C R A S H M E D I A #2

Where Media Reaches its Critical Mass
call for contributions

Beyond the Electronic Frontier–a Wilderness?
Transistor Culture/Cultural Transistors
Coffee-Code-Coda
Penny Papers–Media Spaces in the Semiopolis
Mutiny on the Mouse Pad
Galleries Without Walls
Lounge Lizards/Salon Savvies
Set-Top Semtex

"Disorienting Rhythms" for MTV Dervishes
The New Obedience: Unbundling Consumer Behaviour
My Mate Murdoch
Not the 9 o'clock Views
Trans-Europa Express
All the Fun of the Glare
Cornershops for A-Centred Living

IN BRIEF

Crash Media is bracing itself for the launch of its second
issue–another shotgun publishing escapade. Crash Media is a publication
with a split personality; part tabloid newspaper and part website,
complete with discussion threads and a low-interference editorial policy
(www.yourserver.co.uk/crashmedia). This is a call for contributions for
the tabloid version in which we'll be getting intimate with independent
media starlets, gossiping with gadget-gurus and glimpsing at the
information culture in a state of undress. If you'd like to get your
hands dirty with some popularist ink, here's your chance.

*!*! Theme for issue 2's 'Extra Special' section: MEDIA & ETHNICITY !*!

We are looking for contributions in many guises: deep undercover
analyses, sub-cutaneous cuts, bi-lateral dissections, polemics for the
hard of reason, trinkets for the virtual mantelpiece, eye-sores for the
foot-sore, nectar for the hive mind, befuddlement for conspiracists,
personal highlights and urban low-lights.

in other words: articles, logos, interviews, artworks, reviews,
literature, listings, cartoons and info-blips.

Deadline for all material is the 30th April '98. We favour text within
the 500 to 800 word limit–and we envy the capacity to make a strong
point with 200 words! Scans should be 300dpi and stuffed, send as
attachments (MAC or PC)–stamp-based mail is just as good. Currently we
are not able to pay contributors. Every contributor will receive ten
copies of Crash Media.

CONTACTS / ADDRESS

Micz Flor (micz@art-bag.net)
Josephine Berry (josie@metamute.com)