"Clueless CEOs, egomaniacal engineers, dim-witted trade press hacks, Proftalk, Depth Charges, BERNIE the larcenous (and lecherous) virtual sidekick, Stewdspeak, bobbing for leeches, GATEKEEPIR the ghastly net-denizen …they're back!"
Before blogs, before social networking, before the Web itself…there were "ezines," personal publications emailed to their readers. Michael Jay Tucker's explosive-cargo (Xcargo) was one of the most popular ezines of the 1990s, with a subscriber list of over a 1000 and a pass along readership of maybe ten times that. A wild compendium of comedy, political commentary, tender personal essays, and just plain silliness, Xcargo had fans all over the 'Net.
Belfort & Bastion is delighted to announce that the original Xcargos are now available in book form. Explosive-Cargo 94: The Best Of The Beginnings contains some of the very first Xcargo columns—including the hysterical introduction of BERNIE and the premier of "Depth Charges (the lowest form of explosive-cargo)" as well as Tucker's homage to domestic bliss, "House," and his grieving response to anti-Abortion violence in "Brookline 1994."
And best of all, this first collection of Tucker's Xcargos will be free for download on Aug 17 and Aug 18. So head on over to Amazon and pick up a few spare Cargos!
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