The 32 page issue costs $11 and also includes a free 65 minute compact disc full of Cleveland's best music. If not available at your local record shop, CLE can be contacted at Box 16613, Cleveland, OH 44116 and also via e-mail at ab563@cleveland.freenet.edu
> Reader Ernest Millan reports, from the Mute Internet site (at mutelibtech.com), that contrary to rumors of a breakup following the loss of keyboardist and drummer Alan Wilder, Depeche Mode are currently working on new material. Remaining members Martin Gore, David Gahan, and Andy Fletcher are working with producer Tim Simmons (Bomb the Bass), and Doug Wimbish (Living Colour, Tackhead) contributed on one of the new songs.
> Robert Forster, formerly of the Go-Betweens, will be having a live chat on the Internet at 23:00 hour GMT on December 19th. The URL of the chat will be http://www.thehub.com.au/~forster It will be up at least about a week before the event, and will have info on how to participate, and also some stuff about Robert's current doings.
> Minimal, New York's Thursday night party, is having two upcoming events: December 14 is the 2nd Instinct Records nights, featuring Dietrich (Prototype 909), Terre Thaemlitz and Rye and a live show from Jim Tenor (Warp Records). December 21 is Sonicnet's Christmas blowout, with the activities filmed live for direct transmission on the Internet. Minimal is located at 81 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th St.) at 10pm. Admission is $6.
> Full length music videos have finally come on the Internet at NAMS International's World Wide Web site. Selections available include Queen's "Somebody To Love", 2 versions of Beautiful People's "If 60's Were 90's" featuring Jimi Hendrix vocal and guitar samples and Michael Quatro's "The Ocean Song".
Users can access and download the videos as promotional shareware at no charge from NAMS WWW site, but be prepared to let your modem do a lot of work; the average video, at 28,800 modem speeds, takes 30-40 minutes to download. The WWW site is located at http://www.mw3.com/nams/ while ftp users can connect to mw3.com in the pub/nams/video directory.
