the media collective

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Here at the Media Collective, we have several summer birthdays. Because of this, we have decided to release our Please Try Alternatives to Television in Lieu of Birthday Gifts Log to the world. It is a new idea we’re trying for this year’s round of birthdays. Hopefully we get some people to participate.

If you need to change something on the form, you can download and edit this Rich Text Format version. Please send us your changes. We would love to see them!

The idea is simple:

1. Send people a link to the form with your birthday wishes/reminders.
2. Have people get mad at the prospect of giving up their precious televisions.
3. Check up on people to see how many hours they have given up and the activities they have done.
4. Receive completed forms before your next birthday.
5. Congratulate people who complete the task.

That’s it. It’s really that simple. If you decide to use this for your birthday, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you and we will post any results you happen to send our way. We will do the same if we get anything as well.

The Media Collective would like to welcome frankly, the first addition to our new Printed category of media. You can download a PDF of the first edition from the spring of 2007 here.

All submissions for the next issue are due by November 3rd, 2007. If you have anything you would like to contribute, you can e-mail them at frankly.zine[a]gmail.com. The next edition is due to be printed some time late November or early December.

A little copy about the publication:

(frankly) is a zine that was put together so that we, as a community, might be exposed to fellow artists, writers, thinkers, et cetera. whether you love or hate, agree or disagree, appreciate or disparage: tell us; we want to know. we can’t do anything without your ideas, suggestions, comments, & submissions.

keep sending us material: artwork, photography, stories, editorials, essays, poetry, & anything else.