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We despise self-important or press release nonsense. But this is a big day for us and we’re damned proud to announce it.
Icepeople, after more than six years, now has official cred as an affiliate member of The Associatiation of Alternative Newsweekies, which in practical terms means the stuff we spew will be out there in the global community of folks reading things like the Village Voice and dozens of other publications. The AAN board cast their votes during the association’s annual meeting during the past weekend and Icepeople was one of four publications voted in.
“The committee is in love with your paper,” a board member wrote in an e-mail this week. “The tone is fabulous and the humor is great.”
This doesn’t change many things, including the pathetic hope folks will advertise and/or donate to keep us financially alive. But it is a landmark moment for us as a so-called (and now apparently real) newspaper, so forgive us for a moment while we savor and indulge.
Ultimately, we hope to provide other alt-weeklies with stuff they care about (such as local residents on quests here) while providing our unique take about Svalbard in our unique way not seen by the MSM (mainstream media, to quote some of our political nemses).
BTW, this is being written after 1 a.m. by our derranged editor after a celebratory glass of wine, which is enough for his intolerant system to make him falling-down drunk. So, please, fellow apartmentmates of Gamle Sykehuset, don’t set the place on fire tonight. Our boss will never make it our alive.
