-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- subversion (sub-ver shon)(n) Act of subverting overthrow destruction ruin subvert (sub-vert )(vt) To ruin utterly to overturn to pervert -------------------------------------------------------------- subversion 2 0 -- See things the way I do walk a mile in my shoes Don t assume and damn it don t praise me My thoughts would drive you crazy -Anthrax 2 1 -- You Want A Piece of This Huh ! I thought that s what you said so here is Subversion 2 0 in your face and as soft and cuddly as your average hand grenade This time around I ll have my usual stirring social commentary blatantly biased slants on scene happenings and all kinds of good stuff 2 2 -- On the Scene Nothing too terribly breathtaking happened in May or the latter part of April now that I think of it which was the last time I sat down to write Subversion (and coincidentally the last time I had to suffer through a long period of brain activity) I was really hoping June would prove to be a little more exciting but halfway through it s not looking like it A lot of ho-hum packs all across the board for the most part This is not to say that there weren t some good points Let s see what were they It goes without saying that iCE had the best pack Keeping in mind that they release at the end of the month their April pack bested everyone else s May pack and likewise their May pack also ruled (although not as much IMHO) Rival is coming back strong since there revival a few months back One of the few groups I can stand despite a ton of logos The logos were good dammit and Kid Krylon showed me some previews of his own for the next pack It s all good However diehard ANSi fan that I am my favorite art this month so far has been the awesome anime VGA of Winbee And for the first time I bothered to look at ASCii for a change and Echrist had some nice work As luck would have it both are FiRE members Nice job fellaz The other releases I looked at failed to impress me very much but I can live with it With Teklordz and CiA both releasing anniversary packs later this summer things should pick up Lastly hats off to Jaded for his request raffle concept I don t know how well it ll work but it sounds cool enough 2 3 -- ACiD and the Bad Trip What s the deal with ACiD Once upon a time they were the cream of the crop in virtually every medium the underground art scene has ever seen ANSi VGA RIP music and coding But since last fall there has been a steady decline in both quality and quantity of ANSi art in ACiD packs The VGA is good as always but easily matched by iCE Obviously ACiD is being run as a business and not as a group of people in it for the fun of drawing This is not to say that ACiD is without any skilled ANSi artists but there should be a lot more to look at when you take into account the fact that groups like Saga and Integrity merged into ACiD themselves rightfully boasting impressive ANSi divisions I don t have some vendetta against ACiD or any of its members but anybody who calls them the undisputed best group needs their head checked 2 4 -- A Day in My Hood Disclaimer This has nothing to do with the scene it has to do with real life Please note that I do not have a white pointy hat and robe in my closet nor do I consider myself a racist I consider myself a minority in my own neighborhood who is very observant I live in a suburb on the fringe of North Minneapolis A nice looking apartment complex conveniently located near three major freeways a large mall and two theaters I am one of the few white tenants This does not bother me but certain things I see do It occurs to me that the knowledge that my lease is up at the end of the summer is no longer a bad thing One day my roommate (who works for a large telecom company) was taking an inventory of the equipment in his company van Mostly modems CSU DSUs and various diagnostic gear for ISPs banks and the like He was instantly surrounded by a number of our fine upstanding neighbors They said nothing but crowded around him looking over his shoulder to see what was in the boxes in his van Why would they care I don t know but I hope none of them ever manages to see what s in our apartment How would that happen Well one night (laundry night to be exact) there was a bunch of Bloods hanging out in our hallway If you don t know what a Blood is you must live in Wanker County so stop reading Cell phones and pagers beeping away amidst the occasional yo bitch and a lot of words that aren t in any English dictionary I ve ever read If I stop by the apartment on a service call (in MY company truck) my neighbors aren t at work they re sitting on their porches living off my tax dollars while I live paycheck to paycheck It s not so bad but they re all watching for me to go inside and when I look out my window sure enough they re securing the perimeter around my truck trying to see what s in there None of this is an exaggeration It s just an honest observation I don t see why things are the way they are no matter how much else I see America is going down the toilet not because of race but because certain groups of people feel entitled to MY STUFF Stop the insanity Get a fucking job 2 5 -- Until Next Time That s it for this mind-boggling issue of Subversion Hopefully this will soon be a solo operation maybe even released more than once a month If not see ya in next month s Teklordz pack o-tron fos teklordz ss 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