INTERVIEW WITH ZINKO OF KEFRENS

Interview with Zinko of Kefrens

Done by James / Balance

Zinko  is  really an organized guy.  He
always  drags  around  with a briefcase
full of disks and he's generally a very
smart  guy,  anyway  here  we  have  an
interview with him.

(BK = James / Balance)

BK:   Hi  Jack!   How about introducing
yourself to the readers?

ZINKO:   Dam,  Dam,  Daammm!  I'm here,
but  who  am  I?  Well, my real name is
Jack  Dandanell,  but for many guys I'm
also  known  as "Zinko / Kefrens".  I'm
19 years old (30/10-74) (No shit, eh!),
and  even  better  I only have one year
left of my education as a carpenter.  I
live  in a city called Slagelse, in the
wonderful  contry  of the true vikings!
(Denmark)  (Hey,  that's  Norway!  -Cs)
(It's DENMARK!!!!  -Wolfie.)

BK:   OK,  before  we  can  start  this
excellent  interview, I have to ask one
very  important  question from you:  Do
you believe in the power of pyramids?

ZINKO:  Of course I belive in the power
of  the  pyramids, but that has nothing
to do with me being in Kefrens.  As you
might  know  it  has been approven that
there  are  gathered magnetic powers in
the  pyramids.   So  I  think there are
more  strange  things  related  to  the
pyramids, than you often believe.

BK:    Tell   us   your  scene  history
(previous groups, handles, etc...).

ZINKO:  Wow!  That was a tough one, but
I will try to give you a short version.
   It  started way back in the good old
C64  days,  I  was  just playing around
with  some games.  But one day a friend
of  mine  came  to  visit  me,  he  had
brought  a  demo  with him, which he of
course  showed  me.   After  this I was
really  amazed,  and we started getting
interested  in  making demos ourselves.
So  after  some  days we made our first
group,  which  we  called  "Rowdy".  We
where  not very good at this point, but
we  were full of willpower.  After some
time  we managed to release a couple of
demos, but they where rather poor.

Some  more  months went by, and "Rowdy"
died.   Another  month  passed  and  we
decided  to rebuild our group, but this
time   under   the   name  "The  Shadow
Dreamers".   We  had  gotten  a  little
better  at  this  point,  but  we  only
managed  to  release  one  demo  called
"Power  Dream",  After  this  demo  was
released  I  decided  to  move  on to a
bigger  machine,  so I bought myself an
AMIGA 500.
   When  I  got  this machine, I didn't
really  know any other Amiga owners, so
it  wasn't  so cool.  I only knew a few
dudes,  who didn't really get anything.
So  I  didn't  know  anything about the
scene,   but   one  day  a  guy  called
Raistlin called me and asked if I would
join  their  group  as  a swapper.  The
group  was  "Disorder".   I joined, and
one  week later we released a megademo.
(Remember  those?)  But  the group soon
lived up to its name, and it really got
in disorder.
   At  this  point  I had become really
good friends with Xience of the Goonies
2041,  (Hi  Solnova!   it's you!!) so I
and  Thunderbyte asked if we could join
them,  and  they  agreed.   We joined a
group  which  really seemed to be cool,
but  we  soon  discovered that all what
they cared about were boards.  We tried
to  get  it going for the better, so we
released  a  couple of intros and demos
for them.  But when I asked, if I could
get   a   memberlist  from  the  leader
"Master  ed".   He just said:  "Tell me
what you want and I'll get it for you."
After this I got really pissed off.
 In  the  meanwhile  Xience  had joined
Deadlock and I soon followed.  Deadlock
was  a  really  friendly  group,  and I
enjoyed  my  time there very much.  But
the  group was slowly falling apart, so
at The Party II I joined Majic 12.
   Majic  12  was  really a nice group,
but in the end I got really tired of it
because there are way too many members,
and too little friendship.
   The  best parts of Majic 12 were and
still  are  M12  Hungary  (Hello  Zozo,
Rack,  and  Avantage  )  and M12 Sweden
(Bop, bop, Burton, Zyx )
   So finally at the Galemandsgilde '93
I  joined  the forces of Kefrens.  This
is  the place where I think I will stay
because  there is a perfect friendship,
and  everybody  know  each  other  much
better this way!
   About  my handle, I have always used
it.   It  is almost the same as five in
Spanish,  but even more like Bazooka in
Finnish,   which   happens  to  be  the
coolest  language in the world.  That's
also why I must say "Hello!" to all the
nice   Finns  who  are  helping  me  in
learning it!

BK: ZZZZzzzz.....ZZZZzzz......

ZINKO:   Hey  you  wake up, I'm waiting
for the next question!!!

BK:   Did you start on the Amiga or did
you own another computer before?

ZINKO:   As  I told you above I started
out  on the C64, but I soon jumped over
to the wonderful world of Amiga!

BK:   How  much time do you have to use
for swapping every day?


ZINKO:   I really don't know?  I use as
much  time as I have, and if that isn't
enough, it has to wait.  I also have to
apologize  to  all  my  contacts for my
short  letters  in  the  passed months.
But  I  haven't  really  had  the time,
because  there have been a lot of other
things to do.  But as my friends should
know,  I  always  try  to  write a long
letter  to  them.  Even when I sometime
fail.

BK:   How  much  money  do  you use for
swapping per month?

ZINKO:   I don't really know, but it is
way  too much.  Just drop me a line and
I  will use even more.  No joke.  There
is  always  space  for  another friend!
Donations  are also very welcome.  Just
make  impact  on the address in the end
of this interview!
  
BK:   How  about  telling  us something
about Kefrens?

ZINKO:  Some Icelandic farmers, who got
tired   of   horseshit   and  moved  to
HASLEV..    Later   on  more  civilised
beings   joined.    NOW   only  MELLICA
remains.   (HE  has got a tracktor, you
know!!!)..  In fact nobody really knows
Mellica.  We have never been allowed to
visit  him  at  his farm in Haslev.  He
has got a BIIIIG cow, blocking the road
leading  to  his  prominent castle.  As
Vention pronouses Mellica.  "MUUH sagde
den  lille Milkako, og lagde sin diller
i  sin  mors  sk0d."  (Mellica was just
KICKED from Kefrens.  -Cs)

KEFRENS  -  When  a  good  laugh  isn't
enough..



BK:   Do  you  know  that Kefrens isn't
spelled right?

ZINKO:   OFFcourse, hvy  Immitate like
everydoby ilse?
   The king, from whom we got inspired,
is  named  Chephren.  BUT face it, half
the  German  population  couldn't  even
think  their  way to Chephren.  JOKE!!!
NOT!!   NO.  The real reason is that in
Denmark "Ch" is pronoused "K", and "Ph"
"f".   Therefore  CHEPHREN becomes ....
KEFREN.   And since we ARE his fans, We
WOULD    BE    CALLED   BENTS.    UPS..
KEFRENS.....

BK:  Have you ever tried to code, paint
or compose?

ZINKO:   Yeah.  I'm secretly coding all
of  LAXITY'S routines.  Look out for my
soon  coming  Multi-Desert-Dragon!!  It
will  of  course  have a special hidden
tracktor part, so that all farmers have
something to look up too!

BK: Please tell us your favourite...

Coder: Chaos/Sanity & Spy/Crionics
Graphician: Hof/Melon DeZign and my
friend Cougar/Sanity
Musician: Heatbeat/Melon DeZign
ofcourse!  But also the rest of the
Melon-orchestra ( Hi Schmoovy-Schmoov!)
Demo: Dunno, there are so many. But I
hate when they don't work on AGA.
Group: Melon DeZign!  and not all those
other BAD imitations!!
  
BK: Who do you hate most in the scene?

ZINKO:  Seen / Melon DeZign ofcourse!!!
No,  just  kidding.  Hello Henrik.  Too
bad  that  this interview will first be
out  after  your  party,  but I hope it
will  all  turn  out  to the better!  I
think  it  will  be  at least 100 times
better  than  the  party III!  (Hahaha!
What a joke! -Cs)

BK:   Do you still believe in the power
of pyramids?

ZINKO:   Silly  question, sure I do!!!!
Do  you belive that the human race will
survive?

BK: Please comment the following words:

Ankh: Eternal life!.... Well, almost,
but at least life!
A1200:  Almost like the power of those
pyrathings

Balance:  What? It can be hard to keep
the balance.
Compatibility:  Rules. EHh.. Hi Seen!
Techno:  Crap! Almost as POP.
When  words are not enough?:  'When 130
members are not enough' Quote Hof!

BK: How much time do you use with your
'girlie', Amiga, every day?

ZINKO:   Hard  to  say,  if I had a cow
like  Mellica  I might have known.  But
since  that  not the case, I can't tell
you.   It  can  be  rather hard keeping
track  of  the  time inside a pyradims,
because  you  can't  see the big light
ball  in  the  sky.   But  if  I  had a
tracktor,  I  might get out more often.
Yum-Yum!



BK:   Do  you  have any other interests
than the scene?
 
ZINKO:   If  I have any other interests
than  Seen?  I'm not interested in Seen
at  all,  He  is  just a good friend!!!
Ups!!   Of  cause  I have!  Parties and
girls.    But   also   licking  stamps,
watching  the  cows,  and  drinking the
horses in Haslev!
   Even   better   is   irritating   my
neighbours   with   loud   music.   And
kicking Vention the janitors ass!  (Got
ya!)


BK:   Do you have got a girlfriend?  If
yes, then describe her to us.

ZINKO:   Sure  I  have,  but she is too
cute  to be put into words.  She has to
be seen!  Kisses to Pernille!!!  Well I
can try.  She is a bit smaller than me,
with long blond hair, and blue eyes.
   This is really not easy, so you have
to live without a detailed description.
The most important thing is that I know
what she looks like, am I right!


BK: Tell us something about your dog!

ZINKO:  My duck?  Ohh - my dog, well he
is  rather black, for a black dog, that
is.   He has a white spot on the chest,
and  he  has  also started getting gray
hairs.   At  the  moment he is too fat,
but  I don't care.  He seems to like it
and  if  you want to see him you should
check out Top Secret #14!

BK: Now you can ask me some questions!


ZINKO:   Yeah,  did  you  get  all  the
question on the answers you gave me?

BK: Uh well, seems like it.

ZINKO:   Why  aren't  we allowed to see
Mellica's tracktor?

BK: I'd BET it's because there's a big
COW blocking the way....

ZINKO:   What  made  you  think, that I
could  be  serious  for  more  than two
minutes?

BK:   I  didn't.   Do  you think any of
this  is  rather  serious?  (Okay, STOP
this!  -Wolfie.)

BK:  Please tell us how your normal day
is like.


ZINKO:    Normal!    Who  do  you  call
normal?
   I  think  it's  rather  boring, so I
won't  tell  you  about it!  I can just
tell  you  it's really expensive, and a
lot  of  hard work.  It often irritates
me  that  the horses won't stand still,
and Vention keeps breaking the broom!
   Beside  this I have to get up early,
and   that  sucks.   Especialy  in  the
Wintertime,  because it gets so fucking
cold outside!  And I have to make holes
in  the ice, so that the horses can get
something to drink.

BK: What music do you listen to?

ZINKO:   Cypress  Hill,  Ice  T, Napalm
Death, but also many other nice things.
Body   Count  is  also  rather  cool...
EEhhh.  Paragon!!
 

BK:   OK,  it's  almost over now...  It
wasn't that terrible, or was it?

ZINKO: Or was it! (Did I miss something
here?!-Wolfie.)

BK:    Well,  you  have  now  got  your
opportunity to write some lines of your
own will ;-)

ZINKO:   Jumhops  to  Schmoovy-Schmoov,
Nice  new  handle  mate,  and some more
Jumhops to Cougar, Seen, Hyde, Slammer,
Solnova,   Hithansen,  Bored,  Wolfman,
Dalmak,  TFG,  Starblade,  Dino, Corny,
Toastmaster,   Bross,   Astro,  Julius,
Pride,  Kr'33,  Robotnik,  Cyclone, The
Collector,   Archmange,  HeadX,  Quest,
Vinnie,  MCS,  Trasher, Avantage, Rack,
Zozo,  Zyx,  Burton,  Baby,  Dali, Mud,
Vector,    Yragale,   Diddle,   Exumer,
Paragon,  Dark,  Calvin, Cone, Warhead,
Flame,   Darky,  Devilstar,  Equalizer,
Exciter,  Executioner,  Flesh,  Gadget,
Gadin,   HMC,   Kingpin,  Lord  Helmet,
Kopara,  Lowkick,  Meta,  Misery,  Mop,
Overdog,  Plugster,  Reserve,  Scottie,
Serval,  Skyline,  Slam, Sledge, Split,
Wreko,  Skrat  skratterat skrum skrirum
skrat,  Storm,  Style, Tronix, Vampire,
Wizard,  Weird  Dream,  and  many  many
more.
   But  NOT to Steen / Fakequinox.  (or
Equisux.-Wolfie.)
And  while  we  are  at  it,  Mellica &
Maestro  are  out  of  Kefrens,  if you
shouldn't already know!!
(I told them! -Cs)
   To  make  it  all perfect I can tell
you  all  that  Dice's  middle  name is
Mulvad - got ya there, my man.



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