Noise about the internet?

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Wainhouse

My mailbox waits for Untitled 11. In the meantime, I had a thought: are there any zines about the internet? Opinions if so?

Balor/SS1535

Quote from: Wainhouse on Today at 06:17:04 AMMy mailbox waits for Untitled 11. In the meantime, I had a thought: are there any zines about the internet? Opinions if so?

Noise zines specifically?  I don't know.  But if you mean "zines" generally/broadly (and are willing to extend that to blogs----which can be sort of like zines?), then Dennis Cooper's blog is probably the best.

Wainhouse

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Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on Today at 07:04:03 AM
Quote from: Wainhouse on Today at 06:17:04 AMMy mailbox waits for Untitled 11. In the meantime, I had a thought: are there any zines about the internet? Opinions if so?

Noise zines specifically?  I don't know.  But if you mean "zines" generally/broadly (and are willing to extend that to blogs----which can be sort of like zines?), then Dennis Cooper's blog is probably the best.

I did mean physical zines. Noise related or otherwise.

Why I asked for zines about the internet - it's because I suspect it unlikely that a physical zine would cover topics of experiencing things on the internet.

I'm looking at Dennis Cooper's blog, but the topics seem to be mostly art criticism and theory (at my first glance). His writing is strong, thank you for the recommendation.

Theodore

In all honesty, even after all these posts, i struggle to understand what is noise about internet. Not anyone's fault, i guess the concept is so strange to me i cant grasp it.

Internet is a tool / medium. Each one is using it in different ways according to his needs and interests. So ? What does it mean about internet ? Our 'life' in the internet ? How we use it and spend our time in it ? Hm, dont know. From a point of view it sounds so miserable that it could be fitting. But mostly is so trivial that i would prefer untitled tracks and no artwork instead.

Really, a documented prowl on the streets maybe is trivial as subject as well - i mean, who cares about your daily life ? - but looks far more interesting and exciting than ... Browsing around porn sites.
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Balor/SS1535

Quote from: Wainhouse on Today at 08:30:10 AM
Quote from: Balor/SS1535 on Today at 07:04:03 AM
Quote from: Wainhouse on Today at 06:17:04 AMMy mailbox waits for Untitled 11. In the meantime, I had a thought: are there any zines about the internet? Opinions if so?

Noise zines specifically?  I don't know.  But if you mean "zines" generally/broadly (and are willing to extend that to blogs----which can be sort of like zines?), then Dennis Cooper's blog is probably the best.

I did mean physical zines. Noise related or otherwise.

Why I asked for zines about the internet - it's because I suspect it unlikely that a physical zine would cover topics of experiencing things on the internet.

I'm looking at Dennis Cooper's blog, but the topics seem to be mostly art criticism and theory (at my first glance). His writing is strong, thank you for the recommendation.

I figured it wouldn't quite be what you were looking for.

(As a side note, the thing about Cooper's blog is that he doesn't really "write" any of it---aside from maybe the "escort" advertisements.  The entire thing is closer to a sprawling collage of stuff he finds online and then juxtaposes in interesting ways.)