something of a mystery. Just
dealing with the vast numbers
of words in Coffeehouse
Culture and the design of the
web pages to accommodate
them is a gigantic task. Trying
to construct a fully featured
web site as well makes for
a fairly significant overload
situation. Little by little it gets
done but, as the Coffeehouse
Culture site is essentially
about the publication, the
words will always come first.
It is not that we do not know
what we want on the site or,
in some cases know how to
do it, it is merely a question of
time. If you would like to
donate a little of your time to
helping to build the Coffee-
house Culture site, we'd love
you to death.

What is the 'bottom line'? For
the accountants who have
come to dominate the world in
a silent, grey-suited pogrom, it
is a line of figures. And, maybe
it is something similar for all
us. So what are you going to
get out of Coffeehouse Culture
(apart from love)? We would
love to pay money for services
and if we made any at all out
of the site we would. But we
don't. The Coffeehouse Cult-
ure site costs us money to run
and we make not a penny out
of it. As you may know, Coffee-
house Culture did not come
into existence as a commercial
enterprise, to make money.
Sure, we would like to make
some money out of the site.
And, who knows, maybe, in
the future we will. We are
aiming for the site to be suffic-
iently attractive, interesting
and worthwhile for it to get
lots of hits and now we have
the whole of issue one on-line
we have something worth sub-
mitting to the search engines.
But, for the moment, no
money. As we said, we'll give
you love, tons of it, and great
big credits and help you
promote and develop your
skills in every way possible. It
is just that we can't give you
money. Sorry.
CoIn the naive and pathetic-
ally optimistic view that Coff-
eehouse Culture applies to
life, we believe that everyone
in this culture wants the same
things. One way to help bring
about the changes in consc-
iousness that we all know are
the prerequisite to global
changes in attitude that the
world needs, is through Coff-
eehouse Culture. It is, after all, only doing stuff out there, in the real world, that is going to change things.
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CoJust a few ideas. Maybe you have others that might be suitable. If so, drop us a line and send us some sample copy.
CoAlongside the regular columns there will be a number of serialised major in-depth features dealing with subjects of interest to members of the consciousness culture. Over the next few issues we will be starting long features on the history of alternative culture, on the development of the coffeeshop scene in Amsterdam, on the smart shop situation in Holland, on the Holy Grail and Templar myths, the real Jesus Christ, the roots of science, Madam Blavatsky and the Great White Masters and aspects of alchemy. One or two of these features will be in the range of 6,000 to 8,000 words but most are planned to be a minimum of 12,000 words. Writing to that length is a fairly substantial commitment. However, to assist the courageous, many of the features have already been researched to some
extent and our research notes would be made available.
CoFinally, for those who have less elevated literary interests, there are the really short bits -- short paragraphs that throw some kind of humorous light on human behaviour. Hey, everybody knows at least one good joke that isn't filthy. Send it to us and we'll let others join in the laughter.
CoNot quite 'finally,' we're afraid. For there is one other skill for which we have a real need. Research. Research,

We like pretty pictures but
what do we do with them is
always the problem. If they
are really pretty we will always
do our very best to make good
use of general graphics but
our need is really for stuff that
is rather more specific to the
articles in Coffeehouse Cult-
ure. Except, and it is a big
exception, for cartoons. We
are in great need of cartoons,
either conveying a joke or just
saying something in an exag-gerated way about people.
CoIn particular, we would like
to encourage regular cartoon
strips. We already have the
Amazing Bouncing Ginsburgs
(see below) and we have a
number of other ideas for
'character' strips. Or maybe you
have your own characters that
you could use. The require-
ment here is for slick cartoon-
ing skills and a ready wit. But
if your wit deserts you, we can
probably come up with story-
boards for the first six or so
strips.
CoOn a less specific note, if
you are a graphics person,
maybe you would like to have
a go at redesigning some of
the banners over regular feat-
ures, like the diary columns.
And, if you fancy a major pro-
ject that will get you noticed,
we are currently looking
around for a cartoonist to
produce a splash page for the
Virtual Amsterdam part of the
site. This will be a full colour
project in which you will have
every opportunity to exercise
your wit to the fullest extent.

Although we are up on the
web, how we got here is

THE AMAZING BOUNCING GINSBURGSxxxxxxxby Quint

InIn Defiance of Science
Where have we gone wrong? What has induced us to move away from a naturally supp-
ortive organic universe towards a synthetic theme park society where everything is a
cheap and transient thrill, where nothing has depth or meaning, where nothing endures?
Our issue two 'Special Report' looks at the rise of science in the pantheon of contemporary deities and
asks if this sacred calf has not had it's day in the world's belief systems.
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• THE MAKING OF AMSTERDAM •
The Amsterdam phenomenon didn't just happen, you know? No fairy godmother with a soft spot
for dope smokers waved a magic wand over the city and gave it freedom, there was no papal
dispensation (or in the case of smoking, congressional dispensation), no one said 'go on, give it a
go and see what happens'. Yes, sure, there was the Dutch tradition of religious tolerance but try to translate
that naturally into the freedom to expand your own consciousness and you don't get very far. No, the
reinvention of Amsterdam as a Mecca for smokers was a cunning plan perpetrated by freethinking tokers to
make life bearable. And what a courageous lot they were. In this major feature we talk to the men behind
Amsterdam and get them to tell us how it all happened.
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