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Tell me five magazines I should read regularly and why.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

ReadyMade seems pretty good, though I've only glanced at it a couple of times. Blender is entertainingly trashy. Um, the New Yorker has interesting stuff it usually. TapeOp is great for musicians, and it's a free subscription. And, oh, let's say, the Skeptical Inquirere.

My question: what's a good science magazine? Discover?

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, the Skeptical Inquirer isn't that great. Nevermind about that one.

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I found a great magazine a while ago called "Today's Witch" or something like that. It was all like, "This ain't yr grandma's Witch Magazine!"
Which, was kinda, like, hey, you can't talk about my grandma like that!
It was sorta shitty, but still entertaining as it tried to be the MSLiving of Witchcraft. The issue I got had a cover story about some moderately sexy and decidedly non-gothy witch who was on some Reality TV show I'd never heard of. The headline was "[Whatever Her Name Is]: Why I Did It", as if a witch being on a shitty tv show had torn the community apart.
I think there were ads in the back for Wiccan Phone Sex too.

I love weird niche magazines.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 11 May 2005 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

NewScientist is the best science magazine you can get, hands down. Anyone can read and understand it, but it's definitely not dumbed down. Comes out weekly.

― you better believe it (you better believe it), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Select, before it shut down. In a way I reckon Select shutting down was the end of the 90s.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

My favourite thing about graduating from college was that I would finally have enough money to subscribe to magazines. It was nice to go and spend a few hours in Barnes & Noble once a month - until they took out the comfy chairs. For a weekly news update with a great [and witty] perspective, get The Economist. For science, NewScientist as above. I really enjoy The Atlantic Monthly, which has had great and relevant stories since being revamped a few years ago. Harper's Review is also very good. Moreso than design magazines [whose info you can always see a few weeks in advance on the web], these magazines make great reading for sitting out back in the sun, or on the pot, etc. Oh... I like Wired too.

― you better believe it (you better believe it), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Select is the name for the French Canadian version of Reader's Digest.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

in no order:
sports illustrated
chunklet
the wire
the economist
the atlantic

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:17 (twenty-one years ago)

New Statesman, Plan B, i-D, Prospect, RWD.

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:20 (twenty-one years ago)

hmm, yes some interesting suggestions. I am looking for mags worth subscribing to, but not music mags. I don't really enjoy reading about music.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

fortean times

― latebloomer: the rebel sound of grits and bacon (latebloomer), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

readymade - really fun projects (err.. i presume, anyhow, seeing as i've never actually gotten around to building one... imagining building them is very fun though)
tokion - really great art/fashion/music/film coverage that asks questions that aren't thought of often enough to artists who are hardly ever interviewed (interestingly)... no real agenda other than "quality" & "creativity"
national geographic - great pictures of people and animals and interesting stuff i simply would never learn if i didn't pick it up. 'nuff said
res - good coverage of digital (though not so much exclusively anymore)/new media art / film / music videos (not as boring as it sounds, i promise...)
nathan jr - a friend's genius zine.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah my bf gets res. It's great though it does make me feel rather talentless.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

The following are listed on Amazon.com as Magazine subscription, and I recommend them:
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― Huk-L, Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

It's great though it does make me feel rather talentless.

yeh i get this feeling every month when Creative Reviews lands on my desk. i need to renew my Res subscription - it's worth it just for the DVDs.

― $V£N! (blueski), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

New York Review of Books - not to be confused with the NY Times Book Review. This is a biweekly of mostly long, thoughtful book reviews and non-review essays by perhaps the smartest stable of regular writers of any mag currently going - esp, Larry McMurtry, Charles Simic, J.M. Coetzee, John Updike, Timothy Garton Ash, and others.

The New Yorker - Has way too much stuff that I would never read: most of the humor pieces, the family histories (wtf?), the style/fashion coverage, dance reviews, etc. But still occasionally some good longer reporter-at-large type pieces, plus a good listings section, and Sasha Frere-Jones.

The Believer - I just got a subscription to this. A good way to find out about new writers, interesting interviews, and quirky features.

Those are the only three I get at the moment.

― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

EVO
Geo (in german but the pictures rock)
New Yorker
Razzle
Interview

― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.linedancermagazine.co.uk/images/2005/April2005.jpg

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 12 May 2005 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

That's be a line dancing nun then?

― mei (mei), Thursday, 12 May 2005 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

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