TIME FOR A BREAK, TIME FOR A WATERMELON & WHILE I'M THERE, A SAMSARA PACK, YO - GET ON   °² °²ÜÜ  ßžÜ ÜÜ  Ü  °-ed ÜÜÜ °² ÜŪŪ  °²²°°²ÜÜÜß ÜÜÜÜÜŪ °°Ūß  °°²  ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜž ß ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ß² ßŪÜŪŪÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ßßž ÜÜÜÜ ßŪŪŪ²² ß ÜÜÜŪŪßßßŪÜŪŪ²Ż ŪŪŪ°°²ŪŪ²²²°°²²ß ÜÜŪßß ßß²ŪŪÜ Ü Ü²ŪŻŻ ßßŪŻŻ ßßŪÜ Ü ÜÜÜŪÜÜÜܲŪŪ² ÜÜŪßß  Ü°² ŽŽŪŪ ²ŪÜ ßß² ßßŪŪŪŪ²² ŪŪ ŽŽŻŻ ß² ŽŽ ²²ŪŪ ßßßŪ ŽŽ²  ܲ  ²²ßŪß ŻßßŪŻ±ŪŪŻŽŪ° Ż ß °² Ū ßßŪßß ÜÜÜ ßÜÜ ßß  ÜÜ ßßŪÜÜ ° ßßß ßßß°ÜÜ ß ÜŪŪŻ ° ŽŽŪ Ż ß Ž Ż°ßŪÜ ßŪŪÜ  ß ° °²ŻŻßßŪŪŪ  ßŪŪÜÜÜÜŪŪÜÜ ßßŪÜÜ ß ž ß°Ū°°ŪÜ Ü ܲ°ŪÜÜŪ ßßŪÜÜÜŪŪßŪŪ  ß ßßŪŪÜÜ  ŽŽ ²ÜÜ  ß°° Ż ßß²ŻŻß° ŪŻ ß²ÜßŪÜŪÜÜÜ ²ÜŪŻ ßßŪ²ŪŻŻ ßßŪŪ Ż ŽŽ²° ŽŪÜÜŪŪß °²Ü  ßŪÜÜŪÜÜ  ßßÜÜÜÜŪ ÜŪ²Ū ŽŽŪ² Ž°   °² Ž²Ū Ū ŪŪŻ ÜÜŪßßß °  Ž°  ŪŪŻŻ ÜÜ ŻŽ°ŪŻ  °² ŽŽ²ŪŪ²Ż Ū Üܲßß ŽŽŪŻŻ ÜŪßß Ū² ŪŪ ŽŪ߯ßß Ū²²Ū ŽŽŪŻŻ ß ²²ŻŻ ŽŽŪŪŽ Ž²Ż ßßŪÜÜ ÜŪŪßßßß   ŽŽ²ŪŪ ÜŪ² ŪŪ ߎŽ²²ŪÜ ÜÜÜŪßß ŽŽŪŪŻŻ ²²² Üß   ŽŽßß Ū ŪŻŻŪŪ Ż ßßßßßß    ßßßßŪŪßßß ÜŪßßßßßßß   ßß ßßŪÜŪŪ    ß ÜŪß²²ÜÜ    the samsara newsletter   ßßß september 1 996 ßßßŪ߯ FREESTYLE  ßßßßŪŻÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ß  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ß ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄHOLY SHIT YO, IS IT EE RIE I SEE? HE ROCKS THIS T-FILE 'CAUSE HE'S A MAST ER G ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  hi everyone, welcome to this third epic pack from samsara, the group  you've grown to love. this last month in the scen e, for some reason,  was one of the most bizarre i've 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 don't go to school & i'm a slacke r, therefore i can   spend as much time as i want in this irc/#ansi sce ne crap.    so well, although he's gonna remain a member, my p al rza/eekz won't   be helping me with group organization anymore - th is sucks in a way,  but damn, i feel better knowing that he doesn't 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. that's 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, that's 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 don't 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 doesn't 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!@    i'm sure i had tons of other things to talk about here, but i can't  seem to remember anything. i'm a dumbass.    ok, time for a glass of coca-cola.    there, i'm back. okay - i'm not gonna tell you an ything now, *but*  starting from right after this pack's 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 - you'll know next month.    for those who didn't 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, who's not  even in the group (but we love him! check out his  'zine, y0lk, which  just released it's 100th issue.)    but mind you, it's 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!@!@   ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄFLAME IS THE NAME, YOU KN OW HE'S NOT LAME - BLAST OFF, GET UP YOUR BOOTIE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ hey there, flame here. not much from me thi s month. <sulk sob, fuck   off bob!>. i've been really busy this m onth. school has started, and  well, i haven't 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 ansi's 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... ÜÄÄf lameÄÄÄÜÜÜÜÜ  Ü ÜÜ ÜÜ Ü ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄENTER THE MOGEL B OYS, INSANE, HE DESTROYS 'CAUSE HE'S GOT THE TOYZ, WERD ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ hi!!! it's 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 .  i'm *sure* that i'm sorely missed. i decided to take a bit of a break from #ansi . in my month or so of entering the scene peeping over eerie's 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. that's pretty cool, but it's also pretty ann oying. so, why should anyone subject themselves to the stupidness of irc? & the answer is - they shouldn't. call me a wimp, but i think i'll continu e to keep myself in #dto, my 'zine channel, & do occassional things for samsara. i really think samsara is great, though.  & i'm sorry i've lost interestin most of the ansi scen e almost as soon as i began.  samsara is cool because we're all sorta freak s. we've got a lot of individual defined personality that a lot of typi cal groups are lacking, along with an overall group presense & philosophy.   let's 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." ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄDJ ELLIZ SPINS IT  UP, HE AIN'T BURSTIN' NO BUBBLE - & HE MAKES US SEE DOU BLE ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  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 everyone's 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"  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄSTART NUMB MODE -  YO, NUMB IS THE WAY & YOU CAN SEE IT ON MTV ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  Enter numbface--  Number three. I'll spare you the text ab out how this is the  first time I've 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, you'll keep readin g this. I've 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. It's 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? "It's 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 isn't about trends.  It's 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. They've 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...that's 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? 'let's hack ice. org, let's be cool!'?"  What about it? It's for entertainment purpo ses-- we don't give a shit if its cool to you or not. Someone thought it was funny. We did our job. If you  can't see through this or we hurt your feelings, then you sho uldn't 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. It's pathetic how people are so willing to dick over others who basically share the sim ilar ideals and aspirations. Perhaps I'm being naive becaus e I have punk rock ideals like the staff (do it yours elf, don't sell out, etc) but people in the scene shouldn't  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? Aren't 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 I'm one of them and I'm just pulling out whatever was up th ere. As for why I'm bitching about it? And why now? It's Sep tember 4th. The packs due. So I guess I can officially say, it's just that time of the month. Sailor Numb says. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜŪŪŪŪŪŪŪŪÜÜÜÜ ŪŪßßŪÜŪŪŽŽŪŪÜ ÜÜŪ ŪŪ ÜÜÜÜŪŪŪŪÜÜ ŽŽŪŪ ßŪŪ ŪŪŪßßßŪŪÜ ÜÜ ÜÜŪŪŪ  ßßŪŪÜÜÜßßßŪŪß ŽŽ ŪŪŪŪŪßßŪÜŪßŪŪ ŪŪßßßÜÜÜŪŪŪß ŪŪŪÜÜŽŪ ŻŪŪŪ ÜÜŪŪ ÜÜŪŪ ß ßßŪŪ ŽŽŪŪŪÜÜßßŪŪŪŪŪÜ ŽŽ ŪŪŽŪŻ ßß ŽŽŪŪÜ ŪŪßßÜÜÜÜÜŪŪŪŻ ŪŪŪŪŪŪßß ßŪŪÜÜÜŪŪßßßßßßßŪŪß  ßßßŪŪŪŪßßßßßßŪÜÜÜ ߎŪŪŪŪŪŪŪŪßŪŪŪŪŪŪß ßŪŪŪ ŪŪŪŻŪŪ ß ßŪŪŪß -nmŪŪŪ the samsara newsletter is edited every month by eerie. you can submit articles to it even if you are not a samsara member!@! ain't tha t spiff? anyhow, my email is doomed@voicenet.com & don't you forget it. bye ! SAUCE00The Samsara Newsletter September 1996 Samsara 19960904+fPP