which is why people like Morley are pathologically grumpy about So-Called Internet Critics superseding "traditional gatekeepers." Someone from '76 calling himself a "traditional gatekeeper," oh my sides.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Something mags used to do was take the piss quite a bit - out of musicians, out of the music industry, out of themselves even. There was a kind of irreverence, a "who gives a hoot, it's only music" attitude that I don't see much any more even in the best publications and sites and certainly not in mainstream alt-monthlies where even a mildly disparaging review is considered daring.
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
was thinking about how much i LOVED buying magazines and how many magazines i used to buy! i would go to a barnes & noble 10+ years ago and buy, like, 15 magazines at a time. i never buy magazines anymore. i'll buy ugly things once or twice a year or however often it comes out and maybe once a year in the winter during a blizzard i might get some new mags at the drug store if i think i'll be inside all day.
turns out most of the planet can live without them.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'd guess a lot of the demographic who used to buy magazines when travelling have portable dvds/internet/whatever that takes away their need to read
― syntax evasion (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://khu.music.s3.amazonaws.com/songify_504f6c10e6a0e.mp3
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
Celeb gossip magazines still sell shitloads and that stuff is all over the internet too.
― VOTE in the 1980's ROCK POLL PLEASE! (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Picked up this 'Classic Pop' thingie.Editorially, it ticks off all the right boxes for a 40 yr old raised on synths n ABC n mtv, but the writing is flat and uninspired and the layout is kinda ugly. Oh well.
Can't see this lasting very long.
― mr.raffles, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.classicpopmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CP01.CoverUK-250px-210x300.jpg
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
The story of Trevor Horn's ZIT
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
couldn't have been less entertaining than their story of Trevor Horn's ZTT!
― mr.raffles, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
mr.raffles, man he was mean (but probably fair)
― ILX until I die (snoball), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
btw what was the 'influence of Kraftwerk' article like? I'd like to imagine that it was just some blank pages with a note at the top saying 'If you've bought this magazine you can probably write this article yourself.'
― ILX until I die (snoball), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
On The Road With Madness - Adam Ant
― Aimeej0rd0nian Ghoulcaper (NickB), Friday, 26 October 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ you're ALL doing a much better job than CP did!
@sno - every article is a 'you could've written it yourself!' no real insight at all in these pages.
― mr.raffles, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
The Kraftwerk bit is an excerpt from 'Publikation' btw.
There's quite a bit of cobbling together features from existing sources.
― mr.raffles, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Now with Added Vintage Rock Magazine
http://www.vintagerockmag.com/subscribe/
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 10 October 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
We were once given some tickets to see Goldfrapp supporting Duran Duran at the M.E.N Arena. It was a bit of a shock to see middle-aged people in cardigans *losing it* for the headliners. Classic Pop reminds me of that sometimes but it does have some very good writers.
― djh, Friday, 11 October 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
how much is this mag now?
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 22 May 2015 13:53 (nine years ago) link
found out that Classic Pop is not part of the classic rock/prog etc stable and is just cashing in on the name
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 22 May 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NWHJMH3
Who should win the best ever 80s album? Tell us your favourite albums from the 80s and be in with a chance of winning 20 classic 80s albums courtesy of Universal. You can choose between one and 10 albums. Get your thinking cap on!
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Friday, 22 May 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link