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ÛÜ Ü °Ü ° ( 2?) on the new user front this month, we 've gained a few new guys that will help make blade what it once was.. or something. scribble , a young ° artist just starting out in the scene, joins us  to bring his ± growing talent in the wonderful ansi medium. als o joining this month, ² litoz brings us his really cool vga style.  and, as a late addition to Û our literature department, dr. kevorkian  joins up. yes, the suicide doctorhimself actually ha s a poetic side. we welcome all the new members and know they will produce some great work for blade  in the future. ÛÜ Ü °Ü ° ( 3!) this month, blade loses one of its o utstanding musicians, mind riot. ° he leaves blade to get on his way in the neveren ding pursuit of time, ± something of which he currently has none. th e source also jumps ship ² to pursue a career in a group that may actually  be going somewhere.. we wish both guys the best of luck with what the future holds . ÛÜ Ü °Ü ° ( 5^) after recieving a plethora of email  requesting blade sites, i've ° decided to expand our horizons a bit. this month , blade has gained ± several new shrines, all located in foreign coun tries. we welcome all ² these new headquarters and hope they will help s trengthen blade's standing in the world art scene. ÛÜ Ü °Ü ° ( 6@) and now for something completely dif ferent. for the past year, your's truly, mindcrime, has been writing these lame ass inf o files and i've decided that we need something of a change. so from now on,  the edge ° will include a passage from one of the great bla de members. i'll be ± asking someone different to write a little somet hing each month.. ² so without further adeu, i present to you a litt le something written by this months abductee, er.. um.. belial! ( 9%)Neato. The first blade member to wr ite in The Edge. Well, let me begin with this little note. I was looking for a word in the di ctionary the other day and I came across the word 'group'. I was interested  so I took a look at the definition. It read 'a number of people or things g athered closely together and considered as a whole; an organized body o f people with a common purpose.'. After I read that I thought about blade, an d I was thinking, I don't know barely any of the members in my own grou p, except a few, but other than that I don't know any of them. As a matte r of fact, half the time I don't even know who is in the group. You have p eople who leave the group for some reason, people who just decorate the m ember list, people who are anti-social, blah blah. I say to all blade membe rs who read this, and I bet half of them don't, try to meet some of the oth er people in your group, get to know them. What is that going to kill you ? There are thousands of ways to do this. The best way is probably through  irc, hey, if you're ever looking for me just try #zines. All I am really say ing is that we need to make this more of a group. As far as literature goes, and that is my little area, I jus t would like to mention that, as far as I'm concerned, blade has the be st literature department out of all the other art groups. I would also like t o mention that it is a shame that a lot of the ansi people decided to lea ve because blade was one of the best, and I think that blade can still be  one of the best, with work, dedication, and a love of art, not just a love  of a big name affiliation. I would like to warmly thank all the people who have stuck w ith blade through everything, who continually produce quality work  pack after pack. With some more people like you, I am sure that blade can  make its way right back up to the top, where it belongs. belial(blade) ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------#@!the edge is published m onthly as an information text on blade productions#%$? ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- SAUCE00the edge - volume 2, issue 8 staff blade productions 19951004M P