Don't really have a favourite magazine to be honest! Online
www.intermusic.com is pretty good as they have a whole load of music
magazines under the one publisher.
- Nick Webb: Farfield
I must admit that the last magazine I bought and read unfailingly was
Zig Zag - following a parting from the readership of The Face upon
the latter's distancing of its coverage from music - and that one
vanished from the racks nearly two decades ago. As a child it was
Guitar Player, more for a slobbering survey of the equipment neither
allowance nor parental charity could bring into the claustrophobic
and mildew-hued world of my garaged elementary school band than for
the columns from past and future members of now not completely enough
forgotten studio musician supergroups, and thence my enthusiasm
wandered upon the acquisition of my first properly luthiered guitar.
- Joshua Maremont: (Thermal, Boxman Studies, The Archipelago)
As my life gets busier, I find that I'm less inclined to read the magazines
I really enjoy, because they take too long to read. I used to read a lot
of literary magazines, like the Paris Review, Zyzzyva, Grand Street and the
Mississippi Review, because I was interested in current writing and
literary culture. I also read a lot of word-heavy mags like Vanity Fair,
Esquire, Interview and other magazines for people with lots of time to kill.
Now I'm more likely to read "gadget" mags like Mac Addict, Wired, and
various graphic design and media mags. These are easily consumed in small
bits, with very little effort, and leave absolutely no aftertaste.
- M. Griffin: Hypnos Recordings
I never have time to read, so I decided earlier this year to concentrate on
books rather than magazines when I can actually stay awake to read
something. The last magazine I read was Good Housekeeping at my dentist's
office -- and actually, I only looked at the pictures -- food porn -- they
always have phenomenal illustrations of their recipes.
- Sara Ayers: ambient artist
I don't really read a lot of magazines all the way through, but I do
graze National Geographic, Wired, The New Yorker and a handful of
musi related publications like Outburn, Grooves, Electronic Musician
and so forth. Probably The Wire is my favourite. It certainly has
it's own particular POV, it's own hangups and biases, but they cover
a lot of interesting music and related topics. I always find
something interesting in an issue.
- M. Bentley: eM of the foundry
I like Discovery, Omni - magazines that have a science-type bent, but make it
interesting. But I also like computer gaming magazines; there was one
called PC Accelerator that focused on games for the PC, and it was written
by a bunch of "Beavis and Butthead" types- it was irreverent, rude, and a
riot to read. Oh, and I read a guitar magazine from time to time, but
that's no fun..... :)
- Jeff Pearce: ambient guitarist
Fortean Times. It intelligently investigates the nature of human belief by reporting on
aspects of "strange" phenomenon. It's a good read.
- Nigel Ayers: of Nocturnal Emissions
Science News. It provides a great overview of a wide range of human
endeavor, with a neutral and intelligent perspective. It lets me pretend
that I understand everything from cosmology to the weather without forcing
me to do the math.
- Robert Rich:Soundscape Productions / Amoeba Music
I'm afraid it's not a music magazine. Every month I'm looking forward
to a series of magazines on DVD releases. DVDreview, Total DVD and What DVD
are 3 excellent UK magazines which covers a wide range of new DVD titles on
Region 2. The fun is to really compare the reviews between the 3 magazines
and finally make your own decision whether a purchase of a particular title is
justified or not, based upon picture & sound quality, extra's and etc. I'm
totally overwhelmed by the medium and my collection is growing with the day.
- Vidna Obmana: ambient/electronic artist @ www.vidnaobmana.org
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