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Origins As long as people have been telling stories and singing songs, other people have had opinions about them. While we are fairly certain that Green Man has not been around that long, one of the oldest records in our archives is a scrap of parchment on which some unknown medieval scribe jotted down his thoughts on the character descriptions in Y Gododdin . (Also in our archives are Taliesin's lament for Arthur and a reel by Queen Orphiana's fiddling jack, both captured by the Sidhe in strands of twisted glass. We have yet to find a way to transfer these to a more modern audio medium without shattering the glass and losing the music. More's the pity...)
In fact, our strong ties to both the past and the fey make Green Man a lively -- and often tantalizing -- combination of ancient and modern, darkly realistic and frankly magical. There's a fiddling jack, a Sidhe archivist/librarian, and a changeling are also on staff. Our present office has a wooden handle on the street door to accommodate the fey, and we've developed a back-up set of tunes in MP3 to deal with the pixies who have migrated online and occasionally try to massacre our server.
We share our lease with a troll who lives under the bridge out back. Naturally, the Fair Folk have adapted themselves to industrial vacuum cleaners, street noise and water coolers, although they still demand fresh cream and cake set out on the alley step every night. And we have not only a Welsh dragon who serves as a set of very impressive living bagpipes, and a Celtic goddess who plays a mean set of small pipes. And did I mention the Neverending Session which as far as we know has been going on continually somewhere in the GMR building for centuries now? Not to mention Béla, the violinist who insists he's from the Ottoman Empire...
Content GMR provides in-depth reviews of books, printed and audio, in fiction of all sorts, non-fiction , music lore, and even quite a bit of history. What we do, we do very well -- and more of it than anyone else. We think you'll like the unique combination.
(Watch for the Green Man podcasts in the second quarter of 2007. More details will be found on our What's New page over the next few months.)
Our musical focus, whether CDs or live performances, is on music in all its aspects from teh truly trad to the latest innovations, whether it be the Celtic and English traditions or folk rock or world music -- even roots music (such as jazz, cajun, English ceilidh, contradance, bluegrass, old-timey, country, and blues). We even do much more than a smattering of classical music reviewing.
We cover newly released films and films on video and DVD in the genres of fantasy, nysteries, folklore, and fairy tales -- even horror and dark fantasy.
Every fortnight, we add reviews to our site, mostly of books and music, but with an increasing number of live performance and film reviews. Our fortnightly edition of what's going on at Green Man can be found here. Over the next few months, that page will be a blog with full commenting and RSS capability.
Our archives contain reviews of over sixteen thousand items, including over nine thousand CDs, and far more than six thousand books, as well as myriad films, live performances, and other cool stuff such as Hungarian tarot decks.
Ad-Free Policy We offer an environment completely free of advertising or any wheedling pressure to buy anything. We're often told how refreshing that is, with the matrix of pop-up banners at most review zines and the multitude of ads in most print magazines that make it bloody near impossible to actually read anything. We also like our position of reviewer integrity. Our reviewers can identify with the rest of our readers, often joining our staff partly for books, music, videos, and concerts, and to stay on top of new releases. Unless specifically stated, neither Green Man, nor Midwinters Night Publishing, nor any reviewer has any financial interest, period.
While we always provide links to the pages of artists, companies, and vendors where appropriate, we've referenced them solely as a matter of convenience for our readers. We receive no monetary subsidies for our work, and do not rely upon online partnerships to defray our costs.
Send Product We're very interested in reviewing releases of books, music, videos, and other things from both independent artists and major companies. What will we do with your product? We'll attempt to find an appropriate reviewer who will do a comprehensive write-up of your work. We will put up a review page, mention it in on What's New page, and archive it. It is generally also picked up fairly soon by Web search engines such as Google. It's far more likely than not that a Green Man will be ranked at the top of a search.
It's as simple as that! We'll inform you when the review is online, which is usually within three months of the date that we receive your material -- but be aware that it can take a bit longer, depending on where the reviewer lives (it takes longer to ship review material to our reviewers over the Border, for example), how fat your book is, or how long the reviewer keeps your CD in their player. If you've got any questions, e-mail Cat for a prompt reply. Please note that we do get a lot of product for review, so we are not always able to guarantee that a review will be done. And unlike some 'zines, we do not apologize for reviews that are not positive. If it's shite, we'll say so, period. If we say it's good, you know it's bloody good! As we've said, we don't have to do reviews just to sell product in order to underwrite our enterprise. Go read our Letters of Comment page for proof of that.
Please note that products that are from vanity presses, or self-publication need not apply. If you think your product is worth us reviewing it and you are self-published, i.e. a chapbook, you must email us before sending it!
A review or interview on Green Man reaches readers everywhere -- be it right now or decades from now. We reach a qurter of a million or so unique readers every month; readers who attend concerts and buy books, DVDs and CDs! So if you want your product reviewed in a quality magazine that reaches a wide audience, we urge you to consider us. Just send the item(s) to: Green Man, 82 Rackleff Street, Portland, ME 04103 USA.
Please note: If possible, send us two copies of anything you wish reviewed as we like to archive a copy when possible. You must send two copies of each CD or DVD that you want reviewed! No exceptions! (Cue sounds of Richard Thompson's 'The Bone Man'...)
Letters We invite your letters. All letters to Green Man or any of its reviewers will be considered for publication, unless 'not-for-publication' is specifically indicated, and letters will be linked to any appropriate review. Since all of our reviews remain on-line, letters in response to older reviews will also be considered. Send your LOCs to Robert M. Tilendis, our LOC Editor.
Staff The Green Man staff is collectively responsible for the design and content of this magazine. Without their active participation, this magazine would not exist. Some have been with us a very long time ; some have just joined us, but they're on this staff because they can write very well and because they love what they do! Visit the Staff page for the complete list and bios that reveal just exactly who they are and what they do besides write reviews. If you are interested in reviewing for us, read our Prospective Reviewer Page and then e-mail Tim Hoke.
Credits Actual design of the Green Man Web site is by Jack Merry, our staff Web designer when he's not playing music in our Pub, assisted by our capable artistic designer, April Gutierrez. If you have any problems loading or viewing any page on this site, email Jack.
The fiddlin' greenman, the musician beasties, and the Green Man faces are copyrighted by Green Man. These images were designed by Lahri Bond of Heartswork Graphics. Lahri is the graphic designer for Dirty Linen. Re-use of any Green Man image is strictly prohibited under copyright law. And it will also incur the wrath of the Fey.
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