MISC. WORLD for 6/14/99
Real Journalists Do It Daily
(but it costs more on Sundays)
I SAID LAST TIME THERE'D BE a new look for your favorite social-commentary site, and here 'tis. From now on, you'll get a fresh Misc. World dose every darn weekday.
Usually, these mini-columns will contain only one item apiece, compared to the 13-year tradition (four years online) of a grab-baggy of three-dot juxtapositions. These daily installments will show up right here on the main miscmedia.com page, so you can start ruining your mind right away.
For those of you who can't log on every day, you'll still get to read a week's worth (or more) thanks to the handy links right beneath each day's installment.
These daily column-ettes will now incorporate the book, movie, and music reviews which for the past seven or eight months have had their separate section of the site, Clark's Culture Corral. Recent review pieces will continue to be linked from the Culture Corral index page; and you'll still be able to directly go from the reviews to get the works from Amazon.com.
And, in case you haven't noticed, there's a slight name change here. The site itself is now known as miscmedia.com; the site's former name, Misc. World, is now the name of the online column (previously known just as Misc.) that's the site's main feature. The short name lives on in The Big Book of Misc.
SPEAKING OF WHICH: The Big Book is out. It's beautiful, if I may modestly say so myself. Those of you who've pre-ordered your copies should have 'em now; if not, please email me. As of today it's available locally at M. Coy, Ruby Montana's, Ola Wyola, Pistil, the Fremont Place Book Co., Fallout, Milky World, and the downtown Seattle Borders. More outlets will roll out over the next few weeks. It's also available by mail from this link, and by e-commerce from this link.
Thanks to all of you who attended the pre-release party last Tuesday at the Ditto. Highlights from the annual party questionnaire tomorrow.
Recent highlights:
- The column's 13th anniversary inspires thoughts on society's and critics' changing views of "popular culture"; plus a Mark Murphy update, a freebie-postcard company that doesn't get what the Seattle Film Festival's really about, and something sweet to nibble on.
- Wedgwood residents fuss about saving a small supermarket that doesn't even have 17 kinds of cilantro; plus Robert Hughes vs. the new Star Wars, the one place Taco Bell goes bilingual, telemarketing calls selling devices to avoid telemarketing calls, an apartment-redevelopment company called "No Boundaries", tips for teens, an intelligent new-age tabloid, and herbal upper and downer drinks.
- Musings on the decline of softcore, as Penthouse sneaks in an apparently-real sex scene; plus Denny's new "diner" look probably won't solve the chain's image problems, the Velvet Elvis and Colourbox clubs fall victim to gentrification, and an HDTV-projection-video theater and bar.
- Another World heads toward soap-opera oblivion; plus the new hip typeface, an insurance company that (heart symbol)s whales, and ex-nerd writers who should empathize a little less with the Littleton killers.
Archives:
MISC. Media Updates:
As of April 29, 1999, we've got a new URL. Re-set your bookmarks for http://www.miscmedia.com so you can quickly get to your favorite popcult commentary and other features.
To learn more about these and future changes, join the splendid Misc.-l mailing list. Send an email to Majordomo@lists.speakeasy.org. Leave the "subject" line blank, and in the body of the message write simply:
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Joe Newton drew the caricature at the top of this page.
Charlotte Quinn helped originally design the site.
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REVIEWED AND SOLD
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