From: Matt Jensen (mattj@newsblip.com)
Date: Tue Jan 16 2001 - 10:07:42 PST
An intriguing bit-collector is on the scene.
Plastic.com, a Slashdot for pop culture, from clever folks.
I think I've just found a new daily requirement.
-Matt Jensen
NewsBlip.com
Seattle
-----Original Message-----
From: suckdaily [mailto:suckdaily@um5.unitymail.net]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 4:56 PM
To: suckdaily
Subject: Feed, Suck, and Altculture Present Plastic
Dear Feed, Suck, and Altculture subscribers,
Your days of clammy palms, paranoid nightmares, and baited breath are over.
Today marks the day when we reveal to the world the hulking frankenstein's
monster we've been cobbling together in the basement of Automatic Media for
all
these months: Plastic.
In case you hadn't yet caught word of what we're up to with Plastic, here's
the
simple explanation: Plastic is a pop-culture version of Slashdot, serving
the
audiences of and edited by some of the best culture, entertainment, and
politics
sites online (specifically: Spin, Movieline.com, The New Republic, Wired
News,
TeeVee, Nerve, NetSlaves, Modern Humorist, Gamers.com, and Inside.) Put in
less
cryptic terms, Plastic is a place designed to make it easy to swap the
smartest,
funniest, and stupidest things on the Web: union-busting at Amazon,
ghettoscooter.com, bootleg Orrin Hatch MP3s, amigothornot.com, and so forth.
Sure, Plastic's got other neat features, like filterable discussion threads,
flexible sorting tools, customizable newsfeeds and so on -- but to mention
any
of these would only confuse the issue. Just think of Plastic as an
information
laxative, your best bet for getting at the Internet's richest waste.
Did that help? It doesn't really matter, since you're about a minute away
from
seeing Plastic in its full glory, ready for you to slap around, puzzle over,
and
with any luck, ultimately turn into your Web site of choice for
time-wasting,
goldbricking, and all-purpose procrastination.
Before you get seized by tremors and night fright again, allow us to assure
you
that neither Suck, Feed, nor Altculture will be altering their publishing
schedules or scaling back on their almost incomprehensibly hi-fi editorial
quality in any way. Plastic isn't about content-hatin', it's about
content-participatin'.
See for yourself: <http://www.plastic.com>
Enjoy.
-Joey Anuff
Editor-in-Chief, Plastic
Automatic Media
225 Lafayette Street, Suite 606
New York, NY 10012
1-866-PLASTIC
212-343-0475 fax
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