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is three the magic number? 22/10/2001 Only two years have passed since my last entry. I'm gathering speed. By 2060 I'll be adding an entry per day. Since the last time I logged, my circumstances have changed - I've gone from being a corporate designer under the employ of a multinational company to a freelance designer, with a tentative toe in the film industry. Initially I was afraid of being all alone, without a big company to look after me. Now I realise it was the trepidation of a domestic animal released into the wild. I realised I can go out whenever I like. I can take a day off without having to ask permission. Anyway, em three is about to hit the streets. I don't think this will be the last. But if it is, I won't mind; it's so perfect and beautiful it would be a perfect place to say goodbye. I hope it does well - it would be a criminal shame if the people involved don't get the exposure they deserve... ====== the final push? 01/09/99 Who'd have thought that it would be three years since my first and only diary entry, a diary that was to be later transcribed into a book of best-selling memoirs, and subsequently a TV movie starring a haggard Cauley McCulkin and a drug-addled Britney Spears? Still. I never was much of a diarist. Anyway - here I am on the cusp of a third and possibly final issue. For a while anyway. Mainly because no-one seems interested in buying it. And I need a holiday. That's it for now. There will be more. K. ====== origins 5/10/96 Before I found em I was a listless soul, happy to wander aimlessly through London, savouring the taste of the air and the way that tall buildings seemed to puncture the smog. Then, just before Christmas, 1995, I had an idea. At the time, I was working as a technical author, writing manuals for a rapidly disintegrating business software company in Whitechapel, London E1. I was happy - I worked with splendid people (hiya folks), and I was creating something I was strangely proud of, even though I had no interest in the subject matter. In my spare time I was holed up in my bedroom writing mediocre short stories, and really, really bad poetry, whilst listening to strange music, impulse-bought from second-hand record shops. Then one day at work I was finalising a manual (the WinWork Developer's Guide, actually), preparing it for the printers - a warehouse full of Docutechs in Basingstoke. I was surrounded by proofs and quotes and then it happened. I knew how much it cost to print a book. I had all the skills to put one together. I could afford to do it (or so I thought...ha ha ha). So why wasn't I using my skills to create something that I'm interested in? Like writing and.... um...music? So I decided. Start a publication. Not an ordinary writing publication, of dully printed dry academia and Times New Roman. But a new, beautiful thing, full of snippets, images, cartoons, whatever people were producing. And then, taking it further, I would add the music in the form of a tape of new demos, selected from the wealth of dazzling musical talent that for some reason can't get noticed and want to change that. So here I am. Eight months down the line, I'm nearly ready to produce the first issue. I've been really pleased with the quality of the writing I've received; some real shining stars have been extremely keen and come up with some exciting goods. I've also attracted some attention from a certain extremely well known author and screen-writer whose vision matches my own...he's offered to produce something, so we'll see what happens. I'm also looking for a celebrity introduction, for that extra shelf-power. As for the music, I'm still looking for cool drum n bass vibes, hip-hop, trip-hop, house, Goa trance, and any other forms of dance music out there. have a look at the music section for more information on sending in your stuff. I'm currently funding the venture by:
Talking of which, I'm off out. Look out for regular updates. K.  design & content © em writing & music all works © the respected artist(s) email the editor |
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