LOOKING LEFT, NO.3: GRALTON AND Z MAGAZINE
Jun 29th, 2009 by Conor McCabe
This is the third programme in the series, and hosted by Donagh of this blog and Irish Left Review.
There were ten issues of Gralton published from 1982-83, and three issues of Z Magazine, all in 1989.
Looking Left 003 from DCTV on Vimeo.
For online copies of Z Magazine, and issue one of Gralton, see below.
GRALTON, ISSUE ONE: APR/MAY 1982
Z MAGAZINE, NO.1: FEB 1981
Open publication - Free publishing
Z MAGAZINE, NO. 2: MARCH 1989
Open publication - Free publishing
Z MAGAZINE, NO.3: MAY 1989
Open publication - Free publishing
God, is that cack-handed presenter really me? Problems with the presenting aside, I actually really enjoyed the discussion (from the other side of the camera). What struck me most though was that it was quite a serious achievement getting those editions out - probably easy to forget that in these Web 2.0 days where you can have website up in a matter of minutes.
Not only was it consistently good it also managed to involve a whole range of people and organisations, as Brian Trench mentioned. Looking at it now I also agree with Des Derwin that something like Gralton, and indeed Z mag is needed now.
But instead we have Irish blogs, I guess
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