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 AN INTERVIEW WITH

 MOP OF ESSENCE

 BY PANTERA OF GODS
   
      * Pantera       * Mop


 Good   evening  Mop,  and  thanks  for
 letting  us  interview you.  Like most
 of  us know, you are the editor of the
 disk   magazine   ROM,   published  by
 Essence  and  The  ROM  Team.  Besides
 that,  we  would  like  to  know  your
 deepest  thoughts  and  who you really
 are.   Why  don't  we  begin  with the
 introducing  part  as  always...  Age,
 length,  weight...   Pretend that this
 is  a contact advertisment for a paper
 magazine...

 24  years, fat programmer, shy editor.
 That's more than enough to make a Mop.

 Now,  when we know your looks we would
 like  to  know  if  you have any other
 interests beside the computer...

 When  the  ROM master decides to untie
 the   rusty  chain  that  restrics  my
 movements  to  my  editorial  chair, I
 spend  my  time  collecting postcards,
 and  doing  the  usual things, all you
 like  to  do,  which  I'm not going to
 tell...

 I'm  sure many of us have wondered how
 you  got into the computer world since
 you  live  in  the small exotic island
 Malta.   And  do you happen to know if
 there are any other sceners on Malta?

 Fortunately there are other sceners on
 this  lonely  island, but they are far
 too  few  for  my taste.   Sometime in
 1989,  I decided to buy an A500, noted
 some  addresses  from the crack intros
 of those time, and started my way into
 the scene.


 Which  are your former groups and give
 us  a  short  story of each group, why
 did  you  leave them, and also a story
 of your handle Mop...

 In  English  it  means  broom,  but in
 Dutch it's a joke; Unfortunately these
 are  not  the  reasons  of  my  name's
 origins.   The three letters, M, O and
 P  stand for something, but no one has
 ever guessed what do they really stand
 for!

 In  the  past  I have been a member of
 Coma and Alcatraz, before having found
 the   EssEncE  of  computer  life.   I
 joined  Coma because of Mc Disk.  Coma
 died, and the other members dragged me
 into   Alcatraz   where   I  continued
 working   on   Mc  Disk,  and  started
 Compass.    After   seeing   no   more
 challenge  in  being  in a known group
 like Alcatraz, I decided to join these
 poor and miserable beings of EssEncE!


 You  seem  to be doing well in Essence
 these  days.   What  are  your  future
 plans  for  the scene and for the real
 life.

 I just plan to continue releasing ROM,
 and   working   for   the  ROM  Team's
 benefit.   Apart  from  that,  I would
 like   to   get  married  as  soon  as
 possible, and make 2 children. 


 One   of  the  more  common  questions
 again...  What kind of hardware do you
 have?

 A1200  with a 200Mb hard drive, a High
 Density  floppy  drive,  and a copying
 machine called A500.


 You have been in the scene for a quite
 long  time.   What do you think of the
 scene's development through the years?
 Do you think that it was better in the
 eighties?

 Way   back,  in  the  very  beginning,
 everything  was so simple and straight
 forward.   Design  didn't  exist,  and
 Mental Hangover topped the EuroCharts.
 Then  groups  grew fatter, parties got
 better,  and the scene suddenly turned
 into a professional activity.


 How  does  a typical day look like for
 you?   Do you work or do you study all
 day long?

 For  8 hours a day, I have to develope
 programms  for large companies.  For 1
 hour  a  day, I have to make ROM.  The
 rest is quite previdible, no?


 Ever had thoughts of leaving the Amiga
 scene  for  another  machine?  Or just
 got bored of it?

 The  PC  has  occupied  8  hours of my
 daily   life.    Atari   is  a  boring
 platform.  What else?  Why do you want
 me to leave the scene?

 We want to hear your favourite...
  
 Demo: Arte, Sequential
 Music disk: Viktoria, Memorial Songs
 Slideshow: Never Liked Uno
 Graphician: Cougar, Fade One, Archmage
 Musician: LizardKing, Interphace,
           Virgill
 Swapper: Andy
 Coder: Not Touchstone!
 Editor: Map of TESSENSE
 Party: "ROM IS FINNISHED" celebration
 Group: Essence, Andromeda, VD
 Movie: The Mask
 Actor: Eddie Murphey
 Actress: Tiffani Amber
 Food: pasta
 Drink: Milk
 Music: Dance

 Another  silly  question, if you would
 win   1   dollar   err...   1  million
 dollars, where would you spend it?

 In    a   national   ROM   advertising
 campaign.

  
 What  goals  are you trying to achieve
 with  ROM  and  how  much  time do you
 spend writing articles.

 With  ROM,  I  would  like to make the
 scene consider it's more serious side.
 Usually   I   spend   1  hour  a  day,
 collecting   and  editing  words  into
 sentences.

 Now I will say one word at a time, and
 you  must  write  the first thing that
 comes to your mind.
  
 Liar: SceMology
 Sun: Cranky Phonecalls
 Copy: X
 Friends: only a dozen or so real ones.
 Write: for ROM?
 Love: You feel great when you fall in
       it.
 Dreams: Virtual?
 Best: charts
 Arrogant: SceMarium
 Rain: not today, please!
 Scene: underestimated
 Interviews: time consuming
 Boring: PC

 Well,  I  guess  that  our readers now
 know a bit more about you, Noel, after
 reading  this small interview.  I want
 to  thank  you  for the precious time,
 you  spent  answering these questions.
 Now you may write whatever you want...

 Remember tO Meditate.