| mel
farr
talking with mel farr,
interview by oxidizer
ok..
this is my first interview so it kinda sux.. the fact that
i was really lagged and that i got kicked off the computer
after we started didnt help eitherbut here is the interview
i did with mel farr suppastar, blender world champion and
coloured oldschool ascii god. the lags make it kinda confusing
at times but try to read on anyway and you'll get what its
on about..
Session
Start: Sun Apr 20 12:29:43 1997
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<oxidizer>
ok.. state your name and past and present affils
<mel_farr> my name is mel farr suppastar. past
affils: codine, orion, idea, umm....project 301!$#>, present
affils: blade (i think), drop, and nPG-13!
<oxidizer> hmm.. how about your scene history,
like what group were you in first, what were your major
influences, etc..
<mel_farr> ok
<mel_farr> prepare for a l0ng statement
<oxidizer> heh.. ok
<mel_farr> ok, i started in january of 1996
because two of my friends, emperor palpatine and rink rat,
were in the scene. my first boards were safari (20 node
pd board) and taken from above (0-30day but actually got
0-90 day board)..anyways...i kinda hung around in the local
wannabe 5 year warez scene until the faithful day i discovered
an npc pack. this npc pack was a year or two old and had
a member board list of like 40 boards. i was in awe of npc
el33t
<oxidizer> bbl
Session
Close: Sun Apr 20 12:35:22 1997
hmm..
this would be the point where i get kicked off the computer
and am off forlike.. a long time.. according to the logs,
1 hour, 29 minutes and 4 seconds...
Session
Start: Sun Apr 20 14:04:26 1997
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<oxidizer>
ok.. before i was so rudely interrupted, we were talking
about your start in the scene..
<oxidizer> and how you started as a juarez
puppy.. =]
<mel_farr> yeah what part did i get up too
<oxidizer> hmm.. hold.. ill check my logs..
<oxidizer> something about a npc pack..
<mel_farr> yeah
<mel_farr> yeah
<mel_farr> so i got on doink and hellbound
<mel_farr> and both boards rocked
<mel_farr> hellbound was like the mecca of
the north american art scene
<mel_farr> no joke, it had an 800
<mel_farr> 100 calls a day
<mel_farr> 1000+ new messages, and no nets!#@
<oxidizer> woo.. phear.
<mel_farr> yeah
<mel_farr> anyways
<mel_farr> my influences?
<oxidizer> yeah.. lord jazz?..
<mel_farr> well i would do whatever rink_rat
said until about last summer
<mel_farr> than i started listening to myself
<mel_farr> for awhile i always came to grymmjack
for advice
<oxidizer> heh.. i tried that.. it got me into
a shitload of trouble..
<mel_farr> but for now
<mel_farr> i report to #1
<mel_farr> me!
<oxidizer> heh.. thats pretty neat.. so.. any
plans for the future?.. goals?.. etc?..
<mel_farr> hell yeah
<oxidizer> you wanna share some with us?..
<mel_farr> besides taking over the world (everyone
says that)..i want to earn a reputation as the true god
of old-school colored ascii if i'm not already, although
i am...and i plan to take ovewr the wrold through nPG-13!.
YEAH! and i want drop to be the next ice/acid/twilight...
etc.etc
<oxidizer> heh.. pretty big goals.. good luck
with that.. but i already own the world, so you cant have
that.. =]
<mel_farr> i also plan on being a rapper when
i grow up
<mel_farr> mmhmm..joke all you want. you pathetic
bastard.
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<mel_farr>
i own #mel_farr
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<mel_farr>
luckily i'm generous
<oxidizer> heh.. rapper, huh?.. kinda dangerous
profession nowadays.. get yourself a bulletproof vest man..
<mel_farr> fuck that
<mel_farr> i won't ride into bad parts of town
<mel_farr> i'm gonna represent the subburbs
<mel_farr> keep it rich
<oxidizer> yeah.. good idea..
<oxidizer> heh.. ok.. so anyway.. what got
you into the blender?.. you seem to be kicking ass in it..
<mel_farr> poor people can't buy cd's..they
don't have money
<mel_farr> what got me into blender? basically
i got pissed off at cheese.
<mel_farr> cheese was being a dick with his
"high quality artists" in swap... anyways enough of that..i
just joined #blender and announced to the world i was gonna
kill everyone and preceded to make a name for myself.
<mel_farr> i try to be creative.
<mel_farr> be original.
<mel_farr> usually it works
<oxidizer> yeah.. i hate that yellow shit..
it takes like crap.. but my mummy said i have to eat it
anyway cause it gives me calcium and shit..
<oxidizer> err.. tastes not takes.. but yeah..
<mel_farr> huh? that sounds like something
i would say in an interview, except i'd make it funny.
<oxidizer> yeah.. well.. its my first interviewing
job, ok?..
<mel_farr> well you should be better
<mel_farr> you know who i interviewed for my
first interview?
<mel_farr> don't answer that. you're the one
asking the questions
<mel_farr> i interviewed rink_ratr
<mel_farr> for idea #3
<mel_farr> it fucking sucked
<oxidizer> hey.. im the lamer, ok?.. you're
suppoosed to impress me with your elite scene history..
<mel_farr> oh yeah
<mel_farr> well <gruff! sNARL!> i remember
when there were like all those kRAD 888's
<mel_farr> i remember when umm...fuck..i forget..
<oxidizer> heh
<mel_farr> how long have you been in the scene
<oxidizer> 6 months
<mel_farr> don't answer that!
<mel_farr> you ask the questions.
<oxidizer> oh.. sorry..
<mel_farr> anyways. see you have alot to learn
<mel_farr> ok
<mel_farr> i remember what it was like before
you came in
<oxidizer> was it as krad as the movie hackers?..
<mel_farr> right now the not-so-new trend in
art is this "Abstract" shit. it's bullshit it sucks. i mean
the artists have talent. but they aren't applying it. they
are putting it towards a new form of art i call "shit".
anyways. like when iwas about your age, scene-whise we had
this thing called toon.
<mel_farr> and it was real toon. before eclipse
<mel_farr> it was dope as hell
<oxidizer> so like elite stick figures with
three big eyes?
<mel_farr> as far as hackers. hackers isn't
shit. the first movie to make bbs references was wargames.
wanna know what they fucked up? the bbser showed off his
bbsing skills to this really hot chick at his school. an
you know what? she fell for it. how unreal is that?
<oxidizer> uhh.. i did that once.. and it works
man.. =]
<mel_farr> no, thats whats called middle-school
ascii
<oxidizer> hmm.. theres a middle school now?..
<mel_farr> no, what works is using irc pick
up lines on girls "yo baby, will you do me an ansi"...umm
"hey, can i get that #", or just "greetz"
<mel_farr> yea
<oxidizer> hmm.. i should say something smart
and funny now.. but bleh.. thats your job..
<mel_farr> it's that shit that people who know
nothing about the scene do with /\/\/...the most main-stream
form of ascii..the most wellknown example is smilecons =)..:L,
etc....i call it middle-school ascii cause it's drawn by
adults who act like they are in middle school
<mel_farr> yea i know. and i do a good job
of being randomly clever yet strangely idiotic.
<oxidizer> yeah.. you rock.. i humble myself
down to your greatness..
<oxidizer> heh.. i got one.. how bout "hey
babe, what's your nup?"..
<mel_farr> see thats what i expect. and i appreciate
your precise view in reality. the key to getting respect
in the scene is acting like me. or acting like the guy in
"gross pointe blank"
<oxidizer> ill try to remember that. (note
to kids reading this: do NOT be like mel-farr!@#$)
<mel_farr> umm. i agree
<mel_farr> don't be like mel-farr
<mel_farr> however, do be like mel_farr
<oxidizer> heh.. whatever..
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<RaD_Man>
hey guys
<oxidizer> hi mel_farr
<RaD_Man> i just wanted to say that i really
feel i need to pay tribute to mel_farr's impressiveness.
<oxidizer> ok.. well.. that settles it then..
<mel_farr> rad: understood. now dcc me all
the secrets of your life
<oxidizer> umm.. ok.. we're getting off-track
now.. so.. how did you get into blade?.. was mindcrime drunk
or something?..
<RaD_Man>
rad: ok
<RaD_Man> rad: THE DEED iS DONE.
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<oxidizer>
phear me.
<mel_farr> what a weirdo
<mel_farr> anyways..where were we?
<oxidizer> blade..
<mel_farr> oh. you asked me how i got into
blade?
<mel_farr> DONT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS
<mel_farr> anyways..
<mel_farr> well see i wa sin project 301 having
a blast..but it died because noone but me and samurai contributed,
and as such i applied to blade. but exar was drunk so he
turned me down (bastard). but i was friends with mindcrime.
so i told him and he said "d0H!" so then belial said "why
don't you join blade as lit but then do ascii. thats what
i do"..so i was like "yea"..so cappachino put me in the
lit division but i actually draw ascii.
<oxidizer> heh.. yeah.. i do ascii for blade..
but i sneak in my shitty ansis too.. =]
<mel_farr> my ansis aren't very good.
<oxidizer> yeah.. same here..
<mel_farr> basically i just draw very trendy.
except for that abstarct trash. i never copy that
<mel_farr> i don't draw ansi anymore, except
for blenders. and then i usually code, do lit, or do .wav's...wav's
rock
<oxidizer> abstract is just shit that wouldnt
be released if it was supposed to be normal.. someone just
takes a piece of shit, distorts it like hell and says its
an new form of art.. bah.. that sucks..
<mel_farr> my thoughts exactly. unfortunately
many people disagree with you. this is because people enjoy
torchureing each other. artists compete to see who can turn
out the ugliest piece. thats why dieznyik has so much respect.
he's been making ansis look ugly since the days of dolemite.
although then he makes the best emags of all time, so it's
hard to dislike him. of course, TGAOW couldn't compare to
anything...
<mel_farr> tgaow was MY own emag, from back
in the day
<oxidizer> oh.. well.. i wouldnt know about
that then..
<oxidizer> ok, krad.. so what other groups
are you in?..
<mel_farr> drop and nPG-13!
<oxidizer> hmm.. any thoughts or other bitching
on the way hirez is taking over the scene and killing ansi?..
<mel_farr> drop is a group that i founded because
i was bored one night and i was drunk and it was a mistake..but
now i have like 15 artists ranging from mildly below average
to pretty good, we may just do okay. nPG-13 on the other
hand already owns the scene. we are an 3l33t clan of hackers
who are right now amnuvering through the depths of irc taking
things over..
<oxidizer> takeovers, huh?.. get #force for
the guys who had it stolen from them and have to sit in
#frc now..
<mel_farr> anyways..hirez is not taking over
ansi. that is absurd. i am taking over ansi. ok enough of
this ego shit. i sound like i really believe it. i don't
okay. i think i'm a good artist but nothing special. goddmanit
i'm not any better than the next guy. my fontage is fucked
up and i copy other peoples styles. i dunno. i'm not too
bad. i mean i like my work. i get positive feedback but
i'm nothing special.....ummm.....anyways....hirez is not
taking ov
<mel_farr> but not that much bigger. i wouldn't
worry about it.
<oxidizer> k.. so like, do you draw newschool
too?.. or just oldschool?..
<mel_farr> i doodle newschool VERY infrequently.
right now i'm working on a joint with umm zempf and maybe
exar and i'm dewdlin newschool..i'm ok i guess...thats first
time in a month though since ive done newschool
<oxidizer> yah.. newschool rocks.. i cant read
oldshool for shit..
<mel_farr> well get glasses
<mel_farr> i can read it
<mel_farr> i love it
<mel_farr> i love the entire amiga scene..they
are 3l33t...
<mel_farr> well they aren't that great
<oxidizer> oh.. wait.. what does "80x50" mean?..
=]
<mel_farr> heh
<mel_farr> i like 80x43 myself
<mel_farr> i load afs.com
<mel_farr> glow.exe sometimes
<mel_farr> i like my stuff in color though
<oxidizer> hmm.. acidview for me.. though sometimes
it fucks up with like 30000 line collys.. how do oldshoolers
do so much stuff anyway?..
<mel_farr> alot of oldschool ascii guys think
colored old school is lame. but it isn't...
<mel_farr> they release infrequently
<mel_farr> i have a 10,000 line colli from
one of my friends
<oxidizer> hmm.. newschoolers doing uncoloured
stuff think that coloured stuff isnt ascii, but ansi cause
it has colour.. they just cant colour their stuff.. thats
all..
<mel_farr> yeah..it's strange
<mel_farr> i don't even bother with them
<mel_farr> they think in b&w
<mel_farr> i think in color
<oxidizer> yeah.. ok.. anyway.. gotta go now..
any last words / greets ?..
<mel_farr> yeah tons
<mel_farr> greetz to everyone that thinks they
deserve greetz
<oxidizer> i do..
<oxidizer> that it?..
<mel_farr> and umm...necrom's mom.
<oxidizer> heh.. ok..
<oxidizer> ok.. thanks for your time.. i gotta
run.. like.. do stuff.. cya.. =]
<mel_farr> yea
<mel_farr> i guess
<mel_farr> since you don't have any more questions
<oxidizer> ok.. bye.
<mel_farr> goddamnit ask me somemore questions
<mel_farr> yep
Session
Close: Sun Apr 20 14:50:39 1997
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