Digital Underground - uXu - Underground eXperts United #uxu-593

### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ####### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## # ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ####### #### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## # ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ####### ####### ####### [ uXu Index #39 - 09-May-01 ] [ By Bravemoore/The GNN ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ * The Intro. Following the rules * is the easy part * Motivating oneself why * might be impossible * (Unknown) * * * This year is a like any other year, except for the fact that * this autumn, the uXu celebrates its tenth year as an electronic * publication. Ten years of ASCII - that fact alone makes us very * proud. We have not changed much over the years, as a concept. * The contents have varied though, as our faithful readers have * noticed. Some say we have been turning more "serious" as time has * passed. In some respect, perhaps you are right - but we only * publish what we get submitted and/or write ourselves. Perhaps our * readers have become more serious? * * This release is filled with both authors new to the uXu and * experienced uXu contributors. Take your time and get to know the * authors by what they write. In this pack of files we get * frightening news revealed to us, a taste of Eden, two book * reviews, standard and unusal poetry, weird ways to create text * files, dancing at different times of the day, and much more. * * We welcome our new contributors: Ralph Singleton Jr, Freon, * Dr R.K. Singh and Christopher Mulrooney. Welcome back Eric Chaet, * Simon Mol, DIzzIE and the interesting combination Bravemoore, * The GNN and Hedge. * * Early summer greetings from Sweden * The GNN and Bravemoore * (anything goes) mailto:editor@uxu.org * * Current uXu Writers .. Members and writers thru the last three releases .. Visit uXu.org For additional information on our writers. Name Specialities Status ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bravemoore - Editing - Editor The GNN - Philosophical Fiction - Staff Russel Hallberg Jr - Reclaiming his rights - Contributor DIzzIE - Old School Right On - Contributor Sevrin - Revealing by entertainment - Contributor Laura Aurora - Love, Life and Lovely poetry - Contributor Mark Phillips - Christian views - Contributor Shane Jones - Explicit street poetry - Contributor Simon Moleke-Njie - Brings terror from history - Contributor William Hockney - Poetry to hold on to - Contributor Jason Gurley - Writing to warn & not to harm - Contributor Doug Tanoury - Serial poet - Contributor Vasilis Afxentiou - Truths best served cold - Contributor Steven Zeigler - Not your average travelguide - Contributor * Ralph Singleton Jr - Scaring fellow americans - Contributor * Freon - Bringing chaos to your neurons - Contributor * C. Mulrooney - Excel Poetry - Contributor * R K Singh - Haikuing, not hiking - Contributor * Knyttet - Tillbaka med insikter - Medarbetare * Joseph - Livet sett från den Soli:a sidan - Medarbetare ----------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu Lifetime Honorary Members Name For... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chief uXu founder, leader & long time uXu defender Ikonoklast Writing that great piece of work, Technophilia Leon Felkins His great and serious essays for serious people Eric Chaet Sharing his reflective and enriching life ---------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________________________________ * I N D E X - Standard Releases 577 - 593 * [09 May 2001] For the complete list of uXu files, check out our web or FTP sites, or send a mail to index@uxu.org or longindex@uxu.org No Title Author Size -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * [577] US Reserve Insurance Fraud... R Singleton Jr 15k * [578] Green Leaves & Yellow Flowers Eric Chaet 2k * [579] Eden Freon 12k * [580] Charlie's Exile Blues Simon Moleke-Njie 15k * [581] Little Johny DIzzIE 3k * [582] Review: One World, Ready or Not Eric Chaet 7k * [583] Listen! Freon 4k * [584] Gothenburg City 2001 Various authors 2k * [585] The Sea Freon 16k * [586] Tuchas Offen Tisch C Mulrooney 4k * [587] Two Haikus and One Poem R K Singh 3k * [588] The Midnight Dance At Noon Simon Moleke-Njie 46k * [589] Review: The Crisis of Global Capitalism... Eric Chaet 11k * [590] 'Twas the Night Before Christmas DIzzIE 6k * [591] The Spirit of Wigilia Simon Moleke-Njie 13k * [592] I'm Trying Eric Chaet 4k * [593] uXu Index #39 Bravemoore/The GNN 17k __________________________________________________________________________ * I N D E X - Swedish Releases * [09 May 2001] * För en lista på svenska uXu-filer, skicka e-post till index@uxu.org Nr Titel Skribent Storlek -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * [091] Lös framtid Bravemoore 2k * [092] Där män är Knyttet 3k * [093] Den tredje natten Joseph 7k * [094] Kniven Joseph 7k * [095] Odör Joseph 8k * [096] Påny Joseph 8k * [097] Projekt Bög Joseph 9k * [098] Jag kammar Elvis Joseph 4k * [099] Scunthorpe Joseph 13k * [100] Västerut Joseph 9k __________________________________________________________________________ * uXu - Description Index Standard Releases ^ / \ / \ /\ /\ / \ / \ Underground eXperts United < uXu > Release Update #39 \ / \ / May 9, 2001 \/ \/ \ / \ / v December May December May December May Releases 2001: 577: "United States Reserve Insurance Fraud" by Ralph Singleton Jr. We do not know who has written this text, as it was submitted to uXu anonymously. Even worse, we do not know if the conspiracy it describes is a fact or fiction. We take comfort merely in the hope that this intrigue is not for real; or, if it is, it has nothing corresponding to it in Sweden, at least not yet. Scary stuff, prepare for paranoia. 578: "Green Leaves & Yellow Flowers" by Eric Chaet. This is the lyrics of a song Chaet wrote alongside an American highway a quarter of a decade ago. If you fancy it, feel free to make up your own music and record it all you like. But please credit the author, and let him know about it... 579: "Eden" by Freon. The short time we have on earth is not easy to administer. We want to know what to do, how to understand what has been, what is, and what will be; but also how to pass on our insights to our children. But if "the first word i speak will destroy my understanding", what should we do? Well, we must find other paths to walk, as expressed in this fine piece of poetry. 580: "Charlie's Exile Blues" by Simon Moleke-Njie. When younger, Simon and Charlie knew each other very well. But circumstances separated them. Almost a decade later they came across each other again, in another part of the world. They were now adults, and had both experienced a lot. This is a text about that encounter, but also how it is to be a refugee in Europe. 581: "Little Johny" by DIzzIE. This is a lovely collection of short rhymes, beautifully expressed in a charming poetic language. Ha ha. Just kidding. These rhymes are extremely violent, vulgar and tasteless; they constitute yet another proof of Dizzie's clinical insanity. (We thank the author for keeping uXu away from being too serious.) 582: "Review of 'One World, Ready or Not'" by Eric Chaet. William Greider is the best living journalist in English, as far as Chaet knows. He is current, understands history, makes it his business to comprehend as many factors as possible, including financial. Unlike most of his journalistic colleagues in English, he has at the same time a comprehensive grasp of the global situation and a conscience. 583: "Listen!" by Freon. The sword of Damocles dangle over our heads. It will drop any second, unless we take action. So why do we not? Because we have also put ourselves in a strait-jacket of paradoxical Necessity; what we need to live are the same things that will end our lives, sooner or later. Can we free ourselves and cut down the sword? Maybe if we actually listen. Listen! 584: "Gothenburg City 2001" by Bravemoore/The GNN/Hedge. Now and then, the Swedish division of the uXu crew actually meet outside the digital world. This file is the outcome of such a gathering. At first glance, it might look like nothing special; but one part of it actually proves the rejected hypothesis that it is possible to write a textfile when you are dead drunk and sound asleep on the floor. 585: "The Sea" by Freon. Oh, what a lovely text this is. Freon has by means of a sublime short story managed to capture the complicated issues of loneliness and love. Love is like a disease, it takes a certain state of mind for it to take. But if you are a loner, this state of mind might never come around, no matter how much you crave to love and be loved. 586: "Tuchas Offen Tisch" by Christopher Mulrooney. Poetry is the hardest art of text to master. Anyone can type, many can write prose, but only a few are able to combine a few selected words so perfect that it turns into an overwhelming totality. The uXu debutant Mulrooney is one of these few good poets, here giving you six of his works. 587: "Two Haikus and One Poem" by R.K. Singh. We are happy to welcome our first writer from India, Doctor Singh from the Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad. As the very title reveals, this text contains two haikus and one poem. We are certain none of them will disappoint you. 588: "The Midnight Dance At Noon" by Simon Moleke-Njie. Love is powerful, but so is religion and tradition. And when the respective interests of such super-powers collide, anything could happen - and it is not always for the best. This is a short story (with a parapsychological introduction) about strong but impossible love, and the quest for breaking free without losing one's identity, situated in contemporary Africa. Highly recommended. 589: "Review of 'The Crisis of Global Capitalism'" by Eric Chaet. Chaet here reviews a brilliant book written by one of the world's most powerful financiers. The book suggests that it might be wise not to get too used to current economic conditions, developing the concept of 'reflexivity', and talking about the 'open society' and more than one threat to it. 590: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" by DIzzIE. Oh dear. Dizzie has turned this classic piece of poetry dealing with the joys of Christmas into a hellish nightmare. You should not read this text if you are of the sensitive type. When we think about it, no one should actually read this text. Stay away from it if you wish to remain sane. 591: "The Spirit of Wigilia" by Simon Moleke-Njie. Christmas is the time for being with your nearest and dearest. But if you are far away from home and cannot return, the season can indeed be quite lonely. Simon, "the fourth unwise pilgrim", here tells the story about how he was invited and "went with nothing" to a Christmas party in Warzaw, learned about the spirit of Wigilia, and "returned with a pen and paper to write this for you". 592: "I'm Trying" by Eric Chaet. This poem is in a form that some would refuse to call a poem. Chaet tries to synthesize apparent opposites, in order to get a grip, and get on with his business of changing the world forever for better. Overly pretentious? Not at all. Admirable, rather. 593: "uXu Index #39" by Bravemoore. Yet another long period of time has passed. Five months of people asking when the next release is due... We have been spending hours, braincells and money on our upcoming celebration. The release is finished now however, you are reading it this very moment. Nothing more to read here, get on with reading the new files! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The uXu Connection ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-Mail - bm@uxu.org (Bravemoore, Editor) - gnn@uxu.org (The GNN) >> Visit the uXu website for an updated list of author addresses. FTP Sites - ftp://ftp.etext.org/ /pub/Zines/UXU Main Website - http://www.uXu.org/ uXu HQ Subscribing - subscribe@uxu.org (The uXu Distribution list) - notify@uxu.org (The uXu Notification list) Back Issues - backissues@uxu.org by email Note: Specify file numbers in the subject line and/or in the message body. BBS - Check out our website for a current list of boards which carry our files. 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