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Website: The Max Headroom Chronicles
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This site represents the third evolution of a project that was begun in 2006. The development of this site began as a replacement for an earlier fan site by a prior owner and was developed in HTML and CSS.
When it became clear that the structured links of the proto-wiki site design were becoming too difficult to manage, the project was moved to a very powerful wiki platform. After substantial development, it proved that the chosen platform was a tremendous resource hog and was going to max out server space and boost user bandwidth usage. So the replacement site was pulled down and the slightly dusty HTML site put back up in its stead.
With the 30th anniversary of Max's debut on us, the project was started anew using this wiki platform. (I find it amusing to imagine Max saying "Wiki. W-w-wiki. Rhymes with... iki, right? R-r-r-right?") The power and flexibility of the MediaWiki platform have been a technological blessing, and have advanced the project more in the last year than in the first six months, never mind the following seven or eight years.
The Original Site
You might find the original HTML site worth a quick look. I am very proud of the retro/era look, which I hope to replicate - mostly - some day on this more modern platform.
- PLEASE NOTE: If you've been redirected to this page from an outside or search link, be aware that nearly all the material you might be looking for can be found here on the new site, in both updated and easier-to-access form. (The interim site that was hosted on another wiki platform and included forums is no longer extant. Sorry. It's for the best, really.)
Project: The Max Headroom, er... Project
I recently got word from George Stone that a framed print hung over his desk well before and into the Max era.
This website, the Max Headroom Chronicles, is the public face of a larger effort known as the Max Headroom Project. The Project has been going on for well over a decade as my interests in Max as a cultural icon and influence have pursued the subject into a variety of nooks and crannies.
Much of what I've discovered and acquired in this pursuit will one day appear here on the site. That which doesn't... well, I believe there are some important things to be said about Max's impact on our world, as brief as his reign was. Those things remain to be said, by me or someone I hope to work with or influence.
The site - the Chronicles - are the primary focus. As for the rest... stay tu-tuned.
The MaxRchives
Readers browsing the site will find a number of references to "the MaxRchives" and it was brought to my attention a little while back that the corresponding explanation hadn't yet found its way here.
The Max Headroom Archives - MaxRchives - are the holdings of physical, digital and intellectual property by the Max Headroom Project, and are available only by direct query and our ability to answer questions and provide excerpts within research and "fair use" guidelines. The material we can post here without annoying owners and rights holders is already posted, or will be, and we again thank those various parties for tolerating our use of this material and understanding our intent to remain "fair use" in practice while sometimes stretching that barrier to adequately document the material.
However, other rights owners are far more strict about even 30-35 year old publications and productions, and we thus have to hold that material back for individual use. If an item mentions it's in the MaxRchives, that notice serves two purposes. First, it means we really do have the item, have seen it, and the entry you're reading is based on first-hand evaluation and not a blog-of-a-blog-of-a-blog-of-a-fanzine "interpretation" of it. Second, it means you're free to make inquiries about the item, and we'll help as much as we can in answering questions, providing research material and guiding you to your own copy of that magazine, film, or other item.
