date released: 01/15/95

ld!

b l e a c h  ..  i n f o r m a t i o n   f i l e  ..  f
e b r u a r y

Well its a new year, 1995, and  with  the new year came
many  ideas,
mainly for a change in the way the ansi  scene is run, and how it wo
rks.
I wanted to try  something new, and make a break from the idea of on
ly a
major group, ie. acid, ice, and union, could  have  talented artists
.  I
believe that anyone who is willing to put time and detication into t
heir
artwork, deserves to have thier work spread, and seen, regardless of
the
group name.  There are many artists out there that feel the  competi
tion
of the art scene has been  taken out of hand, and the fun of  produc
ing,
and  releasing  art  through a group has disapeared becuase of it.
Well
instead  of only  thinking this to myself, ive decided to take it a
step
further,  risking  ridicule for the  rest  of the year <g>, i've dec
ided
to start up a  new  group of artists, with a new idea.  I plan on ma
king
a group,  with a few  changes,  and  twists, to  bring back the fun,
and
laid back atmosphere of joining a group in the first place.  Group n
ame:
after  talking  it  over  with  a few other people, we have come to
like
the name 'bleach', something i'm  sure  most  of you are not suprise
d at
if you know me at all <g>.  We've also decided to  give  the  packs
the
title of, 'aneurysm's'...why? i don't....know.
Secondly,  the  group will have no  distrobution  sites, i feel they
are  relativly  pointless, since  any  board  that  recieves  a 'ble
ach'
pack, could  carry  our  art,  the  tag  'bleach  dist  site'  holds
no
purpose to the group in any way. They only add more headaches, and c
uase
competition between sysop's to be a  distrobution site for our group
, so
that they're  boards can gain better reputations in the scene.  Howe
ver,
we will be  accpeting  one-two  boards  in  each  ac, that  is  a  l
ocal
connection  for  our  artists  to  drop  their  work off, so that we
can
keep things a little more organized. The only way to become one of t
hese
'gathering sites', is to be a user  on  my  board, so  that  every m
onth
you can take the  art  that  has  been  left  on your board, and sen
d it
over to me.  This makes things alot easier, and cuts out phone tag e
very
month with the people who would like to release in the pack.
Third,  and   most   importantly  to  the  change  this  group  will
take  on,   there   will  be  no  founders,  or  members.  I  know
this
sounds unreasonable, but here  is  how  it will work: I am basically
the
closest  to   postion  of  founder  this group will get, without hol
ding
any of the 'oppurtunities' a normal founder would have.  The group
will
be ran equally between the members and opinions and ideas by the art
ists
will be taken into mind to  make  the  group  better.  My job will b
e to
round up  all  the  art  recieved  every  month,  zip  it  up,  and
send
it out.  Since there will be no real members in the group, the  posi
tion
of founder is useless, and only creates 'power' in the group. There
will
be  no  members,  if  you  have  a  peice  of art that you would lik
e to
release, but you don't want to release it with  your  current  group
, or
have no group at all, you simply add the name 'bleach' to the ansi,
send
it to me, and i put it in the pack.  Thats  it!  You  never have to
say,
'I'm joining', or 'I'm quitting', its a free choice, no questions as
ked.
Every month the pack will contain an  information  file, which will
list
every artist that contributed to that pack.  The standards for relea
sing
with us will be very small.  You will most likely  get your art rele
ased
in  the  pack  if  you  send it to me,  everytime!  If you would lik
e to
only  release one ansi with us the whole time your in  the  scene, t
hats
your choice, there will be no pressure on you to  release  every  mo
nth.
There is one small catch  though  to  these  rules, you can only rel
ease
art with 'bleach' if you are an artist in any of the following ac's:
619
,714, and 909.  The  only  way  to  submit to 'bleach' outside  of t
hese
limits  is  to  be  'voted' in by both ld! and dweizel.  Thats about
it,
if  you have ANY questions about this at all i can be reached at  ei
ther
of  the boards listed at the end of this nfo file.  This is a  relet
ivly
new concept as far as i know so im not sure how this idea will work
out,
we can see how it goes after the first  release.  One last note,  an
yone
who releases at least one ansi with us, can feel free to add 'bleach
' to
thier sig!
Fourth, the packs will be released  on  the  third  of  each  month,
promptly, so in order to make the deadline, you have to  submit  by
the
first of every month, the packs will not be held back.
Thats basically about it, all the  details  should be listed, but if
you have ANY questions at all, please call my  board.  Below are the
two
gathering  sites  we  have  affiliated so far, both are here in 619,
San
Diego, but i will be looking for users on my board to hold some posi
tions
in other ac's, so that the  group  becomes  wide  spread.  Any help
with
making this a successful group will be greatly  appriciated.  An  in
tro-
duction type pack will be released on February 1st, but the premier
pack
will be released on March 1st.  We will take art donations starting
any-
time before then.

-lord jazz (bleach)

d r o p - o f f   s i t e s

board name.board number.sysop.notes.

Huma619.485.6741lord jazzprimary gathering s
ite
gOop!619.738.3850dweizelsecondary gathering site

note: Special directories, and features will be availabl
e at all the listed
sites, so that you can drop your work off with no problems.   You  can
also
leave your work with the sysop of the  board,  or  use  the  'bleach
guest
account' that will be available at all sites.  This is to  make  it  e
asier
for long distance callers to deliver the work faster.  Please do not a
sk to
be a gathering site for 'bleach', the  only  way  to become a site is
to be
asked by either dweizel or lord jazz.

We are looking for artists in all of the following areas..

∙ ascii
∙ literature
∙ rip
∙ bmp
∙ vga
∙ svga
∙ music
∙ demo
∙ coding (viewer)

Special thanks to dweizel for helping form bleach...

b l e a c h !