FOUNDERS OF SOFT SKULL PRESS AND NEWTOPIA MAGAZINE
LAUNCH
DRENCH KISS MEDIA CORPORATION
NEW
YORK (NY) On Friday, October 31st at 4 PM at the
Small Press Center in New York City, Sander Hicks,
founder of Soft Skull Press, and Charles Shaw,
founder of Newtopia Magazine, will announce
the formation of the Drench Kiss Media Corporation.
With the vitality of youth and the wisdom of experience
Sander Hicks and Charles Shaw have a long track
record ruffling establishment feathers and threatening
the political life of the Bush Administration.
On the 31st, they will announce Drench Kiss’s
first title, 9/11 Whistleblowers: The Authoritative
Guide to the Case against the Official Story of
9/11, edited by Kyle Hence and Sander Hicks
(Summer/Fall 2004). Author Kyle Hence will read
a short statement and all parties will be available
for questions.
Since
9/11, Bush has waged two wars that have done little
for freedom and democracy and much for augmenting
the position of the US as the strategic lynchpin
of Central Asia. NY Times columnist Paul
Krugman called the forged justifications for the
attack on Iraq a scandal that dwarfs Watergate.
His reasoned analysis is rare in this world of
big corporate media, where image and sentiment
drown out intelligent analysis.
Drench
Kiss is a multi-media attack that includes print
publishing, new media, and innovative projects
in television and film. Drench Kiss publishes
books that are so truthful, so powerful, other
publishers are frightened of them. We will examine
secrets currently unexamined and broaden the parameters
of public discourse set currently by the Establishment
media.
Sander
Hicks founded Soft Skull Press in 1992 and become
well known in 2000 for publishing the controversial
Bush biography Fortunate Son, the subject
of the critically-acclaimed documentary Horns
& Halos. In 2001, Hicks took a leave of
absence following the smear campaign and suicide
of Fortunate Son author Jim Hatfield. He
incorporated DKMC in July 2003.
In 2002, Charles Shaw founded online political
journal Newtopia Magazine following four
years as scriptwriter for the groundbreaking political
radio news show Reality Check with Harrison.
Reality Check reported neglected truths
about John Ashcroft during the current Attorney
General's confirmation hearings. As a result,
the show was dropped from syndication in early
2001, due to the blitzkrieg response of the conservative-controlled
radio industry. Hicks, Shaw and Hence will be
on hand to answer questions.
A cocktail reception will follow.
Friday,
October 31, 2003 Small Press Center Small Press
Center: 20 W 44th St, New York NY 10036-6604,
(505) 310-2146