Didn't get a copy? Here's what went into the paper.

6:11 pm - Tue, Jun 29, 2010: 31 notes

Didn’t get a copy? Here’s what went into the paper.

On the night of the launch, we had a big list of people that we needed to thank. Sponsors, supporters, printers, volunteers, the venue…

Of course, in the buzz of the evening, I forgot the really important people –- the contributors who were kind enough to allow us to publish (or as someone said today ‘reverse-publish’) their original works.

So I want to do so now. The people listed below (mostly from Australia, but also a few from abroad) all generously gave us permission to take their material and reprint it in our publication. Thanks so much. Without your work there would literally be nothing for us to have printed.

Andrew Ramadge, Reflections on the Tote

Misho Baranovic, Misho Baranovic Photography

Merlin Mann, Better

Luke Ryan, It’s all going pear-shaped, K-Dogg

David Thorne, Please design a logo for me. With Pie Charts. For Free.

Michele Catalano, The Lost Art of Making A Mixtape

Jerome Lebel-Jones & Guy Lavoipierre, Know your product

Eric Fischer, Locals and Tourists (Melbourne)

Tait Ischia, Steve Anderson and the Meth Lab

Adam Lisagor, Rudiments (The Shoelace Bit From Put This On Ep 2)

Dan Miller, Mongolian Summer

Dan Hill, Could Australia Become the ‘Nordic Region’ of the Pacific Economy?

Andrew McDonald, Why getting high wouldn’t be so dope after all.

Ellie Won, Digging for Rubies

Paul Verhoeven, Lessons For Children

I also would like to thank two additional people who gave very generously of their time to this project. Firstly to Ruth Palmer, who came in on nights and weekends even when she was ill to give the project the benefit of her amazing design talents. Ruth, we’re all in your debt. And secondly (but not least-ly) to Finn Bradshaw, who gave his time to proof-read, check for consistency, and make sure we hadn’t introduced our own errors into anyone else’s work.

Thanks again. You’re magnificent.

Ross.

PS: If you pre-ordered a copy, it’s in the mail!