The new issue of Vague Terrain is all about VJs and VJing. Vague Terrain 09: Rise of the VJ was guest curated by Saskatoon-based VJ/artist Carrie Gates and presents a great, international selection of video and theory.
You can read the archived version of the issue on the Wayback Machine.
This Stainless Steel Camera is a sign of the future: the divide between professional and consumer, instead of gradually going away, is going to become ever wider and more obvious. The professional equipment will record high-quality, ready-to-edit footage, and consumer devices will be more concerned with their fashion-sense than with the ability to control the quality or do much with the finished footage. I'm not surprised by this development: it makes sense if you want to gradually eliminate the consumer-as-producer, just gradually do away with consumer tools that are as good as the professional ones.
Here's something useful: a bag full of every audio adapter you'll ever need. Intended for musicians, it's also good for anyone who works with sound and has the need of connecting various devices to a mix board.
