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alright dudes.. this interview was done
live at my place (biz kid!) 1st of jan.

this time i proudly bring you a person
from the english scene into your house!
he is known to the masses as :

              mad of padua


ok let's get this started right now!

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? yo mad first i would like to say thanx
  for the nice time we had in herning
  and at my place (this also goes for
  betrayer of xentrix !!)

  ok pal please introduce yourself to
  the masses!

! this is mad of padua!!! that stands
  for michael arrowsmith design for
  those who did not know (biz!!!) and
  i live in the wet and windy shores of
  the u.k.


? ok that was about your handle and the
  place you live. please tell us some-
  thing about your job in the scene, how
  long you have been into the scene,what
  do you do besides computing and so on!

! i am a artist/coder/musician/swapper
  for padua, and i have been in that
  group for about a year and a half...
  i started out in a famous english
  group called xentrix. other groups i
  have been a part of are for example:
  t.a.t, mayhem and deadline (where i
  also cracked). besides computing i
  study at nightschool, which takes up
  a bit of my time...


? well i guess you also make some money
  now and then, coz i know you had saved
  up a bit so you could come to da x-mas
  party in herning (bank-robbing ???)

  the fact is and was that you actually
  took place in one of the most famous
  computer parties ever. so was it worth
  it ?
  what about the party; did it live up
  to your expectations? or was it just a
  big flop?

! herning was my first computer-party,
  so i didn't know quite what to expect!
  but i thought it was quite cool,
  meeting many of my euro contacts and
  the attending padua dudes. i thought
  the competition demos/gfx/music was of
  a high standard!...
  the only annoying feature was that the
  sleeping halls were really cold, (in
  fact some people caught colds (biz!!))
  also the gfx demo seemed unfair, the
  best graphics came nowhere near the
  top ten...


? yes i do agree with you.. i loved the
  party aswell but something should have
  been different :

  the sleeping halls were too fu..ing
  cold. the compo did fuck up.
  but i think we should blame the amiga
  and pc organizers for a lot of shit.
  first they didn't even bother to recog
  nize the c64. a few examples :
  the camelot crew wasn't supplied with
  organizer-shirts. the prizes were way
  too small. and the time given for show
  ing the demos was too limited. some
  groups even got disqualified because
  of this.
  except for this it was a cool party!

  ok mad back to you! you were so lucky
  to get the opportunity to stay at my
  house for a few days. you even cele-
  brated new years eve at my place.
  what was that like? did you experience
  something different compared to an
  english new years eve?
  and what about the stay at my place?

! the danish new year is much more of a
  celebration than the english one.
  one really strange feature was adding
  candy to vodka (in particular turkish
  pepper and fishermans friend...) these
  tasted disgusting!!! all the danes at
  biz kid's house were drinking large
  amounts (and enjoying it!?! (weird!))
  later, the firework show was cool. the
  illegal bangers were so bloody loud!!!
  (probably why they are illegal!) the
  english don't have fireworks on new
  years eve, and usually just go to the
  pub (boring really, compared to the
  danish way of celebration.) the food
  was excellent, and even though i had
  no idea what was being said, we all
  had a good night....


? yeah that really was a good night!!
  i got one hell of a surprise because
  both of my english guest (mad and be-
  trayer) actually ate the food!!
  i believe betrayer had at least 12
  pieces of beef - he he!!!
  (he agrees !!)
  a lot of funny things happend this
  evening. but i have to say that the
  english people drink like sissies..
  they really let me down. only tuborg
  and white wine was ok!!  buuuuuaahh!!

  all in all i think that they had some
  sort of a shock staying with me. (some
  even say i'm a bit weird - i can't
  figure out why!!)

  except for the new years eve how did
  you find your stay in denmark/v.nebel?
  please tell us a bit of your discover-
  ies?

! denmark is a cool place, the weather
  is very much like england (rain and
  snow), but it was so expensive!!!!!!!
  one mars bar here costs about 6 dkk,
  (three times the cost of back in
  england...  aaarrrrggg!!!), yet the
  fireworks here cost about half (or
  even less!) than english ones...

  fact: biz kid is weird. (but lovable
  all the same...)

  fact2: the women working in mc'donalds
  here look quite tasty (pity they are
  not on the menu hehehe) the english
  ones look like utter dogs...

  fact3: danish language is incredibly
  hard to pronounce!!!           .
                         godt nytar!!!!!



? just one thing to add. a shame you
  weren't there to hear them pronouncing
  danish.
  ok mad enough about denmark for now.
  let's talk about new zealand instead!!



                 not!!!!



  no seriously. i usually make this fav-
  ourite list of the trapped ones like
  you. and i won't skip it now either!

  so please fill in your favourites



  drink         : vimto
                  (probably european
                  guys won't know this!)

  candyshot     : erm... fishermens

  movie         : the movies shown at
                  herning (24-hour porn)

  food          : chocolate (yum)

  danish word   : tak (the only one i
                  know!!!)

  girl          : anna nicole smith
                  (page 20 in 'the sun')

  underwear     : anna nicole smith's

  bil-udlejning : very funny biz!

  demo group    : camelot, focus, spirit

  cracker group : don't care really...

  graphician    : mirage, hein

  composer      : laxity, scortia, drax
                  (and many more!!!)

  coder         : x-byte, all camelot

  demo          : most camelot demos
                  most focus demos
                  dutch breeze (no shit)

  magazine      : update (hahaha)
                  and of course skyhigh!

  game          : armalyte, hawkeye

  party         : herning!!!

  biz kid       : erm... biz kid???

  computer      : zx81 (just kidding)
                  the c64 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  favourite     : anna nicole smith
                  smeared with chocolate
                  (double yum)


? i can only think of one thing :

      'swallow my sexy centimetres'


  well mike, back to reality. you men-
  tioned the high quality releases at
  the x-mas party. unfortunately your
  group was disqualified (shit happens!)
  so what is cooking? any new padua re-
  leases on the way?

! after t3 (released january?), another
  big demo will follow. i will do a part
  for the anti-nazi demo, as well as a
  trackmo (all by myself!). my game will
  be finished hopefully before march!

  if anyone wants to know why padua was
  disqualified then here is why: we
  spent 48 hours trying to finish it at
  the partyplace, but time ran out. we
  do not blame camelot, because it was
  the amiga organizers that set the
  inflexible deadlines (dickheads)...


? another proof that amiga and amiga-
  owners suxx!!!

  (and you can take that to the bank!!)

  talking about the future! do you have
  any special future plans. or in other
  words : what are your plans for the
  future in your private life ?

! get a house, get a girl and get a life
  i really need to pass my exams this
  time, then i can decide whether or not
  to go to university or get a job...
  (what jobs!?!) get a driving license,
  and rob a bank, (so i can get to the
  party iv next year hehehe)


? ok what can i ask now? oh yes! contax.
  you said that you're also a swapper.
  i would like to hear some more about
  that.
  i myself hadn't heard about you until
  you contacted me in (october ??)
  but i guess you are a bit more known
  by the english scene than the euro-
  scene.
  please tell us about your contacts.
  stuff like : how many, who, countries
  and so on!

! i'm no megaswapper, i've about 22 good
  contacts...
  unifier/spirit, zyron/antic, walker/
  g*p, biz kid/oxyron (who? hehehe),
  syndrom/crest, rantanplan/spirit,
  cruzer/camelot, jeff/camelot, jvd/
  focus, nightshade/success, betrayer/
  xentrix, kenz/bz, uzzy/entropy, joker/
  ua, case/entropy, primus/mayhem,
  gremlin/entropy, virus/entropy,
  ayatollah/flt, ano/padua, diabolo/
  padua, franky/padua...
  and anyone else i missed.

  the countries i swap with are denmark,
  sweden, germany, netherlands and u.k.

  i want more contacts, but no lame shit
  and i expect the send to work!!!
  all my contacts usually write good
  letters, and thats fine by me.

  if anyone is desperate enough...

  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  (write "do not bend" on envelope!)

  i won't answer anyone who sends lame
  games or magazines... i want friendly
  and reliable contacts from anywhere.
  (coders/artists/musicians prefered)


? yeah dudes now you got the chance to
  add another english scener to your
  list..

  i myself can recommend him!!

  well i'll return to the subject demos
  for a while. you said that the quality
  of the demos released in herning was
  stunning high. (i agree.)
  but what about the demo scene today.

  i wrote in skyhigh issue #08 that i
  find the reason for releasing so few
  demos is lazyness. do you agree with
  that or am i totally wrong?

  and furthermore what about the future
  demo releases, what do you expect?

! lazyness is a big part of it, (padua
  especially!) but i find that many demo
  crews are only producing demos for the
  competitions (to get money). this
  means that the time between parties,
  nothing is released, people get bored
  of the scene and leave it. if people
  leave, the number of demos decrease
  anyway...
  for 1994, i expect some serious coding
  breakthroughs... oxyron will no doubt
  code a 256 face glenz vector... jeff
  of camelot will probably make a 20-
  speed player, and joe of antic will
  draw a 3 screen fli-interlace sync
  scroller of anna nicole smith (yes!!!)


? one future project is the demo i have
  written about for the last 3-4 issues
  of this mag. the 'anti-nazi' demo.

  you have just joined in and betrayer
  of xentrix aswell. (i appreciate that
  a lot - thanx!)
  what about this sort of demos. is this
  a good way to express an opinion or is
  it just another lame idea?

! i hope it does get some message across
  and sceners listen. i think there
  should be more co-op demos of this
  type (whether it has a message or not)
  some nazi's have no reason to be like
  that, and are fighting for a 'cause'
  they know nothing about...


? you are absolutely right. especially
  some swedish nazi pisses me off.
  they've got nothing to do with nazism
  at all.they (sweden) were even neutral
  during the wars. how come they sudden-
  ly got so involved? beats the hell out
  of me!!

  well i better stop writing about nazis
  for now  and save it for the demo.

  and remember to be a part of it!!!

  ok mad thanx for taking the time to
  help me with this interview (i forced
  him - he he!!)
  i hope you'll have a good trip home..

  i'm looking forward to meeting you
  again sometime !!


  please stay as you are but talk a bit
  more - he he!!!!

                                BIZ KID


! well thanks biz, you have been the
  perfect host (trying to get your
  guests pissed) and you are more than
  welcome to stay at my place in the
  wet and windy u.k.!!!!!
  also thanks to the other skyhigh staff
  (sanne the cook/boozer) and i hope you
  both have a happy new year.        .
                            (godt nytar)

                                    MAD


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