[Imc-bigmuddy] October Muddy Media Paper!

[Jim Glover]

Chris and others,

Thanks for doing this paper. I really enjoyed reading it today, and 
thought you did a great job. Naomi Klein is one of the few true 
professional investigative journalists remaining. But ALL the 
articles were very good, in my humble opinion. JG


At 03:08 PM 10/9/2006, Chris Klarer wrote:
>Something's going on in that black office space down the 
>street...You know, the one on Washington, right near WDBX?  I swear 
>I keep seeing people go in and out of that place lately.  I thought 
>about seeing what it's all about, but I don't want to be all weird 
>and walk up to one of those kids like "what's your story?"
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>I kind of get the idea though; I guess they make a paper or 
>something now.  I checked it out.  It's not bad.  They've got a 
>really radical Naomi Klein piece in there.  They've got it at 
>Longbranch and the Coop.  I think it comes out monthly.  It says 
>their "administrative collective," whatever that means, meets on 
>Sundays at 6:00.  I think I might actually stop by next week or 
>something.  Really?  Oh, yeah?  You should totally come with me; 
>that way I don't have to go in there and be all awkward.  Cool.
>
>Yeah, me too.  I'm interested in activism and all that stuff... it 
>just seems like there's nothing going on in this town.  No, you're 
>right.  We will.  It'll happen.  And obviously something must be 
>going on.  People are ready to do something besides party.  Speaking 
>of which, they're showing a movie next Saturday at 7:00 that looks 
>pretty cool.  I guess it's made by the Argentinian IMC.  It's about 
>their IMC down there.  Probably about Indymedia in general.  And one 
>of the directors will be there, so that's pretty cool.  Well anyway, 
>we should go.  That'll be more fun than a meeting anyway, and we'll 
>still get a chance to meet some of them; get more information, you know?
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>No, I don't really write news style, but it seems pretty open.  I 
>could send in some poems.  Oh, yeah!  You do cartoons right?  You 
>should send in some of that stuff you showed me the other 
>day.  Yeah, you just have to e-mail it.  Ahhhh... Hold on, I've got 
>the paper with me.  Here, it's paper at bigmuddyimc.org.
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>You can go ahead and keep that one.
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>  Yeah, I'll see you around.  Ahhh... I'm not too sure. Just give me 
> a call if something's happening and I'll do the same.
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