More conversations with Nicolai

We continued our Thanksgiving exchange:

TAO: Did you grandfather or father serve in WWI? It seems to be a possibility. My, your family seems to have immigrated back and forth quite a bit!

NICOLAI: My grandfather met my grandmother in germany. After they married, the nazis blackmailed him to become a soldier. Though he still didn't give up his U.S. Citizenship, they obviously forced him to cave in. They sent him to Siberia, Russia where he was killed.

TAO: I am sorry to hear about your Grandmother's cult involvement. If I may ask, what was the name of this cult? What effect did her involvement have on the rest of your family? I assume that this grandmother was on the other side of the family from the grandfather mentioned before, as one seem to be still in Germany while the other was in Chicago? Or maybe I have become confused!


NICOLAI: They call it "Neuapostolische Kirche" which is apparently also huge in U.S. , called NAC. They're also huge in Africa, Asia and India, with altogether 7.5 million members.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuapostolische_Kirche


TAO: It is nice to see you are supported by your "significant other", as they say these days.
But that is an alarming amount of profiles! How does she keep them straight?

NICOLAI: This is obviously a question i cannot answer for her. The risk of multiple personality misorder is plausible. My family is getting sabotage since we're together, I consider this as part of a psyOP which is arranged to break us apart of weakening the political discourse.

TAO: Regarding Chance 2000: at the time you worked closely with Martin Kinnen. What is he doing these days? Is he still in activism?

NICOLAI: I'm not sure. I spoke with him maybe 1 year ago. I think he's still in germany and not really involved in "activism", since we also both considered Chance2000 more as an art experiment, also mocking the idea of a false opposition or also a cult. He likes to travel a lot worldwide. He's also a conspiracy researcher and knows a lot of stuff, still reflecting as far as i know.

TAO: What would you say is the best evidence for TV fakery? I must admit I am not convinced. Where would you send someone to learn more?

NICOLAI: The best evidence to start with it is actually the logical evidence , analysing the conflicting visual trajectories and characteristica of the CGI aircraft silhouettes.

Then there is the visual evidence itself, including all other discrepancies. The best compilations of all evidence are available in projects like "September
Clues", "2001 A Fake Odyssey", "911 Taboo" or the series of "9/11 Octopus". In my charts at either 911videomashups.com or 911videomashups.blogspot.com i
present at least 100+ producers over the last few months, who presented many details to back up that evidence. The support of the audience is meanwhile in 6 digit numbers, including promoters and other video editors, mirroring stuff.

TAO: What do you consider the greatest liability to the 911 Truth Movement?


NICOLAI: Not to shut arguments or evidence they cannot follow. Not to oppose other psyOPs, which infiltrated this doublethink movement, which turned it itself to a cult, among them newage pseudo spiritual OPs , green Revolution scams and other Cult mindOps.

TAO: What was the last book you read?


NICOLAI: I don't really have the time or patience to read books in years, though i grew up with tons of them. Maybe i read through half of older Alex Constantine Books some months ago.

TAO: I have noticed in my research that you have many people who, to put it lightly, do not like you. You seem to be the focus of many attacks by other 9/11 activists. Does this make you feel discouraged in anyway?

NICOLAI: Temporarily yes, but i guess that cannot be avoided.


TAO: If I haven't said already, you should tell me if there is something you'd prefer not to share with my readers. I am planning to use this material in a
future piece that I hope you will also appreciate.

NICOLAI: do whatever you think, with my answers. I hope they're not taken out of context.


TAO: Thank you again.


This gives us insight into the character of Nicolai, his past and what he has made of himself today: a living iconoclast in the midst of cultural zeitgeist. Between the disturbance of family cult involvement and sad results of Nazi conscription, a certain grimness always hovered in the background of the young Nicolai's mind. A grimness that made seeking and seeing unpleasant truths easier than for some.

But I cannot say I'm convinced that video tampering with the footage of the September 11th attacks is as compelling as our Nicolai is convinced. The sheer magnitude of tampering with every live feed on that day presents a logistical quandary not easily surmounted. It would be more likely that live feeds of damming evidence would be cut during broadcast with apologies to viewers...as appears to have been done during the BBC coverage of the attacks, minutes before the Solomon Brothers building, more generally known as WTC 7, collapsed. This problem there, of course, is that the anchor has already reported it's collapse, whilst the building still stood behind her.

So the question is, if the ability to manipulate live video footage was used on 9/11 to hide the nature of what hit the towers, then why was that same technology not used five hours later to hide the gaff of reporting the collapse of a building that still stood? It certainly would be less suspicious than cutting the broadcast.

I will leave these questions to those who are expert in these matters. Again we thank Nicolai for his contributions and look forward to his insights in future conversations.

The New Apostolic Church

We are very grateful and fortunate for Nicolai's openness about himself and his past. A handful of items are particularly relevant to the man Nicolai became and the motives behind what many believe to be his counter productive, even alienating, tactics.

Perhaps the explanation is as simple as a deep abiding passion against anything that appears to remind him of the less pleasant aspects of his family's background. For instance, in our first interview, he shared that his Grandmother had been a member of Neuapostolische Kirche, an organization with many of the trappings of evangelical Christianity. However, a subtle, insidious, thread flows through their message of "salvation". It is easier see these disturbing trends if we look at the English language version of Neuapostolische Kirche, or rather, The New Apostolic Church.

The New Apostolic Church, or NAC, was founded the 1830's by John Bate Cardale, who is considered the First Apostle of the Second Sending:

In the 1830’s faithful Christians from several denominations shared a longing that the Lord would restore to the church what had been so vital in the first church, the full activity of the Holy Spirit and the leadership of the Apostle ministry. They fervently prayed for the restoration of these divine gifts. In response to this intense longing and these sincere prayers, spiritual gifts of prophesy and healing were awakened. On October 31, 1832 the first Apostle of the second sending, John Bate Cardale, was called by divine prophesy. Over the next three years, eleven more men from various denominations, social positions and religious training were called to the Apostle ministry.

These Apostles withdrew for a year to study the Scripture and insure a complete understanding of their apostolic commission. When they emerged, the Apostles immediately began traveling, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, sealing souls with the Holy Spirit, ordaining ministers for the care of the congregations and working to fulfill their commission of preparing souls for the coming of Christ. That work of Grace and Apostleship continues to this day.

This, by itself, hardly sounds any stranger than myriads of beliefs from various religious sects around the globe. But strangeness of belief does not a cult make. Indeed, by the standard of "strangeness", mainstream Christianity, whilst still espousing the literalness of Christ's Resurrection, can be deemed cult. By such simple standards of "strangeness" even the belief in quantum physics could be argued as "cultish".

It is not the oddness of belief that indicates a cult at work, but, rather, evidence that the organization manipulates members to make them dependent on the organization for "salvation". Many argue all religions are cults trying to control their followers. But there is a vast chasm between believing the way to salvation is through God and your personal relationship to Him, however that is understood, and manipulating followers by saying the only way to salvation is through one specific church, regardless of your personal relationship with the divine.

Do we have evidence of a cultish dynamic in the NAC? One has only to read their own material to see evidence of it:

Q - What are the fundamental beliefs of the members of the New Apostolic Church?

A - It is best described by our creed:

Article 1:
I believe in God the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

Article 2:
I believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried, entered the realm of the departed, rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, from whence he shall return.

Article 3:
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy apostolic church; the community of the saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the dead, and life everlasting.

Article 4:
I believe that the Lord Jesus rules his church through living apostles until his return, and that he has sent them into the world and still sends them with the commission to teach, to forgive sins in his name and to baptise with water and the Holy Spirit.

Article 5:
I believe that all ministers in the Church of Christ are chosen and ordained into their ministries only by apostles and that all gifts and powers must come forth out of the apostle ministry; equipped with these, the community becomes a legible letter of Christ.

Article 6:
I believe that the Holy Baptism with water is part of the rebirth, and that a person baptised with water is entitled to the Holy Sealing. It is furthermore the covenant of a good conscience with God.

Article 7:
I believe that the Holy Communion was instituted by the Lord himself, in memory of the once brought eternally valid sacrifice and the bitter suffering and death of Christ. The worthy partaking of the Holy Communion establishes our fellowship with Jesus Christ, our Lord. It is celebrated with unleavened bread and wine, such to be blessed and dispensed by a priestly ministry of the Church.

Article 8:
I believe that those baptised with water must receive the Holy Spirit through an apostle, to obtain the childhood in God, whereby they become incorporated as members in the body of Christ.

Article 9:
I believe that the Lord Jesus will return as sure as he ascended to heaven and that he will transform and take unto him the dead in Christ and the living bridal souls, who have hoped for and were prepared for his coming; that after the marriage in heaven he will return to earth with them, to establish his kingdom of peace and that they will reign with him as kings and priests. After conclusion of the kingdom of peace, he will hold the Last Judgement when all souls who did not take part in the first resurrection shall receive their part according to their conduct, be it good or evil.

Article 10:
I believe that I am obliged to obey the worldly authorities provided no godly laws are thereby transgressed.

I have italicized the most problematic parts of the NAC creed; lets us review them in isolation:

I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy apostolic church

I believe that the Lord Jesus rules his church through living apostles until his return,

I believe that all ministers in the Church of Christ are chosen and ordained into their ministries only by apostles and that all gifts and powers must come forth out of the apostle ministry

I believe that those baptised with water must receive the Holy Spirit through an apostle, to obtain the childhood in God, whereby they become incorporated as members in the body of Christ.

At a casual glance, the average reader may see nothing odd about these. If you look closely, however, you will see these passages attempt to shift the focus of one's spirituality away from a personal relationship with God and transfer it into a relationship with the church. In other words, the church organization becomes the moral compass of these people's lives, a compass that is only as true and ethical as the flawed people who control the church.

By no means are we saying these disturbing dynamics are unique to NAC. The transfer of loyalty from a cause to an organization is an insidious dynamic that can be found throughout politics, as well as religion. We are grateful to Nicolai for helping us shine a light on this subject so activists of all interests can protect themselves. But what we do not quite understand is why Nicolai perceives these dynamics prevalent, even dominant, throughout the 911 Truth Movement, as he has written in many places.

One can certainly agree a host of strange characters gather at the fringes of any political interest. But I confess I do not see "cultish" dynamics as a dominant force in the 911 Truth Movement. I have yet in my research to encounter 911 "Truth" organizations who have said in effect "the only way you can achieve our political goals are through our specific group, all others are false". This is how I would expect a "cultish" dynamic to manifest in the political arena.

However, as Nicolai has the greater experience in these matters, we will wait for his further input.

Conversations with Nicolai

A couple of weeks back those who have been following this humble blog, know I requested an interview with Nicolai in our comments forum. He graciously assented. Thus follows portions of our email exchanges(with the exception of correcting some typos for clarity, I have left Nicolai's words as written):

TAO: Where were you born and raised?

Nicolai: Hamburg, Germany but raised in Rhine area: Cologne and Düsseldorf. My grandfather was born in Illinois, Chicago. My great grandfather immigrated into America 1900. I have several family members living in the U.S.

TAO: What would you say was the one event in your childhood that has affected the rest of your life?

Nicolai: Two things:

I started writing and reading with 4 and released some mock newspaper in my own room every few weeks ;

my grandmother was affiliated with a cult (*German : sekte), since then i am an outspoken critic against phony oppositions and mysticism.

TAO: What is your star sign?

Nicolai: Taurus

TAO: Your favourite colour?

Nicolai: not sure about this, but i guess i tend to orange/red colored stuff though i also like dark blue and brown ;


TAO: What do you think is your greatest accomplishment in life so far?

Nicolai: I still think the participation in Josh Harris documentary "QUIET" which somehow predicted some post 9/11 situation, but was never released. Hes allegedly still editing on this again since 1 year, according to some copyright issues.

TAO: What is your greatest disappointment?

Nicolai: that's possibly biased and unfair, but that i couldn't date 1- 2 girlfriends ;

Also, the failed merger of globalfreepress and INN World Report and an extension with either Josh Harris or Jimmy Walter's enterprise ;

TAO: How does your partner support your political work?

Nicolai: She's is very active on 9/11 stuff as well but operates with at least 100-150 different identities and socket puppets, mostly as a no-planer

TAO: Looking back at the Chance 2000 campaign, knowing what you know today, would you do it again?

Nicolai: Not in a post 9/11 world, but if the event wouldn't have happen, then definitely again. Of course I'm also very disappointed of Schlingensieff's lack of understanding of 9/11

TAO: What exactly inspired you to emigrate from Germany? What do you think is the best and worst of living in the United States?

Nicolai: I always loved NYC since i am 5. The dot com hype was much more interesting than in U.S. I am active on the Internet/Gopher since 1993. The survival instinct and (meanwhile restricted) freedom of speech is both best and worst ;

TAO: In your opinion, what is the single most important thing ordinary people need to know about the attacks of September 11, 2001?

Nicolai: The evidence of 9/11 TV Fakery

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That was our first conversation, and very revealing it was. Even at a young age Nicolai had an instinct for the power and influence of media. And, sadly, an example near and dear to him of the corrupting effects of that same said power and influence corrupted.

I inquired further on the specifics of this cult Nicolai's grandmother had found herself drawn into. What I learned was disturbing indeed.

Next: we explore the origins and practices of Neuapostolische Kirche, or, as they are known in the English speaking world, the New Apostolic Church.

9/11 Visibility at Ground Zero

Let's take a break from the nostalgia of the Nicolai's past and come forward in history to review some of his finer battles.

On January 3rd of 2004, in the first chill week of the new year, Nicolai joined the 9/11 Visibility campaign to reclaim Ground Zero, as 911 sceptic activists refer to the place where the remains of World Trade centers 1, 2 and 7 once rested. With Geoffrey Blank, he held a rather eye catching sign that would be impossible to miss:


And it certainly was not missed...by the local constabulary. The joys of the day were not to come without price, nor were the participants to leave unscathed:

Right at the very start, Jeff Blank was physically grabbed and forced backwards away from the front of the World Trade Center Path Station, and tossed across the street for merely holding a sign. Jeff is a professional resistor of fascism, he heads the “Stop the Police State Coalition”; Lyn Stewart is his defense attorney. Jeff created our sign, and has been promoting this message in NYC for months. Nico Haupt held the banner with Jeff, and as the police forcibly moved them, Nico briefly grabbed onto a street pole in resistance.

But this too, was to pass, another minor tempest in the greater storm of activism, as protesters were to find commonality with the constabulary:


Certainly this is no surprise that our Nicolai was involved with such events. Like a moth drawn to the flame, Nicolai is drawn to the center of whatever political turbulence is the zeitgeist of the day. Almost four years after these events, one is left to wonder: What maelstrom will Nicolai find himself at the center of this coming New Year?

Nicolai throughout the years...

1/05/96: the young, hopeful idealist...



9/09/96: He makes work his fun...even parties....


A candid relaxed moment...



10/31/03: No longer a callow youth, he find himself among kindred spirits...


Enigmatic, yet still humble...


9/11/06: our seasoned "street warrior", much as he looks today...


...yet not as troubled as he would become a year later.

Ecstacy for Men and Women--through Citizen Radio

By 1994 Nicolai had already made a name for himself in the wild west of citizen radio. In an interview with Roy Davis, he explains the triumphs and frustrations of this pioneering field:

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NICO HAUPT. Ekstase for Men and Women.

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Nico Haupt ist unser Mann im ''BürgerInnenfunk''. Seine Sendung Ecstasy übersetzt er nicht mit Droge sondern - das Griechische Wörterbuch in der Hand - als ''das, was aus dem Rahmen fällt''. Diesen zimmert Antenne Düsseldorf unter den strengen Augen von Radio NRW. Zum Gespräch über Radiomachen, Senderstrukturen und neue Medien traf ihn Andreas Reihse.

Nico Haupt (NH): Im Grunde kann jeder Sendungen produzieren; du brauchst nur Equipment; wenn man das nicht hat, kann man zur VHS gehen, Kurs belegen und was produzieren, wobei man von der VHS allerdings kein Geld bekommt. Wir haben uns jetzt als Radiowerktatt organisiert; so bekommen wir mehr vergütet als als einzelne Leute. Da sieht man dann schon was für blöde Hierarchien es hier gibt: also eigentlich nicht BügerInnenfunk, sondern 10.000-Mark-Funk: Du mußt Equipment im Wert von 10.000 Mark haben, dann kannste loslegen. Technisch muß alles 1a sein, die Sendung darf keine gewaltverherlichenden Themen haben, wobei das eher eine willkürliche Auflage ist, um uns möglichst schnell auszuhebeln...

Ihr hattet Probleme mit Zensur?

NH: Uns ist in 1 1/2 Jahren bisher nur eine Sendung gekippt worden: Sascha Bozic äußerte in seinem Magazin, daß die Aktivität der UNO sich auf das Verschicken von Wolldecken in Krisengebiete beschränke - das war Antenne Düsseldorf (AD) zu politisch. Durch unseren Einspruch bei der LfR wurde die Sendung dann aber 1,5 Jahre später ausgestrahlt; die Aussage konnte man dann auf Jugoslawienkrieg beziehen. Bozic ist radikaler Pazifist, der in seinen Hardcore-Sendungen keine Bands spielte, die z.B. Milka rauchen oder Philip Morris essen; hat wegen dem Stress leider aufgehört. Ich vermute, die Zensur von AD lag aber eher an der Musik.

Fast alle Radiosender arbeiten mittlerweile mit einer Software, die genau berechnet, wann und wie welche Musik ausgestrahlt werden soll: also BPM-Zahl dem Herzschlag angepaßt, keine 2 unbekannten oder zu schnellen Stücke nacheinander, Teenieprogramm nach Schulschluß, wann sollte Rock laufen etcetera. AD kriegt wie die anderen Lokalradios, das Rahmenprogramm von Radio NRW. überall müssen die gleichen Jingles eingesetzt werden und auch die Musik sollte möglichst überall die selbe sein.

NH: Das heißt, RADIO NRW verschickt Pläne, die aufzeigen, in derundder Sendung möchten wir dieunddie Lieder haben. AD war da wohl noch am liberalsten, rutscht jetzt aber mehr und mehr in diese Ecke ab und hat dadurch viel gutes Personal verloren - an WDR1, VIVA, VOX etc.

Was ist mit Werbebreaks im BürgerInnenfunk?

NH: Ham'se auch versucht, hat sich aber wohl nicht gelohnt. Aber vor der Sendung läuft immer 1 Minute lang ein Jingle und nach 51 Minuten wird knallhart abgebrochen.

Und die Sendezeiten?

NH: Wir hatten einen Platz zwischen 7 und 8h früh und da wurde mal speziell für diese prime time produziert, daß das die Bürokraten so nervte, daß sie die Stunde dann abends mit dran gehängt haben. Für uns dann eben eine Doppelstunde und auch größerer Erfolg. Vergütet wird allerdings nur noch die erste Stunde. die zweite produziert man für lau, wobei die Sätze immer schwanken: Wer keine Werkstatt hat, kriegt 1 Mark pro Minute, soviel kostet in etwa auch das Bandmaterial. Die abgelieferte Sendung wird innerhalb von drei Tagen Korrektur gehört und dann ausgestrahlt; du mußt dich in eine Warteschlange einreihen und dann genau den Termin nach drei Tagen wahrnehmen.

Du kannst also eigentlich nicht mehr kontinuierlich arbeiten?

NH: Genau, keine Wunschtermine mehr, du mußt exakt den nächst freien Termin nehmen.

Wer nutzt den Bürgerfunk?

NH: In Düsseldorf gibts 5-7 bekanntere Gruppen: VHS, ASG und wir, der Medienverein, sind Radiowerkstätten, Radioforum plant es; dann gibts noch unbekanntere Gruppen wie Fraueninitiative, Tatortradio...teilweise als Radiovereine organisiert, arbeiten sie aber eher sporadisch. BUND ist unser Kooperationspartner. Für die produzieren wir Sendungen und da ist auch unser Studio. Man braucht feste Räume um Radiowerkstatt zu sein. Für den ''normalen Bürger'' ist das alles viel zu verworren. Wir waren bis Anfang des Jahres die unabhängste Gruppe mit den meisten Produktionen. Jetzt sind wir eben auch eine Radiowerkstatt geworden und werden wohl bald mehr produzieren als VHS und ASG zusammen. DAT-Radio, wohl politisch der anspruchsvollste Verein, kooperieren auch mit uns; dann gibts noch das Radio Forum, wo DAT auch mitarbeitet und ich Vereinsmitglied bin, außerdem noch das Medienbüro, das sind JournalistInnen, die sich einen Raum teilen und eigentlich für Printmedien arbeiten, wo man aber auch Sendungen produzieren kann, die sind uns auch angegliedert und kriegen über uns ihre Rückvergütung. Leider funktioniert die Vernetzung nicht richtig. Zuviel Klüngel und uneffektives Gegeneinanderarbeiten; wenn sich nicht alle so wichtig nehmen würden, könnten wir auch feste Tage für die einzelnen Sendungen absprechen und ein Monatsprogramm herausbringen. Die Probleme gibts aber schon intern, wir haben nur 2 Techniker aber 15 Leute, die Sendungen produzieren wollen: bei uns produziert Klaus Ivanov beispielsweise jeden Sonntag Radiosendungen: das Jazzmagazin ''Downtown'', Bernd Birkels ''terzmässige'' Sendung, Nils Brückners Dancefloor -leider auf ''Dj Bobo''-Ebene, Fantasymetal mit Tomas Claus und so weiter. Da gibts dann leider unter der Hand Terminabsprachen. Früher gabs Treffen von den ganzen Bürgerfunkbeteiligten, wo dann Richtlinien und Neuerungen besprochen wurden; da hätte man zwar mehr machen können, war aber so nicht schlecht. Ich versuche jetzt wenigstens um den Medienverein herum was zu organisieren.

Liegt die Kontinuitätslosigkeit nicht auch an der Genau-nach-3-Tagen-wird-gesendet-Regel?

NH: Klar, früher konnte ich sagen, ich würde gerne den nächsten Freitag nehmen und die anderen Gruppen hatten eigentlich nie was dagegen. Mittlerweile ist jeder froh, den nächstbesten Termin zu kriegen. Das ist auf lange Zeit strategisch vielleicht auch so geplant, damit es dann irgendwann keinen Bürgerfunk mehr gibt.

Und warum macht man das dann trotzdem?

NH: Also ein bisschen masochistisch mußt du schon sein. Aber in erster Linie weils Spaß macht; am Anfang wollte ich 'ne reine DJ-Sendung machen. Aber es gibt die Auflage, daß du einen Lokalbezug haben mußt. Ich bin dann zu Bands gegangen und hab die interviewt; so kam ich dann in Verteiler und konnte nach und nach meine Lieblingsbands abklappern, auch international: Gang Starr, Mega City 4, Laibach, Holger Hiller bis zu Larry Hagman. Da ich das dann alleine langweilig fand, habe ich in jeder Sendung einen lokalen Musiker als Comoderator. Demotapes spiele ich so gut wie alle; in drei Jahren habe ich sicher 150 Bands aus Düsseldorf gespielt und 180 Interviews gemacht. Alle Düsseldorfer Bands, die jetzt bekannter sind, liefen zuerst auf Ecstasy.

ECSTASY TV ist das neue Projekt Haupts; die visuelle Erweiterung seiner Radiosendung als knapp zehnminütiger Anhang zum Videomagazin CLIPPER. Wobei er sich auch hier dem ''seriösen'' Journalismus verweigert, eher auf den Spuren von Wigand Bonin oder Helge Schneider wandelt. Dilletanz und Humor, der sich nicht erklären muß oder auch subversive Spaßguerilla vs Zensur.

NH: Ich versuche das möglichst satirisch zu machen; ist auch die einzige Form, wo ich das hinkriege, für alles andere halte ich mich zu steif. Also wenn ich die ''Volksfront'' kommentiere, mache ich es vielleicht dadurch, daß ich die DDR-Hymne anspiele; die Leute müssen das dann eben schon raffen, was ich damit meine.

Postscriptum

NH: Ecstasy soll für alle Medien offen sein. Ich plane 'ne Mailbox: Musikstücke von labellosen Bands einfrieren, die man dann abrufen kann und neu zusammenstellen; vielleicht in'ner Art Abonnentenservice, aber erst mal frei. In England wird sowas gerade installiert. Das wäre die Chance für einen neuen Underground. das ist eine Riesengeschichte, aber keiner traut sich richtig damit anzufangen.

Ja aber auch wegen GEMA, Copyright und diesen ganzen Rechtsgeschichten.

NH: Das wird sich sicher bald ändern; da wird sich ein Riesenmarkt auftun, ich finde die CD-ROM-Sache überhaupt nicht interessant: Bild, Ton und Text nur zu konsumieren; es muß mehr einen Austausch geben: so wie FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON ein Konzert freigaben, was man per Modem aufzeichnen und dann mit seiner Privatsoftware verfremden konnte. Ich denke das kann völlig neue Chancen bieten, die KünstlerInnen müssen das nur VOR den Medienleuten und Konzernen begreifen, auch Gitarrenbands. Und die Punks sollen sich endlich mal Computer und Modems kaufen.

Postpostscriptum

NH: Schreib doch bitte noch, ich sei der Düsseldorfer John Peel.

Jetzt doch Peel?? Ich wollte schreiben: Marc Page ohne Schafe-Scheren-im-Studio.

NH: Das wäre natürlich mein Traum: mehr lebendige Tiere auf Ecstasy.

(erschienen 09-1994, TERZ Düsseldorf)

http://i-april.de/reihsewort_1_terz.html

No mere dilettante, was our Nicolai. The technical "know-how", an intrinsic "do-it-yourself" ethic, is apparent in all of Herr. Haupt's creative endeavorers. Which evokes further questions of his current projects: is someone this talented, the creative, this versatile likely to remain a "solo operator"? Or is he likely to graduated to managing larger projects, directing others like him in a greater plan?

Nicolai certainly has the basic raw talent and capability. But the question is does he have the raw ambition? Or are these idle questions? Could it be that he has been thrust into "greatness" so to speak, irrespective of his personal ambitions?

Our investigation into this fascinating personality in the center of the 9/11 Truth Movement continues.

Netzkraut RadioShow

Netzkraut literally translates as "net herb", perhaps "net weed", and all the colorful associations that evokes. It's a somewhat whimsical name to chose for a radio show. But, as we have seen before, calling our friend Nicolai "whimsical" would be an understatement.

The Netzkraut RadioShow aired from 1989 to 1999 and had Nicolai's unique mix of of irreverence, madness and creativity as can be seen in this playlist from 1997:

Place & Time: Düsselwelle, SA. 07.06.97 ,19h-21h 104,2 mhz Kabel: 94, 45

1. Zulutronic-Farma Cörc Mission Zulu One
2. Panacea-Untitled Chrome LP9/Force Inc. www.force.inc.com/
3. Stella-Tomorrow I'll be perfect RTD/Lado 14012-7
4. Boonaras-Yes I do/My boy Thunderbaby Rec./THB011
5. Squarepusher-Fat controller RTD 126.3268.2 LC5661
6. Forever Sweet-A1 Ladomat CD2050-2 LC3515 lado@on-line.de
7. Merzbow-The ecstasy of gold Fuseetron/Stuart 4532
8. Starseeds-Parallel life (JuJu d&b mix) Millenium Rec035 LC2323
9. Boonaras-Yes I do/My boy Thunderbaby Rec./THB011
10. Alex Gopher-Super Disco (aus "Etienne de Crecy pres: Super Discounte") RTD 375.0702.2 PC43 LC7800
11. Stereo Total-Schön von hinten (Sons of 68 mix) Bungalow014 LC2801
12. Panacea-Shiver Chrome LP9/Force Inc. www.force.inc.com/
13. Unit Moebius-#6 kkRec157
14. Scheibenreiter-Baseball
15. Mouse on Mars/Laetitia Sadier-Cache coeur naif RTD195.3283.3 LC5661
16. Impulse-Heavy breath-Rootpowder & BolzBolz Mix K7R010EP
17. Kante Gospel Kitty-yo int./indigo 7353-2 published by Stewardess LC 2816
18. Optical-Raging calm Metalheadz M027
19. Andreas Dorau-Das Mädchen auf dem Foto Elektro Motor 531171-2 LC4909

prod. by Düsselwelle Radiowerkstatt; broadcasted via Antenne Düsselwelle; authored by Nico Haupt

http://duesseldorf.heimat.de/netzkraut/play9706.html

Another piece of the enigmatic puzzle falls into place, another clue to understanding the origins of the troubled genius Nicolai Haupt.

Max Planck High School--for the serious Deuselfdorf teen

We go even further back in time, and find Nicolai in the center of the adolescent maelstrom of high school. However, Max Panck Gymnasium is no ordinary high school. The young men and women who make up their student body are more than a cut above the average. It is a high school for the intellectual gods and goddesses of their time, those who aspire to be the leading scientists and artists of their age:

http://www.max-planck.com/profil/index.html

Das Profil des MPG

Schwerpunktsetzung des Max-Planck-Gymnasiums (ab 2006)

Traditionell und in Verbundenheit mit seinem Namensgeber hat das Max-Planck-Gymnasium einen mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Schwerpunkt; diesbezügliche Akzente werden u.a. im Differenzierungsbereich und durch Durchführung von/Teilnahme an entsprechenden Wettbewerben gesetzt, aber auch die sprachlich-literarisch-künstlerische Ausbildung ist ein besonderes Anliegen.

In the words of Stateside educators, this is a place for the "Talented and gifted", those who have the motivation and ambition to pursue dreams beyond their peers. And it is among this company that we find Nicolai, in the class of 1988:

http://www.max-planck.com/menschen/ehemalige/abi88.html

So already by his adolescence Nicolai was recognized as one of the more talented of his peers, though it would take almost a decade for his talents to blossom in what he would become known best for: computer and video manipulation.

CHANCE 2000 : Nico's chance to change the world

Going back even further in time, we find our idealist iconaclast in the late 90's helping the Quixotic political campaign of German artist, Christoph Schlingensieff and his party, "Chance 2000".

As chairman of said party Nicolai had this to say:

Chance 2000- die Partei der letzten Chance für alle Minderheiten und Nichtwähler!

Die Idee von Chance 2000 begreife ich nicht nur als parteipolitische Idee. Sie darauf zu reduzieren oder als Spass- und Radikalpartei aussen vorzulassen, ist weltfremd. Vielmehr ist sie aus einer Kunstidee entstanden, die als die modernste, wegweisenste Platform offen ist für alle Menschen, die genug Phantasie, Humor, künstlerisches Selbstverständnis, Toleranz und Intelligenz mitbringen, um einen Zustand zu schaffen, der allen Minderheiten wieder zu dem verhilft, was sie sonst nur bei Hans Meiser und Arabella schaffen:
Ein Mitbestimmungsrecht, dass auf basisdemokratischen Mitteln fusst. Ich teile im übrigen auch die meisten Anregungen, die mein Partner Martin Kinnen aufstellt. Daher ist unsere Zusammenarbeit konform.
Diese Regierung muss von allen Nichtwählern und Minderheiten arbeitslos gemacht werden, damit sie merkt, wie sich sowas anfühlt.
Zum Trost stiften wir ihr einen Fernsehkanal und helfen der Genindustrie, siehe Startseite

http://www.duesseldorf.heimat.de/netzkraut/nico.html

Certainly this was a time of euphoria and high spirits, as Nicolai, with his friend Matrin Kinnen, felt they were on the edge of changing the world. His idealizm is obvious for all to see, ang his passion had yet to be dulled by the future cynicism of destructive alliances. Though Nico has dismissed this part of his life as an"art experiement", it is suspected the failure of Chance 2000 affected him deeply, throwing a darker, more serious cast to his demeanor and future activism in general.

Perhaps it brings him some comfort in these troubled days to think back on those glorious moments with good friends certain they would change the world.


http://duesseldorf.heimat.de/netzkraut/history_nico.html

Karazona Cinar -- not exciting enough for Nicolai?

Let us skip ahead a couple of years, to early summer of 2003. Much to our surprise, we find our friend Nicolai gainfully employed, at White Furniture. But he has not shrugged off his taste for the flamboyant. Indeed, his new employer, a Turkish immigrant, Karazona Cinar, has more than an eccentric streak himself, though perhaps not to quite the extreme as Nicolai's last one:

The store is one of three in the immediate vicinity run by White furniture, a business that adds up in all the unexpected and satisfying ways that define New York and forever make the city�s prospects seem a little brighter � even in a time when the decline seems palpable.

White is the creation of Karazona Cinar -- the downtown Robin Hood of vintage furniture -- and his merry band of hip misfits who have collectively managed to build a thriving low-cost manufacturer of high end furniture in New York�s recessionary service economy.

�There�s nobody in this business doing what Karazona is doing,� says Bert Oullette a furniture bounty-hunter who arrived on Friday with a truck-full of chairs and credenzas by famed designer Florence Knoll which he had salvaged from an office building in Canada.

Cinar, who has also had success as an East Village restauranteur, recognized the growing appetite for modern designs when a friend offered to buy his dining room table in 1997 � a table he had acquired at the Salvation Army. Shortly thereafter, he launched a small used furniture store called Lollipop out of his home on Essex Street.

In 1999, he moved the business to White Street just east of Broadway, hired designers, and began manufacturing his own versions of classic pieces by the likes of Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, and Isamu Noguchi.

From the beginning, he was able to undercut the market -- which was dominated by furniture boutiques selling original pieces or higher cost Italian imitations � and still make money.

�The industry was kidnapped by art galleries and museums,� says the 37-year-old Kurdish immigrant from Turkey�s troubled Tunceli province. �They think this is only for a furniture elite�.We want to bring this design to the public at the lowest price possible.�

http://www.ryanbros.com/archives/2003/05/karazona_walkin.html

Certainly this looks quite the creative venture, though, by the standards of pseudo.com, almost pedestrian, even "square". Would there be enough stimulation to capture and keep the interest of our iconoclastic German emigre? What would he do in a furniture venture, however cutting edge?

Again, he turned to the world of computers that would figure in his future so much:

Behind his desk, Cinar has a green bumper sticker emblazoned with “Kurdistan.” When asked if he was involved in the conflict, he says “every poor kid in Turkey was involved.”

A question about the United States invasion of Iraq draws a thoughtful crowd: Cinar, Nico Haupt, a chain smoking German who is in charge of the company’s computers, and an idealistic young native of Istanbul who says he is against all war. Judging from geography alone, there would be reason to expect conflicting points of view. There are not.

Cinar announces surprisingly that he is “a kurd who was against the war.”

Observe the independent iconoclast, juxtaposed, perhaps trapped, between the worlds of politics and art. We can only speculate, but, almost two years following to tragedy of September 11th, it is doubtful his unbridled free spirit could tolerate even the mild restrictions imposed by mundane employment in a furniture store. It is possible that this seething frustration is what catapulted Nicolai into the heart of the 9/11 Truth Movement.

Nico Haupt--the Albatross of 9/11 Truth?

Love him or hate him, Nico Haupt has left his mark on the Truth movement for posterity, for better or for worse. Few 9/11 activists are unaware of his antics: his insistent promotion of "no planes" and Video fakery, his attacks on other Truthers who don't agree with him--which is the bulk of the movement, and his obsession with Urantia and other alleged cults within the Truth movement, real or imagined.

But who is this man and how did he get to such a prominent place of fame, rather "infamy", in the Truth movement?

That will be the subject of this blog, a fascinating look into the behind the senses workings of a pariah in the making, as we record our research into this extrodinary man. These facts are known at this date, however:

Nico Haupt, born Nicolai A. Haupt, immigrated from Germany in 2000 to work for Josh Harris, the founder of pseudo.com and Jupiter Communications, in New York City.

Josh Harris himself is a rather colorful figure, making a name for himself not only as a dot com entrepreneur, but, through a Jupiter subsidary that was to eventually be renamed psuedo, he also made a name for himself as a host of some bacchanal revelries. Clearly this was a man who was not afraid to take risks, in his personal or public life. In fact, he had at one point gone to extraordinary lengths to make his personal life as public as possible when he set up www.weliveinpublic.com.

That Nico would fall in with a fellow eccentric soul is hardly surprising. But did he have any inkling of what was in store for him when he came to the States? Almost a year later would come the 9/11 attacks,a catalyst that would thrust the German emigre into the beginnings of the 9/11 Truth Movement. And, while many Stateside see Nico as a kind of Trojan Horse...claiming to be a 9/11 activist, but then shocking the world with positions no 9/11 activists takes seriously...continental observers are quite sceptical of the of his stated positions. Sven T at Mosaik911 speculates on Nico's true purpose:

Und jetzt lass mich raten:
2003 war Haupt noch "echter" Skeptiker, denn immerhin wurde er ja vom seriösen Wisnewski zitiert ODER er war schon 2003 Desinformant, weil er vom bösen Mainstream-WDR zitiert wurde.

Certainly the stories he used to write, like this, are a far cry from the TV-video fakery he peddles these days:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0302/S00218.htm

UQ Wire: Tracking All Hijackers (LIHOP Series)

Friday, 28 February 2003, 2:42 pm
Article: www.UnansweredQuestions.org Unanswered Questions: Thinking For Ourselves
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Tracking All Hijackers (LIHOP Series)

From forthcoming "911Skeptics Unite! -the encyclopedia"
- now up in a preview at http://www.globalfreepress.com
See also… UQ Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On Purpose!
By Nico Haupt

Truther? Sceptic? Sceptic pretending to be Truther? Or does he have another angle? Just what is Nicolai Haupt's game?

We hope to answer that and other questions and we explore the extraordinary past of self acclaimed Truthling sceptic Nico Haupt.