Oh dear. I was deleting some unimportant files and somehow the entire subdirectory for REVIEWS got deleted!! So upsetting. It's going to take a long time to get that back up.

I didn't click the subdirectory...so it was pretty random. I don't know.

I got so mad (and there's other issues I am having with Geocities) that I sought out a new host. The issue is that there doesn't seem to be another (reliable) host that doesn't have total ad destruction on websites. I liked that Geocities did not do this.

So the decision is to, for now, stay with Geocities. Bummer, but, whatever.

For now I am working on restoring the reviews subdirectory and getting it all back up.

I'd like to do a complete layout re-do but instead I'm changing colours and fonts and other things in that vein. A sort of spring cleaning.

I hope to have this ALL completed by tomorrow afternoon. I really didn't need this setback but I'm going to work hard to make up for it.

Really sorry for the inconveniance.


<3,
Miss Nation

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an article/review of EBM, industrial and goth radio show and podcast the ungodly hour will be posted soon! keep checking for that...

i've been thinking about maschinerie's future a lot lately. part of me has a fear that after all the work maschinerie's various supporters and i put into it, it's just going to flop. it's great to have people interested in being a part of maschinerie but it's beyond difficult to convince people that they want to read maschinerie

...especially considering i wouldn't say maschinerie is the hottest looking or most tech-forward website ever.

that said! i think this summer we can look forward to a maschinerie upgrade. i made a whole ( listCollapse ) of things i want out of maschinerie in the future. some of them involve things i don't know how to do. so this is a barrier.

i'm going to set aside some time for myself this week, where i will make a massive maschinerie to-do list. the comp project needs a lot of new TLC, and this new plan is going to need a lot of guidance and fleshing out.

in a sort of jumbled mindset i tend to think of dropping maschinerie in the near future. i'm going to try my damndest to push those thoughts away so that this 'zine gets the love it needs from its creator!

so there's that.

for now, i'm working on an article about "darker", "underground", and "alternative" blog/online journal communities. some reviews are coming your way and i'm also going to start a new "campaign", if you will, for fresh blood writers and such.

i'll probably be posting the "big to-do list" in the forum. which y'all should join, by the way.

if you have anything to add to the list i made, PLEASE leave a comment, myspace comment or e-mail [maxine nation at yahoo dot com].

a change of submission date, and some e-fliers and banners to help promote!

read the thread h e r e.

while you're at it, join the forum!

for those who would rather just post a banner or button, i've made two banners and one button for your use. more will come in the future but feel free to use them! the codes to use them are in text boxes beneath the image.

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enjoy!

w e l c o m e to maschinerie's new lj community. if you're already a reader of ours, join up and we'll be sure to keep you up-to-date with what's new at maschinerie. if you've just stumbled upon this community, check us out at our official site or myspace!


t h e c o m p p r o j e c t we're still in need of bands for this project! please go to our homepage or the comp project's myspace for more information. keep looking and getting word out about it!


f e a t u r e d b a n d finally, we've got one! it will be posted soon; i won't be giving away who it is, though. that ruins the fun!


much love!

-maxine