Index

8 Editorial 
R. U. Sirius 
10 LETTERS to THE EDITOR 
ITEMS 
14 BUILDING THE CORNUCOPIA
ED NIEHAUS 
16 COLD FUSION REFUSES TO DIE 
16 ALTERNATIVE TV 
GARETH BRANWYN 
18 FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL: 
ARTIFICIAL LIFE IN THE 90's
KEVIN KELLY 
20 HOLY FRACTAL COMPRESSION 
ALLAN LUNDELL
21 THE CYBERPUNK COMPUTER 
LEE FELSENSTEIN
22 JAPANESE TOYS
ILSA VANHOOK 
24 VISUAL GLOSSOLALIA: THE ALLURE OF DESKTOP VIDEO 
BRITT WELIN & KEN ADAMS 
COLUMNS 
26 FRINGE SCIENCE: THE PLEASURE DOME PROJECT 
NICK HERBERT 
28 A MODEST PROPOSAL 
ROBERT ANTION WILSON 
30 DESIGNER BEINGS: IN CONVERSATION WITH DURK PEARSON & SANDY SHAW
jUDE MILHON 
COLONIZING CYBERSPACE! THE RACE IS ON 
34 BEING IN NOTHINGNESS 
JOHN PERRY BARLOW 
44 LIFE IN THE DATACLOUD: SCRATCHING YOUR EYES BACK IN 
JARON LANIER INTERVIEW BY JOHN PERRY BARLOW 
52 TELEDILDONICS: REACH OUT & TOUCH SOMEONE 
HOWARD RHEINIGOLD 
54 SENSE8 PLANS AFFORDABLE VR NOW BY ARTHUR BODISCO
55 MORT HEILIG & THE GENESIS OF VIRTUAL REALITY 
ERIC GULLICHSEN 
56 CYBERSPACE 1999: THE SHELL, THE IMAGE AND NOW THE MEAT
WILLIAM BRICKEN 
60 SPACEMAKERS & THE ART IIF THE CYBERSPACE PLAYHOUSE
RANDAL WALSER 
63 IMAGINENATION: "VIRTUAL REALITY" FOR ENTERTAINMENT
BOB STRATTON 
64 VIRTUAL LIGHT & CYBERVIDEO BY STEPHEN BECK
68 HYPERWEBS: CYBERFUSION 
WES THOMAS 
MONDO ART & KULTUR
72 THE SHADOW WORLD OF HEAVY METAL PART II: SLEAZE
GRACIE & ZARKOV
76 WORLD ENTERTAINMENT WAR
RAYE X. SANGFREUD
80 GRAMMAR QUEENS
ALISON KENNEDY
82 SOUND/NO SOUND
DIANA TRIMBLE & BARBARA IMHOFF
86 THE ARCHITECTURE OF CATASTROPHIC CHANGE AT INVISIBLE SITE
GEORGE COATES
88 IS THERE ANY ESCAPE FROM STUPID? - DON JOYCE & MARK HOSLER OF NEGATIVLAND INTERVIEWED
STEPHAN RONAN
102 PLUNDERPHONICS - JOHN OSWALD INTERVIEWED BY MARK HOSLER
109 HIP HOP AS CYBER APOCALYPSE
RICKIE VINCENT
112 ABJECT VICTIMS OF A BRUTAL IRONY: - MARK PAULINE INTERROGATED BY JOHN SHIRLEY, JUDE MILHON, ANDREA JUNO, QUEEN MU & R.U. SIRIUS
122 THE PARALLEL MATHEMATICS OF A BLASTER - PHIL ALVIN INTERVIEWED BY R.U. SIRIUS
128 CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN'S WEIRD ANGLES - DAVID LOWERY INTERVIEWED BY MARK LAIDLAW
132 TURN ON, TOON IN, WATCH OUT!
KEN JOPP
OTHER MEMES
137 HOW I CREATED A MEDIA VIRUS
WES THOMAS
140 DIGITS RUN RIOT: SYNAESTHETIC ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES
JAS. MORGAN
145 BETTER BRAINS THROUGH ELECTROCITY - D.S. GORGES INTERVIEWED BY KATHY GROSS
150 NEW DRUGS THAT MAKE YOU SMART
JOHN MORGENTHALER
REVIEWS
154 3FISTED TALES OF BOB EDITED
BY IVAN STANG REVIEWED BY DOUGLASS ST. CLAIR
156 ARISE! THE SUBGENIUS VIDEOTAPE DEVISED BY REV. CORDT HOLLAND & REV. IVAN STANG REVIEWED BY JOHN SHIRLEY
157 METAMUSICAL NOTES: EXPERIENCE REPLAYED - RARE AIR
S. SOLOMAN
158 MORMONOIDS OF THE DEEP
PAUL RUBIN