Windrider Interviews Tinyz (founder of Katharsis!Ascii, a/k/a/ Poland's most wanted). Session Start: Sat Feb 08 00:41:44 1997 so, ask me some questions how about i ask the typical lamer question just to set this up. You know which one i mean: who are you, whaddya do, blah blah i'm a newbie who doesn't know squat kind of thing. 's cool... fake it like everyone else does... okay, watch this act. ;) you know i write tinyz since 89, for kts since 93! i um... i'm an ascii inovator... So, Mr. Tinyz, what's it like to be one of the founding forces of ascii? Do you see yourself as having an influence on those who have come after you? it's cool... yeah, i see kids biting my styles to this day. hey, i don't know if anyone belives me, but kts pretty much single handedly brought the "colly" concept to the pc. eerie brought it to aski, but he's kts alumni wr: amma end my answers with 3 xs... like this xxx ok? works for me. so... xxx How do you see the rivalry between the amiga crowd and the pc manipulators? Does it really seem to be a platform issue or is it a geographical one? ex: north am vs. europe ummm there is none, except that the amiga generally has better style. it's not a platform issue, it's a us and them issue. the US has a LOT more wack styles than europe, just because it doesn't have the back lot of styles that europeans have access to. to me it's all the same. xxx nice answer. ;) Now before i go on, do you have anything that concerns you that you would like to address prior to my continuation of these mind-numbing questions? h0h0h0 no... i'll see if there's anything you don't cover then i'll rant =) xxx hahaha, alrighty then. SOOO, for those few that haven't figured it out, just what prompted "thenme"? ummm i dunno... kill the competition. =) thenme wasn't really meant to break remorse up, just to make fun of them... plus it was a cool name =)... that was really a great pack too, the first time any pc ascii group had done something of that caliber... xxx and wasn't it also one of the few kts packs to go over the 150k size? yeah... that's what i'm saying as far as caliber... the size just blew people away. i think it was over 200k, the first colly release, shit like that. we worked on it for a while. but i guess it sorta marked the end of my interest in the scene... xxx and that leads nicely into this: will kts 20 ever see the light of day, or will it take on the same mythical aspect as the Holy Grail? oh... i don't know... you see, kts never was a "produce" group. we NEVER had deadlines, we NEVER pushed our people... i was always like "send some shit in, whatever..." we all liked doing what we did, and it was cool... right now remorse is rockin with a few (3-4) GOOD writers, and kts right now is on that amiga "everyone release their own shit" tip xxx hey, there's nothing wrong with being laidback. It would almost seem to be the key to longevity. But enough of that. Who do you feel are some of the true leaders of the current ascii revolution? And don't forget to include me. hahahaha. hohoho... umm... me, shock-g, hiro, necrom, whodini, omi (who inmho has the best style at this time), posk... i guess those are all the leaders... i'd like to remind EVERYONE who the ORIGINAL newschooler was, namely k-spiff (kts) xxx impressive list. Off this current thread, how is the train bombing going? hit anything new? oh yeah, we got over with my man reak last night... actually i did some 12 trains this year... yesterday i did the following: 2 stamps by the tracks, 2 8 foot high pieces by the tracks and a panel... not bad eh? btw, i just scanned like 120 flix today... 40 more DOT trains... (DOT's the crew yo) xxx wow, that's a full day's work. Are there any other local bombers you admire? yeah... of course i gotta give love to the peeps from my crew: reak, grom and zed... you know how we do... dask (b3s) is also cutting some shit, ble (wc) is doing some track shit... and of course my man modern, who's cutting steel like a saw, yo... i don't like all the kids starting up, they have no individuality and it's not very hard to draw that same conclusion about aspects of ascii and ansi, is it? i look at them, i look at their tags, it's all just like a swirl in my head... i know all the guys who started up with me: crism, zona, ash, sir all them... and they're all my people, but the new kids... reak and modern are pretty much it as far as being more than people i bomb with... xxx yeah, that's true... i know the old schoolers, they came up not too long after me... all the people i metioned are people i could get onto irc with and YO, WASHUPYO!? it'd be on xxx damn right. Let's see if we can't start to bring this back full circle and then give you your opportunity to sound off. Did i hear correctly from you that there's a new colly coming out (other than obtb), and if so...how much of the art is for me? h0h0. ;) obhb yo... original broken hearted bomber dropped about mid january or a little earlier and ever since it's been ON yo =) yeah... i'm working on some new shit for all you kiddies, so you know what time it is yeah... xxx ah yeah, just figured i should work that in somewhere. It worked nice as a shameless plug. So let's see...we've discussed your ascii background, your views of the scene, artists you respect, and some hobbies. So let's use this last question and then the floor is yours to say a few last words to the readers. What would you consider to be your musical influences? hmm... shit, i listen to whatever comes around, but the center of my shit is hip-hop yo... r&b shit too, i love the slow jams... peace to my people out of the mop sklad, 3h and ein killa... you know the time xxx lemme gather my thoughts the rest of this interview is yours to say what you wish. all hail the old school king. Recognize! You and your slick Warsaw ways. ;) naw wait... how long you still gonna be on? hmm, i've got maybe 5-10 minutes. we can pick this up later if that's better for you. naw... i'll rant now see, the problem with the scene (as far as i see it right now) is that people are imitating instead of inovating! have you seen my new stuff? Would i be lumped with the imitators? look, i left the scene pretty much for over a year, now i'm coming back, kicking fresh shit, some new styles people haven't seen before, it's all a part of being an artist... because whenever you're creating something new, you're an artist... xxx my wild streak has been subdued by some flashbacks =) send it over profound and poetic. :) Session Close: Sat Feb 08 02:23:07 1997 note: i got logged off here. Damn that time limit on the account. Session Start: Sat Feb 08 02:28:18 1997 's cool.. haha, minor technical difficulties. But that file is on the way. ;) or did it send through? i'll have to edit this gibberish out, i think. h0h0 (guess what, i didn't) so this was artists should strive for originality instead of essentially copying other styles. Do continue. i only do old school so i can't speak on your ascii... it's like this... whenever someone finds a new road to being "sucessful" everyone scrambles behind him that's kind of sickening. xxx So you feel that instead of striving to do art for themselves, most new artists are just trying to be popular instead of good? werd... people should stop mass producing with one wack style... i'd rather see 10k of DOPE ascii then like 100k of wack shit like what i usually see xxx very true. Oldschool seems to travel in waves, with an almost flavour of the month mentality. How do you/would you encourage individuality in artists you have contact with, if this question even has an answer. And i did't mean to interrupt your alloted soapbox time. ummm look at shit around you, start feeling shit... put motion into your asciis... like i've been doing wind asciis... asciis that explode, that are pulled by currents. STOP LOOK AT THEM AS LETTERS AND START LOOKING AT FORM! xxx good advice for any new artists which may be reading this. What's your personal philosophy behind the reasons for being an ascii fiend? umm... i got nothing better to do heh... naw, i've been racking some MAD insomnia lately, sleeping 5 hours/night.. keep going to sleep at like 4:40 (like it is now)... so i do ascii at night, when i can't be in touch with other people... oh well, fuck it... i don't really do much, i spend about umm 5-6/min day on average doing ascii =) xxx so here's another chance to go uninterrupted. Speak your mind about whatever you want and I SWEAR i won't ask a question until you're done. :) ask questions all you want... it's easier for me h0h0, here's a good question for you. I once heard you comment " i never front. Fronts are for weather and wars". Care to explain, or does that speak for itself? yeah... cold fronts, high pressure fronts... the eastern front... what's the point of pretending you're someone else? i'm happy with who i am, i know my shortcomings, and i'm fine with some of them, i'm working on others. but if you don't like ME i'm not gonna like you... xxx so it's a matter of knowing who you are and not trying to be something that you aren't? That's a good lesson for others. Have you ever considered taking up the motivational speaker circuit? (now how to show that this was a semi-serious question...) no, no market for that here in poland... hm... good idea tho quick wit and all that =) xxx let's move to a more mundane question: do you ever look at any packs these days? or is it merely a matter of everything tends to fit the "been there, done that" category? i'm in it more for the people... for hiro, omi, og, all them. i glance at packs now and days but it's almost all remorse, wu-trank or kts shit... xxx if you had the opportunity to completely overhaul a past or present group, which might you choose and why? you mean if i had to pick a group to be my group to run what would it be or what? i mean if you had the opportunity to take over any group that had or does exist, and you could make all the changes you wanted, which might you choose and what might you change. umm... shit.. art!core- naw... kts is the best, you know it... every member of kts is someone i had contact with for a while before he got put down... all the members have always been cool... it's not about the art, it's about the people... if it were about art i'd be at the yard right now... xxx aw yeah, i thought you might answer like that. Ascii doesn't seem to be a political thing with you. How about this: Do you consider the 'art scene' to be dying, as so many nay-sayers believe, or is it in a mere state of recession, or is it as strong as ever? And does this seem to be a medium-specific event (like ansi or ascii) or does it seem to be true of all computer art? oh i don't know... see, i don't have the perspective because i was in the scene when i was dazzled by it (at the begining) now i'm not so of course it's a lot worse... but the kids who are dazzled by it now, they don't know how it was once... so i don't know, i don't CARE! xxx hahaha, fair enough. ;) Do you have any opinion on the Mark Ryder versus Everybody else conflict that has become famous? you there peep? yeah, i think you missed the last question on the split. Do you have an opinion on the Mark Ryder versus everyone conflict that has become famous in the Land of Ascii? noo send me the mark ryder question YO! mang, it's there, just lagged to hell. nope... i don't know who mark ryder is, i saw some shitty colly of his dissing wu-trank for some vauge reason. i'm not gonna speak out on shit i don't know about. xxx (note from me: i laughed out loud in agreement with the 'shitty colly' comment) fair enough. Would you consider yourself to be role-model for aspiring artists, or would you rather tell them to kiss your ass? ummm i hope i inspire others with my creativity... don't be a slave to some system that others have created. go along with them if it's ok with you, but if you don't like something do it your own way. it's anarchy, but we only have one life and no one here is getting any younger. werd xxx preach it! And i'm going to assume that you see no distinction between a blatant rip and an attempt to emulate an artist? ummm i don't give a fuck. i've seen ascii artists, writers, everyone bites so much shit that i don't give a fuck anymore. i do what i do to do what i do. if my style is really dope, you won't be able to byte it, so i'm not scared. you might imitate, but you'll only be an imitation. cheap korean shit. xxx =) hahaha. Nice analogy. :) Would you consider yourself to be more a part of the european clan than the north american clan? Sure it may seem an obvious question , but you just never know... i'm from the world clan. =) naw, i'm north america since i don't dial out to europe anymore... i dunno ascii wise i'm nafta, graffiti wise 100% e.u. xxx so have you thought of anything you would like the masses to know about? stay original..... fuck, instead of keeping it real try keeping it right. dela and shit for the 97, werd. peace to my brothers out here, hiro, mhz, omi, og, necrom, that kid tda and of coz, much love to you, for putting up with me for this whole interview. man, it was my pleasure. This is quite the catch to get the infamous tinyz to sit still long enough to actually DO an interview. Keep the peace. Session Close: Sat Feb 08 04:05:29 1997 another note: I hate lag. Lag caused this interview to take 4 hours. Just say no to lag. And that clock is wrong. SAUCE00Interview w/ Tinyz Windrider Quad-P Productions 19970328¨?