TIME FOR A BREAK, TIME FOR A WATERMELON
WHILE IM THERE, A SAMSARA PACK, YO - GET ON
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the samsara newsletter
september 1
996 FREESTYLE
HOLY SHIT YO, IS IT EE
RIE I SEE? HE ROCKS THIS T-FILE CAUSE HES A MAST
ER G
hi everyone, welcome to this third epic pack from
samsara, the group
youve grown to love. this last month in the scen
e, for some reason,
was one of the most bizarre ive come to encounter
seemed like everyone flipped out all at the same t
ime. like duh.
bewm!@ well - i guess it happens, sometimes.
rza told me he wanted to leave the s
cene cause he was just pissed
at it in general, looking back at it, i understa
nd him pretty
well. though, i dont go to school im a slacke
r, therefore i can
spend as much time as i want in this irc/ansi sce
ne crap.
so well, although hes gonna remain a member, my p
al rza/eekz wont
be helping me with group organization anymore - th
is sucks in a way,
but damn, i feel better knowing that he doesnt fa
il his math or
something. :
but word yo, charlie, this pack is for you. thank
s for helping me
start this gem of a group.
cause well, did i ever tell you guys running samsa
ra is a charm?
the people in it are so swell, they do their own t
hing no one surfs
on their own ego. thats pretty wacky.
anyhow - through this chaos we got around having a
fun month with
the addition of eight new talented members, which
are:
1 circus freak
, formerly zipperhead kerplunk of
shiver, cia, relic
spastic fame, comes back from the
dead after a year h
iatus - he brings some wacky
jazz fonts with him
, too!@ will he be the one who will
redefine ansi sexin
ess?!@
2 cyre,
formerly jaydee of relic spastic, also comes
back from a permane
nt hiatus. he specialized in new
wave ansi fonts h
as more skills than minor threat on
lsd.
3 lamer
, from anemia rival - first incarnation - makes
a comeback too god
, all the oldschoolers are back these
days, thats wack!@
of course, the one only
possible choice for
this master of american pop rip.
yes, he is our fir
st rip artist!@ will we have more in
the future? only t
ime can tell!
4 some people were co
mplaining about our almost inexistant
ascii crew - well,
here it is, revived with mice,
formerly of finland
s top ansi group, blend. his new
school style gets h
im all the finnish women with the
blonde hair that
stuff - that, mind you, is what
being sexy is all a
bout.
5 outkast
, who currently draws vga art in fire carbon,
brings his way old
school goth style with some ansi work
that will blow you
away. that guy gets better fast, you
better watch him.
6 poskgubbe
, another of those damn euros, teams up will
possibly release an
sis, if he gets around drawing them
actually sending
them to me. if you dont know posk,
then go see some ol
d kts!a packs.
7 vade79
comes straight from fire cia as an amazing an
si
artist with a pimpi
n style.
8 xode
is the master samsara pimp - popping out of nowhere,
he joined managed to r
elease two awesome lengthy
ansis of *chicks*!@ yes, i feel like
being back in
union when i see a xode ansi. that gu
y rocks. anyhow ..
we meaning me mogel got some really annoying l
ast minute problems
with our account doomed@voicenet.com which means
that we might be
unable to receive mail in the next couple days. b
ut thanks to the
organizational skills of elliz, we got around gett
ing stuff from
almost everyone. if we forgot you, we are truly s
orry will make
sure this kind of shitniz doesnt happen anymore!@
@ grr!!@
death to voicenet!@!@!@
anyhow, ampersand
, the one only samsara whq, is supp
osed to
get up in a near future!@ everyone praise it!@ e
veryone do art for
it!@!@ yes!@
im sure i had tons of other things to talk about
here, but i cant
seem to remember anything. im a dumbass.
ok, time for a glass of coca-cola.
there, im back. okay - im not gonna tell you an
ything now, *but*
starting from right after this packs release, the
re are gonna be
some new stuff going with samsara - not that there
s nothing
happening right now, but you get the drift ..
what is it?!@?!@?!@
a-ha - youll know next month.
for those who didnt figure yet, this pack is buil
t exactly like
your average pack. the pics are - as always - in
order, we have a
normal newsletter, only *one* joke/misc pic, by
creed, whos not
even in the group but we love him! check out his
zine, y0lk, which
just released its 100th issue.
but mind you, its samsara!@
this means that - umm .. well, it must mean some
thing i guess!@!@
so - go ahead, check this pack, be back next mon
th for more 0-day
ansi porn action!@!@
FLAME IS THE NAME, YOU KN
OW HES NOT LAME - BLAST OFF, GET UP YOUR BOOTIE
hey there, flame here. not much from me thi
s month. sulk sob, fuck
off bob!. ive been really busy this m
onth. school has started, and
well, i havent been able to get much done. oh we
ll. just filling
in space in the newsletter. greets to die
z, 33, fever,
elliz, and
everyone else. oh! do ansis for neon pizza. my
new board. yes.
rare soma is gone.
neon pizza is NOW. neo
n pizza. let the anchovies
decompose into your brain... f
lame
ENTER THE MOGEL B
OYS, INSANE, HE DESTROYS CAUSE HES GOT THE TOYZ, WERD
hi!!! its me!!!! mogel!!!!!
this month is samsara history i decided to become a
dirty bum not
do one of my oh-so classic ansis or text files or anything
. im *sure* that
im sorely missed.
i decided to take a bit of a break from ansi
. in my month or so of
entering the scene peeping over eeries shoulders.
i guess i got bored too quickly. lots of script kiddi
e idiots, kids,
other stereotypes of ansi got to me real easy, i think.
it was decided by me eerie
one day that anyone that gets heavily
in irc scene stuff has to be at least a little psycho.
thats pretty cool, but its also pretty ann
oying. so, why should
anyone subject themselves to the stupidness of irc?
the answer is - they shouldnt.
call me a wimp, but i think ill continu
e to keep myself in dto, my
zine channel, do occassional things for samsara.
i really think samsara is great, though.
im sorry ive lost interestin most of the ansi scen
e almost as soon as i began.
samsara is cool because were all sorta freak
s. weve got a lot of
individual defined personality that a lot of typi
cal groups are lacking, along
with an overall group presense philosophy.
lets see some of the ego big-wigs try that, bitch!@
- mogel doomed to obscurity - head editor / samsara f0rev
er
i love to love you, lover.
DJ ELLIZ SPINS IT
UP, HE AINT BURSTIN NO BUBBLE - HE MAKES US SEE DOU
BLE
Hey, wow samsara is already up to
pack 3... I have been lucky enough
to be involved in 2 out of the 3 releases, and i must sa
y its been a pretty
cool ride so far. Eerie has been really cool w
ith putting up with everyones
shit, and despite how you people have the opinion of him
being an asshole he
is no doubt one of the cool people in the scene.
Anywayz, i just got done watching the mtv
music awards, and it was
funny. Noel Gallagher sounded like he got kick
ed in the nuts swiftly 35
times, and btw Kiss sucks... Oh, Carl this is
for you.... Salvation is real
uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuuhuhuhuhuhuhuuhuuuhuuhuhuh.... Poe
can blow me away anytime,
in a church or wherever..ENuff about the music awards th
ough....
Some people have been saying that im a minus to
the group or whatever
and thats just a crock of shit, its just some morons hav
e nothing better to
do then attack me which is fine. WHatever spins your cap
there guys. : You
know who you are, im not going to mention anyone persona
lly.
Mop merged with ACiD, and
Mop is dead. I hope all the other groups
like Fire and Apathy keep on going s
trong, the scene needs some strong groups
so maybe syntax might just remove that lincoln log from
up his ass. So greets
to Apathy and Fire and all the small groups keepin it st
rong....
Btw i changed my nick to elliz or
elliz- or dj-elliz whatever, just n
o
more dee. Well i hope you enjoy the pack, and
the packs to come. Samsara is
not going anywhere but up....
lateron
ellis aka rob
START NUMB MODE -
YO, NUMB IS THE WAY YOU CAN SEE IT ON MTV
Enter numbface--
Number three. Ill spare you the text ab
out how this is the
first time Ive written for one of these newsletter
gigs and how
I met Bjork in front of a shoe shop. Ins
tead, I want to talk
randomly with you and hopefully, youll keep readin
g this.
Ive been asked a lot lately about Samsara
What is it like? Why
I joined? Is queerie really gay?-- and someth
ing bugs me. Some
of the questions have been pointing to this Samsara att
itude
thing that Samsara is a trend.
Its tough to understand what this new fad
is all about.
really What does trends have to d
o with scene anyways? What
makes a group *trendy*? Are you goi
ng about the scene looking
for these trends? if it IS trendy, this determin
es
weather you should stick or run? Its not cool to
do what they
think is cool. Thats trendy. but wait-- doesn
t that make you
uhm... trendy? a trendy rebel? hmm? So really-- it
s a
no-win situation. This scene isnt about trends.
Its not
about being cool or uncool it should be about being
real.
Besides... does the scene really affect your social sta
tus? I
mean, come on, Mop might make your dick longe
r, but is he or she
really going to break up with you if you choose IC
E over
SAMSARA? Maybe. : Anyway, theres music,
HK flicks, Pez,
guns, hookers, anime, vinyl, Hello Kitty
, ANSI, Lou Reed,
whatever and the like for years. Some of these items o
n the
list go back to the begininnings of my memory. The fact
remains
that there are hundreds of thousands of kids who have t
hese same
intrests that began in their infancy. So these are not
trendy
items. Theyve been around the block. Dolphin sh
orts, Le
Sports Sacs, and Polo shirts were tre
nds. Samsara is not. No
doodle scene should.
Well, insert samsara member here is in
your group...thats
why!
Is that really why you are going to say that a group, o
ur group
is a cop-out or sell-out or somethi
ng like that? But we can
care less and would rather you read their emag. D
oomed to
Obscurity, UnderSHAMELESSPLUGgro
wn, end to end before you talk
shit. You might pick up
basic and often forgotten
philosophies about living life. You mig
ht not.
What about SAMSARA number 2? lets hack ice.
org, lets be
cool!?
What about it? Its for entertainment purpo
ses-- we dont give
a shit if its cool to you or not.
Someone thought it was funny. We did our job. If you
cant
see through this or we hurt your feelings, then you sho
uldnt be
reading this.
All the low-balling, back-stabbing,
ass-kissing, and shit
talking lead me to conclude that the bigwigs in the sce
ne are
wannabe corporate assholes. Its pathetic how
people are so
willing to dick over others who basically share the sim
ilar
ideals and aspirations. Perhaps Im being naive becaus
e I have
punk rock ideals like the staff do it yours
elf, dont sell out,
etc but people in the scene shouldnt
do that to each other.
The idea is to stick it to the Man, not becom
e him.
Why do you care enough to bitch about it? Arent y
ou the one
who said alot of people have too many things up thei
r ass?
First, question number 2: Yes, I did say that. And m
aybe Im
one of them and Im just pulling out whatever was up th
ere. As
for why Im bitching about it? And why now? Its Sep
tember
4th. The packs due. So I guess I can officially say,
its just
that time of the month.
Sailor Numb says.
-nm
the samsara newsletter is edited every month by eerie.
you can submit articles
to it even if you are not a samsara member!@! aint tha
t spiff? anyhow, my
email is doomed@voicenet.com dont you forget it. bye