Greetings, We want to let you know that the new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org. This issue features columns from Kiri Miller, Celine Parreņeas Shimizu, Miranda J. Brady, Ted Friedman, Alexander Cho, Aswin Punathambekar and Konrad Ng. This issue's columns in brief: "Fieldnotes form a Rock Band Bar Night" by Kiri Miller (http://flowtv.org/?p=4148) Performance ethnography: a critical look at the collaborative and social aspects of playing Rock Band. "On Hypersexual Filipina Video Ho: Demanding Powerful, Painful, Pleasurable and Political Critique" by Celine Parreņas Shimizu (http://flowtv.org/?p=4152) Revisiting the music video for the Black Eyed Peas? ?Bebot? in search of empowered Filipina subjectivity. "Museum TV and Hollywood Films: How the Smithsonian Became Big Media?s 'Pile of Loot'" by Miranda J. Brady (http://flowtv.org/?p=4156) The success of "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" casts new light on a federal investigation of the museum?s secret contracts with big media outlets, and reveals a potentially troubling conflict of interest. "Myth, the Numinous, and Cultural Studies" by Ted Friedman (http://flowtv.org/?p=4161) A renewal of interest in the concept of myth in cultural studies, tracing its journey from academic hot topic through new age buzz word towards a popular culture understanding of the term. "Lady Gaga, Balls-Out: Recuperating Queer Performativity" by Alexander Cho (http://flowtv.org/?p=4169) Pop icon Lady Gaga can be read as queer for her purposeful, embodied, performative critique of the artifice of celebrity. "Television, participatory culture, and politics: the case of Indian Idol" by Aswin Punathambekar (http://flowtv.org/?p=4182) The effect of a reality tv contestant on a region of India rife with ethnic conflict and what it means for participatory television and political culture. "A Look Back at Michael Jackson" by Konrad Ng (http://flowtv.org/?p=4188) An examination of Michael Jackson?s impact on the considerations of racial diversity, compared with Kip Fulbeck?s contemporary project, "Part Asian, 100% Hapa." Interested in supporting Flow? Click HERE (http://flowtv.org/?page_id=2143). FlowTV is now on Twitter! Follow Flow's Twitter page at: http://twitter.com/flowtv FlowTV is also on Facebook! Get updates on your news feed by becoming a fan: www.facebook.com/FlowTV We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments. Best wishes, Flow Editorial Staff ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]