{"id":97,"date":"2007-06-18T08:37:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T19:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2007-06-18T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T01:54:27","slug":"fast-return-may-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Fast Return &#8211; May 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/fastreturnlogo.JPG\" alt=\"Fast Return\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong><br \/>\nSAMPLEPALOOZA!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">So, let&#8217;s see &#8211; ZeusPlug the pubzine issues a hard copy sample of itself through the pages of TSV (and then turns into a blog). Then, TSV issues an <a href=\"http:\/\/nzdwfc.tetrap.com\/cat\/current.html#sampler\">online sample<\/a> of itself throught its website (and remains hard copy). Surely, logically the next fanzine sample out on the market will be RTP (both <a href=\"http:\/\/rtpblogsphere.blogspot.com\/\">blog<\/a> and hard copy- see below) doing a pubzine sample of itself?<\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eZ8bZgWEoaY\"><strong>&#8220;THIS NEVER HAPPENED ON THE TELLY!&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;but it is the <strong>best<\/strong> thing to date with Farmergeddon&#8217;s name attached to it.<\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>BLOG IS THE NEW BLACK!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Blogs &#8211; once a Zeus Blog editor was said to ask &#8220;what are they&#8221;? Now everyone has one, <a href=\"http:\/\/adammcgechan.blogspot.com\/\">busily updating their lives online<\/a>. In\u00a0the midst of all of this activity, Christchurch loungezine RTP has capitulated and traded in its Geocities web ad for a real <a href=\"http:\/\/rtpblogsphere.blogspot.com\/\">blog<\/a> (see above). And it&#8217;s a cracker, taking its cue from <a href=\"http:\/\/paulscoones.blogspot.com\/\">Paul Scoones&#8217; online TSV diaries<\/a>. Apparently Colin Baker was so impressed he started a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colinbakeronline.com\">blog<\/a> of his own (that&#8217;s enough links &#8211; Ed.)<\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">\u00a0<\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>RESTORED AT LAST!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">We weren&#8217;t able to make it, but were thrilled to hear about the <a href=\"http:\/\/nzdwfc.tetrap.com\/forums\/mb\/1009244.html\">powerpoint (or something) presentation<\/a> of the Restoration Team&#8217;s efforts on TSV No. 1. At least we think it was them. Nobody&#8217;s saying anything about the recent event, but for the record we&#8217;d like to see: <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">A 5:1 ratio and isolated score<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Linking narration by Peter Purves<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><em>&#8216;Now and Then&#8217;<\/em> &#8211; the usual documentary visiting sites of the &#8216;zine&#8217;s creation,<br \/>\nseeing how that Auckland University photocopier room looks today.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/tsvvidfire.jpg\" alt=\"tsvvidfire.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">[VidFired version of cover]<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>JOHN KEY IS NEW ZEALAND&#8217;S NEXT&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/doctormp1.jpg\" alt=\"doctormp1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong>(1. Russel Norman, Co-Leader NZ Green Party as featured in the NZ Listener August 2006)<br \/>\n(2. Michael Cullen, Deputy PM as featured in the Dominion Post 7 June 2007)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF <em>THE SUN<\/em>!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">DW fandom and the tabloid press have always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship. We think they&#8217;re self-seeking rumour-mongering scum, they think we&#8217;re scarf-wrapped twats with Oedipus complexes. Who then could have predicted that after a fortnight of Freema-baiting sacking rumours and &#8216;RTD will can the series in 2008&#8217; tattle in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/article\/0,,2001320029-2007250185,00.html\">The Sun<\/a><\/em>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/freemaagyeman.com\/news\/2007\/05\/26\/shame-on-the-sun\/\">Freemaagyeman.com<\/a> and Kasterborous would launch these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasterborous.com\/news.asp?id=1078\">salvos<\/a>? Blimey!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><strong>CON-GRATULATIONS!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\">Well done to Jam-Master Jamas Enright and the rest of the National SF Convention Committee for a succesful\u00a0convention (Conspiracy 2) run over Queen&#8217;s Birthday Weekend. They may not have managed to get Sam &#8220;&#8216;that man could bore for his country&#8217; &#8211; T Baker&#8221;\u00a0Neill as media guest, but they did get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyrie.org\/~thad\/dalekcon.jpg\">a shot of a fan and a remote control Dalek<\/a> in the pages of the Dominion Post without either looking like a backyard Klingon or manga-addled Armageddon junkie. $100 NZ for a toy worth&#8230; well, we&#8217;ll ask Darrell Paterson for the latest prices, but it sounds like a bargain to us!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAMPLEPALOOZA! So, let&#8217;s see &#8211; ZeusPlug the pubzine issues a hard copy sample of itself through the pages of TSV (and then turns into a blog). 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