Chocolate Bobka's McGregor is working on a new project that we think is awesome. Check it out:
The Report is a new bi-annual, hand bound journal containing musings on music and culture. An outlet for work better suited for print than web, more in line with the 'zine aesthetic than glossy magazines, The Report will bridge the gap between all forms of media (the visual, the word, and the audio). To be packaged in manilla envelopes, the Report, which will feature a plethora of young, up-and-coming artists, photographers, economists, chef's and writers, and will come with a cassette compilation with exclusive tracks and a DVD of unreleased footage shot exclusively for The Report. The goal is to publish a cultural polaroid of a moment the only way we know how, by doing it ourselves. Contributions contain everything from a Polish Immigrants photo essay, to the Cultural History of the Koozie to an ethnomusicologists analysis of the Swamibapa Pipe Band to recipes for homemade chili and a list of the essential New Zealand Noise albums. Much like a college journal, there are no limits to what The Report will print. Choice material that deserves to be pressed in ink on paper.
His inspiration is the same as ours; in this world of digital media it's time to bring back the tangible, the physical, the personal.
That being said, the digital facilitates the greatest means to our physical output, and the greater community that the internet has helped to establish is a part of what The Report is all about as well. McGregor needs help from the community in getting this project off the ground, "I want people to know that this is most certainly a collaborative effort by friends for friends... for friends that we didnt even know we had, and friends in the future."
In that spirit please take a role in The Report's production by visiting McGregor's Kickstarter page and contributing what you can. Also check out the The Report's website.
Love,
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