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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: johnl@netcom.com (John Labovitz) Newsgroups: alt.zines,alt.etext,misc.writing,rec.mag,alt.internet.services,alt.answers,misc.answers,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: Zines on the Internet (1/3) Supersedes: <writing/zines/part1_783865569@rtfm.mit.edu> Followup-To: poster Date: 25 Nov 1994 00:46:13 GMT Organization: none Lines: 1375 Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Expires: 30 Dec 1994 00:45:03 GMT Message-ID: <writing/zines/part1_785724303@rtfm.mit.edu> Reply-To: johnl@netcom.com (John Labovitz) NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu X-Last-Updated: 1994/10/10 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu alt.zines:6850 alt.etext:1095 misc.writing:27485 rec.mag:2117 alt.internet.services:35631 alt.answers:5833 misc.answers:1132 rec.answers:8588 news.answers:29931 Archive-name: writing/zines/part1 Last-modifed: 94/10/1 Distribution-agent: ldetweil@csn.org (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 Contents: Part 1 - A-F Part 2 - G-O Part 3 - P-Z === John Labovitz's e-zine-list Last updated: 1 Oct 94 by John Labovitz <johnl@ora.com> * PLEASE NOTE: If more than one month has passed since the last * update, this list is probably out of date. See below for * instructions on how to obtain a current list. This is a summary of 167 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. See the end of this file for more information about this list and zines in general. If you have any comments, additions, deletions, or changes to this list, please email them to johnl@ora.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) Access info: 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) Access info: 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 Access info: WWW: http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~hauben/acn/ Gopher: gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/a/amateur-computerist gopher.etext.org: Politics/Amateur.Computerist FTP: wuarchive.wustl.edu: /doc/misc/acn/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/a/amateur-computerist/ ftp.etext.org: /pub/Politics/Amateur.Computerist/ Usenet: alt.amateur-comp Email: <au329@cleveland.freenet.edu> or <ae547@yfn.ysu.edu> 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 <dredlich@sol.UVic.CA> Format: ASCII text Word 2.0 for Windows PostScript Frequency: 6 times per year (basically bi-monthly) Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Angst FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Angst/ Email: uh186@freenet.victoria.bc.ca (when requesting subscriptions, please specify the FORMAT you desire) Postal: Michael Heacock, 1791 Feltham, Victoria BC, V8N 2A4 Canada (Printed version is 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and staple-bound. Quality is excellent and print is laser-quality. Cost: $3.50 (Canadian) [one issue]; $16.00 (Canadian) [six issues, one year]. I will only accept cheques from Canadian customers. All others must pay either in Cash (not recommended) or postal/bank money order. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Politics/Arm.The.Spirit gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Politics/Arm.The.Spirit/ Email: ats@etext.org Postal: Arm The Spirit, P.O. Box 6326, Stn. A, Toronto, Ont., M5W 1P7 Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Armadillo.Culture FTP: ftp.etext.org: /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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/a/artcom FTP: ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/a/artcom/ Usenet: alt.artcom Fax: +1 415 431 7841 Postal: ART COM, POB 193123 Rincon, San Francisco, CA 94119-3123, USA Phone: +1 415 431 7524 Other: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (WELL) ART COM Electronic Network (ACEN) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Athene "The online magazine of amateur creative writing." Editor(s): Jim McCabe Format: ASCII text PostScript NOTE: Athene became defunct in 1989. InterText is its immediate successor. Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Athene gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/a/athene FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Athene/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/a/athene/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Atmospherics "A literary electronic journal. We accept short stories, poems and literary essays. The journal has existed since June of 1994." Editor(s): Susan Keeping <keeping@vax.library.utoronto.ca> or <ag351@freenet.carleton.ca> Format: ASCII text Wordperfect 6.0 Frequency: quarterly Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Atmospherics FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Atmospherics/ Postal: 113 St., Joseph St., Toronto, Ont., M5S 1J4, Canada Phone: 416 421 6158 Other: Freenet.carleton.ca (poetry and writers sigs) Matrix (Toronto) Diplomatic Immunity (Toronto) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Attack Poetry "A small zine dedicated to odd, modern, experimental poetry." Editor(s): Chris Conway <chris@pluto.njcc.com> Format: ASCII text or ZIP file (whatever is preferred) Frequency: infrequent Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fat_Nipples FTP: locust.cic.net: /pub/Zines/Fat_Nipples/ grind.isca.uiowa.edu: /info/journals/fat.nipples/ quartz.rutgers.edu: /pub/journals/Fat-Nipples/ Postal: FN, P.O. Box 2554, Trenton, NJ 08690, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Dreams "A monthly newsletter on personal development and small business topics." Editor(s): Duncan Stickings <duncans@wimsey.com> Format: Mac postcard HTML Frequency: monthly ISSN: 1198-8819 Access info: WWW: http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans FTP: sumex-aim.stanford.edu: /info-mac/per/ Fax: (604) 931-2198 Postal: 2515 Burian Drive, Coquitlam, B.C., Canada, V3K 5W8 Phone: (604) 760-1631 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 years." Editor(s): Scott Hollifield <scotth@the-matrix.com> Frequency: monthly Access info: Other: The MATRIX (+1 205 252 9888 (2400bps), +1 205 252 5566 (9600+bps only)) (and most other Birmingham-area BBSes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.dana.edu: JOURNAL/BITS Postal: 1529 Dogwood Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003, USA Phone: +1 609 795 0998 (evenings) Other: Compuserve: telecom forum library AOL: telecom files area ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAST.famy "a Private World E-Zine. Reviews, rants, gen-X-er diatribes, conspiracy theory and big-brother's technical specs." Editor(s): markjr@io.org P.W. Casual <pwcasual@io.org> (publisher) Format: ASCII text HTML Frequency: transmits a-peRiODiCaLlY (about once a month) Access info: WWW: http://www.io.org/~pwcasual/zines.html Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Blastfamy FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Blastfamy Email: pwcasual@io.org (for subscriptions; say "sign me up!") Postal: 31 Roseneath Gdns., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6C 3X5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: WWW: http://www.acns.nwu.edu/blink/ Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications Email: blink@listserv.acns.nwu.edu listserv@listserv.acns.nwu.edu (subscriptions to the ASCII email version) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Bobby" Chronicles "Tales and commentary about the lives of Generation X types trapped in rural New Brunswick, Canada. More often than not, the zine will be short, mostly factual, and not terribly serious. "Bobby" has several meanings, including "redneck". This zine is -not- written from a redneck's point of view. A stop on one of the dirt roads feeding into the info highway." Editor(s): Mark A. Dykeman <merriman@nbnet.nb.ca> Format: ASCII text Frequency: variable Access info: Email: merriman@nbnet.nb.ca Postal: Mark Dykeman, R. R. #3, Woodstock, NB, E0J 2B0, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <vidarh@powertech.no> Format: ASCII text Access info: Email: breakaway-request@powertech.no ("SUBSCRIBE Breakaway <your address>" on a single line in the _body_ of the message) Postal: Boks 30, N-2001 Lillestroem, NORWAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Britcomedy Digest "Devoted to covering British comedies, past and present, for fans. It is a monthly electronic newsletter that includes news, reviews, trivia, games, surveys, editorials, and letters-to-the-editor. Some of the shows covered are: Red Dwarf, Are You Being Served?, Monty Python, Whose Line is It, Anyway?, Blackadder, Fry & Laurie, Bottom, The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle, The Good Life/Good Neighbors, One Foot in the Grave, Dame Edna, Mr. Bean, The Comic Strip, and many more!" Editor(s): Melinda "Bob" Casino <casino@pobox.upenn.edu> Michelle T. Street <michel1361@aol.com> (contributing editor) Format: ASCII text Frequency: monthly Access info: WWW: http://cathouse.org:8000/BritishComedy/ http://www.sst.ph.ic.ac.uk/~james/Britcom/ http://satelnet.org/~mentat/Britcom/ Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/BritComedy FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/BritComedy/ cathouse.org: /pub/cathouse/humor/british.humour/britcomedy.digest/ Usenet: alt.tv.red-dwarf alt.comedy.british.blackadder alt.comedy.british rec.arts.tv.uk alt.zines alt.fan.monty-python Postal: Melinda Casino, Britcomedy Digest, 404 So. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA Other: America Online Delphi ("Anglo-File") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bucknellian "The weekly campus newspaper of Bucknell University." Format: ASCII text Frequency: 13 times a semester, 26 times a year Access info: WWW: http://www.bucknell.edu/bucknellian/ Email: bucknellian@bucknell.edu Fax: +1 717 524 1176 Postal: The Bucknellian, C-3952, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA Phone: +1 717 524 1551 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Free-standing interactive Macintosh document (early issues require Hypercard) ASCII text Frequency: bi-monthly Access info: Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications FTP: gopher.std.com: /obi/Zines/Chaos.Control/ cyberden.com: /zines/chaos_control/ Email: send message "subscribe chaoscontrol" to majordomo@world.std.com Postal: $5 to Bob Gourley, 3 Greenville Dr., Barrington, RI 02806, USA Other: Club Mac (Australia) SonicNet The Pit Report BBS Club Mac (Australia) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: FTP: pelican.cit.cornell.edu: /pub/ Email: chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chaos Digest "Focusing on computer fraud and security in France, with all aspects of the development of Internet. In English (80%), French (15%) and German (5%)." Editor(s): Chaos Computer Club France (CCCF) <condat@altern.com> Format: ASCII text Access info: FTP: ftp.warwick.ac.uk: /pub/cud/ ftp.eff.org: /pub/CuD/ Fax: +331 47877070 Postal: Jean-Bernard Condat, General Secretary, 47 rue des Rosiers, 93404 Saint-Ouen Cedex, France Phone: +331 47874083 Other: ComNet Luxembourg BBS (+352 466893) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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@mvs.cso.niu.edu> Format: ASCII Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: CuD gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cud FTP: ftp.etext.org: /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 Fax: +1 815 753 6302 Postal: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA Phone: +1 815 753 0303 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Wave "The Computer Wave Newspaper is Seattle's newest computer and technology source. And now we are available online. Readers can join our mailing list and have the zine e-mailed directly to their e-mail box. Readers can also anonymous FTP us and obtain present and back issues. The Computer Wave is also available via any World Wide Web Browser (http://computerwave.com/). The Computer Wave will provide you with the most up to date news about the world of computers and technolgy." Editor(s): Robert Crowther (Managing Editor) <robc@computerwave.com> Paul Langelier (System Manager / Design Editor) <paul@computerwave.com> Darryl Lewis (Business Manager) <d-lewis@computerwave.com> Courtnay Duchin (Graphic Arts) <courtnay@computerwave.com> Format: ASCII text HTML Frequency: monthly starting September (our July 1994 issue is our debut issue, covering July and August (Summer)) Access info: WWW: http://computerwave.com/ FTP: computerwave.com Email: list@computerwave.com (subscription) info@computerwave.com (info) Fax: +1 (206) 283-1020 Postal: Computer Wave Newspaper, P.O. Box 19491, Seattle, WA 98109, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine "CMC Magazine reports on people, events, applications, and research related to computer-mediated communication (CMC). It draws on an interdisciplinary mix of perspectives from communication, technology, journalism, and other disciplines. CMC Magazine publishes news, features, essays, and research reports about the phenomenon of human communication and information retrieval on global networks." Editor(s): John December <decemj@rpi.edu>, Editor/Publisher Format: HTML (hypertext) only Frequency: monthly ISSN: ISSN 1076-027X Access info: WWW: http://www.rpi.edu/~decemj/cmc/mag/index.html Postal: 154 Third Street, Troy, NY 12180-4039, USA Phone: +1 (518) 271-8469 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Consumable "A print magazine which is on-line as well. Consumable not only reviews, in an objective manner, alternative music (and sometimes rock and roll as well) but also includes interviews, tour dates, news and new release dates." Editor(s): Bob Gajarsky <gajarsky@pilot.njin.net> (Managing Editor, Online Edition) Format: ASCII text Frequency: every 2 weeks Access info: FTP: quartz.rutgers.edu: /pub/journals/Consumable/ Email: gajarsky@pilot.njin.net Other: Fidonet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CORE "CORE is an electronic journal of poetry, fiction, essays, and criticsm." Format: ASCII text Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/CORE_Zine gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/core FTP: ftp.etext.org: /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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Cousins FTP: ftp.etext.org: /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 Access info: Gopher: cpsr.org: cpsr/alert gopher.etext.org: CPSR gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cpsr-cpu FTP: cpsr.org: /cpsr/alert/ ftp.etext.org: /pub/CPSR/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cpsr-cpu/ WAIS: cpsr.org: /cpsr/alert 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)) Fax: +1 202-547-5482 Postal: CPSR Washington Office, 666 Pennsylvania Ave, SE #301, Washington, DC 20003, USA Phone: +1 202-544-9240 Other: AOL: Mac Telecom DL section (soon to be CPSR Internet section) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: CPSR/work FTP: cpsr.org: /cpsr/work/ ftp.etext.org: /pub/CPSR/work/ Email: listserv@cpsr.org (with a single line in the body of the message: "SUBSCRIBE CPSR-CPU <your first name> <your last name>") Postal: PO Box 3181, Oakland, CA 94609, USA Phone: +1 510 601 6740 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Crank "No poetry. No fiction. No serial killers. Called "The Big Black of zines" by Blacklist and labeled as "truly snotty" at The Well, Crank is printed quarterly, and its text is distributed electronically." Editor(s): Jeff Koyen <crank@aol.com> Format: ASCII text Macintosh DOCMaker Frequency: quarterly ISSN: 1076-9102 Access info: FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Crank/ ftp.rahul.net: /pub/btf/crank/ Email: btf-ftp-request@rahul.net (with message text "send crankX" where X = issue # (1 or 2 at this time); for Mac BinHexed version, text should read "send crankX.mac" and be prepared receive a BinHex4.0 file) Postal: P.O. Box 1646, Philadelphia, PA 19105-1646, USA (print version $2) Other: Burn this Flag BBS (+1 408 363-9766) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Crash FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Crash/ Postal: Crash, 519 Castro #7, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Creative Juices "Creative Juices is a quarterly (more or less) e-mag collection of quality short fiction of various genre, poetry and essays from contributing writers, both established and emerging. It is published in the READROOM format and distributed primarily to bulletin boards that subscribe to the READROOM door. Some distribution is made by attaching a file of the compressed (pkzip) magazine to Internet e-mail messages." Editor(s): Don Wilder <don.wilder@solar.org> Format: READROOM Frequency: every three to four months Access info: Email: don.wilder@solar.org Other: Informat BBS and selected BBSs that subscribe to the READROOM Door ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Cropduster FTP: ftp.etext.org: /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 Access info: WWW: http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/ctheory/ctheory.html Email: LISTSERV@VM1.MCGILL.CA with text body: "SUBSCRIBE CTHEORY <full-name>" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cult of the Dead Cow "digital media / digital culture" Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: CuD/CDC gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/c/cdc FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/CuD/CDC/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/c/cdc/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cultural debris "is a romp though the garden of cultural fallout? a plunge into the cold bath of millenial angst? a stand against generational imperialism? excerpts from the correspondence of Dahven White. 'How I have longed for you without even knowing of your existence! How does a Big Mac long for its days as a raging bull? How do sun-baked plains long for the shade of mile-wide flocks of passenger pigeons? How do sagging breasts long for their pert youth? Answer these questions and you will begin to know how I have longed for you. You come to me like a Christmas present on Groundhog Day!' Theme changes monthly." Editor(s): Dahven <dahven@aol.com> Frequency: 8-10 times a year Access info: Usenet: alt.zines Email: dahven@aol.com Other: AOL: Zines Library (keyword: writers) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyberkind -- Poetics and Prosaics for a Wired World "A WorldWideWeb magazine of 'Net-related fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art. CYBERKIND features prose and art submitted by the Internet population. All genres and subjects are included, as long as there is some connection to the Internet, cyberspace, computers or the networked world in general. Features range from an article on writing and the Internet to a computer-related mystery to hyperlinked poems. There is also an art gallery of Net-related art." Editor(s): Shannon Turlington <shannon@sunsite.unc.edu> Format: HTML Frequency: random (announcements mailed to list) Access info: WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/ckind/title.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: 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/ ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Cyberspace.Vanguard/ Email: cn577@cleveland.freenet.edu Cyberspace Vanguard@1:157/564 (FidoNet) tj@phantom.com Postal: Cyberspace Vanguard, POB 25704, Garfield Heights, OH 44125, USA Other: FidoNet: file request from 1:157/200 Cleveland Freenet AOL GEnie Novalink ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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): Ornoth Liscomb <ornoth@wonky.jjm.com> Format: ASCII text Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/DargonZine gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/d/dargonzine FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/DargonZine/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/d/dargonzine/ Usenet: rec.mag.fsfnet Email: dargon@wonky.jjm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/phallic/zines/dead_angel/ Usenet: alt.music.alternative alt.music.alternative.female rec.music.industrial Postal: RKF, 815-A Brazos St. #515, Austin, TX 78701, USA (send your music demos/releases/etc. for review) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaf Magazine "The Deaf Magazine has Issues on Deafness and Deaf Topics." Editor(s): Nathan Prugh <Deaf-Admin@Clark.Net> Format: ASCII Frequency: once a month Access info: WWW: http://www.clark.net/pub/guardian/www/deaf.html FTP: ftp.clark.net: /pub/deaf.magazine Usenet: clarknet.deaf.magazine alt.soc.deaf.magazine Email: listproc@clark.net (put "subscribe deaf firstname lastname" in message text) Postal: Nathan Prugh, PO Box 80484, Phoenix, AZ 85060-0484, USA Phone: +1 800 484 9631 x4239 (pager) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> Format: ASCII text Frequency: monthly; emailed out on or about the 20th of each month Access info: Usenet: rec.music.bluenote rec.music.bluenote,blues Other: AdriaNet BBSs (Slovena BBSs on Fidonet) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dEPARTURE fROM nORMAL "a zine of the collected drawings, paintings, graphics, photographs, comics, animations, video, stories, letters, essays, poetry, journals, reviews, spoken words, music, sounds and other creative ideas of contributing artists presented on the World Wide Web, free to view and hear by anyone with access." Editor(s): L.Louise <xwinds@teleport.com> Format: HTML Frequency: no issues, no deadlines, continual growth Access info: WWW: http://www.teleport.com/~xwinds/dfn.html Other: If you don't have Web access, but would like to contribute artwork anyway, send email to xwinds@teleport.com and we'll provide submission guidelines. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: WWW: http://www.lighthouse.com/~ake/DepthProbe/index/home.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital News Associates (DnA Magazine) "Hacker, and political magazine, P/H/A/C/V sovereign citizenship, tax info and more" Editor(s): vandal@netcom.com Format: ASCII Access info: WWW: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vandal/html/ FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/vandal/DnA/ Email: listserv@netcom.com ("subscribe dna-magazine <your address>" as message) Postal: PO Box 5342, Fullerton, CA, 92635, USA Phone: +1 714 957 1425, box 235 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dreamboy! "The monthly, spine-tingling adventure chronicling about two-weeks worth of slumber-induced emissions. Travel with Chris, hero of the socially awkward, as he traverses television-like terrain, conquers the weak and less fortunate, and embarrasses everyone he knows. Witness with intricate detail the never-before-seen interrelations of Saddam Hussein and bowel movements. The National Hockey League and Asian girls. Anton Szandor LaVey and the Fonz. A charming adventure, making good use of Yul Brenner, scabs, smegma, and cheese pizza. It's like a TV Guide to the subconscious. You enjoy reading the listings...and can't help but wonder just who the hell is broadcasting." Editor(s): Chris Romano <cdromano@delphi.com> Frequency: monthly Access info: WWW: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/unitcirc/dreamboy.html FTP: ftp.netcom.com: /pub/unitcirc/dreamboy/ Email: cdromano@delphi.com Postal: Chris Romano, 15332 Antioch Street #173, Los Angeles, CA 90272, USA Other: Private Idaho BBS (+1 208 338 9227) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <brendonm@netcom.com> Format: ASCII text Microsoft Windows Help Microsoft Windows hypermedia file forthcoming...soon Access info: Email: brendonm@netcom.com Other: CompuServe: Rocknet forum Library in the Rave section ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drum "Drum is not an isolated event but an ongoing process." Editor(s): R Patrick Jones <dh644@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> Format: ASCII text Access info: Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/d/drum gopher.etext.org: Zines/Drum FTP: ftp.etext.org: /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 Access info: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Electric Dreams "Are you interested in dreams? This may just be the e-zine for you. From dream sharing to scientific articles to support and discussion groups, if it is about dreams, we publish it. All articles are contributed by our mailing list members. Electric Dreams is distributed entirely via email." Editor(s): Chris Beattie <cbeattie@uwspmail.uwsp.edu> Format: ASCII text Frequency: bi-monthly Access info: FTP: sppc51.uwsp.edu Usenet: alt.dreams (monthly advertisement) Email: cbeattie@uwspmail.uwsp.edu Postal: 2700 Fifth Ave. Apt. 3 Stevens Point, WI 54481 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elektra "Digitas' dynamic electronic magazine regarding emerging technologies." Editor(s): Ishir Bhan <ibhan@digitas.org> Format: HTML Access info: WWW: http://www.digitas.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: WWW: http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/f5e/f5e.html Gopher: gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.etext.org: Factsheet.Five gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/f/f5-e FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Factsheet.Five/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/f/f5-e/ WAIS: nigel.msen.com 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) Phone: +1 415 668 1781 (paper version *only*) Other: The WELL BBSes around the world ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fat Nipples "It could be called a punk zine, but music is rarely discussed. Politics, feelings and ideas are discussed from a punk perspective. Basically, it's whatever I'm thinking at the moment, be it funny, serious, boring, etc. Increases sex drive and disguises the signs of aging." Editor(s): Chris Conway <chris@pluto.njcc.com> Format: ASCII text or ZIP file (whatever is preferred) Frequency: infrequent ISSN: 1076-8629 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fat_Nipples FTP: locust.cic.net: /pub/Zines/Fat_Nipples/ grind.isca.uiowa.edu: /info/journals/fat.nipples/ quartz.rutgers.edu: /pub/journals/Fat-Nipples/ Postal: FN, P.O. Box 2554, Trenton, NJ 08690, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- the federation flash "a periodical for awakening masters written by walk-ins for the express purpose of participating in the ascension of the planetary consciousness. topics include: living a miraculous life, various types of ascension, walk-ins, crawl-ins, fifth-dimensional technologies, light bodies, and much more." Editor(s): jal kae <jal_kae@gate.net> Format: ASCII text Frequency: more or less quarterly Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Federation_Flash/fedflsh2.txt FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Federation_Flash/fedflsh2.txt grind.isca.uiowa.edu: /info/journals/fed.flash/fedflsh2.txt Usenet: alt.zines Postal: starbuilders, p.o. box 22-0964, hollywood, fl 33022-0964 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: bi-monthly Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fiction_Online FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Fiction_Online Fax: +1 202 363 0872 Postal: 2930 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20016 Phone: +1 202 244 4578 Other: Pen and Brush BBS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fingal's Cave "Random bits of interesting pieces from around the cyber-landscape. Pieces include but aren't limited to poems, commentary, music reviews, bitches, and any other things of interest." Editor(s): Fingal <Fingal@mcs.com> Format: ASCII Frequency: varies Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Fingals FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Fingals/ Usenet: alt.zines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FSFNet "BITNET fantasy-science fiction fanzine." Editor(s): "Orny" Liscomb <ornoth%wonky.uucp@stratus.com> Format: ASCII text NOTE: Defunct since 1988, replaced by DargonZine Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/FSFNet FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/FSFNet/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Access info: Gopher: gopher.etext.org: Zines/Funhouse gopher.well.sf.ca.us: Publications gopher.cic.net: e-serials/alphabetic/f/funhouse FTP: ftp.etext.org: /pub/Zines/Funhouse/ ftp.cic.net: /pub/e-serials/alphabetic/f/funhouse/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (cont'd...) === 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). The most recent version of this document can be obtained via the author's instructions above. 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