Party Review for Anarchy Winter Conference 1991

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               anarchy winter conference febuary 1991

  oK FOLKS THIS IS THE *official* REPORT BY hAvOk & eZY FOR THE\
  aNARCHY PARTY HELD ON THE 23-fEB-1991.  wE (eZY, hAVOK,\
  sLAYER/sUBWAY)  FIRST  HAD TO TRAVEL ABOUT 200 MILES TO GET TO\
  THIS  FUCKING PARTY, SO WE EXPECTED THIS PARTY TO BE WORTH THE\
  TRIP UP (WHAT WITH aNARCHY BEING THE *BEST* IN THE U.K AND ALL\
  THAT)....   wELL  WE ARRIVED AT THE *PARTY-PLACE* AND FOUND IT\
  TO  BE  A OLD HALLWHICH SMELT LIKE A PUBLIC LAVATORY.tHE ENTRY\
  FEE  WAS  10P  IN  THE  SLOT.   oOPPS SORRY, I MEANT 3 ENGLISH\
  QUID.wAS IT WORTH IT?....fuck  no....

  wE  SAT  AROUND  OUTSIDE  THE  MAIN  HALL  FOR  ABOUT  30 MINS\
  BEFORE  GOINGIN BCOZ, a) IT LOOKED FUCKING LAME INSIDE, AND b)\
  WHY  THE FUCK SHOULD WE PAY?!!!  cOME ONE THEIR HAD TO SOMEONE\
  WHO  wasn't  LAMETHEIR!   sO ALL IN ALL IT STARTED IN A PRETTY\
  lame WAY.  aND CARRIED ON IN A PRETTY lame WAY TOO.  nAAA, BUT\
  REALLY,  THE  POWER GOING OFF EVERY 2 MINUTES DIDN'T REALLY DO\
  MUCH FOR OUR ENTHUSIASM, AND WHEN IT did WORK, EVERY LAMER WAS\
  PLAYING  lEMMINGS OR USING x-cOPY already (AT ABOUT 11A.M!)...\
  sOOOO  NOTHING  TOO HOT SO FAR.  nOW THE PEOPLE WHO MANAGED TO\
  POP  UPTO THIS *MEETING*..  wELL, MOST OFaNARCHY WERE THEIR OF\
  COURSE, sABBATH, mAGNETIC fIELDS, aNTHROX,eCSTASY,  sLIPSTREAM\,
  qUARTEX,  cRYSTAL,  bETRAYAL,  iPEC,  AND MAYBE SOME OTHERS...\
  aND  HERE  ARE  SOME  OF  THE  OTHER GROUPS THAT TURNED UP, IF\
  ANYONE KNOWS  OR HAS  HEARD OF  ANY OF THESE, PLEASE  WRITE TO\
  US!..     bATTLEtECH   uk   ("THE   uLTIMATE   IN   sPREADING"\
  (APPARENTLY)),  aRENA uk ("WHATS pUBIC HAIR MUM?"), eX-sCOOPEX\
  uk (NO COMMENT), AND ALL THE OTHER GROUPS THAT INSISTED "THEIR\
  DEMO  IS  COMING OUT SOON"....  aS WE WENT WALKIES AROUND THE,\
  ERM,  ROOM,  WE  DECIDED  TO  DO  SOME  NICE  QUIZ QUESTIONS..\
  "EXCUSE  ME, DO YOU HAVE ANY CALLING CARDS?"...  REPLY TO THIS\
  STUPID  QUESTION?:   "WHAT?   WELL, NO, BUT i CAN LEND YOU TEN\
  PEE.*...   ANOTHER  ONE  WAS "aNYTHING NEW?"..  REPLY:  "wELL,\
  i'VE STOPPED SWAPPING  RECENTLY, BUT i BOUGHT, ER  i MEAN, GOT\
  lEMMINGS!"..   wELL, AT THAT POINT WE DECIDED TO MOVE ONTO THE\
  "DEMO"  SCENE OF THE PARTY.  aND BOY WERE THEIR SOME BRILLIANT\
  ONES!   wE  SAW,  A  SINE  SCROLL, A LINE VECTOR ROUTINE (WITH\
  HIDDEN  LINE  REMOVAL  OF  COURSE!),  LOTS  OF  BOBS, AND SOME\
  COLOURED  STARFIELD  EFFECTS......  oHH DEAR.  tHEIR were SOME\
  GOOD  DEMOS  THOUGH, FROM mAG fIELDS, aNARCHY AND SOME OTHERS,\
  aNTHROX'S   DEMO  SHOULD  HAVE  WON  WHAT  THERE  WAS  OF  THE\
  DEMO-COMPETITION, IT   WAS  PRETTY  NICE.  tHE PRIZE  FOR  THE\
  COMPETITION  WAS  A  "SIMULATED GOLD THING" ( eZY'S  OWN  WILD\
  DESCRIPTION). bEING A BIT FAIRER TO THE PARTY, THEIR WERE SOME\
  COOL  GUYS THEIR, YOU COULD TELL THEM BECAUSE THEY LEFT EARLY.\
  tHE  POWER  THING  WAS  NOT aNARCHY'S FAULT (HMM) BUT HAVING 2\
  PLUGS  FOR THE WHOLE HALL WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA.  sLAYER BROUGHT\
  ALONG  HIS  14400  MODEM  FOR  USE  BY  THE  PARTY (FOR WARES)\
  UNFORTUNATELY  NO ONE KNEW WHAT A AT&T CARD WAS, AND ONLY HALF\
  OF  NORTHERN  eNGLAND  HAVE PHONES!  nEEDLESS TO SAY THE PARTY\
  PLACE  THING  DIDN'T  HAVE  A PHONELINE FOR THE PARTIES USE...\
  mR.bIG / aNARCHY DID ALL HE COULD  FOR  SAVING  THE PARTY FROM\
  TOTAL  DISGRACE,  i  THINK HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO ACTUALLY\
  realized  SOMETHING  WAS WRONG WITH IT ALL, REGARDS FOR TRYING\
  ANYWAY.   aCTUALLY THE WEATHER WAS SHIT SO THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD\
  SOMETHING  TO DO WITH IT.  tHE COMPETITIONS WERE a total waste\
  of  time.   no-one KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, A MONITOR WAS BEING\
  USED FOR "VIEWING" THE ENTERED DEMOS, THERE WAS NO GRAFIX COMP\
  (NO  SURPRISES  THERE),  THE  MUSIC COMPETITION WAS A complete\
  FUCK-UP,  i  THINK  THEIR WERE ONLY 2 ENTRIES, AND ONLY one OF\
  THEM  GOT LISTENED TO.  aND THE JUDGES?  WHAT JUDGES?  tHE BAR\
  DIDN'T  OPEN TILL 7P.M, ANYWAY THE DRINK WAS TOO EXPENSIVE, SO\
  WE USED OUR INITIATIVE AND  VISITED  THE  LOCAL OFF - LICENCE.\




  anarchy winter conference cont.

  sO,  GENERALLY  THE  PARTY WASN'T TOO HOT.  wHAT WERE THE GOOD\
  POINTS?  wELL, IT WAS NICE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE COOL PEOPLE\
  THERE, BUT OF COURSE WE KNEW THEM ALREADY FROM PREVIOUS PARTYS\
  ETC ETC..bUT OVERALL THE ATTITUDE WAS OF A COMPUTER-CLUB WHERE\
  THE  MAIN  AIM  WAS  TO  COPY AS MUCH STUFF AS POSSIBLE IN THE\
  SHORTEST  AMOUNT  OF TIME BEFORE THE POWER WENT OFF..hOWEVER I\
  BELIEVE  I  SAW  A  FEW GROUPS CODING THINGS, BUT THEY DID NOT\
  ENTER  THE  COMPS FAR AS WE KNOW.tHE TOP THREE WERE CODED WELL\
  IN ADVANCE SO NO WORRIES FOR THEM.oK I KNOW SO FAR IT SEEMS AS\
  WE HAVE JUST SLAGGED THE PARTY OFF.wELL OK SO LETS LOOK AT THE\
  FACTS ( NO DISRESPECT TO THE ORGANISERS )

      a) iT  WAS HELD  WHERE  FEW ELITE GUYZ LIVE! (tHE nORTH)
      b) nO ADEQUATE POWER SUPPLY-major fuck up here
      c) iT WAS IN A FAIRLY SMALL PLACE WITH NO SIGNPOSTING
      d) tHE  DEMO/MUSAK  COMPS  WERE  A  SHAMBLES, NO-ONE KNEW
         sHIT..
      e) nO pHONE LINE.oK IT COSTS BUT ITS NICE TO HAVE ONE!
      f) iT WAS xCOPY xCOPY xCOPY ALL THE TIME!  no EVENTS!
      g) nO-ONE  HAD  A  SENSE  OF HUMOUR at all (hAVOK AND HIS
         *hAT*)
      h) no beer!
      i) iT WAS, TO BE HONEST, FULL OF LAMERS!.sOME GUYZ WERE
         KOOL.

        
  oK  SO  I  KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A SLAG OFF SO FAR BUT THATS THE\
  WAY  IT HAPPENED.  bUT CONGRATS MUST GO TO mR.bIG WHO AT LEAST\
  TRIED TO SAVE THE PARTY FROM TOTAL BOREDOM BUT, IM AFRAID, DID\
  NOT  QUITE  PULL  IT OFF!oH WELL MAYBE NEXT TIME HUH?.wELL NOW\
  ONTO A LIGHTER SUBJECT..oF COURSE I AM TALKING ABOUT beer..tHE\
  BEST..tHE  BAR  AT THE PARTY DID NOT OPEN TILL 7.P.M SO WE HAD\
  TO GO OUT IN SEARCH OF REFRESHMENT.  aND WE FOUND IT.  lOTS OF\
  IT.   iN  BOTTLES.   wELL FOR A SHORT WHILE ANYWAY.sO WE DRANK\
  AND  DRANK  UNTIL WE FELL OVER.wE WERE OF COURSE eZY, sABBATH,\
  AND  SOME  GUY  WE  MET  THERE!.wELL  OK  ENUF  OF OUR DRUNKEN\
  MOANING.sO  AFTER THE PARTY FINALLY ENDED WE ALL WENT OFF TO A\
  HOTEL  TO  TRY AND GET SOME SLEEP..bUT eZY AND hAVOK HAD NOOOO\
  MONEY  FOR  A HOTEL ROOM SO WE TRIED TO SNEAK INTO A ROOM.  sO\
  WITH  hAvOK  IN  THE  CAR OUTSIDE I SNEAKED IN.sO I GOT IN THE\
  ROOM AND sLAYER AND SOME cRYSTAL MEMBERS WENT OUT AGAIN, BUT I\
  HAD  TO  STAY  LOCKED  UP  IN THE ROOM.oK I TURNED OUT ALL THE\
  LIGHTS  AND  HID IN THE WARDROBE FOR ABOUT 15 MINS..tILL I GOT\
  CRAMP  AND GOT ONTO THE BED.aBOUT 10MINS LATER THE WANKER OF A\
  MANAGER  SEARCHES  ALL THE ROOMS AND FINDS A mR.eZY SPREAD OUT\
  ON  ONE  OF  HIS  BEDS  AND,  YEP  YOU  GUESSED  IT,  THREW ME\
  OUT..wANKER.sO  I  LOOKED  LIKE I WAS DESTINED TO SLEEP IN THE\
  CAR  WHERE HAVOK WAS LISTINING TO THE IN-CAR cd SYSTEM.wE WERE\
  BOTH  PISSED  ABOUT  HAVING  TO SLEEP IN A CAR IN THE north of\
  england.nOT  A  TOILET  IN SIGHT.bUT I THINK WE MUST HAVE SEEN\
  MORE  DRUNKS  IN THAT NIGHT THEN IN OUR WHOLE LIVES.tHE NUMBER\
  OF PROSTITUTES GOING IN THAT HOTEL WAS AMAZING.i THINK MOST OF\
  THEM  WERE  ORDERED  BY  MEMBERS  OF A GROUP THAT SHALL REMAIN\
  NAMELESS(YEAH mORPH, I KNOW ALL ABOUT IT, AND THE STRAPS TOO!)\
  iN  THE  MORNING  WE WERE WOKEN BY SOME WANKERS BANGING ON THE\
  WINDOWS.wANKERS  sO  WE  WOKE UP, WENT TO A MOTOR-WAY CAFE AND\
  fucked  off home.oVERALL I SUPPOSE WE DID HAVE SOME FUN BUT IM\
  AFRAID  MOST  OF  IT TOOK PLACE WHILE WE WERE ZONKED OR NOT AT\
  THE PARTY..bY THE WAY, NICE PRIZE FOR THE RAFFLE aNARCHY, DID\
  ANYONE  CLAIM  IT  IN  THE  END?..   ok  WELL  THATS  ALL THEN\
  FOLKS.hAVE FUN AND COME TO THE eCSTASY cOPY-pARTY IN sEPTEMBER\
  OVER THE ces SHOW.

  lATER'S FROM hAvOK iNDUSTRIES & eZY/eCSTASY

  wELL,  THERE  YOU  HAVE  IT, THE TRUTH BEHIND THE PARTY OF THE\
  YEAR,  A FEW FACTS WERE WRONG THOUGH....  THE DEMO COMPETITION\
  PRIZES  WERE 100 POUNDS FOR FIRST PLACE, 50 POUNDS FOR SECOND,\
  AND 25 FOR THIRD

  tHERE  WAS  NOT  A  MUSIC  COMPETITION, BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF\
  ENTRIES  I  GAVE THE MEDAL FOR THE MUSIC COMP TO nightshade OF\
  xtc,  BUT  he  did  not  win, SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ELSE\
  AROUND AT THE TIME TO GIVE THE MEDAL TO.......

  aLSO THERE WAS ACTUALLY eight POWER POINTS, BUT SO MANY FUCKIN\
  LAMERS TURNED UP, THE POWER JUST KEPT BLOWING OUT......

  aPART FROM THOSE COUPLE OF MISTAKES, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS THE\
  MOST HONEST PARTY REPORT THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE WRITTEN.

  sO ALL I CAN SAY IS apologies to all

  mr.big / anarchy