I'm waiting till Doug puts his current issue to bed to get started on this. He's too busy to think about websites right now with a magazine to get out.

Doug is ready now and I'll be seeing him today or tomorrow. I talked to Federico about this and to Gene Crick. I need to get some other local folks involved. This is very much a regional Austin site, but the content will be of interest globally and everyone is interested in the Austin music scene.

Well, here's Dougs contents which will help us put up topics in the music conference: Contents Page of the Holiday Issue! Capitol City Arts & Entertainment Magazine capitol-city.com --------------------------------------------------------- Man of a Thousand Voices 7 In 1974, Austin=B9s Edwin Neal came to national attention as The Hitchhiker in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the horror genre was changed forever. Since then he has done movies with Oliver Stone, hung out with the likes of H.R.Giger and Harry Anderson and conjured up more character voices than the genie in Aladdin. But there's more to tell... ------------------------------------------ KLBJ=B9s Local Licks Live 24 The hottest Rock & Roll musicians and songwriters in Central Texas have found their way to the airwaves on Loris Lowe's Local Licks Live the longest local live music show broadcasted in Austin. ------------------------------------------ Kevin Peake 46 You may have seen his work on TV or even at your grocery store, or even in a local eatery but did you know the artist lives right here in river city! ------------------------------------------ Austin Performs The Ice Bats - opening night 10 Lisa Tingle=B9s In The Water 16 Dance Across Texas Cowgirls 22 Austin Museum of Art 30 Poet Page- R. David Taylor 45 ------------------------------------------ Music City David Lee Garza @ tejano ranch 15 Steven Curtis Chapman@The Erwin Center 17 Clay Walker @The Erwin Center 17 Neil McCoy- a candid interview 20 KISS@The Erwin Center 34 The Sixth Annual Austin Acoustic Musci Festival 38 G3 @ Eric Johnson, Steve Vai & Joe Satriani Jam @ the Austin Music Hall (40++Chris Duarte appeared also! ) Joan Osborne- a candid interview 42 ------------------------------------------ Austin Life Style / Fashion pg. 13 (Hair Color & Design) Ask Gregg=8A Ten Tips to beat the Holiday Blues 18 Capitol Area Listings 35 Art Galleries, Theatres, Museums, Music Venues, Musical Groups, Restaurants, Coffee Houses, Jobs, Notices, Web Sites, NightClubs, Small Businesses, Dance halls, Special Thank You=B9s etc. ------------------------------------------ National Beat Ray Bradbury - in the house (here for a book signing at BookPeople ) Capitol-City Mag. Subs 13492 Research Blvd., Ste. 120-143, Austin, Texas 78750-2254 W e b m a s t e r/ Editor Capitol City Publishing Capitol City A&E zine http:// www.capitol-city.com ---------------------------- ------ ------------------------------- produced by Glaze Studio =3D]:-}> http://www.io.com/~larue ---------------------------- ------ ------------------------------- Conceptual SuperCharger with Dual Overhead Cameras

From: larue@io.com (Doug La Rue) Subject: Capitol-City Conference Topics Content-Length: 1073 # Capitol-City Conference Topics # Register [O] Sign-In Sign In and interact with Staff & Writers. Select the Subject first then the Person you wish to confer with. # {-:( Subjects):-} The Publishers * The Writers * Musical Artists * Visual Artists Fine Artists * Photographers * Film & Video * Theatre ;-} People {-: Doug La Rue - Letters to the Editor Banning Lary - Restaurant Reviews Edson Hovers - Music & Visual Arts Laura Rojo - Music, Photography, Mac Computers, Best of Email Jokes Greg Merlyn - Music, Night Life, Movies Edwin Neal - Theatre & Movies/ Reviews Terry Walhus - ??!! # Contents Page * Capitol City Arts * Music-City / Venues * Contact Capitol-City Register w/ Capitol-City * Advertising Rates * Capitol Area Listings * Austin Life Doug La Rue ---------------------------- ------ ------------------------------- Glaze Studio .]:-}> http://www.io.com/~larue ---------------------------- ------ ------------------------------- Conceptual SuperCharger with Dual Overhead Cameras dont forget to check out http:// www.capitol-city.com

What's on your hit list these days Doug? I need to get you that copy of XLent that's in my van. You gonna be in town today.

no, not in town today, I will be going to the Joe Ely Concert tonite at Austin Music Hall. I would like to see people post comments on Willies Picnic, as well as other Austin events over the July fourth holiday.

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On content, some observations I copied. Topic 5: Images and Imagery #140 of 143: Phil (creekman) Tue 22 Jul '97 (05:41 AM) er, ...shapes the conversation Topic 5: Images and Imagery #141 of 143: Rafe Colburn (rafeco) Tue 22 Jul '97 (09:39 AM) Well, you also have to consider that people read an article once, most likely, while on the other hand people repeatedly enter the conferencing area to see what's going on there. So the fact that there's less "traffic" going to the content doesn't mean that fewer of the people here are reading it than conferencing. Topic 5: Images and Imagery #142 of 143: Phil (creekman) Tue 22 Jul '97 (02:37 PM) Good point...I wonder if there's anyway to plot the activity in a conversation over the lifespan of a content article ? It seemed to me that Technos conversations would perk up every time Rossney wrote a new piece... Topic 5: Images and Imagery #143 of 143: Abbe Don (abbe) Tue 22 Jul '97 (09:29 PM) Rossney was on the most regular publishing schedule, updating his content almost on a weekly or every 10 day schedule. He also completely mastered the model of using content to drive conversation and then using the ideas that emerged from the conversations to generate his next column idea. I think the question remains: what problem or issue does publishing content address? Originally, we thought it would drive traffic, establish a certain intellectual/creative/cultural tone, and especially encourage "newbies" who are more accustomed to "browsing" to jump into a discussion. I think one thing that we learned was that more "content" is generated in the "conversations" than can possibly be generated by an editorial/production staff. The number of editorial/production staff stayed fixed while the numbers of contributors expanded exponentially by comparison. So, we were also looking at better models of publishing user-generated content. There is a difference between reading something in the context of the conversations versus reading it as an article. The conversations is like "improv" and the "content" is like a performance. In the performance work that I've done, I often use "improv" to generate new material and then refine it, craft it, shape it, for a performance. So, I think for publishing to work there are a few criteria that need to be considered: 1. weekly updates, at least 2. links from the home page when a new piece of content goes up. There is a one to one correlation between an item appearing on the home page and the number of hits the section gets. 3. Short and chunky...long essays are not necessarily better. Thought provoking essays UNDER 1000 words are better suited to the web, in my humble opinion 4. A good producer or author/designer for each section that can keep the layout of the articles looking lively. There's a basic template that the Minds Content Management System is based on that I think lends itself well to a lot of creative play within a particular structure. I would recommend continuing to use it. It also facilitates automatic archiving so that if content does update quickly, people will still be able to easily access previously "published" articles. 5. Content should probably come from the community so that no one writer gets over burdened AND because there likely is not going to be enough budget to pay one person to generate weekly content. It's very hard to have someone be that consistent and interesting to the readers. 6. Have good leading questions on the content side as side bars (like the stuff that Derek Powazek did in the whole Edge Tech section, once he took it on) that link directly to the conversation. 7. Have the producer of the section actively update the "editor's choice" portal to draw people into the conversation. 8. Good copyediting, proof reading and link checking so that the articles are of a consistently high quality! That's my 2 cents.

interesting, I'll have to read this a few times to digest it all