This is the very first OPERATION:TRICKY Newsletter! Naturally the newsletter hasnt built up yet so while it may not be as big as I would like it to be, give it time! I'd like this newsletter not to be in my words only. The idea of the perfect newletter is all the Tricky fans out there to participate in it! If there's anything you would like to see in here type it up and send it to me and as long as it it's based on facts and idea rather than gossip it will defiently be put on the next newletter, which goes out each month. So all you reporters and writers out there get your thinking caps on and participate! Send all Newsletter reports to Nhvek@hotmail.com and make the subject "NEWSLETTER":-)

*******TRICKY SITES********

+The Unofficial Tricky Page- http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/Club/4947
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+This one is one of the more creative ones. It has more content than pictures, which I find to be better. Go there for biography, record , and lyric info! Although it lacks it's graphics, the graphics that are on the page are defiently worth looking at!

+Apocalpyse Tricky- http://www.primenet.com/~aboo/tricky/index.html
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This is the BEST Tricky site I've ever seen! Anything you are looking for on Tricky you can defiently find here! It's got complete content and graphic qualities! I recommend this site to ANY Tricky fan:-)

+Ultimate Artist- http://www.unfurled.com/ultimate_artists/tricky/index.html
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I think this is the newest site. It's mostly just links. It list more links than yahoo does so it's a good reference to other Tricky sites!

+Poems- http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/Alley/7530/
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This is a more plain and straight to the point site. I would recommend it except it lacks creativity and I believe creativity is a very important quality to look for in a good homepage.

+Pologram- http://www.polygram.com/polygram/mondo/tricky/tricky.html
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If you were going to make a site couldn't you find something better to do than make a colorful link?

+Nearly God- http://www.nearlygod.com/
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THE OFFICIAL SITE! As with any official site, you've just got to see it!

*****PRESS RELEASE TRICKY******

+DETAILS MAGAZINE As Nearly God,Tricky throws the ball even further, vanishing into a trip-hop hinterland that's even stranger,gloomier, and still more fascinating. It's slow-motion dystopian blues for everyone who thought Maxinquaye was too damn cheerful.

+ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE With Tricky, confusion rules. These two releases are his sly, sort-of follow-ups to his 1995 debut, Maxinquaye, the overnight sensation that transformed the 28-year-old writer, producer and rapper - a rowdy graduate of the Bristol, England, collective Massive Attack - into one of the most celebrated shapers of new pop music.

+ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY No, Tricky hasn't pulled a Prince and changed his name. Nearly God is a side project on which he pairs himself with a range of singers from Bjork to the Specials' Terry Hall. The album is an abrupt about-face from his debut. Eschewing spacey trip-hop grooves, it's filled wiht hypnotic, grinding soundscapes over which he and guests plaintively whisper. With God Tricky's created a new genre: ambient apocalypse.

+Check out one of these interviews with the man himself!
http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/Club/4947/trickyin.htm
http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/Club/4947/trickyin2.htm

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+THE FIFTH ELEMENT If your not already aware, Tricky appeared in his firs movie role on THE FIFTH ELEMENT! It a sci-fi movie starring Milla Jovovich, Bruce Willis, and Gary Oldman. I know this is old news guys, but I included it for all the people who didn't know!

+August 19th Martina and Tricky appeared on The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show.

+Tricky's boxer grandfather got into a fight with the security guards at a Lallapaloza tour. In case you didn't know Tricky was one of the acts on this years Lollapalooza tour.

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I know this was a rather short newsletter, but I did my best! Remember, what I really need is all of you to participate. The more people I have working with me to create a good newsletter the more material everyone will have in their mail boxes! If you want to chat about Tricky there is a chat room set up on irc. So what do you need to get started chatting? Download PIRCH32 at http://www.globalserve.net/~element/pirch.htm (or if you already have a program capable of connecting to IRC such as, mIRC or Homer that will do) and connect to server irc-2.mit.edu and go to channel #Tricky. Until next month- Nhvek