o#S$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$S S$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$S#o $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ o $$$$$$$$$ $$$ $ o $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ o $$$$$$$$$$$ $$+ + + S + $$+ +$+ $$$ + $S+ +S$+ ++ +$ + $$+ +$$$$$ $$ $$$o#S#o#So oSo o#$$#o $$$$$$$ oSo o#$$#o $$$o#$$o oSo o#$$#o $$ $$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ o $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$ $$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ +$$#o $$$ $ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$$$ $$$ +$$#o $$ $$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ sss $$$ $$$ $ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$$$ $$$ sss $$$ $$ $$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ +$$+ $$$ $ $$$ +$$$$$ $$$ $$$$$ $$$ +$$+ $$ $$oooo#ooo#ooo#ooo#$$#oo#$$$#ooo#$#ooo sss $$$ ooo#$$$$$#xpe!96#oo#$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ +$$+ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$+ +$$$ $$ $$ $ $ Mistigris 1996 - Lost but not forgotten $ $ $ + + $ $ 1 Big enough (And how big is TOO big ) $ $ The thought may strike you as you peruse this pack $ + that it is quite a humdinger Especially considering that + we still don t have an issue of Kithe ready to release to $ you (In that respect we _do_ have something cooking for $ + next month but for now we re keeping it on the back + burner ) It is as such that we offer unto you an $ unusually informative infofile (Information in the $ + infofile What a novel concept ) In any event these + parentheses are getting tedious so I should cut to the $ chase $ + + The pack measures up as our second-largest pack $ release to date dwarfed only by the January 1996 pack (on $ + which four times as many months were spent amassing art ) + The size is partially accountable for various factors - $ our returning practise of including the application $ + generator in the pack our lengthy file seperators and + oh yeah Foolish Bird s half-meg song 8) We assure you $ however that the size reflects the quality of the work $ + presented and while the music and high resolution may + make the archive size bigger and transfer time longer it $ is also well worth listening to and looking at $ + respectively It is as such that I will urge you not to + overlook this pack merely because of the size $ $ + 1a Propaganda in the form of a slip in logic + $ This fails to take into account of course the $ + fact that you would not be reading this infofile had you + not downloaded the pack 8) If you do think that it was $ worth the precious seconds drained away from your $ + lifespan please reccommend it to your brethren spread + it around to BBSes and FTP sites or even contribute to $ it in the form of a guest artist or yea even a member $ + + $ 2 News of the group Group of the news Fruit of the Loom $ + + This pack represents the full awakening of our $ promising new members (Neophyte Weird Trinity) as well $ + as the final promenades of some old favorites (Mavrik + KesTrel Lord Maximoff) and finally some unexpected guest $ cameo appearances from former Legend Integrity and $ + Mistigris member Questor and from lit tycoon + extraordinaire Schtroumpf of Cenobite as well as a quite $ expected guest appearance from Fire member (and former $ + Mistigris member) The Extremist from when he stayed at my + house at the terminus of his cross-Canada hitchhiking $ trip We all enjoyed our summer thoroughly aside from $ + that little incident when that fiery rift opened up in the + earth and swallowed Nitnatsnoc Silent Knight and Genocide $ Kitten whole to work out their differences We re sure $ + that given time and a few pick-axes they ll become the + best of buddies $ $ + I can t reveal too much of our other affairs + without disclosing the contents of the pending Kithe $ issues but I can tell the music-lovers out there to watch $ + out for our TRACKERFIX 96 music disk release o fun + Useful utils of all sorts are coming close to fruitition $ so be sure to pluck them before they go all soft and $ + bruisy Things may be slowing down a bit as we all get + back to school and goofing off on someone ELSE s time but $ our fantabulous TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY pack is coming up and $ + we hope to make it quite a special little archive indeed + If anyone feels like helping me make it special please $ contact me (And no we don t need anyone to come out of $ + the cake - we already got Mage to do it He figured that + after us using his cake for two years he may as well get $ some milage out of it as well ) $ + + 2a Bibble $ $ + As I am writing this I have not had any sleep for + 42 hours (Gee how could we tell ) This may at least $ partially explain the unusual lucidity of the contents of $ + this letter + $ 2b Is this lame or what $ + + As Mistigris will be celebrating the 2nd $ anniversary of its first release so even sooner will The $ + Screaming Tomato be celebrating its big two at the end of + August Any art for this wonderful board would assuredly $ be appreciated And other members wanting art for their $ + boards will of course simply have to leave subtle hints + contained within their works I write the infofile I $ get to abuse the privelige 8) $ + + 3 The Member and How to Swing it $ $ + (note gee that seems even more appropriate I + should use more Tom Jones-related bulletin headers It $ seems to work well Then again anything involving Tom $ + Jones is destined to succeed Hey does this mean that + we re going to get underwear thrown at us ) $ $ + Ahem What follows will be as precise a list as + possible of current Mistigris members Where applicable $ we will display their e-mail addresses next to their $ + names (Handy huh ) + $ A disclaimer would also be in order to the word $ + that although having your name omitted from this list does + not constitute expulsion you certainly haven t been at the $ front of Cthulu s mind recently and that perhaps you should $ + do something to remedy the situation + $ lEGEND = mentors (people who care) in bLUE $ + (and can and will do anything about it) + ANSI $ $ + Babyface + Cereal Killer $ Cybercool $ + Destro + Etana $ Maeve Wolf mwolf@sv net au $ + Neophyte neophyte@unix dsoe com + Rage $ Sentience $ + + ASCII $ $ + Publius Enigma + The Iconoclast jleigh@direct ca $ Trinity trin@bbs dsoe com $ + Weird fungj@luther cbbs org + Wishbringer $ $ + LIT + $ Anakin $ + angst + Bastet Audrey_Yap@mindlink bc ca $ Big Brother Big Brother@sciboard spdlan louisville edu $ + Crowkeeper crowkeep@imag net + Cthulu cthulu@infomatch com $ Grateful Dead $ + Flying Fish + frazZle $ Jake Blues $ + Remorhaz + Sentience $ Zamfir Worshipper $ + Zinnia Rock janderse@max-net com + $ VGA $ + + Etana $ Jake Blues $ + Sentience + Thanatos thxmist@ix netcom com $ The Wanderer wanderer@upstate net $ + + MUSIC $ $ + Fritz + Foolish Bird foolbird@intergate bc $ Jake Blues $ + Sentience + Sylphid sylphid@infomatch com $ The Pope $ + + CODE $ $ + Candide + Dr CPU drcpu@vcn bc ca $ Eto $ + Mavrik + Maxwell maxwell@apci net $ Questor $ + Sylphid sylphid@infomatch com + Xavier xavier@jumppoint com $ $ + INTERNET + $ Wodan mattk@hooked net $ + Dr CPU drcpu@vcn bc ca + $ 4 The Site and How to Swing it $ + + (no that doesn t work anywhere as well Let s $ try that again ) $ + + 4a It s not Unusual to be Loved by any Site $ $ + (that s marginally better ) + $ Here is a listing of last month s sites There $ + are more now but due to paperwork bureaucracy red tape + and entirely too much sunny weather we haven t managed $ to get their information officially typed up We assure $ + you that once the sun tucks itself away for its 10 month + leave of absence the infofiles will be much more current $ and uninspired Hey you take the good with the bad $ + + SITES $ $ + http www geopages com Athens 1758 mist html + $ (fantastically old WWW page soon to be gold & $ + shiny honest) + $ +W The Screaming Tomato (604) 430-8805 Nitty Cthulu $ + +C C1ty iZ Burning (418) 841-3410 The Extremist + +U The Regency tregency res cmu edu Halaster $ +K Daemon s Gate (604) 948-0363 Mavrik $ + +T Harvest Moon (216) 951-7059 Qur An + -p The Undiscovered Point(604) PRI-VATE Dr CPU $ Shades of a Shade (604) 540-7968 Ghost Writer $ + The Fuzzy Doorknob (604) 943-4626 Sylphid + The Neon Jesus (604) 942-3074 Genocide Kitten $ Entrance to Obscurity (604) 525-2767 Eto $ + Malpractise (604) down dow Trinity + Skull Duggery (502) n down d Grim Reaper $ The Fifth Moon (604) 520-9519 frazZle $ + Dreams of Dark E L (604) 525-6519 Etana + Biproducts (408) 372-7712 neoNEGRO $ Power Station (353) 041-32568 Madmax $ + + $ 5 What s new Pussycat Woah-oh-oh $ + + I decided that if I was going to go to all the $ trouble of writing a REAL newsletter that I may as well $ + pull out all the stops and do one of these + semi-conventional numbered-list-style ones You should $ be happy to note that we have refrained from the use of $ + any fractions decimals and irrational numbers in the + sequence of events $ $ + 5 2 Whoops Guess I blew it + $ Don t those squiggles on the side start to get $ + irritating after line 250 or so Thanks to Publius + Enigma anyway for drawing this whole frame for me to $ spew verbal diarrhea into He had some greets in the $ + original version which are neatly tucked away into + black-on-black text at the bottom so if you suspect $ that he was trying to sneak a hidden message to you $ + you re liable to find it there + $ 6 Poo I ve run out of Tom Jones references $ + Guess I m not a true fan + $ If you ve made it to the bottom of this textfile $ + without getting sick of the terrible puns and copious + in-jokes you deserve some sort of metal Here take $ Lead So big and unweildy never did much with it anyway $ + + You deserve some sort of joke or something for $ having persevered to the end of this rant Lessee $ + + OK A man walks into a bar OW! $ (Hee hee James Brown - OOOOooW!) $ + + All right that s enough silliness I should go now $ $ $ $ + $ Mistigris 1996 - putting the scene pack into scintillating $ + $ $ $$ actually it s still pretty darned silly but oh well $$ $$$ o -cthulu JOIN (mist) o $$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ +S$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$S+