<A>EZINES</A>

1,000,000,000 Robots: Mike Wasson's Music Reviews September, 1995: All record reviews, all the time. Mike reviews records for which he pays real money. Everything from punkrock & noise to Japanese pop and obscure, insipid records with kitschy cool covers. In addition to having an index of the reviews of the past six months, Mike tells us which records he *still* listens to regularly.
Feeling a bit burned out by the "most overhyped and underwhelming technical innovation since cold fussion" (a.k.a. the World Wide Web), the september issue is pretty short (only two reviews). The back issues are where the action is, and good music is timeless. The reviews are quite long, some spanning four screens or more. The index and venn diagram are great - reading like the ultimate radio station playlist.
to Mike Wasson, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:wasson@io.com Homepage:http://www.io.com~/wasson/records.html
50 Greatest Conspiracies: of All Time - Online! September, 1995: First it was a book, and now it's an ezine. "We consider our site to be the definitive conspiracy site on the Web." That's a mighty big claim, but Messers. Vank and Whalen certainly try to live up to it. With weekly to quarterly updates (either new conspiracies or updated data on existing theories), I would suggest this site to everyone from the serious researcher to the bulldata collector.
I don't know how comprehensive this site can hope to be, with the number of *serious* conspiracies floating about the Net threatening to reach critical mass, but the publishers are doing a damn fine job in selecting happening conspiracies, reporting on them, and, where possible, putting in links to other sites within the article (I know, standard webzine practice, but Vank & Whalen do it *right* and select good sites). They've included my current obsession - the evil Cult of $cientology and its failing attempts to censor Internet-based critics - as one of their top 50 conspriacies of late. They report on the infamous Alien Autopsy film, and make very pointed comments on the non-broadcast version (Ike in the background? A gov't hoax to *finally* discredit all the Roswell investigations?). Tasty newsquibs include the arrest of a CIA agent who claimed to have eaten human liver ("It's better with onions"). Jacques Vallee is interviewed. Man, this site goes on forfuckingever! You can spend hours here, and just with the new stuff. They've got megabytes of shit archived. Hell, the book even showed up on "The X-Files."
to Johnathan Vankin John Whalen, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:conspire@webcom.com Homepage:http://www.webcom.com/~conspire/
Book'Em Vol 1 Issue 2 Summer, 1995: "Written with the bookstore lover in mind, _Book'Em_ takes a humorous looks at the trials and tribulations that a bookseller faces throughout the course of a working day." Written in a style reminiscent of Chuck Jones' _Glenburnieland_.
In the bit about kids in bookstores, Ms. Kent certainly has my son down - he wants either R.L. Stine, Pogs or the loo. And children are such a joy, aren't they? Running up and down the aisles, terrorizing doors, and managing to play the Flinstone's theme 1,000 times in a row.
to Caroline Kent, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:caro@freenet.fsu.edu Homepage:gopher://etext.org/pub/Zines/Bookem
Cosmik Debris Issue 4 September, 1995: A zine of all kinds of music and typical zine politics. Nicely done HTML format, especially the reviews. Lots of links to music and political sites.
This issue has interviews with Death Valley (now in their spaghetti western / TV theme phase) and Dave Crider of Estrus Records and the Mono Men. Both interviews come with sound clips, so if you have blown several paychecks and years of indentured servitude on the needed bandwidth and sound cards you can hear what makes webzines so cool. On the political side of things, _Cosmik Debris_ takes on Pat Buchanan, the politics of hatred, and Pat Buchanan. The political articles have some good research in them, if some of the opinions are a bit tired.
to DJ Johnson, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ Email:moonbaby@serv.net Homepage:http://www.greatgig.com/cosmikdebris/
The Dilbert Newsletter Issue 7 September, 1995: Direct from the creator of "Dilbert" in which he lays out the plans of conquest for the DNRC - Dogbert's New Ruling Class - maps out the growing list of enemies (Little Billy from the "Family Circus", Satan, Marcia Clark's hair stylist, et. al.), answers email from idiots and saints, and plots the future usage of induhviduals.
Issue 7 has more on the war with Stacey, the Potato Queen, and the news that Mr. Adams has, indeed, lost his day job at Pacific Bell.
to Scott Adams, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:scottadams@aol.com Homepage:http://unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/
E-Zine Reviews: This looks like the beginnings of an excellent resource in the ever expanding world of webzines. Linked to, and complimenting John Labovitz's comprehensive _e-zine-list_.
Slowly, ever so slowly more reviews are being added. I hope that more people start writing for this ezine, or that the people who have done reviews write some more, as each issue of *F5* is doing more ezine reviews than this site.
to Blaise Faint, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:faint@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Homepage:http://sunsite.unc.edu/faint/eziner/index.html
e-zine-list: John's _e-zine-list_ was the first, and still best resource for tracking down ezines over the Internet. Unlike _E-Zine Reviews_ and *F5*, John doesn't actually review any of the zines. Instead he asks that publishers of ezines briefly tell him what their zines are about, and how the public should go about getting them. Each publisher provides anything from a line or two to a screen-and-a-half description of their zines. This is *the* place to get the crucial information about ezines. Once a month John sends out a verification letter to make sure that the list is up-to-date. Like *F5-E*, the _e-zine-list_ is available everyfuckingwhere. On Usenet, at the etext archive, on gophers, on the web and via email - although the web address given here will be the most up to date, as this is where ezine publishers can leave information about their zines. Also, you can go right to web, ftp and gopher-based zines from the website. As of this writing there are just under 600 entries in the list.
to John Labovitz, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:johnl@meer.net Homepage:http://www.meer.net/~johnl/ezine-list/index.html
Future Visions Issue 1 October, 1995: Original speculative fiction and SF-related word games from the Parker siblings.
This issue has two stories. Or, rather, one fragment of a story ("The Climb"), which is pretty spaceoperaish, and one real story, "One Grain of Sand" which is about live on a recently colonized planet and the study of the declining native bird population. "One Grain of Sand" is a pretty entertaining read.
to Lois Parker, Parker & Parker, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:lparker@uniserve.com Homepage:http://haven.uniserve.com/~lparker/parkersf.html
Ibn Qirtaiba: Zine of the SF SIG of Australian Mensa Issue 9 June, 1995: Another zine that has converted from paper to electronic publishing, _Ibn Qirtaiba_ is a zine of speculative fiction, from high-brow literature to low-brow media SF. There's a US mirror accessible from the given URL, for faster response in North America.
Issue 9 was the last issue that had a concurrent paper run. In it we get a look at the cyberpunk literary and cultural movements, a long synopsis of Gibson's "Neuromancer" (for those few people on The Net who haven't read it yet), and chapter 6 of the serialized novel "Other People's Flesh."
to Jeremy Malcolm, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:qirtaiba@netrunners.com Homepage:http://odyssey.apana.org.au/~terminus/
The Journal for Patriotic Justice: in America (JPJA) September, 1995: A Constitutionalist/Patriot zine that strives to disseminate information about the non-racist, unorganized militia movement. You know, the part of the militia movement that mainstream media usually doesn't cover. Divided into two sections, a database of articles and information about the militias (many from the prior incarnation of _JPJA_ as a print zine), and current news.
While the news section of _JPJA_ contains a fair number of rumors, references to defenders of the True Faith of Elohim, and mentions of Linda Thompson - such things are debunked. There are plenty of *serious* articles here about raids against militia organizers that have *actually happened*.
to Henry McDaniel, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:hmcom@eskimo.com Homepage:http://www.eskimo.com/~hmcom/
Joyce Wankable Vol 1 Issue 1 Summer, 1995: A zine of review and commentary, _Joyce Wankable_ covers the trashy parallel cultures that we hold near and dear: low-budget movies, garage music, porn in all its forms and self-published literature. _Joyce_ tends to prefer *electronically* self-published literature, which is more than fitting for an ezine. There's also this overwhelming obsession with Conan O'Brien, with *weekly* updates to the Conan section. Well done links within the articles.
Remember "Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend"? Herbert managed to find the film's creator, Ronnie Cramer on The Net and interview him via email. The format of the interview is kinda weird, as it's hard to tell where the questions stop and the answers begin, especially when the two participants are just commenting on stuff. But that doesn't detract from getting some great views on sex and the lonely fat guy. Not that low-budget films are much different than big budget films, no not at all. To prove it, _Joyce_ correspondent and film editor John Martson writes about what it's like editting a film for Robert Altman. Plus lots of porn (meeting Madison backstage and spanking her, getting a lap dance from Nikki Dial), an interview with Southern Culture On The Skids, a great follow-up to Chip Rowe's article on publishing ezines, and plenty of reviews.
to Herbert Gambill, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ Email:hgambill@rbdc.rbdc.com Homepage:http://www.rbdc.com/~hgambill/joyce.htm
Kill Yourself Issue 10 September, 1995: "_Kill Yourself_ is a socio-political ezine that explores everything that is wrong with the world today. This includes: Earth, America, labels, the mainstream, education, the government, religion, ignorance, etc. etc." Sometimes an angry mix of _ANSWER Me!_ and _Church of Euthanasia_, sometimes just punkrock.
This issue holds up Kurt Cobain as a role model - get out those shotguns guys and grrrls! Plus the failure of affirmative action. Previous issues have dealt with such earth-shattering issues as unity in the punk scene and why labelling people suck.
to Dave Holtz, 148 Jackson Street, Indiana, PA 15701 (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:iamholtz@oak.grove.iup.edu Homepage:http://hops.cs.jhu.edu/~mbk/killyourself.html
Parsec: the fanzine of the ICSF: Although this looks a lot like a printed zine converted to electonic form, I'm reviewing it here as it's rather unlikely that any hard copy is going to land in my mailbox. Like the better British sfanzines (which just happen to be the better sfanzines these days), _Parsec_ includes original SF stories along with commentary on the state of the genre. Most of it is original SF&F, in the styles I really like. Prior years' issues are archived under the names _Arcs_ and _Whinge_.
There's an excellent mix of stories here, as good or better than most of the amatuer SF stuff we read. Some New Wave, some cyberpunk some S&S. Plus some pointed commentary on how the membership of the ICSF seems to be turning into mediafen. No scans of the artwork, though (or the server could tell I use a text-based browser, but I'd guess the former).
to Stian Ingebrethsen, Imperial College SF Society, IC Union Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road London, SW7 2BB United Kingdom (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:icsf@ic.ac.uk Homepage:http://www.ph.ic.ac.uk/moontg/ZINES/
The Prisoner: Welcome to Your World Issue 3 March, 1995: Angry technoravepunkrock zine with heavy political content. The punkrock bit is more an attitude than a narrow musical definition. Although there are a few references to "The Prisoner" and The Village, this isn't a "Prisoner" fanzine. While this is also a print zine, as it's a local freebie in the UK, it's very unlikely that we at *F5*, let alone our North American readers will see a paper copy of _The Prisoner_.
I love the "Defiance" section, which gives a rundown on some of the protests happening in the UK. While the McLibel tactic of having anti-McDonalds signs around where they try to film TV commercials is rather clever, the anti-car group Reclaim the Streets wins the prize by staging a wreck at a busy High Street intersection using junked cars, totally blocking the street, then setting up furniture, food, musical instruments and a children's play area! By the time the cops arrived, most of the shoppers had joined the party. Unlike the mainstream tedium, contact info for these groups is provided. Plus buttloads of reviews, interviews, and music news.
to Jonny Rocket, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:prisoner@spitebk.demon.co.uk Homepage:http://www.ukshops.co.uk:8000/prisoner/
The Redrum Coffeehouse: Save the earth. Kill yourself. Issue 1: A gothic webzine produced by a self-described underachiving, underpaid HTML designer.
This issue features one very long, very gothic vampire story by David Rutley that is an all too familiar theme in vampire zines: the memories tortured vampire who doesn't kill, just sips enough blood to stay alive. OK, it's a good story, but I really prefer vampires who *feast* upon the blood of the living, and not just graze at the buffet of humanity. Plus vampire poetry.
to Sahara , PO Box 112, Nottingham, NH 03290 (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:sahara@umbra.mv.com Homepage:http://www.webcom.com/~redrum/webzine/redrum.html
Rogue's Gallery Issue 2 October, 1995: First Mr. Rogoff produced the zine _SLAN_. Then he added _The Height Report_ to his stable of publications. Then he quit publishing. Then he decided to merge the two zines into one, titled _SLANder_. Now they're back as two separate publicastions, but each is a subzine of _Rogue's Gallery_ and being published electronically. Got that?
To further confuse matter, _The Height Report_ has been renamed _Tall Hawk Report_. Taking up where _The Height Report_ left off, _Tall Hawk Report_ analyzes why taller women like shorter men, what the genetic imperatives for this are, and why shorter guys had raging 13-year-old hardons when surrounded by taller, adolescent girls. The _SLAN_ section of the zine takes on the In$urance Indu$try in the health-care debate, posing the question, "If you think life would suck if the Post Office ran the health care system, can you imagine how bad it would be if the Insurance Industry ran the Post Office?"
to Robert Rogoff, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:rrogoff@ix.netcom.com
Science Fiction Weekly September, 1995: Reviews and news of mostly media SF. Granted, they do review SF websites.
This issue looks at the Tick board game ("I'm *collecting* *TOKENS*!!!!"), new books from Ursula K. LeGuin and Jonathn Letham, the Godzilla website, and the new ST seasons.
to Craig Engler, 5 Lyons Mall, Suite 665 Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:70334.2433@compuserve.com Homepage:http://www.scifiweekly.com/sfw/
SMASH! Issue 6 September, 1995: A newzine of SF&F, comics and gaming. This is a big publication coming out every other week (!?!) and is just packed with convention listings, interviews, news, reviews and essays.
Walter Thompson wonders why all women in comics are either underdressed Amazons who would need the strength of Superman to keep their tits up or dowdy librarians.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:daveb@cs.com Homepage:http://smash.cs.com
Stupid Loser Issue 5 Spring '95: Repression Records has put together this huge punk E-zine that's as much a resource as it is a source for good reading. It's got reviews, address listings, interviews, and plenty more. This is an IBM-PC compatable system, requiring a mouse and color monitor. I'm particularly pleased with its seemless construction -- without any surprising glitches.
Getting better every time, this fifth issue has a cool piece about living (and scaming) in Berkeley, a large chunk of Ashley's *Global Mail*, and tons of zine resources. Unfortunately, I was very disturbed by their piece on NAMBLA. According to the piece they got drunk, tracked down and disrupted one of their meetings. They verbally abused the group, threatened them, and lit a "stink bomb" before they ran out. What I found most disturbing was how proud they were of their actions. How they defended it by saying it *wasn't* queer bashing. What if some drunken jocks disrupted an ALF meeting at Epicenter, justifying by saying "those punks were breaking laws and destroying property." Violence, hatred, and prejudice should not be tolerated in any form.
$5 Each to Joey , Repression Records, 22 Dorchester Ave, Geneva, NY 14456-2315 (0 Pages/IBM/RSF) No trades/no ads/
Suck: a fish, a barrel and a smoking gun October, 1995: A provocative ezine that searches out the ultralame to shine 50,000 watts of halogen glare upon it, as well as noted that which is quite cool. With the great immeadiacy of a webzine, you are there with them, experiencing all that sucks first hand.
_Suck_ managed to find the Net's equivalent of the banner Dewey Beats Truman headline of 1995: on October 3 at 10:00 am PDT, Pathfinder systems had the OJ verdict up: "GUILTY!" and that the LAPD was "on alert." Oooops! 5 minutes later they had it corrected, but not before at least one snapshot was taken. Plus MIT's oh-so-pretensious Day in the Life of Cyberspace, virtual pasta and penile enlargement.
to The Sucksters , , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:sucksters@www.suck.com Homepage:http://www.suck.com
Terrorist Profile Weekly July, 1995: Back after a year's absence, and convereted to HTML, _Terrorist Profile Weekly_ offers official US State Department information on your favorite (or not so favorite) terrorist organizations, including who is funding and training them, capsule descriptions of ideology, and guesses to the number of members. Although it once was published weekly, new additions to the terrorists being profiled now come out occassionally. There are two dozen groups currently profiled alphabetically, from the 15 May Organization to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The information presented was compiled by the State Department from 1991 - 1994.
to Chris DiBona, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:cdibona@mason1.gmu.edu Homepage:http://www.site.gmu.edu/~cdibona/
UnderWorld Wide Web: A very friendly and chatty Australian zine. The sort of thing that, when I come across it, reminds me how much I liked alternative Australian media. _UnderWorld Wide Web_ deals mostly with music, but dips into other bits of parallel culture, like movies, zines and household appliances.
Has it really been 10 since the Hard Ons formed? And are they really breaking up after a decade? And who is this Jimmy Vargas weirdo? He claims to be the reincarnation of a sleazy jazz musician involved in the Black Dahlia murder - reborn into Sydney to continue his career in sleazy bordello jazz. And if you're sick of rock journalists, slag them yourself with _UnderWorld Wide Web's_ interactive reviews of rock journalism wankery! I'll be sure to send them all of my reviews.
to David Higgins, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ Email:dhiggins@ozemail.com.au Homepage:http://www.aussiemusic.com.au/underworld/
Vagabond Monthy: A mobile magazine of American culture Issue 1 September, 1995: Snide, very snide. I love it. Think of this as an anti-travel zine. Does your hometown suck? Tell Mulligan about it. Been to a resort where the rats in the kitchen would've been better than any item on the menu? Here's the place for it. Other regular features are a serialized novel about the criminal underworld in Hawaii and a pop-culture pop quiz. The layout's a bit hokey, but don't let it distract you from the venomous look at tacky resorts.
This issue looks at the Wisconsin Dells, usually voted as the worst resort in America. Reading about it will make you swear off going anywhere. It's almost situationalist in its contempt for tourism and tourists. Step into the hell that is a working class vacation in the upper Midwest: the world's most boring boatride on a shit-brown river; a casino full of geriatric gamblers with no reason to live besides plugging quarters into slots, Winnebago Indians and White Frat boys playing softball, godzilla-sized pink falmingos and way too much cotton candy.
to J.P. Mulligan, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:tpatmaho@glbobaldialog.com Homepage:http://www.globaldialog.com/~tpatmaho/
WOOLGATHERINGS: The Hooked Rug Ezine Issue 15 August, 1995: Proving once again that there is a zine for everybody, no matter how obscure the interested: "[an] ezine for traditional rug hookers." _WOOLGATHERINGS_ discusses history, books, techniques and anything else related to the craft. Available via email subs, the web page also has the FAQ and back issues.
This issue has personal stories about hooking, neat and useful tools, tips for preventing damage from moth catepillars, pricing hand-crafted rugs and other business matters, and rug-related poetry.
to Deborah Merriam, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:dmerriam@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Homepage:http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~dmerriam/hooked.html

Alt-X July, 1995: Oh, but this is a *key* site. *This* is where the spirit of the Beats truly lives, the spirit that was evoked in "Howl" and "On the Road." But _Alt-X_ doesn't 'limit' itself to just glorious literature and poetry from Mark Amerika, Don Webb, peter plate and others (as if you needed any other reasons to visit this site. Now.). There's biting political and social satire, and some of the only litcrit and interviews you'll need. And if that weren't enough, there's a regular column from Terry Southern. Alt-X is digital anarchy at its finest, a raving, raging howl against stupidity, conformity, repression and death. You'll need to be patient, though. As you can expect, this site is busy. Keep trying, it's worth it.
to Mark Amerika, Black Ice Books, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ Email:x@altx.com Homepage:http://www.altx.com
Bad Haircut Issue 5 July, 1995: "_Bad Haircut_ is an ezine founded in the hope that small individual actions can influence larger, progressive social events."
This issue has a very long (48+ screensful) interview with Jan Lany, the cofounder of the Czech branch of LAMBDA on what it's like to be gay in the Czech republic, the problems in more rural/conservative Slovakia, and trying to reach out to people still operating under Communist morality. Plus working with a troubled eight year old and thoughts on Camus' "The Stranger."
to Kim & Ray Goforth, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:goforth@igc.apc.org Homepage:http://www.well.com/conf/f5/ezines.html
Buzznet Issue 4 May, 1995: Very cool and comprehensive music ezine. _Buzznet_ doesn't appear to restrict itself to one particular style of music, as the issue I looked at covered everything from ambient to Pizzacato Five. The show reviews are very live-at-the-moment. Tons of record reviews, too.
to Marc Brown, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:mbrown@buzznet.com Homepage:http://www.hooked.net/buzznet
Cultural Debris Vol 2 Issue 4 June, 1995: A zine of modern anthropology in action. Mostly from a woman's perspective, it looks at the relationship between men and women. Are we from different planets? More like from totally different space-time continuums!
Why do most men like the color brown, especially when it comes to clothes? Dahven speculates it has to do with Garanimals. Remember that hideous system of "matching" kids clothing? Men want combinations of carnivores and prey, so the eternal hunt is played out in clothes worn to prove that they have not been pussy-whipped. Plus gender-based sexual fantasies compared and contrasted.
to Dahven White, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:dahven@aol.com Homepage:http://www.well.com/conf/f5/ezines.html
Cyberspace Vanguard Vol 3 Issue 1 June, 1995: A great zine that gets behind the scenes in media SF.
This issue has an interview with Michael Piller, producer of various new flavors of "Star Trek" and the now-cancelled "Legend."
to TJ Goldstein, PO Box 25704, Garfield Heights, OH 44125 (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ Email:cn577@cleveland.freenet.edu Homepage:http://www.well.com/conf/f5/ezines.html
Cyberwire Dispatch July, 1995: Always on the frontlines of the ongoing flame, culture and technology wars that span cyberspace, Brock Meek's _Cyberwire Dispatch_ is *the* source for the latest data on all the scandals and scandalous actions.
Brock takes on Marty Rimm - author of the bogus study of icky vile evil (and non-existant) KIDDIEPORN on the Internet (which was really on Adult BBSs) - and exposes Rimm's previous book on how to market pornography. And how Carnegie Mellon University *paid* for Rimm's reseach on how to market porn. Interestingly enough, Rimm was the driving force behind getting the Usenet porn groups banned from CMU, ostensibly for moral reasons, but now one wonders if it was to benefit his 'customers' in the Adult BBS world.
to Brock Meeks, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:brock@well.com
E-Zine Reviews: This looks like the beginnings of an excellent resource in the ever expanding world of webzines. Linked to, and complimenting John Labovitz's comprehensive _e-zine-list_.
Now up to 12 reviews, but still the only site we know of devoted to reviewing ezines.
to Blaise Faint, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:faint@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Homepage:http://sunsite.unc.edu/faint/eziner/index.html
e-zine-list: John's _e-zine-list_ was the first, and still best resource for tracking down ezines over the Internet. Unlike _E-Zine Reviews_ and *F5*, John doesn't actually review any of the zines. Instead he asks that publishers of ezines briefly tell him what their zines are about, and how the public should go about getting them. This is *the* place to get the crucial information about ezines. Once a month John sends out a verification letter to make sure that the list is up-to-date. Like *F5-E*, the _e-zine-list_ is available everyfuckingwhere. On Usenet, at the etext archive, on gophers, on the web and via email - although the web address given here will be the most up to date, as this is where ezine publishers can leave information about their zines. As of this writing there are 430 entries in the list.
to John Labovitz, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Email:johnl@ora.com Homepage:http://www.meer.net/~johnl/ezine-list/index.html
Etext Archive: This isn't an ezine as much as a site that has collected hundreds of ezines and ezine resources. The zines here are all plain text, so you don't need any fancy software to read them. If you're out to explore the anarchic world of ezines, Etext should be your first stop. There's no editorial oversite, so anything can and will show up here. Accessible via ftp, gopher and the world wide web.
to Paul Southworth, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:pauls@umich.edu Homepage:gopher://gopher.etext.org
Grilled Pterodactyl July, 1995: An excellent perzine/genzine out of the sfanzine tradition. "At least one new article added by the first day of each month. Keep watching!"
The July edition features an excellent, well-written flame about software that asks you "Are you sure?" far too many times, what David has called "Nanny Software", and his longing for the days of "Hairy chested" user interfaces. If IBM made a toaster it would ask you about the type of bread you were toasting, how dark you want it, and are you sure you're putting rye bread in. Better still is the article on the World Wide Web, comparing the entire Web to the Jorge Luis Borges super short story "The Book of Sand", in which a mysterious book written in an unknown script is filled with glorious illustrations that, once found, can never be found again. Beats "Informationsuperdupertollhighway" as *the* defining metaphor for The Net. Plus the joys of collecting books and rememberences of exploring old mines.
to David Grigg, , Eltham, Australia (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:drgrigg@ozemail.com.au Homepage:http://www.ozemail.com.au/~drgrigg/ptero.html
Hot Wired: _Hot Wired_ may be more of an online magazine than a zine, but Seth and I have both written for it so neener-neener-neener. _Hot Wired_ is different every time you stop by, as some sections are rotated daily, others weekly, every other week or monthly. New links and eletters come in all the time. And every time you stop by, the top-of-the-issue section changes.
Recent articles I liked were Paul Krassner (_The Realist_) on the history and future of the underground press, and the bizarre "hostess bars" of Japan staffed by women who live as men and that cater exclusively to women.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ Homepage:http://www.hotwired.com
Inhalant Poise July, 1995: Nigel's latest project, an online APA featuring some of the better writers around. Now, all in one zine, you can find Kathy Biehl, D.S. Black and Nigel Richardson. Nigel writes that he's not going to be picky about minimum contributions to keep on the list, as there's no paper involved.
As this is the first, and thus introductory issue, most of the contributors wrote about who they are. With all these details about Lady Kathy's life, one suddenly has the urge to get those back issues of the _Compendium_ and start recatagorizing references from "Obscure" to "Heh. I get that." Plus becoming a US citizen, visiting the suicide capital of South Eastern England, the _Mystery Date_ wedding, and finding babes on the World Wide Web.
to Nigel Richardson, , Leeds, U.K. (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:nigel@impolex.demon.co.uk
Late Night News July, 1995: A very readable and highly amusing zine about the goings-on on the screen and behind the scenes of the late-night TV talk shows, from Letterman on up to Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Although all of these shows are on wa-a-a-ay past my bedtime, _Late Night News_ is still a highly enjoyable read. It's also one of the most widely-read of ezines, with over 7,500 email subscribers.
to Aaron Barnhart, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:barnhart@MCS.COM Homepage:http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jl8287/late.news.html
Masonry Universal: The Freemasonry Network Magazine Vol 1 Issue 1 Summer, 1995: "A contributory ezine covering all aspects of Freemasonry on the Internet and other linked computer networks. Also deals with Masonic history, humour and ideals. Each issue has a selection of ASCII graphics."
Thos graphics are some of the most amazing pieces of ASCII art that I've seen. This is a good place to start for people who are convinced that the Freemasons run the world. Here you can see that they're just a bunch of regular people on a misunderstood spiritual path.
to Gordon Charlton, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:gordon@charlton.demon.co.uk Homepage:http://www.gryffin.com/mu/
Netshaker Online: Mail Art Cyberspace Ezine Vol 2 Issue 2 July, 1995: Although they claim to be the Net's first mailart ezine, they aren't. Ashley Parker Owners can claim that distinction. However, while Ashley's _Global Email_ is a huge resource listing of mailart projects, _Netshaker Online_ has much more depth, albeit far fewer contact addresses. Anyone with a serious interest in mailart, and an Internet connection, should check out *both* publications. (Fortunately, I've archived both at the same site)
This issue has a great article on networking (both mail and electronic) in South America. *There* is where it makes a real difference. Here in North America, or in Western Europe we're so over-connected that it's not that big a deal. But in areas with crappy infrastructure and exclusively government run media, mail and email networking is critical to get ideas out. Plus the delightful ironies of EMMA - the Electronic Museum of Mail Art - and Cyberstamps, the first World Wide Web mailart show.
to Chuck Welch, PO Box 978, Hanover, NH 03755 (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:Cathryn.L.Welch@dartmouth.edu Homepage:http://www.well.com/conf/f5/ezines.html
On-Line Zines Page: This is a website, much like the Etext Archive, but linking together hundreds of webzines. Sorted alphabetically, this is another site to go to immediately to get a bunch of webzines, webzines that I haven't seen listed in Jon Labovitz's _e-zine-list_. Featuring automatic addition of entries, you can link your own webzine to this site.
to Otis Gospodnetic, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:otisg@cobalt.middlebury.edu Homepage:http://www.middlebury.edu/~otisg/zines.shtml
Rocky Mountain High: The John Denver Fanzine May, 1995: Proving that there *is* a zine for everybody. Emily has put together a rather comprehensive page of Mr. Denver's current projects (yes, he's still recording and touring), tour dates, resources, fan clubs, several biographies, and movie and TV appearences. Plus there are several links to a variety of environmental pages, including organizations founded and/or funded by John Denver.
to Emily Parris, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:emily@solar.sky.net Homepage:http://www.sky.net/~emily
Scamizdat: An anonymously produced and distributed ezines, which I've been fortunate enough to acquire and place at the *Factsheet Five - Electric* ezine archive. _Scamizdat_ concerns itself with the articles of faith of the "Church" of Scientology, and how this for-profit (yet tax-exempt organization) uses various methods of indimidation to silence its critics, from flooding Usenet newsgroups with bogus posts to lawsuits, private investigators harrassing family members, to outright death threats. Some "Church", eh? And our tax dollars get to subsidize this behavior, as if they worked for the Government directly. Anyway, what _Scamizdat_ does is to publish just what the Scientologists believe in. All material has been gathered from various public resources like major daily newspapers and transcripts of court cases. You will find *nothing* stranger in *any* of the zines listed in the Fringe section. Clams, gorillas, alien-constructed amusement parks, hydrogen bombs, alien ships that look exactly like DC-8s - and John Travolta paid several hundred thousand dollars to learn about this stuff. You can learn about it for free. Act now, though.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Homepage:http://gopher.well.com:70/1/Publications/online_zines/scam
Scooterzine Vol 1 Issue 1 July, 1995: A total fanzine about the coolest form of transportation, classic scooters. All metal, no tupperware. Filled with news, events, clubs and similar mod stuff. Produced in association with Scooter Scene, a public-access show in the South Bay. While the TV show has a definite Bay Area / West Coast slant, _Scooterzine_ is global in scope.
This issue looks at Piaggio's new four-stroke scooters. Now, to me, this is weird. A scooter has always been a two-stroke beast, mixing petrol with oil (or, in a pinch, Guiness Stout). But a four-stroke engine means less smoke, and a better chance of getting new Vespas imported into the US again.
to William Orr, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:who2774@tiptoe.fhda.edu Homepage:http://www.well.com/conf/f5/ezines.html
Silicon Soapbox Issue 7 July, 1995: A great sfanzine that, while very personal in outlook, actually deals with science, science fiction and books in general. You really can't ask for anything else from a sfanzine, and we need more like _Silicon Soapbox_. No wonder Tom was FanGOH at the 1993 World Con.
In #7, Tom remembers the first moon landing, as a recent meeting of an SF club coincided with the anniversary, and how many things changed because of that. Plus the latest festival of sick and twisted cartoons.
to Thomas Digby, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:bubbles@well.com Homepage:http://www.well.com/users/bubbles/
Slubberdegullionline July, 1995: Like many other zines, Nigel has migrated _Slubberdegullion_ from the ever-practical, but oh-so-staid and grey paper to the hip new timewasting medium of the World Wide Web. The results? Well if he wrote something *new* for _Slub_ we could let you know (c.f. _Inhalant Poise_). As it is, Nigel has put together one of the better websites around, with links to the Pynchon Page and hitech info about the glamourous city of Leeds, and some of the best ezines. But of note to people who especially love well-written perzines, Nigel is putting up exerpts from back issues of _Slubberdegullion_, and he finally has a girlfriend, who happens to live in Long Island.
to Nigel Richardson, , Leeds, U.K. (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ Email:nigel@impolex.demon.co.uk Homepage:http://metro.turnpike.net/N/ner/
Tech Support Tales Issue 6 June, 1995: Ever wonder just what sort of moron calls tech support? Think that users wonder which key is the any key was some sort of urban legend? Read _Tech Support Tales_ and learn something. Users really do fold 5.25 inch floppies to get them to fit into 3.5 inch drives, or trim the diskette, or hold documents upto the monitor and expect the fax feature to send said document, or ask "Which key is the any key?"
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:junkspill@aol.com Homepage:http://www.well.com/conf/f5/ezines.html
TikiZine: A Bi-Weekly Survey of All Things Cool July, 1995: "An ezine devoted to...Well, we're not quite sure how to describe it. _TikiZine_ is a grand collection of things our staff finds interesting and/or amusing; generally, we're concerned with pop culture stuff (movies, television, music, etc.), but we're not above the occasional non-sequitur."
Politicians and burreaucrats and cars - are they what made this country great? I don't think so, and neither does _TikiZine_. From the hell that is the North Carolina DMV to the Communications Decency Amendment, _TikiZine_ is certainly expanding the definition of "cool." Plus the joys of Usenet and the Internet Movie Database.
"Kinda makes you want to go out into the woods and run around in your underwear with a gun."
Free Each to Dan Kast, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ Email:cricket@uiuc.edu Homepage:http://uxa.cos.uiuc.edu/~dsk33593/tikizine/
Tokyo Q June, 1995: "_Tokyo Q_ looks at the wry side of life in Tokyo. There are sections on restaurants, things to do and upcoming events."
You know, I hate Tokyo. I could only survive it during a national holiday, when the population isn't denser than Osaka. But _Tokyo Q_ makes me want to move to Tokyo, even though whenever I fantasize about actually living in Japan such fantasies are set in Sapporo or Kyoto. _Tokyo Q_ captures all the wonderful aspects of life in metropoliton Tokyo: the great hole-in-the-wall restaurants, the bath houses, the odd clubs and everything else that helps one ignore the noise and the crush of humanity. Plus some incredibly objective news, right down to the Imperial Polyp.
Free Each to Ian Kennedy, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ Email:rok@shrine.cyber.ad.jp Homepage:http://shrine.cyber.ad.jp/~rok/lastweek.html
U/Laff July, 1995: Although the announcement on alt.zines promised such names as Bill Nye and writers from In Living Color, the edition I saw had some mildly amusing stuff from various netizens. Silly season comes to the Net? I don't know if it was worth the delays of getting behind all the images.
to Scott Schaefer, Eye-yi-yi Media, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ Email:unseen@unseen.seanet.com Homepage:http://www.uspan.com/u-laff

Ezines from the Summer, 1995 issue of F5-E.
Apathy, Drugs and Driving: One of the great things about webzines is that you can constantly update some of the information without the trouble of putting out an entirely new issue, and link to other webzines that you like. Flojo incorporates both of these aspects of web coolness into _Apathy, Drugs and Driving_.
Face it, many indie bands just suck. Flojo has put together an ever-growing list of Austin bands that suck. Plus embarassing photos from the University of Texas, bad news on the coffee shop front, and interesting links to other sites.
to Flojo , , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/no ads/ flojo@bga.com http://www.realtime.net/~flojo
Blair: The zine for lame grrrls and retarded gay boys Issue 2 April, 1995: _Blair's_ target audience might be lame grrrls and retarded gay boys, but the publishers are the furthest thing from lame and retarded. _Blair_ is one of the most sophisticated webzines I've seen (not that I've seen *that* many, but I've trudged few more than are reviewed here), incorporating not just links and images - but fucking Quicktime MPEGS! That's right, _Blair_ is a full-action, non-stop, semi-ANIMATED ezine.
Remember the TV miniseries "V"? Had nothing to do with the Pynchon novel of the same name, but was about reptilian beings who disguised themselves as humanoid to farm the Earth for mamillian food. "People who love V belong to a specific generation cause it was shown only once and you kinda had to be of a younger mindset to dig on all those swallowings of live mice. So V is one of those few shows that really defines my generation." Move over Repo Man Generation, and make way for the cute skatefags of the V Generation! And if you don't know what they're talking about, just download the MPEG (yow!!) of the Village People (double yow!!!!) and some high school band that were set to meet (or meat) the Vistor's ship. Join the _Blair_ debate: who is the faster pussycat, Tura Santana or Haji? See them in action and cast your vote. Plus why _Thrasher_ needs a swimsuit edition and/or centerfold, and how to pick the perfect Lacoste shirt.
_Blair_ rules. Skate over to this site *now*.
to Richard & Bryan, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/back issues/no ads/ rwan4959@popmail.med.nyu.edu http://mcrubs725.med.nyu.edu
Cheap Truth: Here it is, folks, an electronic archive of *the* seminal cyberpunk zine of the mid 1980s _Cheap Truth_. Rumoured to be published pseudonymously by Bruce Sterling and other movers'n'shakers in the Movement, all fifteen issues (that's _Cheap Truth_ 1-13, _The Last Cheap Truth_ and _The Sturgeon Eulogy_) are now available via ftp and www. I've listed the ftp site as that way worked, whereas getting the files through the web locked me up (although you might have more luck with http://www.io.com/~shiva/SMOF-BBS.html than I had). This is a great historical stash, an insight into what the Movement was all about before an easily-replicated label was slapped on it as the current Next Big Thing. _Cheap Truth_ was a brasher, more energetic and totally over-the-top, gonzo version of great zines like _Science Fiction Eye_ or _Non-Stop Magazine_. SF is disected as everything from agit-prop to mass-marketting. Pop in a Max Headroom videotape, snort some vassopressin and phenalynines, and download these files of beautifully pure ASCII to relive *our* Golden Age. I mean, isn't nostalgia what SF is all about?
to Vincent Omniaveritas, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ ftp.io.com~/pub/usr/shiv a/SMOF-BBS/cheap.truth
CovertAction Quarterly April, 1995: This is the new webzine version of the long-standing resource for news junkies and intelligence agents and investigators alike. The webzine has both original material from CAQ and links to sites that are of interest to the publishers and readers.
Highlights in this issue are a great anti-CIA rant/poem from Allen Ginsberg, and a lengthy investigative report into the growing use of private prisons around the country. Now, as a Libertarian, I support the concept of private prisons, but the way it's being done now, with the super-scary Wackenhut Corporation involved, and the prison industry pumping lots of money into anti-drug propaganda and buying more Republicrat politicos to pass more laws to create more criminals to warrant more prisons (for those big, scary corps like Wackenhut and Bechtel with *exclusive* contracts for prisons)....needless to say, this is a scary article. Plus a link to an aritcle on COINTELPRO and other government covert actions executed against domestic political protestors of the New Left. Today those same actions are targetting the New Right. It was wrong then, it's wrong now, and it will be wrong tomorrow when they go after the anarcho-cypherpunks on the Internet.
"Recommended by Noam Chomsky; targetted by the CIA"
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ http://MediaFilter.org/MFF/CAQ.html
The Diplomatic Pouch Spring, 1995: Another image-intensive zine, this one about Diplomacy and its many variants. Like all the good dipzines, there's play-by-play for a play-by-email (in this case) game. Published five times a year, to reflect the five turns of a Diplomacy year - so these must be the slowest games on the net. The game in play is a variant, one I'm unfamiliar with (but I'm unfamiliar with most variants) involving the economic worth of each supply center.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ http://www.csn.net:80/~mhand/Dip Pouch/
e-zine-list: John's _e-zine-list_ was the first, and still best resource for tracking down ezines over the Internet. Unlike _E-Zine Reviews_ and *F5*, John doesn't actually review any of the zines. Instead he asks that publishers of ezines briefly tell him what their zines are about, and how the public should go about getting them. This is *the* place to get the crucial information about ezines. Once a month John sends out a verification letter to make sure that the list is up-to-date. Like *F5-E*, the _e-zine-list_ is available everyfuckingwhere. On Usenet, at the etext archive, on gophers, on the web and via email.
to John Labovitz, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/no ads/ johnl@ora.com http://www.meer.net/~j ohnl/e-zine-list/index.html
Fair Play Issue 4 May, 1995: Devoted to researching the JFK assassination, _Fair Play_ is an *extremely* detailed webzine with links to other assassination resources and hypertext links to source documents or a bibliography.
This issue features articles on Oswald's mysterious vist to Mexico City along with the assassination seen in the context of game theory. Plus an overview of Ruth and Michael Paine with a GIF of the "calendar note", and a contact list for people actively involved in the ongoing case.
Perfect for the serious assassination researcher. Start here for your Internet-based studies of the JFK hit.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ http://rmii.com/~jkelin/fp.html
geekgirl: the mangazine - m@gic, m@nga and m@yhem Issue 2 April, 1995: "_geekgirl_ is a hard copy and webzine taking a unique blend of cyberfeminism, information, and humour to geekgirls and boys around the world." I must say that so far, _geekgirl_ is the best webzine I've read to date.
This issue features two great interviews. First, Kathy Acker talks about motorcycles, getting spanked off of AOL by the anti-masturbation police, and her new book "Pussy, King of the Pirates." Then there's Jim Keith on his encounter with a grey alien, the true nature of the Gemstone Files, and the Illuminati/Masonic connections to the conspiracy that is history. Plus women online, Noam Chomsky, beneficially spell casting over the Net, why we all live in Tokyo, reviews, and *lots* of links to sites of interest to devoted readers of our Fringe section.
to Rosie X, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ spyfood@next.com.au http://www.next.com.au/spyfood /geekgirl/
Hello, My Big Big Honey!: Love Letters to Bangkok Bar Girls and Their Revealing Interviews: This isn't so much an ezine, but an electronic book. The various sites (I've listed the gopher and email sites) have about 10% of the total work. While this sampler strategy is all the rage with publishers, this is one of the few that just anybody (anybody with an Internet connection, that is) can get the sample. This book contains copies of love letters between Thai prostitutes and the mostly German men who have fallen in love with them. There are also interviews with some of the parties involved, and lengthy analysis of why an otherwise successful German businessman would go all the way to Thailand to find love with a woman whose self-esteem is likely to be not much lower than his own. The book, or even this sample of it, should be of interest to the readers of _AsiaPhile_ and _Third World Traveller_. Bear in mind that many of the relationships don't pan out afterall.
$9.95 Each to The Thompson - McClean Group, #325 Pacific Plaza, 10909 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 3L9 Canada (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ bighoney@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca gopher://gopher.supernet.ab.ca
In Hell's Belly: A magalog of _Hell's Belly_ products along with downloadable articles from the printed zine. The screaming ALL CAPS format doesn't make for easy reading.
An interview with the folks at Downs/Archambault, who put the art back into Vancouver architecture. Plus Clive Mason, the Multi-Media '95 trade show, poetry, comix, art and plenty of links.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/takes ads/ inhellsbelly@greencART.com http://www.greencART.com/ma ll/inhellsbelly/
Screemer: This zine is 90% binary files. As I don't have the time or bandwidth to download, decode, translate and view, I can't give you a good idea of the quality of its contents. However, unlike about a third of the sites I try, this webzine works, and isn't perpetually "under construction". There are several files of reviews, sound clips, photos and the like. I don't know why they couldn't store the reviews as ASCII files. You'll need either extreme patience or a SLIP or PPP account to access this.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/reviews zines/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ http://www.primenet.com/ ~virogen/screemer.html
SOAE May, 1995: SOAE stands for _Screams Of Abel Electric_ - it's a zine about Christian Heavy Metal that shows up with extreme regularity on the alt.zines newsgroup. Being neither a Christian nor a fan of that flavor of metal, I can't really comment on their views, although plenty of True Believers frequently will on the newsgroup (and that's True Believers who are either Christians or anti-Christians). The zine is full of news, touring schedules, interviews, reviews and opinion. The source email address changes occassionally, but I think Phil has been the publisher for some time now.
to Phil , , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/no ads/ ani19218@anon.penet.fi alt.zines
TAZmedia: _TAZmedia_ is not just an electronic version of _FringeWareReview_, but more of an extension of it. Like FWR you can get to the wallet-depleting catalog, but _TAZmedia_ is more a home for immediate articles, old stuff that never found a proper home in print, and links all over the net for stuff of interest to folks on the fringes.
The tried to live in denial, but there was no way to avoid the repurcussions of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Jon provides one of his great rants on the explosion, the paranoia, and the life in rural America that could produce someone so pissed off that the only way through his anger is in the killing of perceived oppressors. Ed Vielmetti put together a page that links to dozens of Internet sources for information on the bombing - down to maps of the downtown OKC area. Plus interviews with Larry McCaffery and Phil Zimmerman, RoboFest 6, art, fiction and poetry.
The court jesters of cyberspace have built a very popular webzine. Keep trying if you can't get in, it's more than worth it!
to Jon & Paco, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/no ads/ email@fringeware.com http://fringeware.com/tazmedia/
Thora-Zine On-Line Issue 6 May, 1995: Huge, fucking humongous ezine with interviews of tons of bands that don't suck.
The table of contents alone is three full pages. They interview Melt-Banana! They might be touring the US this year! There are also interviews with and articles about 7 Year Bitch, Alice Donut, Cows, Flaming Lips, Slymenstra Hymen, Jesus Lizard, the Rev. Horton Heat and about 30 other artists.
to Jesus Las Vegas, , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/back issues/no ads/ http://www.eden.com/zines/tho ra-zine.html
WebRunner Issue 3 May, 1995: Excellent political zine that transcends the obvious and goes right into the heart of politics as a combination of governing, sport, religion, and lust for power.
This issue has four great essays on the Oklahoma City bombing - two of which do the best job of analyzing the current effects that I've read. Time will tell if they also did the best job of predicting what will happen. In the essasy "Cheap Bomb, Instant Myth" Wade writes of the myths and symbols instantly created out of the bombing and the aftermath. Wade is able to see through the media-borne and created myths to examine the mythic and archetypal aspects of the event, the players and the various outcomes. Combined with the essay on revenge, one comes away with a great insight into how different groups of people will react, and how each group will mold the events to fit their existing outlooks. L.F. Theria examines just how far the government is willing to go in the impossibly futile task of preventing similar tragedies - and how much farther the statist elements of the Left and Right wish to goad our governors into a total crackdown. Plus cumulative voting (idea long overdue for a trial in this country), secular prayer, and an offical Supreme Court Opinion from Clarence Thomas (of all people) on the overwhleming federal misuse of the Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
to , , (0 Pages/JP) No trades/submissions OK/back issues/no ads/ web@access.digex.net http://www.access.digex.net/~web/