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*BLUE
EAR
Under the banner of Global Writing Worth Reading, Blue Ear's goal is
to build a world-class outlet for the best international writing,
including features, personal essays and reviews.
*BOULEVARDS
An index of alternative weeklies and web sites emphasizing travel,
arts, entertainment, contemporary culture and politics.
*THE
CITY
Noted underground
cartoonist Derf presents cutting-edge social satire and bizarre-but-true
slices of urban life on the mean streets of "The City."
*CONSORTIUMNEWS
Robert Parry, one of the
journalists who uncovered the Iran-Contra scandal,
edits and investigates government and politics stories for this eye-opening news site.
*DISINFORMATION
A search engine of all that is alternative on the web--and so much
more, including dossiers on subjects ranging from Killer Viruses
to Thought Police.
*FILMFODDER
As the site's editors put it, "We are a group of people who have a ridiculous
urge to watch, talk about and absorb movies. We love the damn things. To
justify the hours we've lost to film, we've created this site." Filmfodder is
just the ticket for film news, profiles and reviews.
*FLAK
MAGAZINE
"A noncomprehensive guide to everything," Flak Magazine takes the
raw creativity of bright young writers and tempers it with good
sense, good taste and the spirit of responsible journalism. Includes
book, movie, music and Web site reviews.
*FREE
WILL ASTROLOGY
If you're looking for astrological guidance offered with a tablespoon
of whimsy, check out this site by Rob Brezsny, who began a recent
horoscope, "If you were a cow, it would be prime time to move on
to new grazing lands."
*FREEZERBOX
Billed as "Politics and Culture on Planet Earth," Freezerbox aspires
to create a forum for both good thinking and good writing. In operation
since 1998, Freezerbox has built up a strong network of writers
who contribute essays and articles on a wide range of topics, from
arms control to political economy to film.
*HOLECITY
This "on-line community devoted to cornering smart-assedness on the Web"
offers up witty takes on TV, movies, sports and other pop-culture subjects.
*IRONMINDS
Although aimed primarily at college students and other young readers,
Ironminds offers a mix of insightful, entertaining commentary, criticism
and news analysis that should appeal to nearly any mind open enough
to surf the Web.
*MR. BELLER'S NEIGHBORHOOD
Mr. Beller's Neighborhood combines a magazine with a map. It uses the
external, familiar landscape of New York City as a way of organizing the
wildly internal, often unfamiliar emotional landscapes of the city dweller.
The site publishes reportage, personal essays and the occasional piece of
fiction. It's part travel guide, part literary experience.
*NEW
MASS MEDIA
The Advocate weekly family includes several special-interest content
sites, including: i-out.com, which offers fact and fiction about
gay/lesbian/bi/trans life in the Northeast; B-ball.com, a lively
college hoops site focusing on the UConn-UMass basketball rivalry;
the New England Ski & Snowboard Guide; and nudebeachguide.com, the
definitive guide to nude beaches in the Northeast. This link offers
access to all these sites and more.
*RED
MEAT
From the secret files of twisted cartoonist Max Cannon comes one
of the most gut-churningly funny comix we've ever seen.
*THESYNAPSE.ORG
This online magazine reflects upon contemporary culture and tries to motivate
readers to take a closer look at themselves and their world. Part
independent, part alternative and part digital, the Bloomington,
Indiana-based site examines politics, science, technology, sports and the
arts.
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*TOO
MUCH COFFEE MAN
Shannon Wheeler's superheroic strip details the droll life and times
of Too Much Coffee Man. Good to the last (ink) drop.
*TROIKA MAGAZINE
Troika is a cutting-edge, contemporary culture quarterly. Combining
the witty and the chic, Troika appeals to an audience that recognizes
the ironies of modern living. It's a magazine for men and women
seeking a balanced lifestyle: personal achievement; family commitment;
and community involvement.
*UTNE
READER
In addition to collecting great features from the alternative-press
universe, Utne fosters a multitude of interactive discussions in
its online community
STEAMSHOVEL
PRESS
This site bills itself as "All Conspiracy. No Theory." Visitors
will find a wealth of book and other media reviews that dovetail
with Steamshovel's vision, as well as columns, a newsletter and
a "link tank" of links to conspiracy sites. Happy paranoid reading!
ARTS
JOURNAL
Hard to keep up with all the news in the arts world? Arts Journal
bills itself as "a daily digest of arts and cultural journalism."
The site monitors and collects stories from more than 100 North
American, Australian and European newspapers and magazines that
write about the arts, and links to the best of the bunch.
THE
OBSCURE STORE AND READING ROOM
This two-pronged site by journalist Jim Romenesko will sell you
a copy of your favorite zine--from Angry Thoreau to Thrift Score--while
it presents you with links to the goofiest news stories of the day.
INCONSPICUOUS
CONSUMPTION
Here's the latest online home for Paul Lukas, proprietor of the
great zine "Beer Frame". Every month, the IC site examines another
odd, or oddly appealing, product or service of consumer culture.
TIMOTHY
MCSWEENEY'S INTERNET TENDENCY
The online version of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, this collection
of literate critiques of pop culture and newstream media foibles
is the brainchild of Might cofounder Dave Eggers, whose experiences
working at Esquire may or may not have inspired the site's ongoing
look at "Man: The Magazine for Men."
THE
ONION
More fake news than a season's worth of SNL's "Weekend Update."
TAKING
IN THE SITES
Our affiliate friends at the Madison Isthmus review fun-to-surf
sites every week, and they offer a huge site-review archive to boot.
THE
BRUNCHING SHUTTLECOCKS
Some folks like the Alanis lyric generator or the Toys section asking
readers to choose, for instance, whether they think Destiny is a
perfume or Marvel Super Villain (she's actually a member of "The
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants"). But we prefer The Ratings section
comparing the merits of such things as car accessories, lawn ornaments,
Atari 2600 games and, of course, pizza toppings.
NEWS
OF THE WEIRD
For the past decade, Chuck Shepherd has gathered the world's oddest
real-life happenings and laid them on the doorsteps of readers like
a proud cat dropping off a freshly killed sparrow.
CHIP
ROWE'S ELECTRIC FUN
The online haunt of Playboy Advisor and "Book of Zines" author Chip
Rowe offers lots of eclectic fun, from his childhood coupon-clipping
experiment to interviews with zinesters and reviews of weird magazines
such as Bus World and Food Insects Newsletter.
SALON
This feisty webzine combines hard-hitting political reports with
incisive cultural analysis.
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