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Archive-name: writing/zines/part1 Last-modifed: 94/06/06 Distribution-agent: tmp@netcom.com (This document has been brought to you in part by CRAM. See the bottom for more information, including instructions on how to obtain updates.) === John Labovitz's e-zine-list Last updated: 6 June 1994 by John Labovitz <johnl@ora.com> This is a summary of electronically-accessible zines -- what they are, who puts them out, and where you can find them. In most cases, descriptions are excerpted from the masthead of the zine listed. Please note that I have changed my email address from johnl@netcom.com to johnl@ora.com. See below for the new location of the e-zine-list. ADMINISTRIVIA If you have any additions, deletions, or changes to this list, please email them to johnl@ora.com. A notice about new editions of this list is posted to the following mailing lists: ZINES-L@uriacc.uri.edu WRITERS@VM1.NODAK.EDU The full ASCII text version is automatically posted every 3 weeks (thanks to Larry Detweiler) to the following USENET newsgroups: alt.zines alt.etext misc.writing rec.mag alt.internet.services alt.answers misc.answers rec.answers news.answers It can also be obtained via anonymous FTP from etext.umich.edu in "/pub/Zines" as "e-zine-list" (ASCII text version), via Gopher at etext.archive.umich.edu in "Zines" as "e-zine-list", via the World Wide Web at http://www.ora.com:8080/johnl/e-zine-list/, and via email from me (johnl@ora.com). If you publish an e-zine, or know someone who does, send a copy to me and I'll add the relevant info to this database. Please include as much of the information below as appropriate: * name of e-zine * brief description (10 lines or less) * editor name(s) and email addresses * format (ASCII text is the default) * frequency * archive sites, including gopher, FTP, WWW, and WAIS * email address for subscribing (if other than editor(s)'s addresses) * Usenet newsgroups you post the zine to * other BBSs and online systems, including Compuserve, America Online, FidoNet, WWIVNet * voice phone, fax, postal address, if you want * ISSN number Comments, suggestions, changes, deletions, etc., are welcomed and encouraged. WHAT IS A "ZINE"? For those of you not acquainted with the zine world, "zine" is short for either "fanzine" or "magazine," depending on your point of view. Zines are generally produced by one person or a small group of people, done often for fun or personal reasons, and tend to be irreverent, bizarre, and/or esoteric. Zines are not "mainstream" publications -- they generally do not contain advertisements (except, sometimes, advertisements for other zines), do not have a large subscriber base, and are generally not produced to make a profit. FORMATS Most e-zines listed here are in standard ASCII text format, which you can read on just about any computer or terminal, and print on any printer. A few are available in PostScript for printing on a laser printer (or viewing on-screen if you have a PostScript interpreter in your window system). A small number are available in some system-specific format (i.e., Macintosh HyperCard). More and more are becoming available in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) on the World Wide Web. HOW DO I GET THE E-ZINES? I have listed the various methods of access for each particular e-zine. Briefly, I use the following: FTP -- File Transfer Protocol The host/pathname is given in the form "host:path" that certain FTP clients (such as NCFTP) can use directly; otherwise, you'd probably type "ftp host" and then "cd path" or some such. All FTP sites listed accept anonymous logins (use "ftp" as username and your email address as password). If you are not directly on the Internet, you can use an FTP-mail server to get files. Perhaps the most widely known public FTP-mail server is located at decwrl.dec.com (send the message "help" to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com for more information). (Thanks to John Reeves for supplying this missing information.) Gopher Only accessible if your site is directly on the Internet. Try typing "gopher". If it works, you have a gopher client, and can usually type "gopher host". WWW -- World Wide Web Only accessible if your site is directly on the Internet, and supports a WWW-compatible hypertext browser. Current browsers include www (ASCII line mode), lynx (ASCII full-screen mode), xmosaic (X Windows), tkWWW (X Windows), Mac Mosaic (Macintosh), PC Mosaic (PC), Cello (PC), and a few others. Usenet -- Usenet News Only accessible if your site carries the specific Usenet group. E-Mail -- Electronic Mail You can usually request current or back issues via this address. Sometimes a site will run a mail server that automates some of this work. Instructions are listed, if applicable. Postal Last resort, or point of contact for zines that have paper editions. Phone/Fax Why? I dunno; because it was there. CompuServe You know, that out-dated system that charges ridiculous rates. Other BBSes and other on-line systems the zine resides on. SYSTEMS ARCHIVING E-ZINES The following are sites that archive e-zines. Many of them are primary archive points for e-zines in this list. FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu ftp.cic.net:/pub/e-serials quartz.rutgers.edu ftp.msen.com ftp.halcyon.com world.std.com nigel.msen.com:/pub/newsletters grind.isca.uiowa.edu:/info/journals Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu gopher.cic.net gopher.msen.com gopher.well.sf.ca.us world.std.com gopher.unt.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Access Magazine "Access is the latest publication to hit the Information Highway! The name Access was purposely chosen because that is just what this magazine promises to do! It will give you a behind the scenes glimpse of people and places you've always wondered about, while revealing all that we can discover in the world of entertainment. (WE ARE GETTING QUITE GOOD AT THIS!) We will provide you with up to date info on everything from the supernatural to the art of cooking...We are a diverse bunch at Access Magazine." Editor(s): Shirley.Bragg@AMBASSADOR.COM Frequency: bi-monthly (to start) Email: Access@Ambassador.Com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Hofmann's Strange Mistake "A hypertext 'zine commemorating the 51st anniversary of the accidental discovery of LSD, 16 April, 1943. The document contains archives by authorities from Albert Hofmann to Abbie Hoffman, hypertext fac/tion on CIA-sponsored acid tests, and testimonials solicited from users all over the world." Editor(s): Bobby Rabyd <ST001747@Brownvm.Brown.Edu> Format: Storyspace hypertext application (Mac/PC) FTP: ftp.brown.edu: /pub/bobby_rabyd/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Amateur Computerist "The Amateur Computerist grew out of a battle against the cancellation of computer programming classes for hourly workers at the Ford Rouge Factory. The newsletter deals with computer issues and labor issues. The Amateur Computerist is dedicated to support for grassroots efforts and movements like the "computers for the people movement" that gave birth to the personal computer in the 1970s and 1980s and articles about these developments have appeared in past issues of the newsletter. Most recently the newsletter is documenting the history of the development of the Global Network, of Usenet, and of Unix and the progressive impact of these important breakthroughs." Editor(s): Ronda Hauben <ae547@yfn.ysu.edu> or <ronda@umcc.umich.edu> Michael Hauben <hauben@columbia.edu> Format: ASCII text WordPerfect Email: <au329@cleveland.freenet.edu> or <ae547@yfn.ysu.edu> Gopher: gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/a/amateur-computerist etext.archive.umich.edu: Politics/Amateur.Computerist FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu: /doc/misc/acn/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/a/amateur-computerist/ etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Politics/Amateur.Computerist/ Usenet: alt.amateur-comp Postal: R. Hauben, P.O. Box 4344, Dearborn, MI 48126, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ANGST "Angst, a metaphor on anger and frustration. Dread, hurt, pain, turmoil. Hopefully, this will become our personality, what our poetry and stories will rally around. If not, then I suppose we'll eventually have to come up with a new name, for now let Angst stand. We will let your submissions mold the personality of this small beasty." Editor(s): Michael D. Heacock Format: ASCII text Word 2.0 PostScript Email: uh186@freenet.victoria.bc.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Arm The Spirit "Arm The Spirit is an autonomist/anti-imperialist collective that disseminates information about liberation struggles in advanced capitalist countries and in the so-called 'Third World.' Our focus is on armed struggle and other forms of militant resistance, but we do not limit ourselves to this. In our magazine, Arm The Spirit, you can find news on political prisoners in North America and Europe, information on the struggles of native peoples in the Americas, communiques from guerrilla groups, debate and discussion on armed struggle, and much more. We also attempt to cover anti-colonial national liberation struggles in Kurdistan, Puerto Rico, Euskadi, and elsewhere." Editor(s): Arm the Spirit <ats@etext.org> Format: ASCII text Email: ats@etext.org Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Politics/Arm.The.Spirit gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Politics/Arm.The.Spirit/ Fax: +1 416 527 2419 (for Canadian group) Postal: Arm The Spirit, c/o Wild Seed Press, POB 57584, Jackson Stn., Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 4X3, Canada Arm The Spirit, c/o Autonome Forum, POB 1242, Burlington, VT 05402-1242, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Armadillo Culture "Being the excremeditation of a hyperactive armadillo's activities, opinions, and other stuff..." Editor(s): Steve Okay <sokay@cyclone.mitre.org> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Armadillo.Culture FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Armadillo.Culture/ Postal: Armadillo Culture, 2857 Foxmill Rd. Herndon, VA 22071, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ART COM "An online magazine forum dedicated to the interface of contemporary art and new communication technologies." Editor(s): Carl Eugene Loeffler <artcomtv@well.sf.ca.us> Format: ASCII text Gopher: gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/a/artcom FTP: ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/a/artcom/ Usenet: alt.artcom Other: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL) ART COM Electronic Network (ACEN) Phone: +1 415 431 7524 Fax: +1 415 431 7841 Postal: ART COM, POB 193123 Rincon, San Francisco, CA 94119-3123, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Athene "The online magazine of amateur creative writing." Editor(s): Jim McCabe Format: ASCII text PostScript Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Athene gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/a/athene FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Athene/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/a/athene/ NOTE: Athene became defunct in 1989. InterText is its immediate successor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bad Subjects "Bad Subjects is intended to promote radical thinking and public education about the political implications of everyday life. We offer a forum for rethinking American 'progressive' or 'leftist' politics. We invite you to join us and participate in all aspects of Bad Subjects. Recent and upcoming issues of Bad Subjects feature articles on malls, Recent articles appearing in _Bad Subjects_ discuss Barney, Rush Limbaugh, _NYPD Blue_, popular music, and queer families." Editor(s): The Bad Subjects Collective <badsubjects-request@uclink.berkeley.edu> Format: ASCII text WWW: http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/BS/BadSubjects.html Gopher: uclink.berkeley.edu (port 52673) FTP: english-server.hss.cmu.edu: /English Server/Journals/Bad Subjects/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham Telecommunication News "It is a nebulous zine that covers things from computer reviews to industry articles to general fiction to whatever the editor feels like putting in. It also contains the monthly BBS listing for the Birmingham metro area. BTN has been published for over 5 years." Editor(s): Scott Hollifield <scott.hollifield@the-matrix.com> Frequency: roughly monthly Other: The MATRIX (+1 205 323-2016 (2400bps), +1 205 323-6016 (9600+bps only)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bits and Bytes Online "An electronic newsletter for text-based life-forms." Editor(s): Jay Machado <JAYMACHADO@delphi.com> Format: ASCII text Frequency: irregularly, 2 or 3 times a month Gopher: gopher.dana.edu: JOURNAL/BITS Other: Compuserve: telecom forum library AOL: telecom files area Phone: +1 609 795 0998 (evenings) Postal: 1529 Dogwood Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- blast:FAMY Editor(s): P.W. Casual, C.E.O, P.W.E <pwcasual@io.org> Format: ASCII text Postal: Box 1165 Station B, London, Ontario N5W 5K2, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BLINK "BLINK would like to be a forum for the issues surrounding the intersection of consciousness and technology. This is our best defense against postmodern angst: To critically look at and anticipate the cultural and social changes spurred by the rapid development of technology." Editor(s): Justin Kerr Joe Germuska <j-germuska@nwu.edu> (managing editor) Danny Dunlavy (chiphead) Jake Eldridge (assistant editor) Format: ASCII text World Wide Web Email: blink@listserv.acns.nwu.edu listserv@listserv.acns.nwu.edu (subscriptions to the ASCII email version) WWW: http://www.acns.nwu.edu/blink/ Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Breakaway "As the last terror-regimes in eastern Europe stumbled down, it once again became possible for those who never accepted these regimes as marxist to discuss marxist theory freely. Breakaway is meant to support this debate about modern marxism. We will write about marxist theory and it's consequences as well as publish works of fiction falling into the bag of 'proletarian literature.' We greatly encourage our readers to submit articles covering their views, dreams and hopes for the future, as well thorough argumentation on a special topic of marxist ideology, or poems and short-stories." Editor(s): Vidar Hokstad <ppack@oslohd.no> Format: ASCII text Postal: Boks 30, N-2001 Lillestroem, NORWAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bucknellian "The weekly campus newspaper of Bucknell University." Format: ASCII text Frequency: 13 times a semester, 26 times a year Email: bucknellian@bucknell.edu WWW: http://www.bucknell.edu/bucknellian/ Phone: +1 717 524 1551 Fax: +1 717 524 1176 Postal: The Bucknellian, C-3952, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaos Control "Focusing on electronic music. Chaos Control features interviews with both major and underground acts." Editor(s): Bob Gourley <rsgour@aol.com> Format: ASCII text Macintosh Hypercard Frequency: bi-monthly Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: world.std.com: /obi/Zines/Chaos.Control/ Other: Club Mac (Australia) Postal: $5 to Bob Gourley, 3 Greenville Dr., Barrington, RI 02806, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaos Corner "Chaos Corner is a small, randomly published electronic newsletter I write that mentions things I have found in the process of wandering across the network. What you have here is a combination of Dr. Science (from National Public Radio), Chaos Manor (from Byte), and Rumor Central (from PC Week)." Editor(s): Robert D. Cowles <rdc@pelican.cit.cornell.edu> Format: ASCII text Email: chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu FTP: pelican.cit.cornell.edu: /pub/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Underground Digest "An open forum dedicated to sharing information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of diverse views." Editor(s): Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer <TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: CuD gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cud FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/CuD/ aql.gatech.edu: /pub/eff/Publications/cud/ ftp.ee.mu.oz.au: /pub/text/CuD/ nic.funet.fi: /pub/doc/cud/ ftp.warwick.ac.uk: /pub/cud/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cud/ Usenet: comp.society.cu-digest Other: Compuserve: DL0 and DL4 of the IBMBBS SIG, DL1 of LAWSIG, DL1 of TELECOM AOL: PC Telecom forum under "computing newsletters" FidoNet: File Request from 1:11/70 GEnie: PF*NPC RT libraries, VIRUS/SECURITY library Delphi: General Discussion database of the Internet SIG PC-EXEC BBS (+1 414 789 4210) Rune Stone BBS (IIRG WHQ) (+1 203 832 8441) NUP:Conspiracy RIPCO BBS (+1 312 528 5020) ComNet in LUXEMBOURG BBS (+352 466893) Bits against the Empire BBS (+39 461 980493) (Italy) Phone: +1 815 753 0303 Fax: +1 815 753 6302 Postal: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- consumable "a print magazine which has recently gone on-line as well. consumable not only reviews alternative music and interviews some of today's most interesting personalities, but also includes offbeat, non-music related, features." Editor(s): scott williams <gajarsky@pilot.njin.net> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE "CORE is an electronic journal of poetry, fiction, essays, and criticsm." Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/CORE_Zine gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/core FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/CORE_Zine/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/core/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cousins "A place for the Witches, pagans, nature spirits, fey-folk, and assorted elder kin of Sherwood to share ideas, challenges, dreams, and projects, and to stir up a little magic of our own." Editor(s): Susan Gavula <sjgavula@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Cousins FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Cousins/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The CPSR Alert "The CPSR Alert, the electronic newsletter put out by the CPSR Washington Office. The focus of the publication is electronic privacy, information access, FOIA and the NII." Editor(s): Dave Banisar <Banisar@washofc.cpsr.org> Format: ASCII text Frequency: bi-weekly Email: alert@washofc.cpsr.org (for comments) listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu (to subscribe send mail with the first line "subscribe cpsr <your name>" (no quotes or brackets)) Gopher: cpsr.org: cpsr/alert etext.archive.umich.edu: CPSR gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cpsr-cpu FTP: cpsr.org: /cpsr/alert/ etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/CPSR/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cpsr-cpu/ WAIS: cpsr.org:/cpsr/alert Other: AOL: Mac Telecom DL section (soon to be CPSR Internet section) Phone: +1 202-544-9240 Fax: +1 202-547-5482 Postal: CPSR Washington Office, 666 Pennsylvania Ave, SE #301, Washington, DC 20003, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CPU: Working in the Computer Industry "Dedicated to sharing information among workers in the computer industry. CPU is a project of the 'Working in the Computer Industry' working group of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility / Berkeley Chapter." Editor(s): Michael Stack <stack@starnine.com> Jim Davis Format: ASCII text Email: listserv@cpsr.org (with a single line in the body of the message: "SUBSCRIBE CPSR-CPU <your first name> <your last name>") Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: CPSR/work FTP: cpsr.org: /cpsr/work/ etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/CPSR/work/ Phone: +1 510 601 6740 Postal: PO Box 3181, Oakland, CA 94609, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Crash "A guide to traveling through the underground. Alternative travel stories, hints, and tips." Editor(s): John Labovitz <johnl@ora.com> Miles Poindexter Nigel French <70703.2311@compuserve.com> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Crash FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Crash/ Postal: Crash, 519 Castro #7, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cropduster "Cropduster (est. 1992) appears periodically as a reaction to the kind of society that some of us live in. It is a knee-jerk response to the fact that our world produces cultural under-achievers... Cropduster has so far produced various reviews and critiques of some of the lesser known aspects of people and places that teeter-totter on barely breaking even. The zine is an overseer of this as well as a product of it, because the thing itself exhibits too many of the traits it condemns: Lack of rigor, unfair attacks, vendettas, revisionism, stubbornness, spelling mistakes, and vulgarity. What else can you expect from people who grew up in trailer parks and live on Kraft Dinner?" Editor(s): Steven Meece <ad522@freenet.carleton.ca> Chris Woodill <cwoodill@epas.utoronto.ca> Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Cropduster FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Cropduster/ Postal: 79 O'Hara Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 2R3, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CTHEORY "CTHEORY is a new international, electronic review of books on theory, technology and culture. Reviews are posted monthly of key books in contemporary discourse as well as theorisations of major 'event-scenes' in the mediascape. Editors and contributors include: Kathy Acker, Jean Baudrillard, Bruce Sterling, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, Deena and Michael Weinstein. CTHEORY will also offer the possibility of interactive discussions among its subscribers in the electronic theory 'sim-posium/salon.'" Editor(s): Anastassia Khouri St-Pierre <ed22@musica.mcgill.ca> Format: ASCII text Email: LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA with text body: "SUBSCRIBE CTHEORY <full-name>" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cult of the Dead Cow "digital media / digital culture" Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: CuD/CDC gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cdc FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/CuD/CDC/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cdc/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyberspace Vanguard "News and Views of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Universe" Editor(s): TJ Goldstein <tlg4@po.cwru.edu> Sarah Alexander, Administrator <aa746@po.cwru.edu> Format: ASCII text Email: cn577@cleveland.freenet.edu Cyberspace Vanguard@1:157/564 (FidoNet) tj@phantom.com Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Cyberspace.Vanguard gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cyberspace-vanguard FTP: ftp.cic.net: /11/pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cyberspace-vanguard/ etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Cyberspace.Vanguard/ Other: FidoNet: file request from 1:157/200 Cleveland Freenet Postal: Cyberspace Vanguard, POB 25704, Garfield Heights, OH 44125, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DargonZine -- The Magazine of the Dargon Project "DargonZine is an electronic magazine printing stories written for the Dargon Project, a shared-world anthology similar to (and inspired by) Robert Asprin's Thieves' World anthologies, created by David 'Orny' Liscomb in his now retired magazine, FSFNet. The Dargon Project centers around a medieval-style duchy called Dargon in the far reaches of the Kingdom of Baranur on the world named Makdiar, and as such contains stories with a fantasy fiction/sword and sorcery flavor." Editor(s): Dafydd <White@DUVM.BITNET> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/DargonZine gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/d/dargonzine FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/DargonZine/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/d/dargonzine/ Usenet: rec.mag.fsfnet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dead Angel "Music-related ezine focusing mainly on undergound/unsigned/unknown bands from all over the world. The ezine's goal is to make people aware of bands that, due to limited resources, remote locations, or inexperience (new bands, etc.), would like another outlet for making the world at large aware of their music. The ezine also includes book reviews, music reviews (regular and demo), film and comics reviews." Editor(s): chinawhite <chinawhite@delphi.com> fuzzdoll (film/video) j.m. felps (comics/mini-comics) Frequency: monthly Postal: Roy K. Felps, 815-A Brazos St. #515, Austin, TX 78701, USA (send your music demos/requests for interviews/press releases/etc.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Delta Snake Blues News "A free online Blues Newsletter. Features include detailed reviews of new releases and classic recordings, articles, recipes, general information and announcements, and poetry. Average size varies from 25K to 55K. The Delta Snake was published for six years as a paper newsletter, and has it's roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contributors now hail from all over the world, as does the readership." Editor(s): Al Handa <mojohand@shell.portal.com>, ajaguyy@well.sf.ca.us, jook@aol.com Format: ASCII text Frequency: monthly; emailed out on or about the 20th of each month Usenet: rec.music.bluenote Other: AOL: Rocklink Archives NVN Network (VideoTex) AdriaNet BBSs (Slovena BBSs on Fidonet) BLUES-L mailing list ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Depth Probe "A crystalized mixture of book reviews, movie reviews, music reviews, thoughts, and dreams geared towards exploration of modern culture, including: Aristotle, Rousseau, Fellini, and Elvis." Editor(s): Alan Eyzaguirre <ake@lighthouse.com> Format: World Wide Web document Frequency: weekly WWW: http://www.lighthouse.com/~ake/DepthProbe/index/home.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Diatribe "the micro-zine from Omaha" Editor(s): Ed Stastny <ed@cwis.unomaha.edu> Format: PostScript FTP: sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS/pubs-zines/dtribe3.ps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dogwood Blossoms "A publication of the Internet community. The goal of this digest is to be a place where Haiku can be shared and discussed with other lovers of the art." Editor(s): Gary Warner <GLWARNER@SAMFORD.BITNET> Matt Burke <burke@beta.math.wsu.edu> Nori Matsui <NORIM@EARLHAM.BITNET> Format: ASCII text Frequency: at least monthly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreampop "There are two kinds of music in this world: the kind that makes you yawn and the kind that speaks to your inner being. Without getting metaphysical about it, there is simply great music that moves you: the combination of sounds that represents your state of mind, your life experience, and when you hear it you say to yourself, "Aha! This is what I've been missing!"" Editor(s): Brendon Macaraeg <brendon@phantom.com> Format: ASCII text Microsoft Windows Help Email: brendon@phantom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drum "Drum is not an isolated event but an ongoing process." Editor(s): R Patrick Jones <dh644@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> Format: ASCII text Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/d/drum etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Drum FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Drum/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/d/drum/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh Samba School Newsletter "Devoted to the music and culture of samba, Brazilian carnival music, and to the activities of the Edinburgh samba school." Editor(s): Ian Heavens <ian@spider.co.uk> Frequency: quarterly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ego Project "This 'zine is a product of me and as such will contain anything I feel like putting in it. Whatever I feel like putting in it shall include, but is not limited too, anything I feel applies to Gothdom in general. Album/single/tape reviews, book and movies reviews, etc. The Sisters of Mercy and the Mission are my main focuses, but since neither of them put out music on anything resembling a frequent basis I imagine other groups will be featured quite frequently." Editor(s): Corey Nelson Format: ASCII text Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications Postal: Ego Project, 1717 Monroe #b, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Factsheet Five / Factsheet Five - Electric "FactSheet Five is the central clearinghouse of information about zines, those opinionated publications with press runs of 50 to 5000 (often done through surrepticious use of on-the-job supplies and xerox). Mike Gunderloy of Rennsalaer, NY published 44 editions of F5. Hudson Luce published issue #45. Seth Friedman has published issue #46 onwards. I opened my big mouth (or, rather, let my fingers blab away) about doing an online, net-accessible version of FactSheet Five." Editor(s): Jerod Pore <jerod23@well.sf.ca.us> (electronic version) Seth Friedman (paper version) Format: ASCII text WWW: http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/f5e/f5e.html Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications etext.archive.umich.edu: Factsheet.Five gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/f/f5-e FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Factsheet.Five/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/f/f5-e/ WAIS: nigel.msen.com Other: The WELL BBSes around the world Phone: +1 415 668 1781 (paper version *only*) Postal: Seth Friedman, POB 170099, San Francisco, CA 94117-0099, USA (paper version *only*, especially subscriptions) Factsheet Five, 1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102, USA (*BOTH* the electronic and paper versions, or for items that can't be delivered to a PO box) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fat Nipples "Essays, thoughts, poetry and more on the subjects of politics, punk rock, personal problems, the "underground" scene, etc." Editor(s): Chris Conway <chris.conway@njcc.wisdom.bubble.org> Format: ASCII text Frequency: approximately once every four months Postal: Fat Nipples, c/o Chris, P.O. Box 2554, Trenton, NJ 08690, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FICTION-ONLINE "FICTION-ONLINE publishes poetry, short stories (including short-shorts), serialized novels and plays or excerpts of plays. Core contributions come from the Northwest Fiction Group, an affiliate of Washington Independent Writers, but the magazine is an independent entity and solicits mainstream or genre submissions from the public." Editor(s): Bill Ramsay <ngwazi@clark.net> Format: ASCII Frequency: quarterly Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: / Other: Pen and Brush BBS Phone: +1 202 244 4578 Fax: +1 202 363 0872 Postal: 2930 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FSFNet "BITNET fantasy-science fiction fanzine." Editor(s): "Orny" Liscomb <ornothwonky.uucp@stratus.com> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/FSFNet FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/FSFNet/ NOTE: Defunct since 1988, replaced by DargonZine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNHOUSE! -- The cyberzine of degenerate pop culture "Dedicated to whatever happens to be on my mind at the time I'm writing. The focus will tend to be on those aspects of our fun-filled world which aren't given the attention of the bland traditional media, or which have been woefully misinterpreted or misdiagnosed by the same. FUNHOUSE! is basically a happy place, and thus the only real criteria I will try to meet is to refrain from rants, personal attacks, and flames -- and thus FUNHOUSE! is an apolitical place. Offbeat films, music, literature, and experiences are largely covered, with the one stipulation that articles are attempted to be detailed and well documented, although this is no guarantee of completeness or correctness, so that the interested reader may further pursue something which may spark her interest." Editor(s): Jeff Dove <jeffdove@well.sf.ca.us> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/Funhouse gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/f/funhouse FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/Funhouse/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/f/funhouse/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Game Bytes "reviews, interviews, reports and actual screen shots from games" Editor(s): Ross Erickson <rwericks@ingr.com> Daniel Starr <starr-daniel@yale.edu> Gopher: gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/g/game-bytes FTP: ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/g/game-bytes/ ftp.uml.edu: /msdos/Games/Game_Bytes/ wuarchive.wustl.edu: /pub/msdos_uploads/game_byte/ nic.funet.fi: /pub/msdos/games/gamebyte/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Girl Band Guide "Girl Band Guide is a listing of over 250 music bands with female vocalists. It lists addresses, phone numbers, and discographies. The ASCII edition of the zine is identical to the snail mail zine." Editor(s): Carrie Carolin <carriec@eskimo.com> Format: ASCII text (email asking for it by name; averages 50k) Frequency: quarterly ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GMJ Editor(s): Anthony Shubert <shubert@usc.edu> Format: ASCII text ANSI text Clipboard (VGA/SVGA pictures with text, IBM PC-compatible) Email: ace@ace.com Postal: Innovative Creations, 29 David Road, South Carver, MA 02330, USA ($2 will get a 30+page printed newsletter) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIST On-Line "A new journal of electronic network poetry, art and culture. GRIST will be eclectic. GRIST will be open to all the language and visual art forms that develop on the net." Editor(s): John Fowler <fowler@phantom.com> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Poetry/Grist FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Poetry/Grist/ Postal: GRIST ON-LINE, John Fowler, editor, Columbus Circle Sta., P.O. Box 20805, New York, NY 10023-1496, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Guildsman "A zine for roleplaying gamers. Includes fact, fiction, gaming, and humor-related articles." Editor(s): Jim Vassilakos <jimv@cs.ucr.edu> Format: PostScript LaTeX FTP: ftp.cs.pdx.edu: /pub/frp/ucrgg/ NOTE: Defunct since 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HardC.O.R.E. "The official rap music fanzine of The Committee of Rap Excellence." Editor(s): Steve "Flash" Juon, Chief Editor and Chief Rocka <juonsteve@bvc.edu> David J. Warner, Music Editor, Director of Network Distribution <dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/HardCORE FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/HardCORE/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Harold Herald "The Harold Herald is an on-line version of a satirical journal of the same name that has been published in Portland ME since 1993. Initially launched to chronical the life of its editor, it has expanded with the help of additional contributors to cover such diverse topics as travel, politics, and the irreversible damage done to our society by the unchecked proliferation of bell-bottomed trousers. Virtual and actual readers are encouraged to submit material, which we will publish if we feel like it." Editor(s): Hal Phillips (actual) Dave Rose <drose@husc.harvard.edu> (virtual) Format: ASCII text Frequency: somewhere between quarterly and monthly Email: drose@husc.harvard.edu Gopher: ftp.std.com: obi/book/Zines/Harold.Herald FTP: world.std.com: /obi/Zines/Harold.Herald/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HeadCheck Editor(s): Brian Jepson <bjepson@panix.com> Format: Microsoft Help document (can be viewed under Windows 3.1, Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/HeadCheck FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/HeadCheck/ Windows NT, and OS/2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-Rez: Electronic Journal for CyberBeatniks "we BURN in sticky floored 2 in the morning all night coffee houses ripe with APOCALYPTIC VISIONS and we rave at dawn in crumbling 1700's farmhouses. we sizzle along the asphalt veins lacing the skin of the nation together in white high-finned cadillacs driven by madmen. we modulate the very aether itself with ecstatic rf emanations from beat loft radio studios. We are the cyber-beatniks...the DANGEROUS NEW ARTISTS..... the TECHNICIANS OF ECSTASY and we are all ENMESHED IN THE NET stuck together by the sweet and sticky text characters that form the dimensional glue of this here cyberspace......... we do not FIT the stereotypes and posings of pop subcultures: we are the cyber-beatniks and we are ALONE in our art theater magic alchemy yet we are TOGETHER here. A loose fuzzy grouping of mad artists and eccentrics who choose to SURF THE GREAT THUNDERING ROLLING TUBES OF AWESOME TECHNOLOGY rather than be consumed by the "post-apocalyptic angst" of it . A group of vision-seeking edge dwellers who are equally capable of activating deep woods ancient genetic codices with shaman rattle and drum!! we are the cyber-beatniks...CYBER-BEATS! and _HI-REZ_ is a journal for us of ideas, lives.....VISIONS" Editor(s): Will Longman <stormy@well.sf.ca.us> Format: ASCII text Gopher: etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/HI-REZ gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/HI-REZ/ Other: The WELL Terrapin Station BBS (+1 203 656 0134) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Holy Temple of Mass Consumption "Articles, opinions, reviews, and artwork of a loosely-defined collection of cranks, weirdos, freaks, net.personalities, curmudgeons, and anyone else who turns us on at the time. Commentary on nearly everything, with particular attention to societal decay in general and mass-media conspiracy programming in particular. Or anything else we decide to write about, with strong ties to the finest SubGenius traditions." Editor(s): Wayne Aiken <slack@ncsu.edu> Format: ASCII text Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications etext.archive.umich.edu: Zines/HToMC gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/h/htomc FTP: quartz.rutgers.edu: /pub/journals/HToMC/ etext.archive.umich.edu: /pub/Zines/HToMC/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/h/htomc/ Usenet: alt.slack alt.discordia Other: StarFleet BBS (+1 919 954 5028) Phone: +1 919 954 5956 Postal: HToMC, PO Box 30904, Raleigh, NC 27622-0904, USA (hardcopy version available -- free with SASE, otherwise $1, trade, or "neat stuff") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- === DISTRIBUTION: How to obtain this document This document has been brought to you in part by CRAM, involved in the redistribution of valuable information to a wider USENET audience (see below). 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