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Ü°Û²ÛÛÜÜ ßßß ܲ±° ß±²±° ß ß °ßß  ßß ± ßßßß Ü ` ܲ±°ßÛÜÜßß°²±  ß ±²² ß ßß ÜÜÜÜÜ ßßß ÜÜ ßß °±²² ±ßß Ü ßßßßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ßß°°²²²±ß Ü ßß ß ° ±±ßß ÜÜ ßß ÜÜÜÜ ÜßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÄÄßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÄÄßßßßßÄÄßßßßß ßßßßßßßß apathy studios .. the may nineteen ninety-six art thang .. ph ear us .. a lot  Apathy .. the only group ran by seniors cap able of getting whiplash from a swivel chair. ["It r3ally hurtZ d0od@!!##$%^** I th ink i'm gonna cry" -mt] Did i mention its Inside Joke Month? well.. we can all thank trip for that  silly little opening paragraph thing  (we think he's been smoking some of that local ariz ona shrubbery). anyway, welcome to the may 1996 apathy art thang. this is misfit typing (and, btw, if i'm not funny in this info file, blame trip. he 's rushing me to finish it :), and i've got a poo-load of news to report on , but first the smoochy nice stuff. thanks a ton to prizm of rival for that kickin' font up there,  it rocks my world man. you're the best. (aw, that was sweet).Ûßß ßßß ß  °° ßßß ß ²± ²° Ý °°±°ß   ²   aight, now on to the fun stuff. as you may ±° ² Ü ÜÜÜÜÜ °±±°ß    have heard by now,  either  thro ugh irc or ° ²ÜÞ Ý Þ²²Û²²±Ü ±° ° Û    in stc's hip emag crash 'n burn, apath y is ° ß   ²±²ÛÛÛ²±Ý°± Þ ²ÛÜ    going through a lot  of changes right now.   Ü°Ü ÝÞÛ ²ÛÛÛÛÛ² °Þ²ÛÛÛÝ   °   it all started a few weeks ago when trip &  ² ßÜÜÛÛÛ ÜÜÜßÛÝ ÜÜßÛÛÛ °±   i were have phone se- er, discussing impor  ÜßßßßÜÛÛ Û²²Û²ÝÜÝÞÛÝ  ° tant apathy business and we got to talking  Û Üßß² ÛÛßßܱÜßßÜ ²ÛÛÛÜ  about how huge apathy was getting, and how  ²² ÛÜÜßß ßßÜ °±²ÛÛÛ°ß  he and i were killing ourselves to keep it  ²±±²Û ²²ÝÞ± Ý°²²ÛÛÛÛ  going (do you have any idea how hard it is  ²² ßßÜÛ² ²ÜÜÜßß²ÛÛÜ ° to keep 40+ art geeks coordinated? i'd ra-    ßÜßÛ ²²ÛÛÛÛÛ²±ÜßÛÛ Û° ther lick a stoat).  anyway, it came dow n  splut  Ý ÞÝÞ²²ÛÛÛÛÛßÛ²± ÝÞ²ÛÝ to two choices;  a) kill apathy , or b) do   \ Ü  ú  ²  ²ÜÛÛÜÛß ²²Û²Ý ÞÛÛÛ some serious rearranging. since trip and i ²  ß þ ÝÞ²ßÜÛÛÜܲ ÝÞ²Û²² ±²ÛÛ   plan to be in apathy until we're wrinkle d old men  with size twenty colostomy bags , pleased with the changes going we were a little more keen on option b. on in apathy, trip plays with  "l'il twiggy". as you can imagine we had a little trouble  deciding exactly how to size things down. we came up with a ton of ideas,  from kicking everyone out and and then re-inviting  a few, to holding sort of a raffle (it seemed a sound idea at the time).  finally, we came up with two lists, a list of "po ssibles" and a list of  "doubtfuls". the possibles were members who were ei ther good friends, they were regular contributers, and helped out a lot wit h the group. the second list had like 30 people on it, the first a measley  10 (including trip and  me). sheesh. buy hey, these are ten of th e coolest people i've ever met in  the scene, and i think any group worth shit would be  proud to have em (btw -- there are eleven members of apathy now..  hades returned from his excur-  sion to africa right before the pack came out and we 're all happy he wasnt cannibalized or gored to death or anything). go ch eck out that hip member list we did for a rundown of who's still with our h appy little family. now, the bad news. last month, our member list peak ed at nearly 40 members  and, since we now only have eleven, obviously we ha d to let some people go  (and this has been the hardest decision we've ever had to make). to those we passed over, it's nothing personal, we think yo u're all cool guys, but we simply couldn't afford to have a group that bi g anymore. so, without  further ado, here it is: apox,  caduceus, crayon, defian t, eiht ball, ellis dee, epidemic,  fringe, fury, meep , mighty ² ܱ° °°  ܲ²Û²ÛÛ²²ÛÛ²²±  mouse, nootropic,  nosferatu, sir death, ÛÝ°±° ²²Û ²ßßÜÜÜÜß²±°° straka, sublime, shoony, spear, kami kaze, Û² °±° ²Û ²ßÜÛ°°°°ÛÛÜßßÛ  creed, fresh,  lint, smokey,  cephyr, tical, Û²± °±° Þ²Û Û °°°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛ°Ü cidica, nero, ass umed assassin, hooch, vil ÛÛ²²Ü °° ÞÛÝÞ °°°ÛÛÛÛ°ßÜÜ ß° lage idiot,  and b0rys. whew.  keep in mind ÞÛÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜ °° ²  ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÜÜÛÛÛÛ Ü that many of the above were probables, b ut  ÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜßßÛÜ ² ßßßÜܲ²ÛßßÛÛÛ²  couldn't deal with some of apathy's newe r ² ß°ÛÛÛÝÞ±ÜÜ ÞÛÛÝÞ±²ÛÛÛÛÜ°Ü ÜÛ²ß policies (which  i'll explain later). all ² ²ßÛÛ²ÜÜßßß Ü²Û ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÜ in all thirty-two apathy member s got their  Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛ ²ÛÜßß²²ÛßßÜÜÜÜß  walking papers. i'm glad, at least, tha t ° ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛ² Û ²²²ÛÛÜÜÜÝÞ²²±°Ý most of them took this change in stride & ° Û ²ÜÛÛÛÛ²²ßß Û²²²ÛÛÛ²²Üßßß ßÜ were pretty cool about i t (and then there ° ²°ÛÛÛ²ßÜÜÜÜÛ ÜßÛ²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²±° are those nameless few who just couldn't ±° °ÛÛÛ² ±²ÛÛÛÝ°° ÜÜßßÛßß²Û²±ßß  handle it. they're all dead now). ° ÞÛÛÛ²ÝÞÞÛÛ²ßÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÝÞ±ÜßÜÜÜÛ° ±°ÛÛÛ²± ²Ûßß°Û²° ß±±ÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛ°°± argh.. tha t was tough to do. ahwell.. such is life. anywho, we've also adopted some  misfit weeps over the inevita-  new poli cies meant to help raise the qual-  ble loss of so many members.ity level   in apathy.  first,  no sa me art form dual groupin, meaning that you can' t be in apathy and another group for, say, ansi, alth ough if you did ansi or  something for us, you could be in another group for,  like, vga. i know it sounds more than a little vague, but ohwell..deal w ith it. also, apathy is now invite only. you cannot apply, you m ust be invited by trip or me. ack.. this is shaping up to be sort of a depressing  info file..  as far as sites go, we dropped them all. p oo (602-589-0791) is still the   the world headquarters, ran by trip. the ushq,  acetone, will be going up  sometime next month i hope. btw, it's pronounce a-s e-tone. do art for it. if i'm missing anything, i sure as hell can't remem ber it, so i guess it's not that important :). it's late, i'm tired, and i wanna get this damn paq out (we're already late).. so, until next time.. bu h-bye. ° -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ °  written by  those two studs misfit & trip  / illustrated by mizphitzah ° -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ° SAUCE00Apathy - May '96 Info File Apathy Studios READ THE INI FILE 19960509¶JP