From carrie at stayfreemagazine.org Tue Apr 2 20:40:21 2002 From: carrie at stayfreemagazine.org (Carrie McLaren) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:40:21 -0500 Subject: Stay Free! | 3 April 20002 Message-ID: Hello, A few more remaining items from the "history" issue are now on the website: TOP TEN MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN TEXTBOOK From Daughters of the American Revolution propaganda to utility company PR, Stay Free! looks at the pressures on U.S. textbook publishers, historically: http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/18/topten.html THE ASPIRATIONAL PURCHASE Ever bought something hoping it would make you a better human being? Here's what a few Stay Free! readers had to say.... http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/18/aspirational.html FOR FUTURE REFERENCE A short list of sources related to issue #18, for further reading: http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/18/sources.html A new issue of Stay Free! (#19) has just been shipped to stores, btw. I'll try to post the rest of the old issue soon so I can work on getting the new stuff online... yrs, carrie From stay.free at verizon.net Mon Apr 22 21:58:44 2002 From: stay.free at verizon.net (Carrie McLaren) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:58:44 -0500 Subject: Stay Free! | "Conspiracy" issue out now Message-ID: Hello, The new "conspiracy" issue of Stay Free! is making its way to stores at this very moment. If you would like to receive one, you can subscribe here ($10 or $12 for 3 issues): http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/order Also, I'm now offering digital subscriptions at the super cheap price of $6.75 -- instead of getting the print magazine, you'll get an Adobe Acrobat .pdf emailed to you each time the zine comes out. Or you can wait a year because I'll eventually be putting most of the issue on the website. thanks, carrie P.S. In New York, you can find Stay Free! at St. Mark's Books, Other Music, See Hear, and Mondo Kim's, among others. If you don't see Stay Free! in your local independent book or record store, please inquire within. * * * * "CONSPIRACY" ISSUE #19 CONTENTS * * * * Introduction Mark Crispin Miller interview, author of The Bush Dyslexicon and Boxed In: The Culture of Television, on conspiracies, media, and mad scientists The "Art" of the FBI: highlights from the FBI's secret war on dissent. Wherein we gather some of the fake comics, "satirical" pamphlets, and bad poetry created under the FBI's Counter-intelligence Program Real Conspiracies: Long before viral marketing, we had the "whispering campaigns" of the 1930s. Also: General Motors' assault on public trollies How a French Satire Became the Gospel of Anti-Semitism: The little-known origins of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion Dana Frank interview, author of Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism Satanic execs and racist jackets: Brian Boling on corporate myths Gary Fine interview, author of Manufacturing Tales: Sex and Money in Contemporary Legends and co-author of Whispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America Fast Food Hell: Stay Free! readers share their dining experiences Rethinking Economics: Consuming isn't so fun, growth isn't so good, and other unpopular truths, by Jonathan Rowe Selling the Sky: Alexandra Ringe surveys advertising over our heads Bad News: Carol Kolb looks at prepackaged journalism World View: Marketing news and other sick stuff No SUV Parking: Stay Free!'s anti-sport utility vehicles prank Pop Quiz: Random curiosities from the world of business For Future Reference. Sources for more information -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: cover_thumb19.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5640 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/stayfree/attachments/20020422/61bd378f/attachment.jpg