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talking with cool-t,
co founder of acid!ansi and ansi artist elder (been
drawing since 88).
Session
Start: Fri Jan 03 09:18:17 1997
dangermouse:
any comments on acid!ansi?
dangermouse: just to get my news file looking at
least decent.. this split is wierd..
cool t: comment? for whom?
dangermouse: for acheron - a scene related web page
opening up soon..
cool t: We have roughly 30 ansi artists right now,
and will be releasing our first ansi-only acquisition on
february first.
cool t:We also plan on releasing a series of font
sets(A-Z and 0-9) to the public, within the next month.
dangermouse: cool..
dangermouse: how did youse split?
cool-t
and a few others within ACiD weren't happy with how the
ansi department was being run..
cool
t: so we decided to form acid!ansi..
cool t: at first, we asked rad man if he'd be "ok"
with our idea to improve the ansi department.
dangermouse: what did he say?
cool t: when he didn't approve of it, we went ahead
and formed it anyway.. without his approval.. and so it's
not affiliated officially with acid.
dangermouse: jeeze.. has acid got any ansi artists...
cool t: when I left acid, i was informed that there
were 14 ansi artists left in acid. I doubt this number is
true however, since I recently found out that a lot of EX-acid
artists are still on the acid member list.
dangermouse: has acid got any ansi artists left?
who did you manage to get from the ansi department? all
the best artists?
cool t: ..as well as the fact that quite a number
of acid productions artists have left for acid!ansi.
dangermouse:
what about that rumoured merger with twilight?
cool t: who? acid!ansi? we have no plans on merging
with twilight.. though they did offer a merger very early
on.
cool t: If I wanted to be in twilight, I never would
have formed acid!ansi in the first place.
dangermouse: yes.. i thought they might of - who
would pass up a gift in the mouth of ex-acid ansi artists..
i mean.. it was worth a try ;)
cool_t
said something about there not being many active ansi artists
within ACiD - which from looking at their recent packs -
he's right.. so they had to do a lot of recruiting from
outside sources.. (god damn log is stuffing up again!)
dangermouse:
ahh.. yeah i noticed the decline in ansi output in a couple
of ACiD packs..
dangermouse: so, basically you are the leader of
acid!ansi
dangermouse: the new radman so to speak ;)
cool t: no, i'm not the leader, really.
cool t: napalm death and i are sharing most of the
"leader duties" of the group right now.
cool t: there is no official senior staff or even
president of acid!ansi.
cool t: Napalm Death has done a lot of work getting
us a homepage, mailing list, and recruiting.
dangermouse:
anyways.. so, how about some background info on ya.. age?
live?
cool t: Well, I'm 22.. and i'm from allentown, pennsyvania.
dangermouse: hmm.. what's your background within
the scene.. such as previous affils.. etc..
dangermouse: (btw im 18, oz)
cool t: I started drawing ansis in december of 1988..
(i was about 13)
cool t: Then in 1990, I founded my own ansi group
called Ansi Maniacs, which was decent for its time.
cool t: We had a lot of good artists that went on
to join groups like iCE, ACiD, Mirage,etc..
dangermouse: when did you join ACiD?
cool t: i joined acid around february or march..
a couple weeks after saga merged into acid(1996).
cool t: I almost joined acid in 1992.
dangermouse:
cool.. i couple of ppl i've interviewed believe (including
myself) that the ansi scene will prolly only have a few
years at best left in it because of the more web based sites
now opening.. bbs' will slowly die - it's happening as we
speak..
dangermouse: a scary thought?
cool t: it's clear that ansi is a dying art form..
because bbses are slowly dying.
cool t: hhm.. scary? not really.. unless you don't
make the transition into high-res.
dangermouse: yeah good point.. some ppl won't however..
i'll prolly be one of them not to make the transistion..
but then again i didn't want to be drawing ansis for this
long too ;)
cool t: I suppose we'll always have our old ansis
to look back on..
cool t: ..which reminds me - George Ramos is working
on a homepage that will be sort of an "ansi museum."
cool t: It should be pretty cool when it's completed.
cool t: For now, I'll keep drawing ansis every now
and then.. as long as I see *some* kind of a need.
dangermouse: ahh.. a fitting site... it'll be popular
that's for sure..
cool t: Yeah, I was going to have a nice acid promotional
ad in the acquisition, but quit before it would have been
released. cool t: Ofcourse, for all I know.. catbones
might still put it in the acquisition, unless rad man takes
it out. dangermouse: do you dabble in hi-rez?
cool t: I've recently begun doing high-res work for
the web.. and am pretty excited by what i've been seeing
on the web(as far as slick design and animation). I like
the possibilities it offers.
dangermouse: yeah, soon, i believe, we will see java
coders within groups, perhaps as departments even..
cool t: Right now I'm doing some hi-rez for "east
coast web productions," but haven't been doing much more
hi-rez than ansi, really.
dangermouse:
have you ever heard of fORCE Productions?
cool t: hhm.. I don't think so. I don't keep up with
all the groups and whatnot.. as much as I used to. Is that
an ansi-type group or a web design group?
dangermouse: an aussie based ansi/hi-rez group that
i'm in..
cool t: well, i'd be interested in checking out a
force productions release some time.
cool t: i'm always interested in checking out other
artists' work any time i can.
dangermouse: yeah we're on ftp.cdrom.com..
now
for some fun stuff..
dangermouse:
umm, can u email that zip, dcc fucking slow for some reason..
dangermouse: what's your email address?
dangermouse: mine's weepie@hotmail.com
cool t: coolt@postoffice.ptd.net
cool t: sorry for the delay.. an acid!ansi artist
just messages me..
dangermouse: hang i'll email you some of my work..
you can do the same..
dangermouse: okies.. done
cool t: brb
dangermouse: check ya email man..
dangermouse: hello?
cool t: ok.. there you go.
dangermouse: just got email from radman..
ehhe.. he's not to happy about acid!ansi ;)
cool t: haha.. i know.
cool t: "cool t must be on crack if he thinks he
can use the acid name like that!" -- rad man
dangermouse: yeah it went something like.. he said
i could quote him on that too!
***
THeRMiTe (rad@acanthopholis.execpc.com) invites you to join
#credit_card_numbers - a little something we recieved whilst
chatting.. what a nice man for sending it to alieve our
obvious boredom..
dangermouse:
umm... did you send an email? have you got mine yet?
cool t: yeah, i sent mail and got yours.
dangermouse: cool.. have a gander..
cool t: ok..
dangermouse: they're over the past six months i think
dangermouse: still have't got it.. :(
cool t: ok.. back.
cool t: hhm..
cool t: hold on a sec.
cool t: would it be a problem if the file attached
was 70k?
cool t: i know some BBSes and small services don't
allow files over 50k to be attached.
dangermouse: ahh.. prolly why it's taking a little
longer..
dangermouse: hmm.. just wrote up the news file..
bwahahaha..
dangermouse: still haven't got it..
***
caynan (~poison@port-03.ndh.com) invites you to join #credit_card_numbers
- yet another spunky message.. jeeze, these ppl are so thoughtful!
cool
t: hhm..
dangermouse: weepie@hotmail.com
cool t: weepie@hotmail.com
cool t: is that right?
cool t: ok.
dangermouse: perfect match
cool t: yeah..
cool t: heh..
cool t: echo
cool t: that's what i sent it to.. hhm..
dangermouse: hehe.. had a gadner at the zip?
cool t: gadner??
dangermouse: gander.. wopps
cool t: yep..
dangermouse: woops.. my spelling's rooted.. hehe
cool t: i'm gonna' try dccing just one ansi..
dangermouse: hmm good luck ;)
dangermouse:
umm, how many of the ansi depart from acid quit? more than
50%?
cool t: i couldn't tell you, really.. since i have
no idea how many were still with acid at the time we formed
acid!ansi.
cool t: rad man told me there was 14 shortly before
we formed acid!ansi..
cool t: though i highly doubt it.
* weepie
screams loudly at the prospect of never recieving some of
cool t's work!
cool
t: i think we only took about 5 at the most from acid..
cool t: the rest were outside people..
dangermouse: hmm.. not much then.. don't you have
any quams about using the acid name as such?
cool
t: 40% of the dcc completed...
cool t: wow.. this dcc is just screaming by..
cool
t: naa, not really. maybe if i took the ansi scene more
seriously, i might.
cool t: on another note, I had enough respect for
the history of ansi art in acid, that i thought it deserved
better than just 1 or 2 ansis shadowed by 15+ high-res jpegs
each month.
dangermouse: hehe.. hang i'll up the news file to
our web site.. you can have a read..
cool t: rad man wasn't willing to make any changes
in order to help the ansi department.. so i thoguht i'd
do something about it, myself.
let's
stuff around again!
dangermouse:
ok go and check out http://www.gil.com.au/~rgt/
cool t: wow.. the dcc is nearing completion. i can't
believe it.
dangermouse: holly shit!
dangermouse: gone to our webpage yet?
cool t: naa, i wanted to let the dcc finish before
i loaded up any other applications..
dangermouse: okies.. on ya bike then.. ;)
cool t: hhm.. still haven't received my mail?
dangermouse: hang
dangermouse: nope..
cool t: welp..
cool t: i just sent a test message through to you..
cool t: tell me if you get it.
cool t: i'm gonna' check that web page now.
dangermouse: coolness
dangermouse: i'll prolly be chucked off ansi in a
min, just insulted Tgaurdian, thought my name is
lame ;0
cool t: tell me if he bans you.
dangermouse: yeah will..
dangermouse: that's better
dangermouse: liking it?
cool t: liking what?
dangermouse: the page
cool t: oh..
dangermouse: duh
cool t: you changed your nick, i see.
cool t: didn't notice that.
dangermouse: aha.. it's what it's sposed to be anyways..
cool t: yeah.. i noticed the ansis were wk-*.*
dangermouse: hehe. what did ya think?
cool t: hold on.. i connected to the page just now..
dangermouse: ah.. slow eh?
cool t: I was just chatting with some other people..
cool t: i like the title screen ansi..
cool t: err
cool t: jpeg..
cool t: not ansi.
cool t: heh
cool t: what is "acheron?"
dangermouse: it was the name of our old scene bbs,
but a virus trashed it.. well, we didn't see the point of
opening another bbs, so we went to the net instead..
dangermouse: umm, go to the info page to see the
meaning of acheron..
dangermouse: having fun yet?
cool t: it's pretty cool..
dangermouse: what ya reading?
cool t: i read a little of the news..
cool t: then i went into the file area..
dangermouse: hehe.. should go to the info page..
funny..
cool t: i'm checking out the interviews now
dangermouse: ahh.. cool..
dangermouse: woo.. got ya email!
Session
Close: Fri Jan 03 12:13:39 1997
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