time is a mazing... and this is the end of history... due to the 
summer of 98 and the time management breakdown and the severity of 
recent activities we postponed the deadline for the next Crash Media
to the 10th of October... sorry about that - but possibly just as well...

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              C R A S H   M E D I A #4

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


	 THIS IS A CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

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	        THE GREAT MEDIA MANUAL

          * A small tabloid for boys and girls.*

         (this publication belongs to everyone)

p.1-5, THE HAUNTED HARD DRIVE:
"Polly and Deborah unlock a locked block."

p. 6-17, FLOPSY ANARCHIST AND BENJAMIN CAPITALIST GET INTO TROUBLE:
"What on earth would mother say if she saw what we've done to the cabbage
patch!?"

p. 18-30, TEA TIME WITH TELLY:
"Rupert always liked to hog the channels - everyone else thought it was
most impolite."

p.30-109, 5 TAKES Z, K AND P FISHING:
"There'll be cakes, and crumpets and lashings of autopoesis!"

p. 109-111,  COTTON TAIL AND HOTMAIL LOSE THE PIN:
"Do you think we'll ever find our way out of the rhizome?"

p. 112-128, THE VELVETEEN MOUSE:
"They all knew that when a pretend mouse had been stroked enough,
Nursery Magic was sure to turn it into something real."

p. 129-143, BACK TO SPOOL:
"The strange thing about Spool was the way things
kept getting repeated".

p. 144-159, REROUTE REBELS: "He really was a most
contrary young strategy."

p. 160-165, ALICE IN MICROLAND: "The pipes of power kept getting
wider and wider until Alice could finally fit her whole body through them".



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IN BRIEF

Kindly ignore the above - it is but poor fiction.
What we are looking for is the REAL thing; content
for Crash Media issue #4.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 in mid October.

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

Deadline for contributions: 10TH OCTOBER '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 4's 'Extra Special' section: !*!*!*!
  !*!*!*!                                    !*!*!*!
  !*!*!*!         THE END OF HISTORY         !*!*!*!

Issue 4 will also 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 1998. 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
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 happening RIGHT NOW in Manchester/Salford UK
(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. Crash Media also
works in association with the free server space project Yourserver
(www.yourserver.co.uk). Yoursever is also a content pimp.

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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