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'''''Gray Areas''''' was a quarterly [[magazine]] published from 1992 to 1995 by publisher [[Netta Gilboa]]. The magazine was based in [[Phoenix, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Netta Gilboa |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/netta-gilboa-0215ba13|work=Linkedin|accessdate=16 May 2020}}</ref> It won several awards including "One Of The Top Ten Magazines of 1992" by ''[[Library Journal]]''. It discussed [[subcultures]] involving [[Psychoactive drug|drug]]s ([[narcotics]]), [[phreaking]], [[cyberpunk]], [[pornography]], the [[Grateful Dead]] and related issues.  It only published 7 issues, but continues on as a website.

==Issue Contents==
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'''Issue 1''' - Fall 1992 - ''Volume 1, No. 1'' (84 pages)

* Interview: [[John Perry Barlow]] on computer crimes
* Interview: [[Kay Parker]] on the Adult Film Industry
* Tape History: [[Grateful Dead]] Live Video Tapes
* Interview: The [[Zen Tricksters]] Rock Band

'''Issue 2''' - Spring 1993 - ''Volume 2, No. 1'' (116 pages)

* Interview: Attorney/Musician [[Barry Melton]]
* Interview: Adult Film Director [[Candida Royalle]]
* Tape History: [[Little Feat]] Live Audio Tapes
* Tape History: [[Grateful Dead]] Bootleg CDs
* Things To Know About Urine Tests
* It's Later Than You Thought: Your [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|4th Amendment]] Rights
* [[Data privacy|Computer Privacy]] and the Common Man
* An Essay On The Fan-Artist Relationship
* My Pilgrimage To [[Jim Morrison]]'s Grave
* Interview: Paul Quinn of the [[Soup Dragons]]

'''Issue 3''' - Summer 1993 - ''Volume 2, No. 2'' (132 pages)

* Interview: Musician [[GG Allin]]
* Interview: [http://www.gdhour.com/ Grateful Dead Hour] host David Gans
* [[Richard Pacheco]] on Adult Films
* Tape History: [[Jefferson Airplane]] Live Video Tapes
* Phone Phun Phenomena: Notes On The [[Prank call|Prank Call]] Underground
* Interview: Prank Call Expert [[John Trubee]]
* Interview: [[Urnst Kouch]], [[Computer Virus]] Writer
* [[Howard Stern]] Is Here To Stay
* Worlds At War, Pt. 1: The Gray Gods: A Theory of [[UFO]] Encounters

'''Issue 4''' - Fall 1993 - ''Volume 2, No. 3'' (148 pages)

* Interview: [[Ivan Stang]] of the [[Church of the SubGenius]]
* Interview: [[RIAA]] [[Piracy]] Director Steven D'Onofrio
* Interview: [[Phone Sex]] Fantasy Girl
* Review: [[DEF CON|Defcon]] I [[Hacker (programmer subculture)|hackers]] convention
* Gray Travel: [[Amsterdam]]
* Confessions of an Amerikan [[LSD]] Eater
* Worlds At War, Pt. 2: The Ultimate Sin: UFO Conspiracies
* A Day With The [[KKK]]
* Run For Your Life: Why The Music Industry Wants You To Record Concerts
* Plagiarism: Thoughts on [[Sampling (music)|Sampling]], Originality and Ownership
* Interview: [[Solar Circus]] Rock Band

'''Issue 5''' - Spring 1994 - ''Volume 3, No. 1'' (148 pages)

* Interview: Breaking Into [[The WELL]]
* Interview: S/M [[Dominatrix]]
* [[Paul Melka]] on [[computer viruses]]
* Review: [[Pumpcon]] II and [[HoHoCon]] IV hacker conventions
* Inside Today's [[hacker (computer security)|Hacking]] Mind
* Interview: Phone [[Phreak]]
* Improving The [[Prison]] Environment
* Teenager Joins In The Fight Against [[AIDS]]
* Concealing My Identity: A Silence Imposed By Society
* All About [[Targeted drug delivery|Smart Drugs]]
* [[Lollapalooza]] 1993 Review
* Entertainment Industry [[Lawyers]]
* [[Deadheads]] and the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]
* Tape History: [[Jefferson Airplane]] [[Bootleg recording|Bootlegs]]
* Tape History: A Guide To Vintage Live [[Soul music|Soul]] Tapes
* The New Music Seminar July 1993

'''Issue 6''' - Fall 1994 - ''Volume 3, No. 2'' (148 pages)

* Interview: [[Hacker (computer security)|Hacker]]/[[Phrack]] Publisher [[Erik Bloodaxe]]
* Interview: [[Pornographic film|Adult Film]] Star [[Taylor Wane]]
* Review: Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference
* Stormbringer of Phalcon/Skism on [[computer virus]] writers
* A [[Cyberpunk]] [[Manifesto]] For The 90s
* Interview: [[Cable TV]] [[Thief]]
* True [[police officer|Cop]], Blue Cop, Gray Cop
* Is [[Jury tampering]] A Crime?
* Interview: [[Folk music|Folk Singer]] [[Melanie Safka|Melanie]]
* [[Jimi Hendrix]]: The [[Bootleg recording|Bootleg]] CDs
* Tape History: [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]
* The [[Genitorturers]] Mean You Some Harm

'''Issue 7''' - Spring 1995 - ''Volume 4, No. 1'' (148 pages)

* Interview: [[Mike Gordon]] of [[Phish]]
* Interview: [[Internet Liberation Front]]
* Review: [[DEF CON|Defcon]] II, [[HoHoCon]] and HOPE hacker conventions
* Tape History: [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] Live Video Tapes
* [[Scanner (radio)|Scanners]]: Tuning In Illegally On Phone Calls
* Confessions of an [[AIDS]] Activist
* Adventures In The [[Porn]] Store
* New Conflicts Over The [[Prostitution|Oldest Profession]]
* Two Thousand In Two Years: A [[Housewife]] [[prostitute|Hooker]]'s Story
* [[Psychoanalysis]] and [[Feminism]]
* [[Prozac]]: The Controversial Future of [[Psychopharmacology]]
* The Gray Area of [[Drug addiction]]
* The Art of Deception: [[Polygraph]] Lie Detection
* Voices of [[Adoptees]]: The Silent Society
* The Gray Art of [[John Wayne Gacy]]
* [[Lollapalooza]] 1994 Review

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20130525082837/http://www.grayarea.com/ Official website (archived)]

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