Archive for 'Interviews'

LadyDeath Rockswood the Club Manager

by Meleth Oakleaf

I wandered into the familiar stone hallway of a dear friend’s club. I was again struck by the tall ceilings and strong architectural features of the club. Unlike many of the clubs I’ve visited, there is no eye blinding laser show, dim lighting nor the typical barrage of gestures. Instead, a provocative [...]

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The Return of Jumpman Lane

Suspended over the summer by LL – the coolest guy in SL plans to resurrect SlutMag
by Alessandra Narayan

Some call him controversial, others say he’s just nuts, hated, loved, worshiped, Jumpman Lane, owner of the pornographic/erotic Slut Magazine, calls himself King of Second Life, the coolest man on SL, does what he wants, respects no [...]

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Anti-Furry Church Preaches Hate

Roleplay or improv theatre? hate as an artform withsacred daleks and anti-yiff spray
By Kris Dibou

Cross in St. Devros Church
Jacada Ansar had a vision.  Like some who have visions, Jacada started a church; a church that can could previously be found at Woodbury Longcat sim.  While puzzling over many churches built in the name of love, [...]

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SpaceJunky Virtual Stage Manager Tommy Parrott

mega prims, WalMart syndrome for content creators, and hot chicks
by JayR Cela

Recently I had the opportunity to meet with the Virtual World band SpaceJunky stage manager;Tommy Parrott. He is a SLDeveloper an accomplished artist. The band has been taking SL and RL by storm, featured in Time Magazine and other publications. There seems to be [...]

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Intellectual Property: A Tiny Affair

Who owns the rights to pictures of Tiny avatars?
by Kris Dibou
an example of the disputed illustrations
As I was working on a story for the Herald (regarding a fellow who was writing a children’s book on heart health) including illustrations make from screenshots of Tiny avatars in Second Life, I received this note from Ms. Wynx [...]

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Sex and the SL Mermaid

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Jenn Villota: The Artist as a Young Av

Interview with a new and upcoming artist
by Kris Dibou
When I saw the pics for Jenn Villota’s gallery opening, I could not turn my head, nor scroll away. The thought passed through my head that I was in Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, X-rated editor’s cut. Indeed, it appeared that there were demons here, now [...]

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Interview With Woodbury University’s Edward Clift

“Universities should be made aware that Linden Labs maintains global surveillance on all the activities of their student members and monitors them both on campus and off-site” – Edward Clift
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
Over the last two days, I conducted an interview with Dr. Edward Clift via e-mail, seeking his opinion on the Linden [...]

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Step Off the Path

by Fiend Ludwig
Veiled Conundrum: Second Life sculpture by Xantherus Halberd, 2007
[Editor's Note: It's no longer clear to me whether we sent Herald correspondent Fiend Ludwig to interview SL gallerist Xantherus Halberd before or after the metaverse meetup last month that was hosted by Xantherus's typist, New York artist Annie Ok, but here at last we [...]

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Uri Sells Out. Again!

Herald Founder to be Judge for Coca Cola Virtual Thirst Contest
Herald founder, cyberlebrity and international playah Urizenus Sklar has been tapped to be one of the judges in the Coca Cola “Virtual Thirst” contest. In this in depth interview, Herald stringer Mike “Boat Guy” Allers asks the hard hitting questions and probes the nature [...]

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