An ezine is a periodic publication distributed by email or posted on a website. CULT OF THE DEAD COW claims to have published the first ezine, starting in 1984, with its ezine still in production more than 20 years later. While this claim is hotly debated, the ezine craze certainly began in the BBS days of the 1980s. Phrack, which opened its doors in 1985, is another surviving ezine of unparalelled technical quality. Unlike CULT OF THE DEAD COW, which publishes articles individually, Phrack published collections of articles in a manner that was more similar to a print magazine. Phrack ceased production in 2005.
Ezines are typically tightly focused on a subject area. Ezines in concept are reworkings of the popular magazine format of seasonal, monthly, or weekly topical publications, in an electronic format.
Bernard Greenhouse: A Master And His Cello Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:34:00 -0400 Master cellist Bernard Greenhouse, 92, and his 300-year-old Stradivarius cello have been constant companions for the last half century. Greenhouse was a founding member of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio, which plays its final U.S. concert at the Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts. Mates Of State's Family Band Solution Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:24:00 -0400 Mates of State's music has only gotten richer and more rewarding since its members started a family: Their superb new album, Re-Arrange Us, finds it celebrating the tricky balancing act of marriage, parenthood and rock 'n' roll in a way that's undeniably uplifting and cheerful. Hear songs from that album in a session with World Cafe host David Dye. Bon Iver: Songs From A 'Good Winter' Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:39:00 -0400 Two years ago, things weren't going well for Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. So he holed up in a cabin in the snowy Wisconsin northwoods, only to emerge with an album celebrated across the indie music community. Here, Vernon shares his story and performs in the studio.
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Jackson, Montgomery Gentry give Sony reasons to celebrate Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:20:00 -0500 Music Row celebrated the successes of two Sony BMG Nashville artists this week: Montgomery Gentry earned two parties to honor No. 1 "Back When I Knew It All," and a massive gathering at Vanderbilt's Student Life Center feted Alan Jackson, who recently reached the milestone of 50 million records sold. Briefs Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:12:00 -0500 Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group was sued for allegedly cheating members of The Allman Brothers Band out of some $10 million in royalties on music recorded from 1969 to 1980. Band members Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johanson alleged Universal is paying only a "small fraction" of the royalties due them for digital downloads of their songs and is refusing to negotiate royalty rates for newly released digital configurations, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan. UMG spokesman Peter Lofrumento declined to comment. Hip-hop's bible, 'The Source,' relaunches Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:19:00 -0500 NEW YORK — The Source, which was in bankruptcy last year, is relaunching with a 20th-anniversary issue and a new focus — a direction that its co-publisher says will restore the magazine, once known as hip-hop's bible, to prominence.
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How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:58:32 -0700
A president driven by ideology. A Congress rife with corruption. A political party hellbent on a "permanent majority." A leading scholar examines the radicals who hijacked the GOP — and wrecked the longest conservative ascendancy in American history
• Video: Five Ways Bush Sunk the GOP
The failure of the administration of George W. Bush — and the accompanying crisis of the Republican Party — has caused a political meltdown of historic proportions. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Bush enjoyed the greatest popularity ever recorded for a modern American president. Republicans on Capitol Hill, under the iron rule of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, fattened their coffers through a fearsome...
The Police Say Farewell With New York Blowout Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:17:03 -0700
The Trio end globe-trotting reunion tour with benefit gig
• Smoking Section: The Police's Final Show
After 150 shows spread out over five continents, the Police wrapped up their blockbuster 15-month reunion tour on August 7th with a bang: a freewheeling, occasionally silly two-hour show at New York's Madison Square Garden that was billed as the band's final performance ever. "It's been difficult, but we've actually navigated this thing together as mature males, and we've had a lot of fun doing it," Sting told Rolling Stone the day before the...
Artists to Watch Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:29:00 -0700
Six acts who are defining rock and pop in 2008
LOW VS DIAMOND
West Coast quintet craft widescreen rock anthems built for stadium singalongs
Click above to watch Low vs Diamond's Lucas Field and Anthony Polcino perform "Heart Attack" live
Few young american bands attempt the unabashedly grand cinematic rock that L.A.'s Low Vs Diamond play on their eponymous debut — and frontman Lucas Field sees that as an opportunity. "I felt like there was a hole in American anthems," says Field, 28. "British bands do this big, melodic stuff...
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Flobots Talk Solar Powered Gig Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:12:19 -0000 In a nod towards the future, Flobots performed in San Diego on a solar powered stage courtesy of Sustainable Waves. Suicide Silence Announces Headlining North American Tour Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:08:53 -0000 Suicide Silence will embark on a massive headlining tour this fall, dubbed the Cleansing The Nation tour. Wolfmother Can Not Patch Up Member Split Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:00:13 -0000 With the break-up phase of Wolfmother apparently over, we asked bassist Chris Ross about the writing process with each other.
Bagatellen - Features interviews, reviews and discussion about current avant garde figures.
Brainwashed - Weekly publication with a post-industrial slant. Features reviews, polls and videos.
Dusted Magazine - Daily online magazine highlighting independent and fringe artists. Features a weekly radio chart and interviews.
Meta Description: [ Critical, intelligent reviews of new music and weekly college radio charts. ]
Erasing Clouds - Online magazine covering music, film and etc. Published every two to three months.
Meta Description: [ erasing clouds - collected scribblings on music, film and other obsessions. updated weekly with new interviews, reviews and features. ]
ESTWeb - Home page for EST magazine, devoted to avant-garde, experimental and post-industrial music.
Meta Description: [ ESTWeb, the home page for EST magazine, specialising in avant-garde, experimental, post-industrial and other unusual music ]
Fake Jazz - A monthly on-line magazine featuring reviews and features pertaining to the psychedelic avant-garde.
Halana Magazine - Online home for the infrequently printed fanzine. Includes interviews from out of print editions.
Paris Transatlantic - Monthly E-zine covers new music worldwide with features, interviews and reviews. Reviews experimental music avant-garde, electronic music, post-classical, free and free jazz, improv, opera, performance art, and some sculpture, dance, and film.
Meta Description: [ Paris Transatlantic is a site for Global Coverage of New and Avant-Garde Non-Commercial Music: Electronics, Concert Music, Modern Music, Art Music, Radical Sounds, New Sounds, etc: an on-line zine for composers, musicians, promoters, and artists. ]
Perfect Sound Forever - Online music magazine that always features some experimental music, as well as humorous and sardonic features on pop music and general music articles.
Meta Description: [ Online music magazine, featuring interviews, articles, tributes, links, upcoming shows, book excerpts, essays by noted writers and musicians and more. Always looking for good material. ]
QRD zine - Underground music zine now online with archive section.
Meta Description: [ not always the latest, but the current issue of QRD... ]
Seven E-zine - Dedicated to professional coverage of the latest in noise, experimental, ambient, electro, and synthpop music. With reviews, features, and editorials.
Meta Description: [ seven e-zine (updated several times a week) : music and literature; music := electronic, noise, idm, industrial, ambient, electro, reviews, interviews ]
Signal to Noise - Journal of Improvised and Experimental Music. Website for the quarterly print magazine focusing on improvised and experimental music.
Stylus Magazine - Daily online magazine featuring writing about music and movies.