Matthew Van 

Brink, composer, pianist, accordionist

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Nature Trail to Hell (In 3-D!) (In WMV!)

If you owned the sole video recording of a defining moment of your friends' lives, how long would you wait before showing it to them? Increase the drama of the moment by waiting an inordinately long time! With 11 years of distance now, my friends, with years of new perspectives on life, this hilarious night still carries the spiritual weight it deserves.

If you don't know "Weird Al" Yankovic's excellent original song Nature Trail to Hell (In 3-D!), you will need to purchase it immediatelyin order to fully appreciate the awesome [sic] creative depths of our stage production.

I can only assume that the fame of this bizarre act at the 1994 Northport High School Variety show raised the bar for high school variety shows around the country. Geeks rejoice! A crowd of rowdy teenagers will cheer for you. Especially if you've got a guy on stage with a machete chasing around a bunch of cub scouts.

Ethan Meixsell, guitar
Mike Warner, drums
Bill Stites, bass
Matt Van Brink, keyboard
Ken Flagg
, vocal
Evan Leon, homocidal maniac
Jason Ihle, Dave Barak,
Justin Stoltze, and Ken Burger, cub scouts (in order of death)
and members of the Northport High School Choir.

LINK to WMV File
LINK to YouTube