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Kasso Lives
And now ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing enjoyment, a short video about Northport.


Acid King
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It's all about the satanic killings we had in Northport back in '84, mostly focusing around Ricky Kasso. If you don't know much about the events, or even if you do, you should really check it out. It'll give you something to talk about at parties, you know, to impress the chicks.
You: So, you know much about Ricky Kasso?
Slut with nice cans who you're looking to bang: Who?
You: Also known as the Acid King, Richard Kasso is a local legend. Him and a friend killed some kid over drug money while tripping on mescaline in the woods behind King Kullen, back in 1984. Kasso was a self-professed Satanist and when the media got ahold of the story they exaggerated it into Northport being a center of cult activity. While in jail, he hung himself.
Slut:You're so cultured. Let's fuck.
It was put together by Brian Tane, using old news footage and After Effects (a video editing program for those of you unenglightened). Check out the personal section of his site, tanedv.com for some other cool stuff.

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Special thanks to Chuck Kessler of the Van, for finding this video. He also wants me to remind you to check the Van site for updates on the status of their latest projects.

Chad @ ://   02/24/02

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I read the book "Say You Love Satan" back in sixth grade and I did a book report on it. Mr. D'Aquisto gave me a zero on it because he never gave me permission to do it. Damn it.
» Leonard Skinner @ :// • 02/24/02

when i read the book i had to read it in the npt library and it was locked up in a little cabinet and the librarian had to go ask some older librarian if it was ok to let me read it and she was looking at me all weird then was like u have to read this right in front of me and not leave this table. it was fucked up...it was like eerie like they didn't want to let the "serete" out or some shit.
» van associate :// • 02/24/02

holy sh*t
» andrew burton @ :// • 02/25/02

No doubt the blackest day in NPt. That kid was just another wanna-be fuck up, and possibly the most succesfull.
» Tibsy Ol King :// • 02/25/02

when i click on the link, i get a broken quicktime icon. what's going on? is there a way to get it to work?
» Lefty • 02/25/02

It's working for me, try again.
» baron • 02/25/02

okay.. for all you unenlightened out there. This was MY decade. I knew these losers. My brother knew Ricky Kasso from the 3rd grade on ... they were friends! (when Ricky was 'normal.') There was NO Satan BS. In fact, that idiot spelled Satan: SATIN. Satin??? (Well... I'm partial to cotton myself!) Ricky Kasso's father was a gym teacher who INSISTED that Ricky take EVERY single sport there was whether he wanted to or not. The poor kid never had a choice in life. His father demanded that he do want HE wanted all the time. Ricky just started to rebel. He got into drugs ... first pot, then angel dust and LSD and .. you name it. THEN he started to leave school to go to the junior high (now the middle school) to sell angel dust to the younger kids. (My brother told him he was going to "beat the living shit out of him if he ever saw him dealing to younger kids ... " He was running away constantly, living on the streets, showering down at the beach when it got warmer. Grunging off friends for food and drugs. He hardly ever went home. He got into selling drugs to earn money. That's how Gary Lawers got into the picture. Gary Lawers bought drugs from Ricky. Gary didn't pay up. Ricky came after him so Gary gave him the drugs back ... except he didn't give ALL the drugs back - only what was left. Ricky, who was regularly dropping acid and LSD at this point, cracked. He went after Gary over DRUGS - NOT because "Satan told him to do it " ... and all that nonsense about a crow. total bullshit. Then, I guess jail sobered him up a bit ... and he came to his senses, realized WHAT he did and hung himself. By the way, the people in the jail were supposed to have him on suicide watch.... what happened ???
Then, of course, there were jerks who decided to ride his coattails - they were the ones who sprayed graffiti all over the new Cow Harbor Park. And of course, the media ATE this up .... Yes, it was a horrific, newsworthy story ... but Satanic Worship ??? Get real.
» mom • 02/25/02

the church of satan is nothing what you think it is or the media portrays it. it has nothing to do with the devil who was made up by Chritian leaders in the beginning to intemedate peons into following their rule with the threat of "a devil". it's just a different, yet extremely libreal, religion or beleif structures.

there is nothing "evil" about satanism, it's the just the complete opposite of Christianity (which has it's EXTREMELY evil low points if u ask me...) But since we live in a Christian culture it's been blacklisted to scare people who believe media hype (btw, 80% of what u see in the corporate/mainstream news has been fabricated or manipulated in some way)

Philosophy and Theology classes are fundamental dah ha.
» van associate :// • 02/25/02

hey I just wanted to say thanks to "mom" for explaining what really happened... but I just have one question... is it true that Ricky cut out Gary's eyes as reported... or was that just fabricated by the media to further their case for a "satanic murder"
» the kid with a question • 02/26/02

The Land Pirates back in the 80's ruled NPT. They were known all over the island. No one messed with them because they were so insane. I remember their graffiti everywhere I walked. They truly were a force to be reckoned with.
» NPTer • 02/26/02

I was in the Land Pirates. We would have eaten Ricky Kasso for breakfast, although we got our asses kicked by the Strong Island Boys.
» Former Land Pirate • 02/26/02

Long Island gangs are gay, keep that shit out of Northport.
» Shut up • 02/26/02

hey kid, he didn't "cut them out", he just stabbed him in the face a lot. Dust and 10 hits of mesc can do that to a person. The kids back then did SERIOUS amounts of drugs, not cool in any way.
» Lord of the Butt Pirates • 02/26/02

he got stabbed in the eyes while getting stabbed in the face and when your eye is punctures it's like a paintball...all the liquid like drips out and it contracts up.
» intoxicated • 02/26/02

Gangs are fuckin' lame... They are made up of people who are worthless and feel that if they have a lot of worthless people together they are cool and powerful... wait almost sounds like the northport police department.

A personal FUCK YOU goes out to anyone who wears or wore FUBU and Tommy Hill especially in XL, XXL, XXXl, and XXXXL sizes. This ran rampant 4 years ago w/ the nerd herd aka the junior mafia... THAT WAS THE GAYIER THAN GAY! THOSE KIDS WERE SO FUCKIN' LAME... hahahahahahah hahahahahaha
ahahahahahah

When ever i need i good laugh now I know who and what to think of
» Gang Bang in the ass • 02/26/02

Fuck You!!! The Butt Pirates will kick your fucking ass!!! We wear Sean John bitch, FUBU is lame son.
» Pittsburgh Platter • 02/26/02

theres a movie called "Ricky 6" in the making..check it out..www.ricky6.com
» goldiggas01 • 02/26/02

we made a post bout ricky 6 along time ago, the film was made mad long ago it's been seeking distrubution 4 a year now. You can watch the trailer and read some cool stuff on the films website
» suburban samaritan • 02/26/02

BMR FOREVER!
» Sassy @ :// • 02/27/02

Yup, it's true ... as far as I know ... (and this was straight from my brother's mouth who is in that video by the way ....) "he did gouge Gary's eyes out. "
» mom (again) • 03/14/02