Colleagues and friends;
The deadline for to the QUICK #5 has been extended to NOVEMBER 15, 2001.
Decisions should be sent within the month on already-submitted articles.
Also, TTQ #4 is now available! This "protest" issue samples a variety of
domestic and global resistance stategies, and includes articles on the
September 11 protests in Australia, "anarchy" in LA, pie-throwing as
protest, and much more...
Email ttq@binghamton.edu for ordering and exam copy information.
Davis Schneiderman
Submissions Editor
Joe Bisz
Managing Editor
TO THE QUICK
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*CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*
to the QUICK #5
the journal magazine of media and cultural studies at Binghamton University
--Extended Deadline November 15, 2001
Issue Theme: "Sound-Medium-Music"
Who says "academic" writing can't be exciting?
to the QUICK is accepting article proposals and completed manuscripts
for a special theme issue. We are *ALSO* accepting non-thematic
submissions for this issue, which will receive just as high
consideration for publication as theme articles! We are particularly
looking for column pieces. Please peruse our general submission
guidelines immediately after this theme information:
This theme issue is particularly interested in the fragments of
sound/recording/distribution/aural performance culture that fall
outside the world of corporate-controlled aesthetics and pre-packaged
pop, but we will consider all innovative analyses.
Possible topics include: found recordings in attics and flea markets,
the world of record collectors, field recordings/native plunder, the
ethics of bootlegging, homemade albums, "unlistenable" music,
shareware mixing programs, MP3's-as well as other sound issues-such
as the infamous record of the Jonestown suicides, issues of
broadcasting and airwave control (the current Micro-FM station
debates), "Democracy Now!" and Pacifica radio, phony
genres/plantation radio, the consolidation of the record
companies/price fixing, soccer/athletic chants, analyses of specific
instruments (archaic instruments), the sociopolitics of wire-tapping,
the physics of the turntable and sonic deconstruction, spoken word
and "dub" poetry, national anthems and the performance of occasional
songs, (online) speech archives, the African Orthodox Church of St.
John Coltrane in San Francisco, cut-up sound experiments, answering
machines/voice mail, audio museum tours, books on tape, James Earl
Jones/corporate voices, new age ocean/whalesong/forest records,
talking computers/greeting cards/voice record photo albums/pull-cord
toys, and much more...
to the QUICK is open to all disciplines and perspectives. Submissions
might consider the connections between sound and culture and think
about the historical, economic, aesthetic, and/or political
implications of these connections. The scope of this project is wide,
covering everything from car horns to Yoko Ono to radio waves from
outer space--but we are NOT looking for record reviews!
Additionally, TTQ will compile sound and music to accompany this
issue on CD and the web. If you are a performing musician,
archivist, or collector who has access to relevant sound recordings,
please contact us for sound submission procedures. Essays submitted
with sounds should be written in a context that does not depend upon
the sounds being heard by the reader.
Electronic queries and submissions preferred. *Queries* in body of
email, *Submissions* as Word/WordPerfect/RTF attachment. Note that
September 10 is the final submission deadline, query well in advance.
Include a SASE or email address for reply. to the QUICK takes FNA
print and electronic rights. Direct to:
Davis Schneiderman
Submissions Editor
to the QUICK <ttq@binghamton.edu>
or via snail mail at:
to the QUICK
English Department
PO Box 6000
Binghamton University
Binghamton, New York 13902
**to the QUICK's general submission guidelines follow, which also
explain the journal magazine's approach and style:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
CONTENT.
We want essays, articles, and columns (or proposals outlining such
projects) that perform thematic, theoretical, and cultural analyses
of media arts like TV shows, films, music, or cultural movements and
issues as diverse as you can possibly imagine.
These media forms have in the past been dismissed as unimportant
cultural markers when measured against the mass of "literary"
studies. to the QUICK continues the work of media literacy and
cultural studies programs by drawing attention to the meaning
existent in all discussions and arts. We also take the notion of
"interdisciplinary" to heart, believing that each discipline is
another way of reading the world and yet is part of a very similar
critical attitude.
to the QUICK therefore takes the stance that writing across
disciplines-through carefully contextualized writing-can say
informative and fascinating things to readers unexposed to the
original field.
STYLE.
If not already implicit, you should make clear how your analysis is
culturally relevant, what issues your reading is raising. The less
the subject is popular or well-known, the greater the need to point
out this cultural relevancy rather than relying on the weight of a
theoretical
framework.
It is not necessary that essays implement critical theory. However,
theory is a way of reading the world and can be useful and exciting.
Essays should still avoid one of the pitfalls of academic writing:
the dropping of esoteric terms or phrases without context. Careful
emphasis should be
placed on the relevancy of allusions and terminology; the reader
should not have to wallow through a dense litter of meaningless prose.
QUICKTIPS.
* Be sure to describe the subject in such a way that the reader does
not have to know the subject in order to appreciate your point.
Present your context!
* TTQ does not publish film or music reviews.
* If your essay exceeds our word limit, please "cut" it yourself!
SUBMIT.
Essays and articles: 4500 words maximum
Columns: 500 - 4000 words
Book reviews: 500 - 1000 words
To the Quick DOES read unsolicited submissions but encourages short
queries. Query for book reviews. You may send in submissions at any
time, but submissions received after each semester's deadline will be
held until the next semester. Indicate word count for all text
w/endnotes. Please observe Chicago Manual Style and put all
parenthetical information into endnotes, with no Works Cited. If you
have access to and permission for related photos or images, please
indicate. Your article will be given a careful peer-review.
We are also interested in reprinting pieces published elsewhere. TTQ
needs pieces for our columns: "The Obligatory Old Book Review" takes
an "old" book, author, or theorist and presents an original argument
as to its contemporary relevance; "The Rewrite Department" uses
experimental non-fiction to comment on contemporary cultural issues;
and "Slipstream"
picks out an event of cultural significance from the contributor's
life, describing and analyzing it in a memoir-like, creative style.
For examples of these articles, as well as information regarding
subscriptions and instructor desk copies, peruse our web site on-line
at www.tothequick.org.
Our latest release (Issue #4) focuses on PROTEST movements and
includes articles on the Islamic Taliban, the Los Angeles Anarchists,
the S11 World Economic Forum in Melbourne, and Piethrowing. To order
Issue #4, send a check made out to "Joe Bisz," our Managing Editor,
for $6.33 within the United States (add $.50 for Canada, $3.00
overseas). You may purchase Issue #4 and #3 together for $8.99 (if
out of US, add above shipping costs). Our previous issues feature
analyses of a variety of cultural icons, films, and television
shows-see our website at www.tothequick.org or contact us for more
info.
(To join our TTQ announcement list and receive direct email updates
of our Call for Submissions, send an email to
listserv@listserv.binghamton.edu with a message in the email (not the
subject line) saying SUBSCRIBE TTQ FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where
"FIRSTNAME" and "LASTNAME" are replaced by your first and last names.)
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