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- | c03If you ever wondered if The Ripper c04|
- | c03is worth a vote: He surely is. c04|
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- c02 THE EDITOR ON FOCUS: THE RIPPER
- c03 by RokDaZone
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- c02Ivan. What associations come to your
- mind when being confronted by that
- name? Ivan. A big Russian beserk. A
- bear, slaughtering each and everyone
- being in his way. A beast of a man,
- swallowing litres of vodka without any
- sign of alcoholic effect. Nostrowje!
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- f4'I'm sorry if I always disappear after
- some joints, but hey, I can't bear too
- much, I'm not too suited!'
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- f1The Ripper/Artwork; taken from his
- first biography 'Me, The Hammer and a
- Green Something.'
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- c02Ivan Curzolo fits none of the pictures
- above. In fact, the Italian editor is
- a rather small guy of a slender but
- noble constitution. Although c03The
- Ripper c02- such his handle - is a
- literally known and respected Scener,
- it does not show disrespect to
- announce him the rising new star of
- the Diskmag Scene. The Ripper is a
- rather 'young' Scener for gaining
- first Scene experiences just in 1991
- as modem-trader in a group called
- c03Thyrone Italy c02and by delivering his
- first fistful of articles to c03I.C.E. c02-
- with two of them published. The agile
- Ivan changes groups and Diskmags like
- Mop dictionaries: c03Thyrone Italy,
- Nightfall, Polaris, Banana Dezign, Ram
- Jam c02and lately c03Artwork. I.c.e.,
- Freedom Crack, Abnormalia, D.i.s.c.,
- Propaganda, Hardcore, R.o.m., The
- Charts c02and some others, even he
- himself does not remember.
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- f4'Even if surely lacking Merlin's
- English grasp The Ripper for sure has
- good narrative potentials, which only
- at times are limited by the incomplete
- knowledge of the language.'
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- f1Macno in Abnormalia#3
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- c02Mr. Curzolo lacks the aggressive tone
- which basically has found entrance
- into the circle of editors. Neither
- has one read any harsh words in
- private situations nor hatred
- slag-offs. Still, this surely does
- not mean, our friend is a flatterer
- like some other editors. No, with
- noble gentleness, The Ripper uses his
- wide formal vocabulary and exquisite
- sarcasm to lay his fingers into open
- wounds. His quite way of journalism
- and his subtile sense of humour
- possibly also prevented him from
- higher chart-spheres up to now, as
- the Scene reacts much more on
- aggressive shouters like c03Fishwave c02or
- scientific cynics like c03Macnoc02.
- Lately, The Ripper has gained a lot of
- impact on c03ROM c02together with his
- brother in soul c03Posdunousc02. This also
- can be read from recent chartrankings.
- The Ripper is climbing the ladder.
- Just a matter of time until reaching
- uptone tempo.
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- f4'The Ripper: you should know him. He
- has journalistic talent and that would
- be enough, but above all he has a
- quality that few other main-editors
- around can have: he's a Juventus
- fan.'
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- f1Posdnuos in The Charts#15
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- c02With finishing his exams in Italian
- constitution and laws plus in
- Romanprocess at an average of 26 out
- 30, c03The Filler c02- as Macno ones called
- him cheekingly - seems to have his
- mind free for new endeavours, new
- efforts. In case his chronic poverty
- does not force him to sell his
- equipment before. Funny enough, he
- still manages to visit many of the
- bigger parties like The Party V or The
- Symposium'96. Legendary his struggle
- for survival after the Party V, when
- he had to collect empty bottles at the
- end of the event to at least get
- himself some food and a bed to sleep
- for a night. His comment: f4'Italians
- are poor compared to Germans, but
- compared to Danish we're nothing but
- beggars!' f1Still, this all did not help
- him to get back home in time for the
- new years eve. He had to spend the
- most awaited day of the year in
- Germany.
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- f4'I did not go fishing this summer. I
- did nothing but mushrooming. I've
- become an expert, there are no boletus
- who can't be catched by me. I think
- I've become the terror of the woods.
- Alas some weeks ago just one mushroom
- did it and escaped from my hands. It
- was too fast for me. But now I think
- it was not a mushroom but an elf. A
- common, stupid, short elf.'
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- f1The Ripper; excerpt from his second
- biography called 'My Life as Orc'
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