OH MY GOD! ---------- By The artist formerly known as Shihear Kallizad Here it is 2 34am Monday June the 6th almost two months to the day that the whole TRiBE shakeup started I just DL d the NATPAQ and went thru it I am flabbergasted stunned shocked and amazed The art Oh no I was actually disapointed there There were alot of people not in NAT that I thought were and I expected more even from those actually in NAT What has me so astounded Well reach down and grab hold of your socks cuz you ll be blown away too What an ASS I was are the words just outta my own mouth (I ve inserted this pause in the body of this text after the fact in order to allow those of you actually readding it to have the time to stop laughing or making those little grunting sounds that can be heard to say WAS ! As you read on hopefully you ll come to understand the usage of the word was in the context to the full body of this document In fact there is no contention that I wasn t at some point in time prior or that I am actually now an ass To prove that I ll now point out that NAT is a very APT abreviation for Maestro Steve s RyTHM NaTiON ) Hindsight being 20 20 I can only now assume that this is how *I* looked and sounded back oddly enough a year ago when I left iCE to start up TRiBE If that is the case and mind you I m not contesting it then I most definately was not only an ASS I owe many people a huge apollogy for the whole damned thing When you re smack dab in the deep dark forest you can t always see all the trees if you know what I mean That s no excuse mind you frankly at this point in time I can t imagine there being any All I m saying is that I honestly didn t SEE it until just now and I have Maestro Steve (and his little Mistif Sinister Imajica refrence noted for the great unread masses by association) to thank for this revolation I could go back dredge up a bunch of stuff dig out a tun of text and compare this to that and the otherthing to either I won t because as of right now my eyes are on the prise and I ve only got tunnel vision and to be honest it s not needed Anyone who s anyone who s been around anywhile can see it and this is mainly addressed to them for it was them that I was the ASS to Besides dig up the old TRiBE Archives and read the text within Read all the old articles out of the old magazines on TRiBE It s all there read it yourself and compare it to all the stuff Maestro Steve s saying Frightening isn t it It surely was to me Today in the here in the now where we are I have to say that Maestro Steve (and his faithful familar Mistif Sinister never fear) represent everything I don t like about the Group Scene stuff Again this isn t about the how s why s and wherefore s now It s about the understanding process mine I ve seen the enemy looked directly into the face of evil incarnate himself and to my dismay it was me Whether or not he is aware of it those were my words writen within the the NAT NFO file If not verbatum if not content then in context in a very basic fundamental way I strongly believe in personal responability and as this very public document is being writen to prove am here to show some Again avoiding dredging things up limits this somewhat to very broad very sweeping terms but I feel it s not warrented nor wanted This NaTiON thing was me and if you actually want to believe thier side of the story was because of me atleast in part I cannot in good faith say Gee this stuff is really steeky shit without also saying And so was I with the old TRiBE It s either realize that to be an undeniable truth or to profess that NaTiON is and was created by and for everything I also stand for That is something I don t think I could say I m sure this will cause a very LOUD discussion as to what differences and or simularities the old TRiBE and the NEW eternity have to one another That s well and good for then and there For now give me the benefit of the doubt as you try to follow this If NaTiON is a bad thing and NaTiON is just like TRiBE was TRiBE must have been too If Maestro Steve is a ASS then I too must have been an ASS Pretty Shihearth shattering conclusion don t you think So here it is what you ve all been waiting for the apollogy I am with all heartsfelt sincerity sorry for the ASS I was regarding that part of my and TRiBE s history we re talking about The foundation TRiBE was built apon was faulty and the whole thing came crashing down because of it Hopefully out of that rubble something new can be built I do not doubt that the NaTiON crew will claim that they are it when in fact all they ve done is use the same blueprints on a different site which isn t any safer It is my hope that this new TRiBE might be that but only time can answer that It is now 3 30am same day I ve spent alittle more than an hour writing this which is a considerable deal more than most of the things I write regarding the scene I fear far too many people who have become far to cynical to it in general and to me specificly will see this as some epic scheme on mypart to undermind NaTiON I ve learned that there is nothing I can do about those people with those thoughts For those who s minds aren t made up on the validity of this yet let me just say that I don t feel I have to undermind NaTiON or activly make any strategic move against them anymore The connection of NaTiON in theme to that of TRiBE is there to be seen to those willing to look If TRiBE was a mistake in origin theme and management so surely must NaTiON TRiBE s quasi-clone Thusly since TRiBE failed so too will NaTiON as long as they continue to walk the same path that TRiBE originally blazed No longer will I be in such vocal reproach of NaTiON not out of fear that NaTiON is this TRiBE s better much less equal Rather it will be out of embarassment and not from them killing us but of how Maestro s and NaTiON s behavior in both words and deeds so parralles my past which as of now I m not to happy with almost ashamed of (Note It s now 4am same day Since NaTiON claims to want compeition throwing it s hat into that arena an arena TRiBE also finds itself in this does not exclude any vocalness regarding said competition The party of the second part will always react to any jabs withint the ring from the party of the first part and will initiate it s own one two combination whenever deemed necessary thus the aforementioned clause of anti-vocalness does not pertain to the ordinary conflicts caused by competition - Legaleese provided for those keeping notes of and on what I say )