The Immediasts

For me this pamphlet sums up a lot of the themes and ideas driving the DIY culture movement from the early 90s. The main thrust, back then, was getting access to the methods of production and broadcast of media. And for this pamphlet broadcast was the key. This was pre internet (at least for everyday folk), and the media you got was what was served to you or the items you actively sort out from niche suppliers. Creation was possible, but it was restricted by access and skills. The zine and small press scene was thriving, as cheap production was possible and desktop publishing allowed for quality design. From a truly broadcast media angle, things were really restricted. Pirate radio had been stomped on and pirate TV practically unheard of. There were some cable based open access TV channels, not for me in the UK, but in US, which I only saw thanks to Lori Pike's Manhattan Cable show.

Anyway this pamphlet talks about the rights, philosophy, politics and practicalities of community and independent media creation and broadcast. It's fascinating to look back on this from the 2020s and rampant social media, influencers, YouTubers, et al.

This pamphlet was part of a pair I had, the other was Mark Dery's Culture Jamming

There's a great 'catch-all' overview for a lot of things from this era, on this truly retro site: https://streettech.com/bcp/BCPgraf/uberTOC.html