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Rip It Up, Issue 244, 1 December 1997, Page 10

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DOWN UNDERGROUND NZ Unsigned is a site dedicated to independent or unsigned local acts. It contains a database of bands where you can add your own band details for free, plus a gig guide, classifieds, feedback forum, and a buy/sell service. www.arachnid.co.nz/nzunsigned THE BEAT GOES ON With the deaths of Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs earlier this year, the Beat Generation is almost completely gone, though interest remains high (and will surely accelerate when Coppola’s version of Kerouac’s On The Road comes out next year). The Literary Kicks site is one of the best •. dedicated to the Beat writers, with unpublished material/essays and interviews with surviving Beats and members of their families. www.llterarykicks.com BRING THE NOISE On-line rock mag Rukkus! includes regularly updated news, a local and international rock image gallery, and a monthly feature focuses on a local artist (Jordan Reyne and her Birds of Prey album is the most recent). Bands interested in being featured can contact Rukkus! through the site. http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~rukkus INTERNET MEGASTORE In what may be a very bold step for on-line music retail, the giant Virgin Megastore chain has been advertising for a business development manager to build, develop and coordinate a global Virgin Megastore site, which they envision as becoming a business in its own right. Virgin believe their ability to source information and product in all major territories, and their heavy branding will contribute to the site’s success. WELLINGTONZONE Generator is a new website that focuses on Wellington music, theatre, and film, and is offering free websites for Wellington bands.. (contact Geoff on 025 463 676), or check out the URL at www.generator.gen.nz

DIGITAL WATCH | Computer-oriented musicians into programming and other things digital may be interested Music And Computers, an online mag which is somewhat technical and baffling for the layman, but has up to date developments in componentry, hardware and software for the techno-savvy. www.music-and-computers.com { SETTLE DOWN, CHEETAH The new location for the updated Salmonella | Dub site, coinciding with their latest release, Calming of the Drunken Monkey, is j www.cosmosis.gen.nz/salmonella dub/ ] KILROY y S STILL HERE /Bombing, tagging, subway hits, throw-ups — graffiti by any other name — is still part of contemporary cultural expression, and the j best of it can be found at a variety of I colourful sites from all over the world. A particularly good one, from historical and aesthetic perspectives is www.graffiti.org ELECTRONIC SIGNALS The site for the Kog Transmissions ■ techno/trance compilation Transmit, i featuring Baitercell, Epsilon Blue, Strange Attractor, Protean, etc, is at http: //homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ rawmo/ transmit.htm and from there you can find your way to KT’s homepage. Should you , require assistance with any aspects of musicrelated technology, the Kog Transmissions 'We’ve Been Through Hell With Technology So Why Should You?’ helpline can be contacted rawmoaihug.co.nz BORED IN THE USA Some people have too much time on their hands... this young New Yorker’s home page even lists his CD and tape collection. But he’s actually a busy guy — listen to his band’s demos, check out his lists, and follow the very cool links he provides, and it’s not too painful really. http: //home.dti.net/~jrivel THEY*RE WATCHING What do you mean you don’t know who 'they’ are? www.paranoia.com