What made those independent and counter-culture, basement publications so intoxicating? Their rawness. Their homemade-ness. Their lack of commercial savvy and nakedness of ideas. They were a cosmic garden where minds were denuded of convention, where ideas ran streaking, where the voice of a new power of expression got published on the big cheap. It's almost strange to see Contango out there subtly chanting "death to the gloss, death to the formula: restaurant review, hot girl, handbag, repeat--take a seat!"
Continue reading Ink Stain Publishes Some Ink in the New Contango Magazine--An Ultra-niche Retro-politan Newsprint Publication Targeting the Curious Minded.
On May 21st, I flew to Durham, NC to join the Futurewave Consulting crew for a "collaboratory" designed to discover new possibilities for future sustainability growth in NC.
The Association of Free Community Papers helps publishers of nearly 3,000 free-circulation community papers--publications that reach nearly 45 million homes weekly--build their advertising revenues.
To walk into their offices is to see first hand how much Adams County people
believe in their jobs.
She's the expert who researched codes, oversaw installations, and kept relationships smooth during the art installing process. A long-time advocate for public art, Colleen is an expert at making sure the right artist is chosen for the right kind of public space.
