tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-212600562012-01-04T05:23:00.889-08:00Over the years the people I trade and collaborate with change. Here I'm breaking things down into 4 year periods and trying to list people I've written within this time.Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137782587439076162006-01-20T10:38:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:43:37.500-08:00This year there was a groundswell of interest in cassette culture so lots of interest has led to two nice online groups.<br /><a href="http://cassetteculture.net/bb2/index.php">Cassette</a> Culture BB<br /><a href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cassette_culture/?yguid=132962665">Yahoogroup</a> for Cassette era networkers<br />This nostalgia also led me to search for old friends and here's a nice list of people who have turned up recently:<br />Chris P > Urbain Autopsy > Medicinal Tapes > France<br />Henk Walleys > Unovidual > Micrart > Belgium<br />Robert Vigneault > Katharsist > Caustic Tapes > Canada<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113778258743907616?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137782280803910212006-01-20T10:37:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:38:00.803-08:00Most of my contacts are now online with e-mail now.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113778228080391021?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137782243872492332006-01-20T10:36:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:37:23.873-08:00This is the first time the internet and e-mail have influenced my network.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113778224387249233?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137782199325556102006-01-20T10:35:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:36:39.326-08:00At the Sign of the Senile Bison things were crusing along in the mid 1990s.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113778219932555610?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137782148304210662006-01-20T10:34:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:35:48.306-08:00During this period I transitioned from the Grandbrother Lounge, to Land of the Large and Settling at The Sign of The Senile Bison.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113778214830421066?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137769879214846672006-01-20T07:11:00.001-08:002006-04-17T16:19:15.600-07:001988 was the height of the home taping scene's first generation of labels and contacts. After this many people faded out and a whole new generation of home recording artists checked in.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>a Hypercard database from 1987 includes these contacts:</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Adam Bohman [uk]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Agog/Spagyric [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bloedvlag - Peter Zincken [nl]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Boh Boh - Jun Kuramitsu [jp]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Calypso Now - Rudi Tuscher [ch]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cassette Mythos - Robin Jame s [wa]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Catfish - Janet [wa]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Cauchy Productions [be]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tim Clifford TV Viewer [ma]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Commando Bruno/EDCM - Raphael Flores [es]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Corrosive Tapes/Dr. Piort Aakoun - Peter Moreels [be]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Crow [uk]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Das Big City Orchestra [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dee Dee / Art Tape [ch]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Destructive Technologies Foundation / Watergate Tapes - Jeff Surak [md]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dino Dimuro [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Doh Matsuura [jp]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Edition Ammerland - Klaus Groh [de]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Epitapes - Mike Tetrault [ma]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">FOT Records [il]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Fifth Column - Yoshiaki Kinno [jp]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">John E. Mumbles [ks]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jim Tapes - Jime Levine [ny]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">John Doe Records [can]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Katharsis [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tuf / Carbon Monoxide - Kozi Matsuura [jp]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Axel Kretchmer [de]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Kx4 - Mark Hanley [oh]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Medicinal Tapes - Chris P [fr]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Minoy [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mouche Tapes [fr]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mystery Hearsay - Mike Honeycut [tn]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">ND - Daniel Plunket [tx]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nick [in]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">No Unauthorized - Mad Micheal [fr]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Andrew Orford [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pagen Amen - Joe Danger [il]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Al Perry [az]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Peuleschille Tapes - Van Der Veens [nl]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pierre Perret [fr]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pissende Kuh Cassette - Iko Schutte [de]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Dave Prescott [ma]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Raunchorama - Brad Goins [il]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Swinebolt #45 -Roger Moneymaker [tn]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Runde Sache - Josche Mosthaf [de]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Lawrence Salvitore [il]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">ShiT Tapes - Robert Ommundsen [no]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Silent But Deadly - Mark Murrell [mi]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sound of Pig - Al Margolis [ny]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tomasz Szumski [pl]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Technological Feeling - Mauro Guazotti [it]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Tomomichi Nishyama [jp]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Trance - Luca Gennai [it]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Trial Run Tapes - Kazuhiro Ohtsuka [jp]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Uddersounds - F/i - Richard Franecki [wi]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Udo Jahnke [ch]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Valley of the Singing Saxaphones - Barry Edgar Pilcher [wales]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Virpi - Rdio Jvyaskyla [fi]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Wag [ne]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">John Wiggins [ny]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">X-Kurzhen Music - Mike Jackson [tn]</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113776987921484667?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137769843389298842006-01-20T07:10:00.001-08:002006-04-17T18:15:12.963-07:00<span style="font-family:lucida grande;">My home taping networking started in 1984, though I had been doing home recordings since the previous year. The earliest person to send me a tape in trade was <strong>Al Margolis</strong>. Equally early contacts include <strong>Ken Clinger</strong>, <strong>John Wiggins</strong> and <strong>Hal & Debbie</strong> of <strong>Cause &amp; Effect</strong> who I drove to Indianapolis to visit that year.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em>Here's a contact list from '84:</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Beautiful Music - Dave Beauvais [ma]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Bovine Productions - Ken Clinger [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Calypso Now - Rudi Tuscher [ch]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Extrimist - Armin Hoffman [de]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicola Fragione [it]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Girls on Fire - Leslie Singer [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Harvey & Friends [wi]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jaffee &amp; McGee [in]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">R. Stevie Moore [nj]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Henry Palczewski [pl]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Sombrero Galexy - Al Margolis [ny]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">LTD/ltd - Marc Ball [tn]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">TCAB Studio - James Hill [ca]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Third Mind / Tone Deaf - Gary Levermore [uk]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">VEC Audio Exchange - Rod Summers [nl]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Vergin Press - Belinda Subraman [de]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Walls of Genius [co]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Widemouth Press - Tentatvely A Conveience [md]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">John Wiggins [ny]</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Craig Burk [ny]</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113776984338929884?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21260056.post-1137769829316571182006-01-20T07:10:00.000-08:002006-01-20T10:27:10.273-08:00It started at Drake University in 1982 when I was making one-of-a-kind postcard collages<em><span style="font-size:78%;"> (ZH## Carte Postale)</span></em> for friends. During this time I wandered into the international <strong>Mail Art</strong> postal networking movement.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21260056-113776982931657118?l=zhnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Zan Hoffmannoreply@blogger.com0