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                ...        Issue # 287    Aug-17-2001

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY WEBZINE.WS
from activist times interpreted 

Holy wah! I had such a great time in the CBGB's
Gallery attending nyc's first Webzine conference.
I'll write up some of my observations and feelings
here.
  Wow, many people were able to write about Webzine2001
right after the smoke settled. I'm glad. It was good to
read many of the reflections. I wish I was able to 
write something up just minutes after the event. Hell,
I shoulda written a gonzo piece while sleeping in Penn
station between Zamboni cleanings, maybe. But I decided 
to wait because I felt Webzine deserves so much more, so 
much better. Fear not, I journalled a lot so there'll be 
plenty to "collate," or move around into this little ditty 
about the con. Hmmm. Maybe I'll go really long and need to 
continue it in 3 or 4 issues like some of our other 
"trilogies." 
  Hehehehe. I see Aaron's most recent trilogy is going
to finish up at 4 pieces. "Part four of this trilogy,"
way to go. Nothing wrong with that, trust me, it's quite
precedented. Look it up yourself. Some of your favorite
trilogies are 4, 5 and sometimes even 9 stories long,
huh?
  Yup, so webzine, what can I say about WZ2001NYC besides
that Michael Moore was his great usual self, that the
guy from http://www.fuckedcompany.com gave great panel,
that the guy who attacked staples school in western
connecticut was fun to listen to. Well, read on, and
you'll see. 
  Everyone's heard of SOHO, how come NOHO isn't a house-
hold word like Soho??? I guess because they don't have
their "woody allen."
  So how did I get involved with webzine in the first
place? Well it goes back to '98 or so when the first
cons in San Francisco were happening. I couldn't 
afford to travel there and back once a year so I find
myself wanting to help out as much behind the scenes 
year round well, why? Mostly just because I'm "down 
with all that."
  I'm leaving some of these notes very raw from my
journals because they lose too much good edge the
minute I start editing myself. :) 
  "You know the drill..."
  Scarleteen. Sysop said web porn used to be male
dominated for the longest time. Now it's 52% women
run. Hmmmm. 
  Met Ryan, met Dru, met Michael Moore again met a
ton of other great people I don't remember the names
of.
  "Many foreigners hate Americans for the exact 
reasons most Americans have said they loathe me."
  --Tim McVeigh
    16May01
  ...I notice I'm still unwinding from my NY trip for
webzine.ws. Wow. It really effected me. Left quite an 
impression. Neat.
  Aug 31, Guild will close down their Westerly, RI 
plant. Fender, which bought them in 1995 will move
all ops to its manufacturing HQs in Corona, Calif.
  "The move will allow the company to 'streamline' its
production of the Guild guitars."
  Gee, streamlined. Where have I heard that before???
Lately, I guess the question is where HAVEN'T I heard
it, eh?
  I'll end this puppy here giving a quick shoutout to
Srini. The "Go work on your website" sticker is now
placed prominently on the case to my Epiphone.