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                C R A S H   M E D I A #3

        Where Media Reaches its Critical Mass
       http://www.yourserver.co.uk/crashmedia/

                CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

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FILE THIS:

Snowcrash and the Number 7 Bus_________________The Velvet Underload
Modernity and 'post' production___________________Soft Theory Salad
Beware of Geeks Bearing GIFs____Breakdown of the Master Imperatives
Trolley and the Three Smart Cards__________From Here to Electricity
Rebuttal, let down your long print out____________________Born Free
Why administrative production of meaning?_______Men Archiving Badly
Conspiracy Theory Theme Park_____Relocating Political Consciousness
The Longitude Problem________________________Bed-sits and Split-ups
Celebrate Redundancy_____________________________Haensel & Guattari
The Thrill on Technology Hill_________Little Johnny Head On The Air
Pixel on Acid___________________________________________Peeping ROM

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IN BRIEF

Crash Media is a publication with a split personality; 
part tabloid newspaper and part website, complete with 
discussion threads and a low-interference editorial 
policy. [Feel free to enter the online debate at any 
moment and be prepared to find your statement in print.] 
Right now we are calling for contributions for the next 
print issue to be released as in the middle of July.

      *.gif *.txt *.wav *.ra *.doc *.pic

Deadline for contributions: 30th of June '98 !!!

Crash Media is (looking at) independent media practice; 
taking media criticism off the bookshelf and stacking it 
on the flyer table. Find Tech/Specs on CM and 
contributions below.

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Issue 3 will still include the following permanent 
sections(->Medium Roast, ->Culture Club, ->Under The 
Needle, ->Access Denied, ->Balzac Nation, ->Strangeways).

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

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

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

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TECH-SPECS

Crash Media has been published in print as a free, bi-
monthly tabloid, since the middle of March. Printed on 
tabloid paper, each issue has a print run of 5,000. Crash 
Media is based in Salford/Manchester and London (UK). 
Each issue consists of 12 pages. Crash Media is being 
distributed intensively in the North West of England and 
London, and selectively world-wide. We are also open to 
any suggestions for worthwhile locations.

Crash Media is a joint venture, defining the agenda of 
the 'Revolting' media lab in Manchester/Salford UK in 
Aug/Sept ( http://www.yourserver.co.uk/revolting ), 
Salford University and 'Skyscraper Digital Publishing'.

Crash Media is extended through a digital forum.
Threads generated in Crash Media on-line will be 
selectively reprinted in the next issue. The public 
access server in Manchester/ Salford will be set up over 
the next few weeks and will host Crash Media - URL will 
follow shortly, any domain name suggestions welcomed.

http://www.yourserver.co.uk/crashmedia/

!! To receive a free print copy of Crash Media within 
!! the UK, send a 1st class stamped and self addressed 
!! A4 or A5 envelope to the below address.

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CONTACTS / ADDRESS

Micz Flor, Josephine Berry
[crashmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Crash Media
University of Salford
Art and Design Technology Research Unit
Peru Street
UK-Salford M3 6EQ

fax: +44.171.6134052

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