FOR PROMOTION ONLY Ownership Preserved By ATI Sale Is Uncool "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile." --Texas Governor George "Rise-to-his-Level" Bush Live from Elko, WI! Where they don't listen to a lot of radio, but they sure buy a ton of light bulbs. It's... , _ || ' < \, =||= \\ /-|| || || Sep Tennish! 11?12? (( || || || Great Fire Sale! O, O. \/\\ \\, \\ issue241 Elections Loom. Everything Must Go. Watch Out 4 Running #'s http://flag.blackened.net/ati http://www.mihra.org/2k/politics.htm http://SpaceyIdeas.Com/cheshire/access.html http://www.toilettipsandtales.com http://www.northlandposter.com http://www.howardmechanic.org/letter.html http://go.to/realnames http://www.sondra.net/al/vol4/45clash.htm http://www.sonomacountyfreepress.org/hassna/hassindx.html http://www.countryjoe.com/chicago.htm http://cosmos.lod.com/~ati/ati174.html http://www.subgenius.com/subg-digest/v0/0296.html I'm prime anarchist and this is my rant for the cool moon weekend of mid sept '00. Brace yourself for this coming election. Bring the trusty clothespin for your nose. Caste your boat fore the least stinky one. Read on, somewhere in this mess I put something about the fire I just lived through. Hopefully my first and onliest. More important than the fire sale I think, is the column inch stuff you're going to read in this zine. I hope you enjoy everything in here. Somethings I've written, some've been sent in and some's part of regular saga type stuff. You'll see. Read up... =prime= oh, ps: this zine dedicated: Captain Morgan hard liquor. Bringer of witty free ads for George "I'm not dylsexic" Bush. LETTUCE oh oh! you guys had a fire? I hope everyone is ok... Staci to: ati@etext.org re: Blue's or Clues [ie: mtv's choose your shoes campaign] How many of these (see sub.) do you think we can come up with? Maybe an aTi contest of sorts? Akira the Padawan http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/09/08/toosmart.ap/index.html new london cop not hired by new london for being too smart... makes CNN. LOL Lazar ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\| ||\____ | Opium EXPRESS | ||','''|'''''''\___, | __ | ||__|'__|___|| ['''(@)'(@)''''''''''''''''**|(@)(@) *****'(@)* "It always happens at night." On the same day as the infamous "Shame Flame", unkidnapped by those who would wished for an extinguishment, arrived in Syd Aus, for the Opium Olympiad. The news of Saddam Hussein having lymph cancer arrived in the west.. That gives he who the CIA once called "but he was our evil b'stard" around a year of further midEast dictatoring? Salaam and goodbye Saddam, (from those who support Kurdish affairs and beyond) and may your ald friend "Good time George" go with you? Rr OPEN LETTER TO OPEC SLAVES: Hey you! Ya left yer pumps on the Labor Day prices. It's Wednesday already. Get with the program, ok? anon. C O R R E C T I O N | N O I T C E R R O C CORRECTION: "It needs a link to that story in the NYTimes. Hell, leave the damnit in. I'll email the date of the paper when I get back on." --Sisyphus. [last week we ran Sisyphus' piece right away and this quote crossed in the mail, so to speak. Here's the rest of what you'll need to be able to call yourself a great citizen: FLASH! Sisyphus sent the url to us, but we've lost it. scour this issue and the last one and see if you can't find it on your own at http://www.nytimes.com . Meanwhile we'll keep trying to find it.] "During the most formidable years." --Jesse Ventura interviewed by WPR's Juan Williams. To Beat The Devil: Parenting In Modern America by Patrick Moore. Special to ATI Part 4-Homemade Media Literacy In the 1990's a new term sprang up: Media Literacy. What the heck is "Media Literacy", anyway? HISTORICAL BACKGROUND A hundred years ago, newspapers were the main form of mass communication in the US. But, for the most part, newspapers were locally owned, and dealt with local issues. A newspaper in Columbia, MS didn't report on news in Billings, MT unless that event had a significant impact on the residents in Columbia. And, unless one traveled, very few copies left the publication area. Of course, radio began to mature in the 1920's. But many of those early stations were disorganized, with no real sense of purpose or direction. Many left the air permanently. Those that survived were very organized, with a sense of purpose. In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company was born, with flagship station WEAF (purchased from AT&T) and 15 other stations. NBC carried its programs to its stations via AT&T phone lines, with the network paying the bill. Eventually, NBC (and later, CBS) built its own wire network, independent of AT&T. Two years later, NBC added another broadcast service-The Blue Network, with the original network becoming the "Red" network. WJZ in New York was the flagship station for the new network, and presented a different program lineup than the Red network. In the 1930's, NBC added yet another network, the "Pacific Coast Network" or "Orange". Unusually, the HQ for the Orange network was in San Francisco (KPO was the flagship station), and the programming consisted entirely of repeats of Red and Blue network programming from the east, as NBC had not yet crossed the Rocky Mountains with its wire network. Eventually, NBC crossed the Rockies, and the Orange network was folded into the Red and Blue. When that happened, KPO gained a sister station, KGO. (KPO was Red, KGO was Blue.) But, perhaps, the reality of the effect of mass media could have at any given moment occured on October 30, 1938. A group of radio actors headed by Orson Welles, called "The Mercury Theater On The Air", which was famous for adapting short stories to radio plays on the CBS Network, decided on this night to adapt H.G. Wells' classic "War Of The Worlds" as a radio play. The first half of the story was told as a series of news bulletins and "live" reports surrounding a martian invasion of earth. The effect of the broadcast was such that despite being in that night's radio lineup, (and a station break halfway between) some of those who listened thought it was the real deal. After the broadcast, Orson Welles stepped out of character to reassure listeners that it was a play. "We annihiliated the world before your very ears and utterly destroyed the CBS. I can assure you, both institutions are still open for business.", Welles said. But, reassurances from Welles aside, many groups petitioned the FCC to restrict the content of radio programs. CBS assured its listeners that it would not allow its programs to use fake news bulletins again. In 1941, the FCC issued a study on chain broadcasting, and recommended that "no license should be granted to any station affiliated with a network organization maintaining more than one network". In the FCC's opinion, NBC's two-network system was not in the public interest. To avoid losing potential affiliates, NBC sold the Blue Network in 1943, and became the American Broadcasting Company in 1945. All the while, a new form of broadcasting was being perfected. Television in the US was in its infancy when World War II broke out (CBS even ran a special report on the bombing of Pearl Harbor on its TV station, WCBW). The FCC curtailed TV broadcasting to 5 hours per week, and issued no new station permits. When the war ended, TV stations sprung up in record numbers. Many new stations were co-operated with well-established radio stations. Radio soon began losing listeners to television. To compensate, radio stations began looking for ways to attract new listeners. In the mid-1950's, stations that began playing popular music on a regular basis scored high ratings. Personality radio became big business. In many cases, the announcer playing the records was just as popular as the records being played. Bruce Morrow and Robert W. Morgan are perfect examples of "personality" radio announcers. Another event that proved the power of television occured one weekend in November 1963. John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, TX. CBS Radio was the first major broadcast entity to announce the death of the President, almost 20 minutes before its TV service, as well as its competitors. From that time until the following Tuesday, all the major networks stayed on the air for "round the clock" coverage, which was unprecedented in TV. It's been said that on that weekend, the US went into "collective mourning", with TV as the guiding influence. During this time, the FCC began drawing up ownership guidelines. The FCC was concerned about the concentration of media into too few hands, and decreed that a single entity could own no more than five VHF TV stations (channels 2-13) and two UHF stations (channels 14-83). In the 1980's all this was about to change. The FCC relaxed its ownership guidelines. Thru lobbying efforts, large broadcasting companies that were previously restricted in owning stations were soon gobbling them up. It is now common to see companies owning hundreds of stations across the country. And frequently, this same company owns most, if not all, the radio stations in a given town. In efforts to cut costs, most of these company-owned stations became, in effect, translators; rebroadcasting a single feed from satellite to subscribing stations, with just enough local programming to satisfy the FCC. TV stations were affected also. Chances are, your local Fox station is owned and operated by Fox itself. Beginning in 1994, Fox purchased New World Television and Citicasters. More often than not, the bulk of the stations purchased by Fox were in the VHF band. Even more important, most of the stations were longtime CBS, NBC, or ABC affiliates (some since the 1940's and 50's) that now were required to switch to Fox. However, the other three began purchasing their affiliate stations too. Now, you may ask, what does all this mean? It means that most everything you see, hear or read is owned and operated by a big media company. And, some have interlocking boards of directors. When Fox took over WAGA television in Atlanta, which had been a CBS affiliate since 1948, not many in the CBS hierarchy worried about it. CBS has a deal with Fox to distribute home videos of CBS TV programs. Certainly, some griped about it, but in the end, CBS and Fox decided they needed each other. And what is the motive of large media companies? To make profits. For themselves. For shareholders. Remember, in this day and time, profit is supreme. For a company that pitches products to children, the LAST thing they want is responsible parenting. For a child, unbridled TV watching is not a very good idea. Even more so today. Companies spend billions of dollars to reach your kids. And, it's mostly for products that will not enhance their well-being. But at the same time, TV is a reality. It's here to stay. The best approach is to monitor your kids' TV habits. My son Matt is not allowed to watch any TV whatsoever until his homework is completed. If he turns the TV on before his work is done, he loses his TV privileges for the rest of the day. Talking with your kids about TV is a great idea too. What guidelines do you have? What will you allow your kids to watch? And, what happens if the child doesn't follow the guidelines? If there IS something you won't allow, tell your child WHY. Why do you not like it? If your child wants to see it anyway, ask "Why do you want to see it? What do you expect to get out of it?" In all likelihood, it won't be something your child will like. Hollywood DOES create a lot of movies you and your kids won't like. Videos are another area of discussion. Most folks own a VCR. And, many have membership cards at movie rental stores. When you go into a video store, do you look at the videos your child gets? Some stores won't rent inappropriate videos to teens if they're by themselves, but won't say anything if a parent is in attendance. So, the ball is in your court. It's up to you. [Coming up in Part 5: Barbarians In The Classroom: Corporations In Public Schools] C'MON ALL A U BIG STRONG MEN, UNCLE SAM'S A GON' PHUKKIN IT UP AGAIN. I can't believe it's once again appropriate to reprint my lyrics about the Honduras invasion that the US Gov't is still trying to downplay. "How many more times???" It's called No! and you can get the audio at mp3.com or iuma.com --- NO! --- by Refuse-Nick *Aint gonna send no money down when there aint no money to spend aint gonna station no troops down there to kill someone else's best friend. Aint gonna fight no foreign wars dont even know what we're fighting for aint gonna fight no wars no more we shoulda learned that in the 60's *Cant justify no homemade fight or jammin our philosophys down their throats cant rationalize no secret wars we shoulda learned that in the 60's *why cant we spend our money on things that dont have to do with bombs n guns why cant we send our food down there instead we gotta act like the 60's *in our efforts to show the world how democracy and freedom can work we find ourselves bossin people around n advocating military states of war *we find ourselves tied economically down we oughta get our noses outa the fire so we dont get our fat nostrils burnt we never ever learned from the 60's. [quick commentary. I mean c'mon. How many times do I have to keep reprinting it???] "I'd say the more republican rock-n-roll gets the more I like punk - but I've been a punker since long before the first republican rocker. Wait, Elvis WAS working for Hoover and Nixon, wasn't he?" --MP3.com artist Marco Capelli PoMeRiC: A Found Poem by marco Darling Nikki, Here's those songs deaLING with rape, incest, sexual violence and perversion A socioLINGuistic study of oral tradition HolLINGs, Trible, Gore, and Hawkins and PMRC compiled a mailing list feeling that the RIAA had sold out. Hollings indicated that he would seek a way to control the actual selLING of records. Tipper Gore, and Jeff LING took the witness stand because the task of controlling the masses is not always an easy one. Albert Gore, John Danforth, and Ernest Hollings forgot about several prevaiLING themes. SampLING disputes have produced an interesting twist, "voluntary labeLING is not censorship," felony for selling another 2 Live Crew cassette, and closure and structural coupLING. With the Senate Hearing on Record Labeling and self-restraint in the form of voluntary labeLING, arrest for the selling of obscene records has the "chilLING effect" And of course after the Court of Appeals ruling the legal ball got really rolLING. PMRC office space in Arlington, RIAA for faiLING to comply, court rulings on popular music actually selLING the album, debate over the song’s impact LINGer on. Meanwhile, maiLINGs to interested parties like Jeff Ling, dealing with backmasking, and the rating and labeling system. And finally one thing having nothing to do with the word "ling," but everything to do with labelLING would have to be: Senator Exon Love Ya Like A Sis, Nikki! Ling-Ling HOLLYWOOD AND WHITEHOUSE MERGE (PAWN) Californington - Friday, amid rumor and speculation of a 5-way friendly buy-out of Ryder, Rollins, Hertz-Penske, Secret Service LLC., and Bob's Private Bodyguard Company, White House officials will announce Monday that there will in fact be a merger but it will only involve the executive branch of the US Gov't and the particular movie companies that make up an LA cartel called "Hollywood." Teen spokesman George Stopangawkatus reports that there will be no downsizing and all business operations will remain the same for the time being. "The only two big differences," said the teen, "is that everyone will get union scale and not only will the POTUS be allowed to use cocaine, heroin and marijuana, but it will become socially unacceptable not to. Mick Jagger could not be reached for comment. /\-----/ /ending/ /----\-/ I HAVEN'T a poem I woke up at the start of the 90's. Have you ever eaten tarantula meat? I haven't any bread; I haven't any meat. I haven't any cheese. I see a spider. Have you ever eaten tarantula meat? I haven't. A MILWAUKEE POEM. Cheesehead $24.95 new. 3 @ $4 ea. - Milwaukee Thrift Store REBEL NATION "Have you ever seen the end of the world?" He said. "No but I've been to Cranston, RI," she said. "And Clinton, CT too. He said it's a lot like a table full of ladybugs all on their backs -- only some still wiggling their legs. You turn a few over but they all have just enough energy to get back on their backs. THE END. send all sendmail to: ati@etext.org