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the extra room

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About Me

our first issue is out! go to: www.theextraroom.com to buy a copyOR write [email protected] ============================================== Walking around Kreuzberg 36 after midnight with a bottle of whiskey, we were talking about what most foreigners in Berlin who fancy themselves "exiles" talk about, starting a collective project. The first thing that came to mind was maybe an old building, some shared studio space. And even with just the kernel of an idea, a power struggle began: We were quickly reminded that group work is inevitably laced with levels of influence, capability, connections, nerve.the extra room is an experiment in micro-power. Jaded with the idea of "democratic" access, and intrigued by -- though suspicious of -- the idea of collective opportunity, we- Adam and Mara - have decided to be absolutist editors in a brutally organized project: a Berlin based English language creative writing (maga)zine about the manifestations of power on micro, personal levels. We, and by extension, our contributors, will be the guinea pigs.Contributors will explore the idea in the content but also in form: No one will be included "just because." The selection of work to be included will be utterly biased. If it turns out we get nothing we like, there will be no magazine. Or if we do but we disagree, we'll fight it out, we'll submit to others decisions, we'll impose our own.... and hence more fodder for the project. You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !

My Interests

micro power

I'd like to meet:

writers with ire

My Blog

sad song / barf / soul gentrification

Berlin. A city in a circle, a city in a rut. The project came out of this city. The realization of the extra room proves my theory that everything converges via proximity and matter. I met Adam in per...
Posted by the extra room on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:12:00 PST

you can buy a copy of the extra room online

here: http://www.theextraroom.com/buy.html...
Posted by the extra room on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:46:00 PST

Andre Vida on solo sax playing the launch, too!

The cosmically talented Andre Vida of 'every Tuesday night for the rest of my life' at Wendel fame will be playing a customized yet completely unpredictable Stück on solo sax at the extra room launch....
Posted by the extra room on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:04:00 PST

dbZwoVier playing the extra room launch!

dbZwoVier (formerly known as Deutsche Bank / Banque Allemande) will be playing their unique version of heart rendering/bursting thoughtful electro-acoustic thrash at the extra room launch Friday, Feb...
Posted by the extra room on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

extra room info AUF DEUTSCH

Extra!: the extra room on the Extra Day the extra room ist ein lebendiges neues Berliner Literaturmagazin in englischer Sprache. Wer eine der 200 Exemplare erstehen und vor allem mitfeiern will,...
Posted by the extra room on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:26:00 PST

extra room launch and party

    Extra!:We are happy to announce the release of, and launch party for, the first issue of the extra room, Berlin's new English language creative writing (maga)zine, Friday, the 29th ...
Posted by the extra room on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:05:00 PST

the extra room guidelines

Guidelines:http://www.theextraroom.com/guidelines.html The (maga)zine will be comprised of the following:Fiction/creative pieces of 500 or 1000 words (not in between)Non-fiction/essay pieces of 500 or...
Posted by the extra room on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:01:00 PST