1996 - when I discovered Kaol

[reisen55]

Just an odd memory here, see how many others recall stumbling onto Kaol way back in 1996 or so. I remember the picture of one of his models in a bikini up to her upper legs in quicksand/mud (video from a bridge) and .. ASTONISHMENT.... wow, this is FOR ME.

That one image sticks with me to this day. How many others remember it?

[reisen55]

Those Images still exist. I found them, Kaol's old video THE MIND IS THE KEY.

[PM2K]

Kaol's site was the first I hit when I wandered into the community in 1998... The Mind is the Key one of the first real images I saw. Haven't been the same since. In a good way...

[water_bug_62208]

Ah, yes, the young lady in the bikini is Alice, if I recall correctly. In fact, I believe she's the one that you hear shouting, "Help me, I'm in quicksand!" right before "Red Rubber Ball" began playing.

I remember that gal and that scene quite well. Kaol's Ol' Sinkin' Hole was the third Quicksand Site I came upon early that one Saturday morning around 2:00 AM back in January of 2000. And, I didn't stop exploring Quicksandland until around 6:00 AM when I finally had to get away from the computer to get some sleep. I was right back surfing Quicksandland again a few hours later.

[jack c]

Right, me too. It was 1998 and she was off the dock into the muck to retrieve the sword that was thrown there. Not much of a plot, but how much is really needed? The first main site that I clicked on back in 1998 - a welcome site, at that, too.

[bart1997]

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[Boggy Man]

Just an odd memory here, see how many others recall stumbling onto Kaol way back in 1996 or so. I remember the picture of one of his models in a bikini up to her upper legs in quicksand/mud (video from a bridge) and .. ASTONISHMENT.... wow, this is FOR ME.

That one image sticks with me to this day. How many others remember it?

Is this the image (courtesy of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)?



For more of the "blast from the past", check out the two links below, and even if a thumbnail is missing for a picture, the odd missing one still links to a picture!:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www ... index.html
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www ... .com/Kaol/

For some reason, for Feb 2'nd, 1999 and earlier, Kaol's main Geocities page loads briefly, but then it gets replaced by "The Ypeek Yellow Pages" website! So, you may have to stop the loading once Kaol's site fully loads for the main page for those earlier dates (others seem okay, although I never checked them all).

Anyways, lots of gems there! Explore!

And for starters, for a real treat, right-click on the following links and save:

http://web.archive.org/web/200407152328 ... rsmall.mpg
http://web.archive.org/web/200412082235 ... fsound.mpg
http://web.archive.org/web/200304110244 ... le2Ann.wmv
http://web.archive.org/web/200304110246 ... er2wmv.wmv

There are these and some mainstream qs clips at http://web.archive.org/web/200406180810 ... ksand.html, but you have to right-click on them, and some are not available.

And, a certain thread got locked recently before I had a chance to post a relevant link to Kaol's page containing the photos of interest:

http://web.archive.org/web/200408051427 ... ages4.html

Don't you just love the Internet Archive?

[nachtjaeger]

"Yes, it's gonna be all right,
Yes, the worst is over now,
the morning sun is shining
like a Red Rubber Ball. . ."

http://www.garyrog.50megs.com/midi/red_rubber_ball.mid

[water_bug_62208]

Ah, now THAT'S music to my ears!

Man, that brings back memories of Kaol's old site. I always enjoyed listening to the various music he had for his different pages and stories, especially the stories. The music often seemed to set the tone for those written creations.

[A20]

I remember seeing pictures of The Lost Pooch. Lovely girl with a miniskirt in quicksand was a dream to see. Then I saw the video and wished she sunk a little more naturally haha