― Christopher McGarry, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)
If you want longer reviews Pitchfork Media has four every day I'm told.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)
Why are there hardly any reviews in NME now and why are the reviews so small?
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)
So hey - we DON'T buy magazines for pictures eh Stevie!
Cor I'm almost tempted to go and buy the NME at lunchtime, it's like being back in college on this thread! Shall we go to the pub?? Oh I can skip English this week.
― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)
i think we buy magazines for words and pictures; i'm not interested in a magazine that's heavily slanted in favour of one element to the detriment of the other, which is why i've always thought style mags to be essentially useless. if it won't keep you enthralled for a long train journey then it is NOT DOING ITS JOB PROPERLY.
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― laticsmon (laticsmon), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:33 (twenty-two years ago)
Moonlight in the Afternoon.
"Makes us want to have sex in dressing-up clothes"
― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― snd, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― Stringent Stepper (Stringent), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:01 (twenty-two years ago)
i've heard this argument before, and while i loved dan stacey's stuff in sleazenation, that was a good few years ago. the last style mag music stuff i read was jt leroy's von bondies piece and the distillers feature in the latest ID, and they were both unforgiveably atrocious.
my problem with style mags is that page after page of models staring vacantly out of pseudo-edgy posed panaramas of sordidness means page after page skipped within seconds for me. and i don't buy magazines to sigh exasperatedly at page after page of upperclass twats slumming conspicuously.
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― s n d, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)
― Christopher McGarry, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)
I think style magazines write about pop well, I really enjoyed reading the pieces on Xtina and Beyoncé in the Face in the past year. (It may well have been the first time I'd read the otm Xtina = new Madonna comparison.) I can't imagine they'd write about, er, 'real' music as well but then I doubt I'd be interested in reading about the Von Bondies anywhere anyway.
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― jellybean (jellybean), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)
Publishers, TV producers, radio producers, politicians, etc etc etc
― stevie (stevie), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― jellybean (jellybean), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Christopher McGarry, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)
I work for a very venerable, 100-something-year-old cultural/literary magazine in the USA and even our publisher wants shorter articles and brighter, sound-bite graphics.
― LondonLee (LondonLee), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)
"ALBUMS:Son of The Strokes: "1979.64"Ug!!! Me Like!!!!"
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)
― laticsmon (laticsmon), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)
I didn't see the Distillers piece in ID but there was one in the Face which was faintly horrible, quasi-pornographic tattle better suited to the Daily Star. I don't even like the Distillers that much.
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:03 (twenty-two years ago)
He looks about half that however... I wonder if he gets ID'd in pubs
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)
ha ha!!!!
i dunno. from what i hear from several high-powered locomotive pr's - the editor of the nme is more interested in selling music magazines than music. and tells *that* darkness story with pride. sad state, really.
― ha ha, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)
Which is hella lot less than they had only 4 or 5 years ago. I haven't read NME in that long though.
ha ha -- erm, yeah shockah the nme wants to sell copies of the nme...
― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Now I don't mean to snipe here, but have you really thought about this one?
Er, x-post
― Jason J, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)
i get bored with that. and from what i pick up when i occassionally read ilxor.com i find the whole 'behind the scenes' thing, bewildering.
can i ask a question from anybody posting or lurking - was the music journalism of the 70s/80s better? more fun? less, umm, of *this* and more about the music and fun?
― ha ha, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Christopher McGarry, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)
BTW Four pages of the current format = how many of the older broadsheet NME format?
― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)
- the criticism was better- the 'journalism' (fact-checking, training etc.) was worse- the level of bitchiness and gossip was the same
NME in the 80s had a big period of de-emphasising music.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― ha ha, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)
― ha ha, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)
Also much of the music that NME champion these days is simpleton retro/ regressive/ trad conformist songs rock that doesm't warrant analysis.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― ha ha, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― ha ha, Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jimmy the Saints, Friday, 13 February 2004 11:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 13 February 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)
(miss jean brodie type voice) "oi you geordie layabout, no, I don't want to buy any 'tack'. I have a proper education, you know, not like you PLEASE GIVE ME A JOB IN TEH MEDIA!!1!1!!!!!!! I AM DESPERATE AND WILL WORK FOR SIGNED PHOTOS OF JOANNE GUEST!!!1!!!1!!@#"
"ahhh howay maaan y' fukn twat aaaa just TWOCd y' car hahahhahaahaaaaaa now me an mee myets aaa gannin te crack y' one"
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nutty Nigel (Nutty Nigel), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nutty Nigel (Nutty Nigel), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nutty Nigel (Nutty Nigel), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)
Heck! Chi! that metro station was what used to be my first school.. Laygate Lane! Alice street my granma's where we lived when my dad was stationed in germany.
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 13 February 2004 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jimmy the Saints, Friday, 13 February 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)
-- Pashmina (pashmin...), February 13th, 2004.
so so SO owned.
― jmmy the saint, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)
"Nigel, a hot and sexy buff bod 'takes' on several men in a Newcastle estate to achieve a career in media. A trying journey for all involved."
*****
― jmmy the saints, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:20 (twenty-two years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)
Yes.
Calum being interviewed by his own webzine.
Calum: I fought long and hard for it to be called 'I'm a Genius, Get Calum Outta Here' but the producers won by offering to cut several hard-core gay sex scenes from the film. It worked well. I am looking for an agent at the moment and am fielding offers from other 'net zines.
― JIMMY THE SAINTS, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jimmy the Saints, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jimmy the Saints, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.modculture.co.uk/images/visuals/vis25.jpg
(nb isn't it sad that a google image search for "get carter" yields more hits for the stallone version)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 13 February 2004 13:41 (twenty-two years ago)
Nigel: Is it true that you fought with the co-producer Pashimina on set alot?
Calum: FUXXXOR!!! INTERVIEW OVER. I'M OUT OF HERE. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT PASHIMINA...
― jimmy the sainted, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― jimmy the sainted, Friday, 13 February 2004 13:47 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ralf, Wednesday, 16 June 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― mei (mei), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Monday, 15 May 2006 11:49 (nineteen years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 May 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 12:14 (nineteen years ago)
― I Was Wrong, That Don't Mean You Were Right (kate), Monday, 15 May 2006 12:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 12:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)
1) He has no record deal anymore2) Kate-less3) Now we're all tired of him4) Now his star is in decline, they will take their readership away from him. They can do this. and will.5) Carlos has his act together.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 May 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 15 May 2006 13:14 (nineteen years ago)
http://my.brandeis.edu/news/images/bernstein_woodward_ap_bild.jpg
"There's gotta be a new angle to this NME story boss! I just gotta find it!"
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 15 May 2006 13:16 (nineteen years ago)
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Monday, 15 May 2006 13:16 (nineteen years ago)
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 15 May 2006 13:23 (nineteen years ago)
As of next week, I shall not post on the subject again. Unless he makes a blinding record and/or a stunning recovery, who needs it.
But:
Anticipating the falling out, I can see the NME way overcompensating in their 'condemnation' of him, in some way washing their hands of the responsibility. They made him "hero number two" to their obvious dismay, and his fall will be way sharper than when they decided to never again say "Shed Seven".
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 May 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 15 May 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)
Yes
12.1%
No
87.9%
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 15 May 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)
― the confusing situation Enrique currently endures (Enrique), Monday, 15 May 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)
-- stevieThey don't even offer posters. I used to buy Kerrang every week in the early - mid 90s just for the posters. Until all you ever got was nu-metal posters and I stopped.
WHy don't more magazines have posters? Select used to give away great posters. I still have some on my wall.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Monday, 15 May 2006 15:00 (nineteen years ago)
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 15 May 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)