Noosphere off of _Radiated_ 12"x2 on Twisted/Entheogen (1999)

• track _Exit 23_ MP3 (vK) by Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia off of _Ov Biospheres and Sacred Grooves: A Document Ov New Edge Folk Classics_ CD on KK/Restless (1993)
•  sample: "Return... to the Source" by Timothy Leary

• track _23 Minutes in Brussells_ MP3 (96k) and _(live)_ MP3 (192k) by Luna
• track _23rd Dub_ by Lee Scratch Perry off of _Kung Fu Meets The Dragon_ CD

• track _2:3_ by Trondant Shaman off of _Arrythmia II (compilation of percussive music)_ CD on Charnel House (1996)
• track _23ohm_ by Dogon off of _Notdunjusta_ CD
• ambient track _There Are 23 Million..._ MP3 (vK) by Beatsystem off of _2297_ CD on em:t (1997)
• industrial release _Secrets Ov 23_ CD by Sleep Chamber on Musica Maxima (1998)

 
• _Tigers In The Mist_
• _Assume Nothing_
• _Sacrament 23_ MP3 (256k)
• _And Again I Walk_
• _Insufflation_
• _Herion_
• _Psalm 23_
• _Arhanor_
• _Evoking The Asp_
• _Invocation_
• track _23 Beats Off_ by Fugazi off of _In On The Killtaker_ 12" on Dischord #70 (1995)
• track _23Jhnohm_ MP3 by Dogon off of _Redunjusta_ CD

 

• track _Part II - 23 Tibetan Human Thigh Bones_ MP3 (192k) by Psychic TV off of _Themes/Cold Dark Matter_ 12" on Some Bizarre/WEA (1982)

• club _Catch 23_
• (reference to book _Catch-22_ by Joseph Heller_
• 2000 Saturday (20th May) are Q.E.D. from Brighton and the line-up in the Trance Terminal Patrick Reid (Platipus), Charlie Hall (Drum Club), Beamish and Lee Haslam. The venue is Cloud 9, Albert Embankment London SE1 (nearsets tube / overground Vauxhall)

• drum and bass track _Starbase 23_ MP3 (192k) by Grooverider off of _Mysteries Of Funk_ CDx2 on Higher Ground (1998)
• new wave track _Only You_ MP3 by Yazoo off of 7"
  • cover art has football player wearing #23 jersey
  • track appears on the soundtrack to _The Chocolate War_ (vhs/ntsc)(1987)
• track _22 Going On 23_ MP3 by The Butthole Surfers off of _Locust Abortion Technician_ (1987)
• trip hop breaks track _Twenty Three_ MP3 (192k) by Fourtet off of _Pause_ on Domino (2001)
• experimental rock track _23 Kings Crossing_ MP3 (160k) by Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 off of _The Funeral Pudding_ on Ajax (1995)
• experimental rock track _23 Skinner (Theme From Rhoda)_ MP3 (192k) by The Stretchheads off of _Pish In Your Sleazebag_ on Blast First (1991)
• electro EBM track _Language Without Lies (Assemblage 23 Mothertongue Mix)_ MP3 (192k) off of _The Fall_ CDs on Tonedeaf (2001)
• entity Novel 23
• release _Melodies Of Childhood For Advanced Imagination_ 12" on Pitchcadet #008 (1999)
• a1. _Water Of Life_ MP3 (192k)
• a2 _The Gateway To Fairy Tale_ MP3 (192k)
• a3 _The Light From The Star With The Name Xolq_ MP3 (192k)
• track _Leia's Charm_ MP3 by Novel 23 off of _Bip-Hop Generation v.3_ on Bip Hop #005 (2001)
• references Princess Leia from _Star Wars_ (vhs/ntsc) (1977)
• post hardcore track _Incident @ 23rd_ MP3 by The Delta 72
• neo psychedelia pop underground track _23 Old & Tired_ MP3 (192k) by Photon Band off of _All Young In The Soul_ on Darla (1999)
• IDM track _Photon Wallet (Safemode Remix)_ MP3 (192k) by Army Of The 23 Monkeys off of _Further Down The Rabbit Hole_ CD on Circumvent #001 (2000)
• CD title references _Through The Looking Glass_
• IDM track _Pollen 23_ MP3 (192k) by Tupilaq off of _Volver ep_ 12" on Dot #002 (1997)
• lo fi drum & bass track _NY 23_ MP3 (160k) by Witchman off of _Explorimenting Beats_ 12"x2 on Deviant #019 (1997)
• dub track _Fix Six Dub_ MP3 by 23 off of _Mashing Up Creation_ CD on Dubmission
• garage blues track _Monkey 23_ MP3 (192k) by The Kills off of _Keep On Your Mean Side_ on Sanctuary (2003)
  
• minimal electro track _As The World Disappeared_ MP3 by Roger23 off of _Two Hundred & Forty Volts_ compilation 12"x2 on Swayzak #002 (1999)
• pop funk R&B track _Strawberry Letter 23_ MP3 (192k) by The Brothers Johnson off of _Right On Time_ 12" (1977)
• label Twentythree records - home of Fila Brazilia
• sultan's wife number 23 ad for nomad cellphone (mpeg)
• techno track _Pain 23_ MP3 (192k) by Gaetano Parisio off of _Sound Design_ MixCDx2 on Jive Electro #002 (2001)
• _Pain 23 (Distortion Mix)_ MP3
• 604 track _Room 23_ by Shpongle off of _Tales Of The Inexpressable_ on Twisted (2001)

Early compatriots of Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle on Britain's experimental/industrial scene, 23 Skidoo pursued an improvisational fusion of ethnic drumming and post-punk dance on their few recordings of the early '80s. Named after a mysterious Illuminati phrase that appeared in the work of Aleister Crowley, William Burroughs and filmmaker Julian Biggs, the group formed in London around brothers (and martial-arts experts) Alex and Johnny Turnbull and Fritz Catlin (aka Fritz Haamann). Influenced by Fela Kuti and the emerging New York hip-hop scene, 23 Skidoo released their first single _Ethics_ in 1980. For their second, the band recorded at Cabaret Voltaire's Western Works with Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle helping out on production.

In 1982, 23 Skidoo released the mini-LP _Seven Songs_ and the _Tearing Up the Plans_ EP for the Fetish label (also home to recordings by Throbbing Gristle and Clock DVA).

After replacing their nominal rhythm section with bassist Sketch (who shared the trio's aesthetic), the band continued with 1983's _The Culling Is Coming_ and 1984's _Urban Gamelan_. Their varied influences and occasionally sublime sound confused many critics and listeners, who expected all industrial groups to be as loud and chaoticas the emerging Test Dept. or Einsturzende Neubaten. Even after disbanding in 1984 however, 23 Skidoo continued recording together sporadically during the rest of the decade, and the quartet -- the Turnbulls plus Catlin and Sketch -- formed their own Ronin label in 1989. Though no material from the band appeared in the '90s, they did several remixes and recorded for advertisers including Nike, Wrangler, and Smirnoff. Finally, in 2000, 23 Skidoo released a new, self-titled album for Virgin.

• video footage (realvideo) of 23 Skidoo performing _UG_ in Riverside 1983
• industrial funk track _Coup_ MP3 (192k) off of _Coup_ 12" on Illuminated (1983)
  • bassline sampled by Chemical Brothers in track _Block Rocking Beats_

hip hop entity Noah23 and Plague Language

track _Spiral Knuckle_ MP3

lyrics:

measuring session diameter equation
of the mesmerizing insentative to deliberate upon the topic
of the nuclear sporadic engagement and never ending pleasure festivalnation

introspectiveinformation
illerate god gathering scattering batteries and severing messages in
the delicatessen parameter
tantalizing barrier narrative systematic dialetical veteran
measuring the session the diameter
its the prefix, the subgenius from venus unleashes one thesis
double helix telekinesis
blood of the phoenix metabolism
outta the ashes apparition fortress
uranium maniac phantasm al goretex coordinates
the seahorse thesaurus reinforcements fishbone
 

pandamonium palindrome catacomb syndrome
tao jones utopian al capone silicone valhalla velcro
zircon isometric transdermal fibropolymer elbow
salvador dali lama, psychedelic tetris flouride

a parasite for sore third eyes
dyslexic, lets discuss this mach ten octaforensic
serenity me thinks xantodantic hijinks
pranichelium ice rink
price of gasoline ad nauseam bad policy
ominous pause anomaly fugazi
zenith idiom tsunami
lithium illuminati quad trivium

river of styx, indian ink you busters caught a cicada
contact buzz under the influence stigmata fuzzy logos siddhartha, pinata
quatzicoatyl here comes the judge
the lazy yokel plows a crooked furrow
fresh meadow arctic circles, i killed william borroughs
ayahuasqueros bone marrow vocal static
hermetic tarot electromagnet
rio grande royal antithesis monorail flabberghasted
cubular index bomb your hotmail with kraftwerk
 

to catch vert on the first draft
get your purse snatched by the bird bath
capital fiasco vacuum your plateau have my gateau and eat it too
the tattoo patio green latern pikachu
freakin you with the heatseekin ezekiel's wheel of fortune
the beats is rockin with beatlejuice reboot from the coffin
wild type protozoic, biopsyonic
the old ones chosen poet
kodiak moment know the math, remote viewing
i'm a nomad sociopath on prozac showing and proving
with a photograph vocab zodiac
you're a ghost who was toetagged and now you're

moving through the milky way with a sting ray
thiopental ibogaine now i'm on a higher plane
dire straits, cyber space is an aquired taste
practice feng shui
dj ricochet oxecute em with the lost nutrient
call me fossilfusion
update culminate mutated substrain fluctuate
and sustain your pulse rate with a dubplate
liquid aluminum a different psuedonym
magnesium sulfate, important minerals
thermoliteral neuropolitical free style free for all
mp3 phenobarbitol aerosol tribe
the molotov cocktail not for sale
toxic god complex diagnostic celtic frost burnt offering
get your helmet rocked in a data trancerhombus
holodeck doctrinity obelisk
crane stance rain dance divining rod
microdot cybernaut with the dialog

film _23_ (1998)

The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.

• Robert Anton Wilson
• The KLF

  

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