Tribal Instincts "Your monthly dose of tRiBaL PHiLosOPHy" Issue 1 of Infinitum / (June 1994) cavalier I've spent quite a few days, since being handed this column, trying to place into words the feelings and motives of TRiBE (Tribe, TRIBE, tRIBE, TribE, etc). It's been pretty hard to do, probably because at the moment alot of the "Tribal Feelings" are hard to put into words, let alone a text file. Oh well. I've never been one to keep my mouth shut, so here comes something.. Welcome TRiBE (Tribe, TRIBE, tRIBE, TRibE, etc). This is my view of our philosophy, as how it stands this month. We're TRiBE. We're all experienced, we all have our battle scars. We've thrown our punches, we've had our battles. We've been backstabbed, we've been bamboozled. We've had great times, we've had shitty times. We've made our mark, we've done our job and we've done it well. The "high command" of TRiBE currently focuses around Cavalier (myself), CyberChrist, and The artist formerly known as Shihear Kallizad (in no particular order, except my order, which is nothing in particular.) All of us have had our ups and downs in the scene, all of us have been in the scene for a minimum of a year and a half. What am I getting at? We're TRiBE. We have no one to answer to except ourselves. We've already proven, time and time again, that when it comes to getting the job done, we do it damn well. Each of us, in one way or another, have been parts of some of the most legendary groups of people ever assembled in the scene. We've "made our mark" so to speak, and we're damn proud of it. So what does this mean for TRiBE? We're Tribe. We're here to show the scene, which has hit the shitter, I might add, what "trendsetting" is all about. I figure you take all the great "old timers" (and those few mutant new timers), the REAL people that made this scene what it is, get them together and watch the sparks fly. I'm not promising an ANSI Utopia - Fuck that, it's been promised before. I'm not promising the ultimate super elite group that will leave all the non members drooling in their lameness - well, not yet. TRiBE has nothing to prove to anyone except TRiBE. TRiBE could consist of 5 members by next January, TRiBE could consist of 500 members by next January, it doesn't matter. TRiBE is TRiBE, and if you're not TRiBE, screw you, you lose. Fuck egos, there are more important places for that. Fuck wars, we've done them all and done them right. Fuck old group wars or rivalries, there's no use for them anymore. If you're disgusted by this file, I give a shit. If you're disgusted by the ideas I'm proposing, the methods I'm using, the shock technique you might think I'm employing, delete this and every other TRiBE file you see. That's the difference. This is the new TRiBE. If you don't care about us, well Merry Christmas because we don't give a shit about you, either. *SMOOCH*. We answer to no one but ourselves. If you're not in TRiBE, screw you, you lose, slick. Maybe I should trademark that phrase. I can't express it any other way. We're TRiBE. Any member of TRiBE can walk into a congegration of "elite dudes", say "Yo, I'm TRiBE" - and *NOTHING* else matters. We don't have to run around screaming and warring and playing little "group wars" because WE'RE THE BEST. God. That sounds like such a fucking egotistical statement, but it's TRUE. Everyone here in TRiBE, everyone who's going to be in TRiBE, is saying "I've made my mark. I'm in TRiBE now. Whatever I release is fantastic because I'm TRiBE and nothing else matters." There's not a single piece of work that's released or will be released, that a TRiBESMAN can look down upon. Our pack is quality, our pack has one thing people lack, pride. TRiBE PRiDE. If you don't believe in your group or love the people you're working with, what the fuck are you doing there? We're having a blast. We're kicking ass, we're taking names, we're TRiBE. SAUCE00Tribal Instincts Cavalier TRiBE 19940830P