Where to begin with the Hogs of Entropy? Well, I can tell you that the first words that came to my mind during my initial browsing were "Cult of the Dead Cow Ripoff Group". Everything, from the dead pig logo, to the method of dating files with a file number at the end, to a lot of the subject matter, told me that they just took a look at the cDc and said "Yeah, sure, we can do that." and then set off to do it. Mogel seems to have been the primary motivating force behind their initial files, and his influence is all over them.
What I did NOT expect was to go out and download all the current HoE files (I only had 60) and suddenly discover they had over SIX HUNDRED FILES created. And these weren't just transcriptions of news stories or lyrics; these were honestly created text files, adding up past the five meg mark in total. That's just a lot of files, by any standard.
And as for the files themselves... well, it's VERY hard to write or supervise the writing of that many files and not start to increase in quality over time. As it stands, though, the quality is pretty enjoyable from the get-go and continues to be entertaining over the years. The Hogs of Entropy also have a nice selection of interviews with other electronic magazine writers, making for an interesting study from the Zine World perspective. There's even files and interviews with cDc members peppered in there.
All in all, definitely worth your time, although you should be prepared to set aside a LOT of time to read them. A lot of fun.
| Filename | Size | Description of the Textfile| hoe-0001.txt | 3270 | The Entropic Theme Song, by Defiant (August 6, 1994)
| hoe-0002.txt | 4954 | The Wrecking Ball, by Fuzzy (September 5, 1994)
| hoe-0003.txt | 2977 | The Microwave Bomb, by Shotgun Willie (August 30, 1994)
| hoe-0004.txt | 9033 | Meaningful Shit, by Mogel (August 13, 1994)
| hoe-0005.txt | 6323 | Eternal Sickness v1.1, by The Guest (August 22, 1994)
| hoe-0006.txt | 25415 | Nirvana Unlimited, by Mogel (August 15, 1994)
| hoe-0007.txt | 3305 | The Ping Pong Bomb, by Everlast (September 2, 1994)
| hoe-0008.txt | 12529 | The End is Near, by Mogel (September 2, 1994)
| hoe-0009.txt | 9704 | Mortal Kombat II Docs, by Mogel (September 4, 1994)
| hoe-0010.txt | 16054 | The Violent Femmes - Add it Up Lyrics (September 9, 1994)
| hoe-0011.txt | 8556 | The Beef on Ham, by Jeager (September 10, 1994)
| hoe-0012.txt | 7235 | Hate Edge, by Abigwar (September 7, 1994)
| hoe-0013.txt | 11530 | Paradise Lost, by Corrosion
| hoe-0014.txt | 15019 | Rage Lyrics, by Everlast (October 8, 1994)
| hoe-0015.txt | 6192 | C'est La Mort, by Dale L. Sproule, Transcribed by Corrosion (October 21, 1994)
| hoe-0016.txt | 12411 | How to be |<001 Anarkust, by Mogel (October 28, 1994)
| hoe-0017.txt | 11006 | Chronic Must Be Destroyed, by Abigwar (October 15, 1994)
| hoe-0018.txt | 9276 | Random Spam, by Zorro (October 31, 1994)
| hoe-0019.txt | 13353 | Darkness, by Abigwar (October 23, 1994)
| hoe-0020.txt | 15264 | HOE Date #1, by Mogel (October 31, 1994) (Includes Index)
| hoe-0021.txt | 13032 | The Poetic Terrorist, by Abigwar (October 31, 1994)
| hoe-0022.txt | 26582 | My Penis is Unbound, by Mogel (October 31, 1994)
| hoe-0023.txt | 11291 | Thinking, by Abigwar (November 3, 1994)
| hoe-0024.txt | 14498 | The K-Rad Exploitation, by Abigwar, Defiant, and Mogel (November 14, 1994)
| hoe-0025.txt | 14672 | Stars and Stripes Lyrics, by Abigwar (November 17, 1994)
| hoe-0026.txt | 10764 | That Damn Red Ant File, by Abigwar (November 15, 1994)
| hoe-0027.txt | 10383 | The Revenge of the Nerds, by Mogel (November 17, 1994)
| hoe-0028.txt | 45160 | Rifts Character Selection Reference, by Mogel (November 20, 1994)
| hoe-0029.txt | 17533 | My Venting Thing, by Chal E. Mac (November 27, 1994)
| hoe-0030.txt | 11288 | Poetic Terrorist 2, by Abigwar (November 20, 1994)
| hoe-0031.txt | 24622 | The True Clash of the Titans, by Psycho Santa (November 27, 1994)
| hoe-0032.txt | 15713 | Proof on the Questions, by Abigwar (December 8, 1994)
| hoe-0033.txt | 12327 | King Missile Lyrics, by Korrupt (December 12, 1994)
| hoe-0034.txt | 5457 | Pink Noise, by Obscure Images (December 8, 1994)
| hoe-0035.txt | 8276 | Bob the Prophet, by Logik (December 9, 1994)
| hoe-0036.txt | 12201 | The GNU Hog Order, by Mogel and Corruption (December 9, 1994)
| hoe-0037.txt | 15359 | Peanut Heaven, by Black Francis (December 11, 1994)
| hoe-0038.txt | 5292 | K-Rad Alert, by Mad Arab (December 12, 1994)
| hoe-0039.txt | 23898 | Mogel *WILL* Marry Winona Ryder, by Mogel (December 12, 1994)
| hoe-0040.txt | 47193 | Hoe Date #2, by Mogel (December 12, 1994)
| hoe-0041.txt | 27015 | The Bastard K-Kit, by Mad Arab (December 12, 1994)
| hoe-0042.txt | 10613 | The Gods Sent Us for Shrooms, by Abigwar (January 15, 1995)
| hoe-0043.txt | 13584 | The Infomercial Superhighway, by Chal E. Mac (January 15, 1995)
| hoe-0044.txt | 7526 | Cindy Wants Us Dead! By Abigwar (December 26, 1994)
| hoe-0045.txt | 6979 | The Meaning of Life and How to Hack it, by Mogel (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0046.txt | 6097 | Bus Driver Irv, by Corrosion (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0047.txt | 9347 | Religion with Eggs and Coffee, by Defiant (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0048.txt | 10273 | Without Want or Need, by Half-Baked (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0049.txt | 19259 | Searching, by Abigwar (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0050.txt | 34778 | Who the Hell Are Ya'? by The HOE Schmoes (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0051.txt | 32605 | Stand Back! It's the Modem Mafia! by Chal e. Mac (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0052.txt | 14557 | The Lump from the Dump, by Visioknight (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0053.txt | 4781 | Satisfaction, by The Chickenlord (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0054.txt | 14201 | Excuse me, could you remove your steatopyghous? by Mogul (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0055.txt | 16562 | I Object! The Introduction to being a Lawyer, by Charlie (February 5, 1995)
| hoe-0056.txt | 10432 | The Sandwich, by Black Francis (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0057.txt | 16781 | A Vampire's Thoughts, by Vampire (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0058.txt | 9219 | The Smile that Couldn't Be Forgotten, by Mogel (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0059.txt | 15093 | Santa Claws Must DIE! by the Chickenlord (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0060.txt | 54546 | HOE-Date #3 by the HOE (February 4, 1995)
| hoe-0061.txt | 35448 | True Stories from Pathological Liars by Alex Swain (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0062.txt | 5906 | My Application to [Name of College Here], by Thanatos (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0063.txt | 12059 | Everything Inbetween, by IM2K4U2C (April 4, 1995)
| hoe-0064.txt | 14835 | Take a Wiz, Make Me Jiz, by Mogel (April 4, 1995)
| hoe-0065.txt | 9380 | My BA in Attitude, by DisordeR (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0066.txt | 16405 | Life and the IRC Log, by Dash (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0067.txt | 10661 | So This Is How It Ends For Us? by Abigwar (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0068.txt | 7566 | About Nothin', by Spiff (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0069.txt | 13425 | Why Information Must Be Free, by Mr. Sandman (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0070.txt | 49638 | The Massive ELITE! Interview, by Mogel (April 12, 1995)
| hoe-0071.txt | 7447 | Biff Redneck Goes to the Big City, by Sed (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0072.txt | 14779 | There's Pain In There, by Mogel (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0073.txt | 8176 | Ripping and Screaming Your Way to a Better You, by KidKnee (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0074.txt | 21104 | The Great Cyberspace Coaster Chat Board Caper, by IM2K4U2C (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0075.txt | 11880 | Cockroach Assault, by Alex Siegel (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0076.txt | 7167 | Home and Garden, by Morpheus (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0077.txt | 14670 | The Other Side of the Mirror, by Black Sunshine (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0078.txt | 7099 | The Oedipus Complex in Modern Day Times, by James Hetfield (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0079.txt | 10010 | Behind the Mask, by The Stranger (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0080.txt | 111699 | HOE-Date #4, by the HOE (May 1, 1995)
| hoe-0081.txt | 11212 | The Cerished Illusion, by Dead Cheese (June 16, 1995)
| hoe-0082.txt | 18802 | I'm a Chick, you Obviously Want Me, by Crank (June 16, 1995)
| hoe-0083.txt | 9021 | |