I speak my mind I question theirs It seems to me like no one really cares Peripherally blind Intel- lectually numb Ignorance by choice Or just plain fucking dumb -Propagandhi CN DARK0995 nfo the september 1995 information file Introduction I always used to say that it s not enough to question the things that you hate or dislike but you ve got to take the bitch by the tail and shape it to what you want it to be - your own perfect vision This month Dark has compiled a Collection that aims to perfect and display this ideal The release of many September packs usually signifies the end of summer the end of that large gracious amount of free time the parties the friends maybe work or even school if you went that route Even with all these so called distractions there are some who choose to be leaders the ones who usually end up with a large caffeine addiction because they knew they could not only tow the line but rip it out and shake it This September 1995 release brings the fruits of many caffeine addictions to light art from new artists from old from some just passing by Along with the usual collection of stellar work the various Dark side-projects are moving headlong towards completion - Vortex the Dark Anasthasia music disc is due to be released The Official Dark Homepage has finally been set up and promises easy and immediate access to everything Dark The top secret project known only as TIP is seeing more than fetal longings we ll build up the anticipation and say that 3D Studio is at the heart of this work And last but not least the impending release of everything Dark to the real world is about to become a reality - no we re not talking T-Shirts mugs or trinkets here - this is the real thing Long is the night that never finds the day the Dark consumes all -desalvo Filenames All Dark files are still named as follows XXXXX-## DRK XXXXX represents five characters for an artist name ## is a hexadecimal number representing the number of releases that artist has made to date This file naming system is working out just fine for us and hopefully other groups may find this new method useful with getting rid of the multiple alias conflicts All are encouraged to use it Viewer Incompatibilities Several pieces of artwork produced this month are not compatible or do not work properly with DARKVIEW - the second Logo-BIN and the VGAs in JPG format drawn by desalvo Although the viewer will display the Logo-BIN the full length will not be displayed The VGA s drawn in JPG format are in drawn in 24 bit color limiting display to professional programs Our excellent team of coders is working on correcting these minor details for future Collections The Dark Illustrated TOP TEN Top 10 Fun Things To Do In HELL 10 Pull the fire alarm 0 Run around with your hair on fire 8 Toast marshmallows 7 Do the pull my finger trick on Satan 6 Put ice down Satan s back 5 Yank Satan s tail 4 Set fire to Satan 3 Roll Jeffrey Dahmer for some spare parts (you never know when your arm will fall off always be prepared) 2 Prepare Paul Bernardo O J Simpson s living quarters (don t forget the chocolate under the pillow) 1 After a football game pull the Gatorade on the coach trick thing on Satan Ba-dum-bum-CHING! New Members This month has proven to be yet another productive month both on the art side and in the gaining of new members To our ANSI department we welcome three new members Argon The Night Angel and Spirit of Illusion We welcome Argon from his stay in iCE Night Angel from his senior staff position in GRIP and Spirit of Illusion from DISCO On the VGA side we re proud to have David Tym Myth and Wolf join our ranks David is a semi-professional artist whose 3D Studio works will be featured prominently in future Collections Myth brother of Dark ANSI artist Tribe brings his unique bitmap style Wolf joins us from GRIP also being the sole dedicated RIP artist in the group along with doing the odd bit of ANSI A great big welcome to all Whafuck Holy fuck school starts TODAY ! ! ! ! You d think they d come up with a vowel just for the number 6 Excuse me sir do you have any grey poupon Dammit Jim this sickbay isn t for animals! Go play somewhere else! 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