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: Norma Coates, Bridget Conor, Ann Johnson, Kelli Marshall, Yvonne Tasker, and Graeme Turner This issue's columns in brief: "1979 is 2011: Post-Punk on the Road Again" by Norma Coates http://flowtv.org/2011/01/1979-is-2011/ Coates waxes nostalgic as the punk bands who are returning to the touring circuit and exploiting the digital environment. "Problems in 'Wellywood': Rethinking the politics of transnational cultural labor" by Bridget Conor http://flowtv.org/2011/01/problems-in-wellywood/ Conor examines the politics of transnational cultural labor in last fall's Hobbit dispute. "Let's All Read this Text" by Ann Johnson http://flowtv.org/2011/01/lets-all-read-this-text/ An exploration of audience response to satire and the "ridiculous" through a video about a banana. "Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal" by Kelli Marshall http://flowtv.org/2011/01/bromance-and-boston-legal/ Marshall explores the homosocial "bromance" of Alan Shore and Denny Crane in "Boston Legal" leading up to the series' climax "Haunting Crime: the Gothic, the Grotesque and the Paranormal" by Yvonne Tasker http://flowtv.org/2011/01/haunting-crime/ Tasker examines the linkage between the stylized traditions of the Gothic and the crime genre. "Disaster Zones and the Performance of Television" by Graeme Turner http://flowtv.org/2011/01/disaster-zones-and-performance-of-tv/ The disastrous flooding in Queensland, AU, calls into question the way in which television engages with local communities during moments of crisis. Interested in supporting Flow? Click HERE http://flowtv.org/about/support/ 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]