FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                               !


July 22nd, 2000


Independent Web Publishers Unite in San Francisco


SAN FRANCISCO, California --  Allies of
independent publishing on the internet will gather in San Francisco for
an exhibition, forum, and party to celebrate those who create and want
to create for the new medium.


"We have waited too long to face the evil, and there is no more
waiting," declared Webzine 2000 organizer Ryan Junell. "We won't allow
dot-com strip malls and passive entertainment the opportunity to come
to power."


Grassroots organizers created the Webzine event in 1998 to unite
creators from the web and other media in an informal environment to
discuss the meaning of independent publishing in relation to an
ever-growing commercialized internet.


Audience members at Webzine 99 and Webzine 98 included activists,
designers, journalists, dj's, web workers, educators, artists,  culture
jammers, subversive anarchists, slackers, assholes, academics, and cool
kids.


Speakers at past Webzine events included Burning Man founder Larry
Harvey ("Radical Expression on New Frontiers"), REsearch Publications
founder V. Vale ("If the Web Were Punk"), Factsheet Five Publisher Seth
Friedman, Andi Zeisler from Bitch Magazine, Amy Francescini of Future
Farmers, Mark Pauline from Survival Research Laboratories, Srini Kumar
of Unamerican Activities, and 45 other independent media creators.


In spite of two previous Webzine events, e-commerce and consumer
brainwashing has shown no signs of slowing down. "Webzine 2000 will
establish that the web is a democratic medium for personal, creative
and alternative expression." said event organizer Scott Beale.


Webzine 2000 stands out as the foremost global event for independent
publishing on the internet. The event will be held on July 22nd from
4pm until 2am at 2050 Bryant Street in San Francisco, California.
During the evening party, the audience will be moved by experimental
digital music performances by Kid606, Wobbly, Lesser, and Crispus.  The
audience is expected to exceed 700 people throughout the course of the
day.



for more information, contact:


Ryan Junell

ryan@webzine2000.com

http://www.webzine2000.com

muzIK!