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This is by no means a complete list...just some of my top picks.
ArtPaper.com - great selection of papers
The Japanese Paper Place - great selection of Japanese papers
Liquitex Acrylic Paints - This is what I usually use
Meininger Art Supplies - The best place for art supplies in Denver
Montoya Sculpture and Supply - One of the best sculpture focused supply stores
Pearl Art Supplies - Still one of my favorites, lots of supplies and good discounts.
3D Gate - great tutorials for 3D graphics programs
Airline Industries - Graphic Design group in Washington, DC. Does a lot of club flyers
Alien Skin - Awesome filters for Photoshop, including Eye Candy
Andromeda Software - Photoshop plugins
Flaming Pear - More cool Photoshop plugins
Font Diner - Lots of fun retro fonts
Font Freak - My favorite place for fonts
Anfy - Cool Java applets
Dynamic Drive Code Library - Great source for Java applets, tons of cool stuff
Macromedia - Try out a full version of Dreamweaver!
3wa.org - Randomness from Gopher, gothic Alas strip by Ian (Foster). Humor is optional.
Agentblack.net - Olly and Kevin's kick ass site, I'm here a lot. Check out parties and pics.
Cat's Meow - Cris(tina)'s graphic design site
Coffeehouse Network - Alika's site of country-wide coffeehouse reviews. A great resource!
Fallback - My brother Josh's kick ass punk band. If you're in the Denver area, you gotta go see them.
Goth Mafia - Kristin's site of angst, be sure to check out forbidden Lego men...
I am Binary Mind - Cody's latest electronica album--a lot of dark trancey-stuff and IDM
Lynus - Like Weezer? Go check out Lynus. They really have what it takes to make it.
Urbane's You're Under Arrest Guide - Uber-Otaku Craig's guide to the anime series
Youth in Asia - Olly's older site, full of random stuff and links to the old YIA
Akihito Abe's Kendo Page - In English and Japanese; tournaments, history, and basic info
Bu Jin Design - excellent weapon and bogu bags, and custom hakama and gi
Dojo listings - US and international dojo listings, also rules and terms.
E-bogu.com - online Japanese bogu shop, kendo info. More expensive than Kendoshop, but good if you MUST have a Japanese bogu.
Kendo Game - Online kendo matches. Fun!
Kendo Kata - written description of the kendo kata
Kendoshop.com - Korean shop where I bought my bogu, great prices and quality, other kendo items available. Highly recommended!
Olly's kendo site - history, pics and more from a fellow kendoka
Shidogakuin - Main school of my dojo, headed by Kato Sensei
Shidogakuin DC - My dojo...we practice in Rockville and Bethesda, MD
Shidogakuin VA - an offshoot of my dojo that practices in Fairfax, VA. We get together for some practices.
Days End Farm Horse Rescue - located in Maryland, a great place to volunteer
Equisearch - My favorite horse page - vet advice, supplies and shopping, classifieds, webboards, advice in a variety of disciplines.
Equiseek - Equipment, and advice in many disciplines
786mps - events listing by day for the DC-Baltimore scene
Auraze - great clothes, if you actually ever get your order. Be careful...
Buzz - a Friday night venue at Nation in DC that's been around for a while now
Clubtoys, Inc. - mostly glowsticks and other light toys
DanceSafe - A great organization that provides pill testing and drug awareness
DC Raves - DC rave scene info, pics, webboards, and listservs
Dragonfly Records - UK-based trance recordings, be sure to check out Man With No Name
DrunknMunky - Cool site, cool clothes, cool philosophy
Eastcoast Happy - event listing for the DC-Baltimore scene
eRave - nationwide events, info on DJs and artists
The Electronica Primer - covers differences between all sub-genres of electronica
Family Productions - Baltimore area production crew
Freak and Frolic - custom and handmade rave clothing
Futuretrance.com - best and largest online store dedicated to trance and electronica
Guide for the New Raver - Yeah, I know what you're thinking, but there's some cool stuff here.
Hyperreal - Worldwide rave communities, music, more (DC raves is part of this)
I Love Raving - Pics, events, store, online community
Kikwear - html version has more styles, but a cool site all-around, fast shipping
Lotek - Baltimore-DC area productions
Nexus Six - clothes, mostly Illig, UFO, Caffeine, Snug and Auraze
Pulpfiction.com - rave media (books, films, music) website, focused on Seattle and the West Coast
Purerave.com - Toronto events, online community, pics, ICQ, and radio
Rave Pictures - the "Am I hot or not" for ravers, submit and rate pics
Ravedata.com - one of the best sources for rave information
Ravelinks.com - links (duh), online community, radio, store, and event listings
Raver.net - online raving community, news, events, etc.
RaverToys.com - Best place to buy UFOs (great selection and free shipping), lots of other clothes and toys
RaverX - DJ interviews and reviews, "Ask Dr. Anus," news, events, online community
Raves - All-night dance parties of death! - A funny parody of all those sites warning about the dangers of raving.
Raveworld.net - CDs, videos, realtime videos, reviews, downloads
Really Good Music - Radio station in Victoria, Canada that showcases local and worldwide DJ talent every Saturday, midnignt to 4:00 am PST.
Sm:)e communications - Vinyls, CDs, compilations, artists include 2 Bad Mice
Sonic Soul - DC area production crew
UFO Jeans - You can't buy UFOs here, but info on where to buy them and turning them into backpacks
Univibe - Online store with tons of brands - GAT, UFO, Caffeine, Auraze, Illig, and more
The Vaults of Erowid - Comprehensive info on drugs, drug laws and drug culture
Village Streetwear - clubwear, body jewelry, other fun stuff
Want Fries With That? - online techno toy store, lots of different and cool stuff
Yoshitoshi - Online version of the electronica vinyl store located in Georgetown (A favorite hangout for Olly and me.)
All your base are belong to us! - yep. You should know by now...
Customatix - kick ass site where you can design your own shoes
Disturbing Auctions - home for all that weird and scary stuff people try to sell on Ebay
explodingdog - subtly humorous stick-figure drawings from titles you send in
Fat Chicks in Party Hats - yup. Definitely not PC...
I-Mockery.com - makes fun of anything and everything
Iron Chef - Site of the soon-to-be-classic Iron Chef TV show...you need to see this
Jesus Dressup - Don't go here if you are going to get offended...
Newgrounds - Funny, warped Flash movies and games
Nightmare Project - Read others' nightmares, and submit your own for publication
The Onion - Best parody newspaper out there.
Radiskull and Devil Doll - Amusing shockwave animation that makes you want to kick it
Rice Boy Page - Hondas, Geos and other cars painstakingly customized with aftermarket rims, V-TEC stickers, racing stripes, and fins to make them look like they go really fast. Too bad they don't.
SodaPlay - Sorta like building robots out of straws and animating them. You can get stuck here for hours.
SomethingAwful.com - Makes fun of those scary pictures, mpegs, and websites that disturbed souls put on the web in the hope that someone will find them cool. Sorry, we'd rather laugh at you.
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