Can't help with your keys, actually. Did you check your jacket pocket?
I think you were wearing it when you got home.
You may have been wondering where we've been for the past few months,
or even, depending on how you look at it - almost a year. At least, we
hope you have. We've all been busy here at Fall of Autumn,
unfortunately though, not so much with the website and distro.
Alan's Youtube filmmaking has really taken off. He's made plenty of
really cool videos and collaborated with many different people and
projects on the site. He's even begun work on a book, tentatively
titled "How To Be A Player on YouTube, From Someone Who Already Is..."
The book is co-authored by Michael W. Dean, author of several books on
DIY filmmaking. Michael was featured in FOA's Quarterly Issue 4 as
part of the DIY Filmmakers roundtable interview.
Since Alan will be busy making even more films and working on his
book, Aaron and Kate are pretty much taking things over here. Alan
will still be a part of FOA, but more in the background. Aaron and
Kate will be doing most of the updating, editing, contributing, and
distro management. While this transition was discussed and announced a
long time ago, the new FOA is still a work in slow progress due to
unavoidable limitations of space, time and focus. Expect a great leap
forward around August when Aaron and Kate will move FOA headquarters
to an as-yet-unknown location which can better serve their needs.
FOA Zinester Podcast Series
This year, we've finally put the podcast series back up. We kicked
things off with a reading from Jeff Disler, followed by a piece from
our very own Aaron Cynic, and rounded out by a piece from Gabriel
Darling. Coming up we have Chicago Media Action's Mitchell
Szczepanczyk, Loop Distro's Billy Roberts, and hopefully many more.
You may have noticed we changed the format. We felt that adding some
new features like commentary, interviews, and music will flesh out the
Zinester podcast series and make things more interesting. Please drop
us a line and let us know what you think about the changes!
Message Board
Due to some financial constraints, we've had to take down the message
board. We put up a post about this on the front page and asked people
to email us, but we didn't get much of a response from people on how
to address this problem. The decision has been made to go with a free
board with a more limited approach. Hopefully, as time goes on (and if
the board generates more activity), we'll put in a new board - but for
the time being, we will operate on a limited message board.
ZineWiki
You may have noticed that ZineWiki has unfortunately gone down for the
time being. We're not sure who did it (or why - I mean, seriously
kids, what's the point of hacking a brilliant resource like that?) but
ZineWiki was hacked. Bad hacked. We did our best to bring it back up,
but unfortunately, we're not super knowledgeable in Wiki coding. With
that said, *WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!* We need to find someone who can
reinstall the WikiMedia files without overwriting the database. All of
the articles are still there, it's just the WikiMedia shell (the php
files) that needs fixing. If you can or know anyone who can help us,
please - send us an e-mail. We would be forever grateful.
Hip Lit Fair
FOA will once again participate in the Chicago Museum of Contem****ary
Art's Zines, Comics, and Other Hip Lit Fair. The fair will be on
Saturday, May 17th, from noon till 4pm. If you're going to be in
Chicago, stop by and check out some fantastic writers, zines, and
other hip lit! For all the info visit:
http://www.mcachicago.org/programs/event_detail.php?id=59&page=genev
For the time being, FOA Press will update as we are able to. We're
definitely looking for more submissions for site content, the distro,
reviews, and podcasts. We also hope to have the quarterly back up and
running for a summer issue, and many other things as they go. We thank
you for your continued patience and sup****t. Please drop us a line at
submit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keep your eyes and ears open - we'll have
more for you soon!
XOXO
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