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            - - - - d r o p  n e w s - - - -

greetings everyone.  this is drop's first release, and we
hope it will be a big success.  anyhow, the main news of
this months release, is the existance of drop.  when mel and
i first started drop, we started off with about 12 members,
now we've grown to 30 or so members.  we have also gotten a
bot for our irc channel (RAiNDROP complements of Crash), an
ftp site (will.be.up.soon) and a web page (drop.home.ml.org)

along with our members works, we've also received several
guest works from various artists.  we received a guest ansi
from a well-known blade artist by the name of grymmjack,
along with a nice track from tonto.

we are always looking for talented people to join us under
any department.  we accept anyone with talent, their
"eliteness" is of no concern to us.  right now, we
especially need some coders, for we have none as of now.  if
you are interested, contact us at our irc channel, #drop on
EFNET. 

 rink rat is interested in starting "dropnet" which would be
 a message network for all drop member boards.  dropnet would
 also consist of an optional file base for all drop releases.
 i hope that a few low long distance calls don't scare away
 our hq boards.  any and all members of drop who run a bbs, 
 even if you aren't interested, please email rink rat at
 rink@match.org.  

ÀÄ- rink rat  ÄÄÙ    ÚÄÄ mel farr suppastar -Ä¿
 
w000...alright kaptains and comrades its your one and only
supersonic self-actualization de-habitualizer and if you bothered
         to figure out what that means than you're expecting a lame
 punchline right about now. Welp it's president mel farr suppastar
 here reporting live at 5:10am...uggh...see what i do for you
 bastards...anyways...sorry it's late...i had mad homework..
 you'll understand when you're a president... id like to same
 i am exceptionally pleased with the talent i see... when rink
 approached me about forming drop i was cynical... but now i'm
 proud to say that destiny truly rules our people...and if you
 think that thats a stupid name its not
in 1903, when me and rink first conceived drop we knew
 we needed a name, he suggested taxi "Total Art eXactly Insinght"
 but i explained to him that that name sucked...so he asked me
 if i could do better..i said "sure can" and suggested "the MJACTN"
 or the "Michigan Jewish Aids Coalition Teen Newsletter", and 
 speaking of that i have right here a message from them:

ÀÄÄ mel farr suppastar -ÄÙ  Ú-- mjactn ÄÄ¿


10 great substitutes for sex

          10. go dancing  (note: this usually ends up in sex with someone else)
9. give a back rub  (note: could lead to sex)
8. take a walk (note: could definately lead to sex)
7. go to a coffee house for open microphone night
6. make a memory collage for your partner
5. volunteer together
4. try a new resturaunt
 3. go to the zoo
2. cook dinner together
   1. play with each others hair

i recommend all of these i do...they also work
  as excellent substitutes for masturbation...

       ÀÄÄ mjactn  ÄÄÙÚÄÄ mel farr ÄÄ¿
 
anyways...we eventually decided to form drop. Drop stands for
" destiny rules our peoples " it sounds like a stupid acronym
... but it isn't..., let me explain the meaning. Just as the 
  jews, and the muslims, and the christians, and the mormons..
  etc etc are the chosen people of their chosen deity, drop is
 the chosen of the art scene...you might say "why are you 
comparing the art scene and drop to a god and his followers?"
  i'm not comparing, i'm telling how it is..the art scene is
  full of gods and we will be the poor, righteous teachers that
  will show you all to worship the art scene...but lets get more 
  in detail...destiny is because destiny does rule our people....
  all of us are destined to become the true best in the art scene
...eventually drop will sit atop the mighty tower of ansi looking
  down at all the ugly bastards...and we have been cursed with the
  forknowledge of our own success..because of that, destiny rules
  our peoples...but soon you to will be our peoples because the 
  poor righteous teachers of drop will soon swallow all the witty
  and unpredictable talent of the impotent masters of speculation 
  known as doodleboys. if that sentence made no sense to you than
  you prolly expect a punch line right here...anyways, the name 
  means something folks. deal with it. it's a lot better than "insane
          creators enterprise"...i mean they aren't insane or an enterprise
   ...speaking of that i think someones trying to beam me up
 
anyways, since only the members will be reading this (not that
no one else, can, it's just that no one else will) ...so let me
talk bout the members..
(comments by rink rat)

mel farr -  what can i say. not much. (well, i can say yer a lazy
no good piece of garbage)

rink rat -  this guy is a hard working bastard and the best
damn vice president i could want... i've been
stupid alot and he's covered my ass and shit
and he only made one mistake...anyways...as 
far as outside of drop he's ok too
(damn i'm smooth)

palpatine -  he is the definition of 3l33t. i mean it. you
cant comprehend the coolness of palpatine.
(if you met him in real life, you'd agree)

semso -  nice guy, not the best vga artist in the world, but
   good enough to be drop coordinator. semso's cool.
(from tennessee, noticable in his voice =)

speedfreak -  this guy is my boy. i love this guy..he's so cool
although sometimes he's annoying, actually i just
said that to piss him off.. hope it worked
(the 3rd member of drop, a strong supporter from
 the start)

          lorde karrion -  i don't really understand what he's so angsty
about, but you need angst for lit right? so umm
   i also don't like lit, but lorde karrion is cool
   with me
(formerly known as crucifados systema padro or
    some shit, what could be more elite?)

claypool -  this guys my bud in real life...and he's an excellent
tracker. well no he's not..but hes got nothing to be 
ashamed of..well yeah he does but umm...goddamnit..
anyways, clays cool with me (and the reason i call 
      everyone cool is because everyone in drop loves each 
other...no not like that...although if you do thats
your own perogative )...umm anyways, i forget...bean
(on a side note, me and clay just won free slurpee's
from a local radio station)

 bad crc -  me and bad crc go way back. not really. but he's cool..
 i like his board...his ansi is also extremely versatile
NOT!
(i met bad-crc at a burger king, he's l33t)

onkyo -  i have no idea who he is =)...
(onkyo is an elite hax0r i met in #chillin, but he has 
been to busy to draw for us, he will next month)

  sodom -  ive talked to sodom a few times and he's cool..his ascii 
   is even better
(i've talked to sodom lots, he's a very mature person)

dark cube of 313 -  former eclipse member, this guy is a truckload
of laughs who is also an hp master and his ascii
isn't bad either
(what ever happened to our group? CyberDocs?)

  cake -  good ascii..don't really know him well
(i let him in when his ascii's sucked, now he's gettin
   better)

          s0ne or something -  umm sorry..i dunno who you are =)
(yes you do dumb shit, it's joe houghton,
from school you beaner)

el eye -  el eye is my boy..and his vga is good too...#pimps
(el is cool, him and i run an elite web business)

aspyre -  hmm...aspyre acts like the second biggest newbie in the 
world..but great ascii...
(he's a nice ascii drawer, good guy, you should get to
know him)

crash -  irc wizard..dont fux0r with him or you'll be kicked off
#stallionz
(i didn't know he was in drop, cool, he got us our elite
bot, RAiNDROP)

acidtone -  bbs modding is important or something..yeah
anyways...this guys a new drop member..look for more
from him later
(wow, we have a modding section? where the hell was i?)

lizard -  he tracks. i don't know anything else about him =)
(clay recruited him, he just joined so he'll have stuff
for next month)

greenice -  i've watched greenice start off from not knowing how
to draw to being where he is now..and let me tell you
he is one tough-ass bastard...
(i went out on a limb recruiting this guy, he has some
serious attitude problems, but we are workin on it)


     - - - - d r o p  g r o u p  n e w s - - - -

 ------[news from the trackering]
 well, it was a slow month for drop tracking wise.  two total
  works to be released this month, beware.  one of my older
   ones, and a guest work from tonto(revelation).  not all was
 amiss though, LiZard, a talented tracker joined drop, look
 for his work in the future-->should be interesting.  the 
 content of this month is sorta skimp, but look for a joint 
   anthem next month, should be a massive production.  also,
  send all tracking apps to claypool@match.org or catch me on
 EFnet in #drop.  have some samples of your work and we'll go
 from there.                                       --claypool
[news from the trackering]----

------[news from the ascii division]
ascii has been flowin this month!  we have some very
 talented ascii artists in drop.  i have toned up my own 
 skillz to bring some elite ascii pics to the pack this month
 as well as some excellent ascii's from aspyre, speed freak,
 sodom, cake, dark cube, and mel.  i hope the art of ascii in
 drop continues to grow and our ascii artwork gains prestige
 in the underground art scene.                
 onwards to our ansi section.  our ansi section consists of
 two people, bad-crc and green ice.  we hope this will grow
 even more than ascii soon.  we are especially looking for
 ansi artists, so apply with a sample of yer work. --rink rat
[news from the ascii division]------

------[news from the vga division]
drop has a very large vga department, but many of our vga 
 artists are inactive.  the vga section is headed by semso,
 and backed by el-eye, onkyo, sone, claypool, and rink rat.
 we're looking for our vga artists to draw some stuff for the
 upcoming drop web page, which is expected to be opened
 sometime in june.
  [news from the vga division]------


that about sums it up... great pack
   see you next month!@?$#@%?#^@^$?#
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