Otoliths & Simulacra

Word on a new Blog 'zine project comes to us from Kamen Nedev who has posted more information on his Blog at http://emitmedia.blogspot.com/

Kamen begins;

...Recently, a post to the Wryting-L list announced the appearance of a new e-zine of new media writing and experimental poetry: Otoliths.

In the words of its editor, Mark Young,

It'll be called Otoliths. Why? Because I like the word. & its

definition. An otolith is one of the small bones or particles of

calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of

vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear

stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

http://the-otolith.blogspot.com/

And on to the simulacra, Kamen also adds;

Often, when searching for the original article or post which has prompted some discussion, I suddenly realise that this is a mistake: in the Blogosphere, there is no original, zero-degree content. It is the posting and re-posting of content, its continuous de- and recontextualisation, that really informs the channel.

Very Baudrillard, eh?