The scene, for me, has always been something that resembles a situation of me in a helicopter. I do not "live" in the scene, instead I stay in my helicopter and land here and there all over scenetown. Back in the days the helicopters, atleast not mine, came without windows. The landings could give a glimpse of the occurings at that certain spot. These days however, it is easier to get a grasp of the whole scene. This has not only to do with that the scene has diminished, but more so with a totally different information technology than the one ten-fifteen years ago. Today it is easier for everyone to get a hold of one another, and this will of course lead to clashes like the recent one at CSDb beween the people at Protovision and the crackingscene (I am aware of the simplification in the example), but also that individual artists meet and build new networks to create within. Out of this dismiss of the scene structures creativity could prosper.

However, one should not fool oneself too much. Much, perhaps most, of the scene is still happening underneath, beyond the visible skyline from the helicopter. There scene is still surprising and some of the recent surprises have come from the NTSC-world. When the mysterious figure Elwix told me he was bringing back Driven a couple of months ago that was a blast for me, partly because of my news coverage in it almost ten years ago. Another NTSC dawn is the resurrection of the boardscene over there. Knowing how important it has been for the scene lacking swappers one could begin to hope for more of the good known as scene spirit.

Summer is upon us, atleast here in the northern hemisphere. Take the time to listen to Dwayne Bakewells Summer Heat whilst dozing in the warmth. If you have the possibility, make sure to book tickets to the inflatable land of Little Computer People in Linkoping/Sweden this summer. But by then, hopefully, a new edition of Vandalism News should have been dropped from the helicopter in the sky.

/Jonatan "macx" Forsberg