Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 20:38:01 EST >From: Moderators Subject: File 8--GRAY AREAS -- 'Zine Review We've come across another new periodical, GRAY AREAS, that promises to be a useful resource for anybody interested in counter-culture or alternative lifestyles. As the name implies, GRAY AREAS intends to focus on a broad range of topics that normally fall between the cracks of conventional magazines, especially in the realm of technology, music, video, art, and other snippets of (unconventional) culture. According to the editorial statement of purpose: GRAY AREAS exists to examine the gray areas of life. We hope to unite people involved in all sorts of alternative lifestyles and deviant subcultures. We are everywhere! We feel that the government has done a great job of splitting people up so that we do not identify with other minority groups anymore. There are so many causes now that we often do not talk to others not directly involved in our chosen causes. We believe that the methods used to catch criminals are the same regardless of the crime and that much can be learned by studying how crimes in general are prosecuted and how people's morals are judged. It is our mission to educate people so they begin to care more about the world around them. Please join our efforts by subscribing, advertising your business with us and by spreading the word about what we're up to. The first issue (Fall, 1992) includes snippets of news, reviews of books, alternative magazines, music, and videos, and other nifty esoteria. Two feature-interviews captivated us. The first, with John Barlow (by editor and publisher Netta Gilboa), is incisive and ranges from The Grateful Dead to the EFF. The second, also by Gilboa, is with former "X-rated" movie queen Kay Parker. The latter is a sensitive look at the changes she has gone through in the past 20 years. The tenor of both interviews, as with much of the magazine itself, is about personal and social transformation as we, and society, move through a succession of phases as we age and change. Upcoming features include an article on Howard Stern (New York "shock-DJ"), audio sampling, law enforcement search & seizure, interviews with John Trubee about prank phone calls, Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen, porn director Candida Royalle, criminal attorney and professional musician Barry Melton (an original member of Country Joe & The Fish), and an interview with Bob Dobbs. Some of the items reviewed in issue 2 will include a tape sold to police departments on how to seize computers, and Bruce Sterling's _Speaking_ _For_ _The_ _Unspeakable_, Mystic Fire's _Cyberpunk_. The editors also plan to include an on-going series on viruses and offer anonymity to virus writers and software crackers willing to discuss their views of the issues. The type of topics--rock music, films, off-beat cultural interests--are the type that easily encourage fluff pieces and superficial treatment. But, if the first issue of GRAY AREAS is representative of what's to follow, there will be no fluff here. The 'Zine seems targeted to BBWBs (baby-boomers with brains) and appears intended to reflect changing times with commentary and analysis by those making the changes. A one-year (four issue) subscription is available for $18 (US) or $24 (foreign), and a twelve-issue sub is $50 (US) or $75 (foreign). The editors, Netta Gilboa and Alan Sheckter, can be contacted through e-mail at GRAYAREA@WELL.SF.CA.US For subscriptions, submissions, or other information, write: GRAY AREAS PO Box 808 Broomall, PA 19008-0808 ------------------------------ Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253