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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2020 13:19:38 GMT
Yes. Yes. Hepworth and Simpkins were always irritating - smug blabbermouths with terrible haircuts. I'm surprised it's kept going as long as it has. Mojo and Uncut can't be far behind, and I can't say I'll miss either of them much - not the way they've been for the last few years. I mean, I miss Mojo already, if you see what I'm saying. It really lost its way in the late 90s and by the 00s I found it unreadable. I gave up Mojo and Uncut years ago now bar the occasional purchase. It wasn't much better in the 80s unless you were after cover stories on Dire Straits and Pink Floyd. The biggest indictment one can make of Q is they never produced any writers of their own. They were too conservative to give opportunities to new writers. Instead they poached established names from the music press, but even with this they were conservative, avoiding anyone too maverick ( Nick Kent or Paul Morley say) or anyone too cerebral ( Simon Reynolds or Jon Savage). And even the talented writers they did have were seldom given the oportunity to express anything beyond the superficial with their restrictive word counts and safety first editorial policy. It was telling that when Ian MacDonald returned to rock journalism it was to Mojo, Q wouldn't have been interested in publishing a 10,000 word essay on Nick Drake. |
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 22, 2020 13:41:22 GMT
There has also been the unique turn around of No Depression, that stopped publishing a paper magazine and developed as a website, now doing concurrent magazine: www.nodepression.comLouder than War is another website that also started a concurrent paper magazine: louderthanwar.comSo there is a nuance to how to work these modern times. |
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Jul 22, 2020 14:00:17 GMT
They need(ed) to go online while they were still established as a print magazine, build up a paying readership there, then when the physical product is no longer profitable they've still got their income.
I mean IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 22, 2020 14:06:47 GMT
No it's not rocket science, but it does seem to have engaged some with "I'll go down with the ship" mentality and they can't seem to adapt.
Neither No Depression or Louder Than War sustain by or block readers by subscription for online access. They have become thee authoritative portal for their musical outlook and get lots of advertising.
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Post by rayge on Jul 22, 2020 14:31:38 GMT
They were too conservative to give opportunities to new writers. Instead they poached established names from the music press, but even with this they were conservative, avoiding anyone too maverick. And never, IIRC from NME - mostly Melody Marker, sometimes Sounds. And of course Smash Hits, where Hepworth and Ellen started. The NME graduates, and anyone with any sort of pretension to edge, went to join Logan at The Face. It was telling that when Ian MacDonald returned to rock journalism it was to Mojo, Q wouldn't have been interested in publishing a 10,000 word essay on Nick Drake. TF4T |
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Post by sloopjohnc on Jul 22, 2020 15:43:17 GMT
There has also been the unique turn around of No Depression, that stopped publishing a paper magazine and developed as a website, now doing concurrent magazine: www.nodepression.comI subscribed to ND. It went way downhill after it stopped physically publishing. I've gone back a few times, but haven't been impressed. Maybe I'll stop by again. |
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jul 22, 2020 16:16:42 GMT
There has also been the unique turn around of No Depression, that stopped publishing a paper magazine and developed as a website, now doing concurrent magazine: www.nodepression.comI subscribed to ND. It went way downhill after it stopped physically publishing. I've gone back a few times, but haven't been impressed. Maybe I'll stop by again. What changed that you didn't like? (It isn't as historically oriented as it once was, unless there is a major reissue. It reviews a very broad range of country, folk, bluegrass, etc., of very very current artists, most of whom I would not be aware of, but seem to exist on various overlapping touring circuits.) |
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Post by sloopjohnc on Jul 22, 2020 17:08:09 GMT
I subscribed to ND. It went way downhill after it stopped physically publishing. I've gone back a few times, but haven't been impressed. Maybe I'll stop by again. What changed that you didn't like? Not enough there there, compared to magazine. |
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