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happy horny hellidays everyone......

Stew—I've resisted dropping any lines here for long enough, but must concur w/your recent plea for more stories about Matty L. Or simply Matt, as us EHTHS survivors would best remember him. How 'bout this one: you and he playing and rewinding and playing and rewinding the fart at the end of "EMI," seated after school in the same auditorium in which you two simultaneously unveiled 51/50 and punk rock to that circa 1984 hick township. Damn ironic that I'd find out about his death from having run into you at the 2003 Trump Marina Pistols show. (I know he would have appreciated the sheer ridiculous, joyous irony in those Filthy Lucre bastards playing our swampy backyard, sounding better than anyone could have ever thought possible...)

Anyway, a sad, belated thank-you (I guess) for letting me know about his demise. As the last I heard of him was through my Florida-transplanted brother through Scott circa 1988, you might imagine how absolutely fucking blown away I've been over the past couple months, repeatedly devouring every word/note on this site. Sad perhaps in a way that none of his devotees could claim: I discover that that guy I'd known since 4th grade—the same guy who used to pore through the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll with me in the school library our freshman year (instead of doing our assigned research)—that fucking guy had so much latent talent lurking within that it just had to burst years later...and that he carried a heart so sad that that too, would eventually burst. Through his death I discover his wonderful music/lyrics/personal saga (thank-you, Aesop, for a beautifully written, richly thorough memorial) and realize the chance to catch up with him on his amazing journey through the 90's is forever gone. Motherfuck.

Well, maybe one of these days I'll scan a picture or two from his fresh-faced, pre-rebellion years; perhaps post some more memories. In the meantime Stew, Matt may indeed be working some magic from beyond the grave to help you find those old talent show tapes: I've got Danny H. digging through his high school archives as I write this, and they're pretty extensive. If he's got something I'll certainly shoot it your way. Finally:

Matt—so sorry we'll never have the chance to catch up...your music IS beautiful; apparently, so were you.

I saw this description for the 333 x up & down record on ebay. It made me laugh.
"Great 45 by the fuckboyz! Vinyl is in good condition, record sleeve is in good condition. But the chick passed out on the cover looks messed up. Anyway great rare record. Good luck"
p.s. I got this record in a bargain bin a year or two back. Only Fuckboyz vinyl I have.

has anyone got the Fuckboyz DVD from George? is it worth it? thanks

Thanks Aseop...

Hello, everyone. First off my deepest apologies to anyone I'm s'posed to be doing art or liners for any Matty related projects. I am a flake, and my heart isn't always in doing these things. I am not making excuses. I will do it. Joe, Thanks for your tireless work on sorting out the Yogurt stuff. Morgan and Kris Rose were in town and we went and had a taco and reminesced about Matty. My son is now 2 and a half, and asks the hard questions about death and guns and love.It's hard to be cynical when you are staring into the eyes of a toddler.Even though Newscum won the SF mayorial election, I wish so deeply that Matty could've been here to see Matt Gonzales scare the shit out of the machine for awhile. Matt G. was a Matty Luv fan and a Hickey supporter from day one. Matty Luv had infinite respect for Matt G. For that month between the election and the runoff, SF was an exciting, mobilized city. Matty would've loved the energy in the air, but disappointment is ubiquitous, and ya gotta come down at some point, even if it means coming down so hard that you die. Once again, know that I love all of you and I need you all to take care of yourselves.

got into a fight tonight at the bus station in unpleasntville, wanted to kill the guy that was accusing ME of being a cop just for hanging out waiting for the bus..... oh well.. fuk i gotta write to ya Scott and Doug.....
Ifi keep goin like this..............................................................................................

.....................................................................................been makin my own stamps and they've been working.
LICK BUSH IN 2004

Aaron, ahhhh go ahead and make it your personal Matty dream log.... it would be more interesting than all the gimmie this ,do you have that stuff that i usually read here. The music IS beautiful,but dammit man, I personally wanna hear some stories about the man that i lost touch with in 1985..... Sheesh.. still looking for those tapes of Matty and I in that talent show.

Take that back, my roommate Craig (who was mastering the Hickey Tribute stuff for Pete) says that the DAT I gave him was different than what was on the record. Now, it all comes back to me. I can't remember if I already called the studio to see if they still had a copy. I'll have to do that.
I don't want to make this my personal Matty Luv dream log so I'll be brief. This morning I dreamt that I teamed up with a gang to kill Matty. (I have no recollection as to why.) I shot him in the stomache. He didn't die. Obviously, I felt horrible and tried to get money to take him to the hospital, but neither of my bank cards had any money available.

I listened to the Hickey song that I requested on www.totalpunkradio.com as I typed this. I sent him the CD over a year ago and he finally has it up there.

The only copy I have of "Foodstamps.." is one of the test presses. I'm pretty sure Pete www.suburbanjustice.com has the DAT right now. I have 1000 copies of the booklets and covers for that 7", but I'm sure United has destroyed the plates by now. Still, anyone who wants to re-release that...

hey aaron,
any chance we can get "foodstamps..." up on here? i'd love to have it on cd. the "back asswards" version isn't as beautiful as the vgs split.

I don't know why I never posted on here before. I had my first Matty dream last Wednesday morning and where else to post it? Or rather, last Wednesday was the first time I woke up and Matty was vivid in my mind and I thought, "I should write this down." He was at the end of a longer more complicated dream that I no longer remember the rest of. Matty appeared in the front, far left desk of a classroom that I was sub teaching in. When I turned and looked at him he had kind of a half-expectant smile on his face like, "hey!" I was surprised at first and then thought, "Oh that can't be Matty, it's Scooter, he must be here for the thing next door." At that, I sort of went on with what I was doing. Next time I looked over Scooter was kind of a red color, quiet, but determined and brooding, distant. His clothes were suddenly out of place, like someone living on the street. I thought, "Wow, he dropped the lawyer thing and is trying to carry on in the way of his brother." Next he needed to use an electrical outlet or something in the front of the room and he was back to being relaxed. He was draining an old car battery so he could use the electricity back at his house. I never talked to him, but he explained to a couple of the (high school) kids what he was doing. After he left he was featured on the news with Tom Sinkovich or someone like that. We watched it in the classroom. In my mind it was still Scooter on TV, but the personality and humor was like a fatherly Matty who didn't mind or care too much about being a curiosity. He was just doing his own thing and the news crew stumbled across him in the middle of another story. You could tell the news people didn't understand him, but they genuinely liked him. At the end of the segment, Matty/Scooter walked off and then returned to get his "rock holder" which was actually the Mexican guitar on the cover of "You Bet Your Sweet Ass I'm a Turtle". Referring to it as a rock holder was somehow funny. (As in physically placing rocks in the guitar hole.) I thought to myself, "They don't know that he could be a lawyer and that guitar is really a treasured family heirloom." When the segment was over I turned to the class and said, "Actually, that guy is the brother of an old friend of mine." The story was too big to tell so I just said, "Does anyone in here remember Matty Luv?" I was surprised when five or six kids knowingly raised their hands. I said, "Really, wow, I didn't expect that!" Then I woke up.

got another hickey tattoo last night. i had the hickey heart but i got the red fetus from the cover of the cd on my arm, gotta send the pics. goddamn hickey was the best band ever, wish i got a chance to meet the matty that changed my life!

was that anybody here that was the high bidder on that Fuckboyz-333 up and down 7" that was just on ebay?? I put on $55 and left and missed it by I think a dollar. crap. I bet that was my last chance to get a piece of Fuckboyz vinyl.

I just finished tracking close to 100 yogurt songs. Now I need to find someone to master the stuff. If anyone would like to help out please get in contact with me. I'm pulling money in slowly so I'm not to sure when this will come together. I would like to get this out withen the next three or four months. The Yogurt box set will include two cd's with yogurt vol 1-4. Matty was working on a 5th and I found three songs that were mixed down. Those will also apear on this. I have a box of four track tapes I would like to mix down but that will have to happen at a later date. I think it's more important to release what is ready.

Pete says the Hickey live CD is "coming soon". The Yogurt collection, well, Joe is broke, so don't expect that anytime in the coming months. The Unit Breed "Walking the Death Watch" CD, which Matty plays on and helped write, is out now though. You can get it from:

http://www.greyskyrecords.com
http://www.newdisorder.com
http://www.nothingenterprises.com

Grey Sky still has some Napoleon compilations available too.

ok! 'sup out there? anyone kno' of any upcoming releases we all might b' interested in? what's happenin' wit' the yogurt collection? the live hickey cd?
the trib' cd?
any other good stuff comin' up? cds, shows?
does anyone have a mission accomplished box i can purchase?
an original hickey lp?

Matty, i went by that playground you burned down in the fourth grade and swung on the swings, then i burned it down 'cause the kids around here dont care about swingsets anymore. No wonder your family left. All they care about is keeping up with the jonses. whoever the fuck they are. Best thing that coulda happened to you guys at the time. My years here were just more shit piled on a big heap. Funny thing is, i lived in S.F from 1990 to 1992 and i never ran into you. People always told me i hadda twin somewhere in the city though. Tall,skinny,dreads,thick,black glasses....Hey man wee you in the mission yesterday???? heh heh,now i know who the twin was. BEAUTIFUL. To anyone that knew Matt as a Man.... be very,very thankful that you knew a man with TRUE smiling eyes...
Luv you Matty.....
j. stewart 5150

i rememebr when hickey played in tulsa the first time i saw them and they got naked and stcuk potatoes up theyre butts. small victories.....