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Glass Alternatives for Alternate LASER Media-People's Video Theatre Handbook A Short History of the Laser Lloyd Cross Ken Marsh Project Report The Potential Impact of the Laser on the Allen Rucker Video Medium Lloyd Cross Richard Kletter Television as Town Meeting Frequency and Form Vic Gioscia Dorothy Todd Henaut Televisionaries vs. Televisigoths David Silver excerpts from Neuron Cluster Grope Don Benson excerpts from Technology Against Technology= Anti-Tech Takis CULTURAL DATA BANK Sparks Scott & Freude Bartlett People's Video Theatre EQUIPMENT Jackie Cassen Raindance Corp . Standards Eric Siegel Steve Christianson Eric Siegel X-Rays Don Ward Tom DeWitt TVX Tips for Using Portable Half-Inch Equipment Parry Teasdale Electric Eye Stan VanDerBeek Microphones Fobile Muck Truck Woody Vasulka What is Television? Videoforms _Phil Gietzen Videofreex, Inc . Glossary Videoforms Global Village Video New Equipment Graphics, Inc. Homeskin Video Van Problems with Sony AV Series National Center for Experiments Europe Now John Hopkins in Television Editors : Beryl Phyllis Korot Gershuny 4 - Contributing Editor : Michael Shamberg Publisher: Ira Schneider Circulation : Louis Jaffe 0 Production : Phyllis Beryl , Gershuny Korot Thank You : Megan Williams, Thea Sklover,, Davidson Gigliotti, Jeft Stollow, Carol vontobel, Jeff Casdin and Art Anderson-Source Associates RADICAL SOFTWARE 24 East 22 Street If you would like to subscribe for one year (4 issues, postpaid) a check for $5 payable to "Radical Software". Or send a subsi Begin subscription with Issue No. 1 (Summer 1970) Begin subscription with Issue No. 2 (Fall 1970) Name Address T T TTT'S 7" fi q fit r T ZIP CODE' issue was printed in July, 1970 . It The first edition of Radical Software/Summer Radical Software/Number One in Noh Place Ira Einhorn was reprinted with a few changes to its cover as were printed for a total cost of September, 1970 . 2000 copies of the first edition materials and layout for a cost INTERVIEWS $1650 ; $550 for typesetting, $1100 for printing, out free at a mailing cost of 39d per Jud Yalkut per copy of 83d. 632 copies were mailed with Eric Siegel to requests by mail 349 were copy, 570 copies were handed out free ; in response wlrice Howard Sally Surpin, incurred a 29d cost for mailing, excerpts from an Interview mailed out for a charge of $1 . Radical Software Coast and European mailings cost Richard Kletter, 220 for postage and 7d for envelope§ (West State University ; 324 were sold at Allen Rucker $.60-$1 .00) . 1.25 copies were mailed to Buffalo copy (Bookmasters accounting for 9 18 bookstores in New York City for $1 a r received approximately 704 on a consignment basis FEEDBACK stores). Radical Software ~r from the bookstores after the copies sold . for printing, materials, Charles Bensinger The three thousand copies reprinted in September, 1970, Phil Noyce raised to $1 .25 at bookstores ; and layout, cost $860 or 290 per copy . Prices were Center for Policy Research National Center for subscriptions were offered, four issues $1 .25 post paid for mail orders, and annual people interested in Radical Steve Christianson Experiments in Television for $5. 800 post cards were mailed foi-$65 informing date (October 23, 1970) 369 Tom DeWitt NYU Media Co-op Software of the availability of subscriptions. To the same 18 bookstores in New York copies of Number One have been placed in Electric Eye Nam June Paik of loaned on consignment. 180 City, purchased outright for 75d per copy instead Fobile Muck Truck on consignment, 82d per copy Guy Pignolet copies have been placed in 7 bookstores in Boston just received word that the copies Kira Gale Jay Ruby going to Radical Software upon sale . (We have New York experience, and Boston have moved well, somewhat better than our Global Village Aldo Tambellini 182 from single order will be refilled shortly.) 218 copies have been mailed, Phil Gietzen with Number One. It costs 21d to mail Albie Thorns requests and 36 as subscriptions beginning that will begin with Number Two. lenaut Richard Green TVX one copy . 100 subscriptions have been received Hastings mail the Summer Issue of Radical Michael Vasulka/Lowenberg The initial $1897:70 it took to print and full time to put Joe Hryvniak Venice Film Fricassee Software came from Raindance Corporation . Two people worked paid a. portion of the rent , Commune out the first issue. They received no salary . Raindance Leicester Videofreex published as well as telephone, for the apartment in which the Summer Issue was Media Access Center came from Raindance. At Marco Vassi mailing and sundry expenses . The $860 to reprint also full time on Radical Software, 'heatre Media Bus Joe Weintraub the time of reprinting ; three people were .working editors were paid $40/week Media Ithaca two on editorial work and one on circulation. Both West Coast Video Magazine one editor is being paid, and the circulation man nothing. At this writing only J . Kearney . We are increasing our readership in $30'/week to cover the cost of a babysitter few more cities on the East Coast. We New York and Boston and will go into a about in his'microbus can handle that because our circulation manager, goes k money. We are attempting to distributing the issues, refilling orders and collecting either a distributor or person get to the West Coast but have yet to connect with and a conscientious job of who will do a careful job of getting the magazine out Media Access Center, of refilling orders and collecting money. A member of Inc. copies of issue Number Portola Institute, has volunteered to distribute 400-500 the Midwest after we gain Two . We will pursue distribution in Chicago and the second edition of Radical experience on the West Coast. At this writing you will know we solved the Software is going to press. If you are reading this $150 in the bank and will financial problem about to unfold . Raindance has the typesetter and Software we have receive $1900 from monies owed about three weeks after To encourage dissemination of the information in Radical Receipts from Number printer want their down payment money, about $1200. circle : This is a Xerox mark, the reached Boston and created our own symbol of an x within a O. One Radical Software should start coming in since they just will come in by down antithesis of copyright which means DO copy . (The only copyrighted recently refilled the New York bookstores . Probably $400 $250 from subscritptions . from published or soon-to-be-published payment time from that source and perhaps another contents in this issue are excerpted owed since it is from a We are attempting to get a bank loan against the $1900 and articles which are already copyrighted.) it-will not be easy . books reputable source but preliminary returns indicate have gone up . We would like For issue Number Two typesetting and printing costs Address: Radical Software likely West Coast 10,000 copies based on our first experience and 24 East 22 Street 2nd Floor to print copies @ 28 pages will cost $4240; $760 for typesetting, New York City 10010 distribution . 10,000 per copy . 5000 copies @ 28 pages $3480 for printing, materials and layout ; or 43d Tel : 212-982-5566 cash we can obtain and terms we will cost $2908 or 58d per copy . The amount of many copies are printed. After can work out with the printer will determine how solid information on our the results of Number Two come in we will have some interest . circulation and subscriber potential and distributor CAN BEST BE USED HOW DO YOU THINK VIDEOTAPE NON-COMMERCIALLY FOR PROFIT? cover photos : Julie Katz and Tom DeWitt Radical Software is in the'process of incorporating as an independent non-profit organization 24 East 22 Street New York City 10010 ME 0 I year (4 issues, postpaid) enclose this card in an envelope with iftware" . Or send a subscription to a friend. ME M ON. e No. 1 (Summer 1970) EMEMMMMEMEM 0MM__ e No . 2 (Fall 1970) ZIP CODE THE - MODERN CABLE SET-UP CONSISTS COAXIAL CABLE CONSISTS OF : 0F: 1 . Copper wire in the center like lead in a 1, Tower selected for good reception, pencil, [ CABLE"] 2, antenna system so, that there are separate 2. insulated by polyethylene foam (the major WHAT IS SABLE TELEVISION? antennas for each cannel to be received, part of the diameter in cross-section), and, (sometimes 3. coated 0 0 0 0 The ray traveling directly from the transmitting distant signals are relayed to,the with a tubular shield of braided antrnna to the Cable television or CATV is a superior way of receiving antenna combines with a rav re- tower by 1 or more microwave transmitters), copper or seamless aluminum sheath. flected from the ground to form the space wave .