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'''[[Betsy]]''' was the name of the van used during the earliest days of [[Weezer]].  Originally called "The Enforcer", the van was found by [[Karl Koch]] and [[Patrick Wilson]] in Fontana, CaliforniaThe band then purchased the van from a "dude who looked exactly like Mummar Gaddafi" (Koch)The van's name was at long last changed to Betsy when it became notorious for breaking downIt carried the band from town to town throughout America and even into Canada through [[1994]].
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'''Sri Swami Satchidananda''' was the founder of [[Yogaville]] (a place where [[Rivers Cuomo|Rivers]] and [[Leaves Cuomo|Leaves]] spent much of their early childhoods) and is referred to as the "Guru to the Stars."  Satchidananda  was a notable guru, responsible for bringing swami to America in 1966He was also referred to as the "Woodstock guru" because of his opening role in 1969's Woodstock.  In the mid-1970s, Satchidananda was working out of Yogaville, where drugs and alcohol were all abstained fromRick Ross, an expert on the subject, noted that "There were...sex scandals and members and families complaining about 'brainwashing.' ...Satchidananda by some accounts was quite a sleaze who preyd on women within the groupHe indulged himself and largely got away with it."
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