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«c4»- ------------- -«»
«c1»Muffling Around«»
«c4»- ------------- -«»
«»«as»
«c2»And there is Zito. Standing on the
tram station, with the headphones
around his neck sending noisy beats
from one ear to the other and a back-
pack between his legs, waiting for a
waggon to transport his tired body to
the place where he is working.
He put the portable cd-player in the
pocket of his shorts in the morning
knowing that the weather of the coming
day will beat the days before and that
he will have to change his clothes in
the evening although he wear them the
first time today. In short: It will be
hot, even with the air-conditioning at
work.«»
The CD plays a new record from TRSI
Records with tunes by a scenish artist
called Muffler and the mood of Zito is
getting worse with every minute. He
liked Muffler`s demotunes, so he
bought his debut album directly after
it was out at the stores but he got
more than disappointed.While Muffler`s
modules where full of ideas and
inspiration, although or better
because they were depressive, the CD
tracks became only monotone pieces of
boredom. Filled with anger Zito plans
to write a critic in one of the next
coming diskmags. But remembering the
last night he notices that he read
about someone who already has written
one. Tonight it has been released in
Devotion, the new star on the diskmag
sky. Fresh and innovative. Hopefully a
star the scene will be able to see
more often than one time only.«»
«»
Because the tram arrived at the final
station, Zito takes off and makes his
way to the last house in the only road
the next miles. And while he is
walking he reminds on Phoenix by
Giants. A nice FASTRAM-diskmag which
was released two times only and for
which he became co-editor right before
its death long ago.«»
`Ah!` a silent voice speaks to the man
who is happy that he finally entered
the house where a cool breeze surounds
him. `You still have to visit the
website of Bjorn Lynne to look if
there is another demosong for the
sequel record of "Wolves Of The Gods"!
And you have to visit your competitor
back2roots.org to download a file you
are still missing. Than you have to
visit the project you are supporting
called "AmiSectorOne" (sorry for this
small commercial break right here!
http://amiga.emucamp.org) to upload
your new reviews. And...` Zito shuts
up the voice and enters the bureau of
his boss, the man with the fat wart on
his neck, to make some things going
the right way for the next week.«»
«»
Entering the net for journalistic
research, Zito remembers the time
when there was no !nternet for the
public available. Also the amiga was
without it. Amiga and !nternet where
in any way always two things those
could not come together in Zito`s
mind. In "The Investore`s Club" or at
the local public library he often
visited the net for information
research and e-mailing with friends by
using some x86 PeeCees, but Amiga and
scene were always reachable for him by
snail-mail only. That was what the
scene stood for in his eyes. But today
he is clicking his way through the
pages of the WWW regulary when he had
to work instead. Actually. He enters
the world of scene a quite different
way. And an easier one also.«»
To get into the scene these days isn`t
that hard anymore as it was in its and
his earlier lifetime. Then it was even
a ritual to become a member, but today
you only need to say you were a scener
and you `are` one. And the scene is
shrinking though. Is this caused by
its liberality or is the scene still
too close for newcomers? Zito doesn`t
think so, although he is a friend-
shipper and really no elite guy.
His mind is flying and his fingers
are typing a new ftp-address to leech
some files and suddenly the computer
specialist enters the room, asking for
the last month`s phone bill...«»
«»
Some time after the lunch break Zito`s
thoughts are still rotating around the
stuff he should better think about in
his sparetime, but he can not avoid
them. He remembers his first touch
with the Amiga computer. Of course he
was as nearly every scener a gamer at
first. But infected by his prefered
music (movie scores) he directly saw
(or better heard) more in the games he
was playing through the nights, then
only normal games. While enjoying the
paramount "Futur Wars" and legendary
games like "Turrican" and "Apidya" he
started to become a fan of computer
music. Especially the music composed
by Chris Hülsbeck at first.
`These were great times!`, he is
thinking `Full of creativity and
spirit. That was what the Amiga meant
to be!` And remembering the early
nineties this way there comes a
question to his mind... `And today`s
music?` Although Zito isn`t against
breakbeat and techno music, it seems
there are too much bases and drums
only around, too less sweet melodies.
Where have all the good musicans gone?
Left for PeeCee? Can`t be as he heard.
Or why is there not as much creative
spirit left as before? Maybe it is
just a kind of taste? Or Zito has
simply missed the train to the next
century? Maybe...«»
It became already late and the time
passed fastly by thinking and surfing,
so Zito resets the computers and
snapps at his backpack. `Time isn`t
money but precious`, so he hurries up
to get home as fast as possible.«»
«»
`And today`s games? Are there actually
new & good games released these days?`
Zito is nearly crying inside his head
while he is watching for the next
tram. `I need to stop thinking right
here` he commands himself. He jumps on
the waggon which has stopped in front
of him and while the sun is setting,
he is driving the last tram the wrong
direction. Too many thoughts...«»
«»
Zito returned home late because the
tram had also electricity problems
caused by the hot weather. The whole
day felt like a day after a worldwar.
And not being capable of making any
conclusion about it, he went to bed
and felt asleep one second after.«»
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«c4» Zito, now sleeping for a while...«»
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