― Denise Haage, Friday, 31 January 2003 14:47 (twenty-three years ago)
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 31 January 2003 14:49 (twenty-three years ago)
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 31 January 2003 17:33 (twenty-three years ago)
― piscesboy, Saturday, 1 February 2003 00:58 (twenty-three years ago)
― Charlie (Charlie), Saturday, 1 February 2003 04:16 (twenty-three years ago)
― raymie borland, Monday, 26 September 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)
― David Gunnip (David Gunnip), Monday, 26 September 2005 15:00 (twenty years ago)
I suppose why I get so fkn moody whenever tone-policed by white indie guys is partly down to memories like this (letter to Melody Maker 1996) and the fact that Combat 18 used to drop me postcards saying they knew when I was in the office. Not an excuse for my mardiness, js’noting pic.twitter.com/zqr4ppH9is— ⚫Neil Kulkarni (@KaptainKulk) May 17, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 12:01 (four years ago)
It is an absolute travesty that it’s 2022 and the complete print archives of Melody Maker and NME are not available online.
You can find some back issues here:https://worldradiohistory.com/Melody_Maker.htm
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 13:28 (four years ago)
I'm certain there was a plan for this to happen. I've an idea that there was some complexity to it though - possibly because most of the contracts will have only been for one use?
― djh, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:28 (four years ago)
It’s likely that nobody at the Singaporean software company that bought both NME and Melody Maker even knows that they have 74 years of a weekly paper unarchived, if they ever did acquire copies
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:35 (four years ago)
I am holding on to my stash, running more or less from summer 91 to fall 94 with scattered issues before and after, like my life. It absolutely did shape my interest in a number of acts around that time (Me in early 1992 picking up a new issue: "Suede are the best new band in Britain? Well let me read a bit..."), introduced me to a ton of writers who are now social media friends or more, and in their entirety, including the ads and listings, are social artifacts in their own right. Limited of course, in terms of perceived audience and expectation; claims to universality read a lot more coldly these days, but the fact alone that in response to a general question I was the one able to dig up who exactly accidentally christened Daft Punk with his review of their Darlin' incarnation -- namely, Dave Jennings -- and that he learned about this and we all got to tell him that a year before his sudden passing makes me forever grateful.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:44 (four years ago)
Aw man, I got excited for that back issues link above, but the time period I read it the most and would love to revisit, 1974-83, is missing.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:54 (four years ago)
Did raymie ever get sorted?
― DAMAGED by Black Flat (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 20:43 (four years ago)