... b l e a c h ∙ S E P T E M B E R
∙ 1 9 9 5 ∙ n e w s f i l e .

introduction ::

Looks like we stuck around  long  enough  to  produce  the
FIFTH  Bleach
Aneurysm, and I would say our BEST pack  to  date  as  we
ll.  This  month  was
defently our most  active,  and  sourceful  month,  and  looking
through  the
work will prove it.  We have come a long way since  I  revived  b
leach,  where
we went from a new group with major doubts from the scene,  to  a
group  that
the scene looks forward to seeing each month!  I am more  than  h
appy  to  see
that we are still around, and picking up new  aspiring  artists,
as  well  as
improving the talent we have already.

new members ::

This month we picked up a handfull  of  new  talent,  starting
off  with
our own bleach  co-founder  Stone  Chapel
.  This  former  Union/Shiver  artist
decided to join the ansi department as well as help run  the  gro
up,  and  his
choice will DEFINTLY be a huge improvment for the group!  I have
worked  with
him in some  past  affiliations,  and  his  arrival  is  well  an
ticipated  in
bringing up the look of  bleach  in  packs  to  come!   Secondly
this  month,
Moon Man, a new  name  for  the  art  scene  comes  over
from  Haze  bringing
with him a unique ascii style!  Another addition to the ascii dep
artment  this
month comes Psycoholic, a MORE than qualified artist  for
the  position,  and
we are happy to see his arrival!  Lord Havok also  decide
s  to  join  up,  who
is currently an artist for Toon as well, we should be seeing some
great  work
from him in the future packs!  Finally for the ascii department,
Point  Blank,
has joined up, in a comeback from being out  of  ths  scene  for
months!  And
for the ansi dept, Devine Styler, previously in groups  s
uch  as  Spastic  and
Ice made his way over, showcasing an amazing style,  and  look  t
o  his  work.  Also in the list this month, is  SnakeGr
unger  an  incredible  artist  who  is  also a member o
f the group  Flatline!  His  work  will  be  a  great  help
to  bleach's growing ansi division!  White Snake
is another addition to our strong
Euro support, who came over this month bringing with him a fresh
new  look  to
his work, as well as an original style, we are looking forward to
seeing  some
excellent work from him in packs to come!  And finally, disco's l
oss  was  our
gain this month, as the death of the group lead the  way  to  ble
ach  for  one
of the scene's newest talents, Deep.  his original work r
anges from  the  ansi
to ascii, and we are glad to have him back in bleach once again!

tide :: coded by shattered link ::

As most people read in last months newsfile, bleach has  decid
ed  to  try
something a little new for the  future  months,  and  produce  a
bleach-based
emag, called Tide.  Production on the mag is  close  to  being  f
inished,  and
we plan on releasing sometime in November.  This of  course  mean
s,  that  the
deadline for tide submissions is just about here,  so  anyone  wi
th  plans  on
releasing something halfway entertaining  for  the  viewing  plea
sure  of  the
scene <g>, should get to work, and have it  in  BY  September  15
th!  Just  to
clear up a few questions, we are only taking articles,  all  artw
ork  for  the
mag will be done by bleach members, and reviews have already been
asigned.

a bleach wwwpage ::

Another idea which was brought up this month  by
some  of  the  members,  is th
e possibility for a www-page for bleach.  If plans  for  thi
s  work  out,
Flood Myth, creator of  the  famous  SuperUnknown,  will
be  setting  one  up  within the next two months  for  out
side  access.  This  would  enable  people
to access information about the  group,  download  the  packs,  a
nd  view  our
work.  This will be an easy shortcut in  getting  the  packs  eac
h  month,  as
well as getting information to people interested in the group.

distro requests and memberboards ::

I don't know how many times i have  to  write  up  a  newsfile
repeating
that we DO NOT ACCEPT DISTRO SITES, ONLY MEMBER  BOARDS,  but  ho
pefully  this
will be the last time.  As usual, I have been  getting  MASS  mai
l  requesting
a distro site or headquarters position for bleach, and  im  getti
ng  tired  of
talking to puppet heads out there.  I don't care how big  your  b
oard  is,  or
where exactly in this universe your board is located,  this  desi
cion  is  one
that I AM NOT going to change.

As for new members joining bleach, I want to give  a  reminder
that  ALL
memberboards MUST HAVE a bleach account so that  the  courier  as
signed  there
is able to call quickly, and  do  his  thing.  Here  is  the  inf
ormation  all
accounts need to have:

Handle: bleach
Password: bleach (or for RG, bleach1)
Phone Number: 000-000-0000 (if your board doesnt let
you use this, use 1's)
Birthdate: 00/00/00 (or 1's if 0's are not allowed

group merging ::

Another question that has  become  pretty  common  lately  is
the  offer
to merge bleach.  I'm interested in knowing that people like the
group  enough
that they would want to take it to another level, but  one  thing
I  promised
never to do with bleach is to  make  the  mistake  of  merging.
I  have  been
successful so far in running the group s olo,  and  thats  how  I
planned  on
keeping it.  The idea of merging would only cause problems that I
don't  need.
If your members are interested in joining bleach, they can take
that  request
up themselves.

in-activity problems ::

Well its been about four months since the NEW  bleach  has  be
en  started
and some of our first additions to the group seem to  be  missing
in  action.
In order to keep up the work in bleach, and have  a  well  active
memberlist,
rather then dead weight, bleach will be removing members  after
3  months  of
inactivity.  I hate to be doing this members who helped formed  t
he  group  in
the begining, but in order to keep things organized its the only
solution.

And with this months member purge,  leaving
the  group  becuase
of  in-
activity are  Heedo,  Homer,  an
d  Deetchman,  Unfortunalty
this  had  to  be
done, but incase of any accidents with  reaching  the  members,
if  there  is
any problem with this months absent  members,  please
contact  me  so
i  can  fix the memberlist.

That's about it for this months news, ugh...watch for next mon
ths pack or
stuff...and if your interested in applying, contact me on irc,  #
bleach/#acid,
or reach me on huma, 619-485-6741. the end.

-lord jazz
bleach founder