From: Dirk van den Heuvel (dirkv_at_groovedis.com)
Date: 2003-07-17 23:29:22
English even though it's published in Belgium.
Dirk van den Heuvel
President/GM, Groove Distribution
Deep. Jazzy. Soulful. Groovy Dance Music.
http://www.groovedis.com
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Subject: RE: [acid-jazz] about Plastiks magazine?
BTW. What language is it in?
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Dirk van den Heuvel wrote:
> Straight No Chaser's paper is very heavyweight. It's almost like card
> stock. It's also a very bright white. I think sometimes the fonts they
> pick make it a little bit hard to read. Plastiks paper is also
> heavyweight, but not as heavy. It's also not as bright white. It's got
> a slightly darker tint than some. I just looked through all my dance
> mags by my desk and all of them (except for SNC) are glossy of one
> type or another.
>
> I haven't seen a Wax Poetics to compare. But I don't think they are
> very close content wise. Also they have a lot of 1/2 page to 1 page
> interviews, articles. They cover a lot of things. To give you example
> here's SOME of whats in the latest issue of Plastiks:
>
> Carl Craig on the cover, interview inside. Interviews/articles on:
> H-Foundation, Mira Calix, Arsenal, Spacek, Afro-Mystik, Buscemi, Ken
> Ishii, DJ Spinna, Russ Gabriel, I-Wolf, Break Reform, J Boogie, King
> Britt, Klute, Zongamin, Special K, Slip N Slide Blue, Stateless,
> Charlie Hunter Quintet, Charts (about the same number as in SNC--with
> charts from West Of Centre (of Inspirit), Neroli, Slip N Slide,
> Jimpster, Andy Caldwell, Slam, Nik Weston, David Duriez, Slope and
> some more), and Reviews --almost 20 pages of reviews with like 6-7
> reviews a page. Contentwise for us it's a dream come true. It's almost
> as if we made the magazine ourselves. But that dense, text heavy look
> isn't necessarily what the "kids" are looking for, so it doesn't sell
> nearly as well as we'd like (yet). For people who read the acid jazz
> mailing list or the downtempo list it's almost custom made for them.
>
> Sorry I'm not more helpful regarding the paper quality and such, but
> that's not really my focus. It looks good, but I don't think it's
> gonna win any design awards (sorry Manu).
>
>
> Dirk van den Heuvel
> President/GM, Groove Distribution
> Deep. Jazzy. Soulful. Groovy Dance Music.
> http://www.groovedis.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sakurai . [mailto:sakurai_at_myself.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 5:59 PM
> To: acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu
> Subject: RE: [acid-jazz] about Plastiks magazine?
>
>
> Re: 1) It's got a glossy cover but the inside paper is not glossy. It
> is very
>
>
> Thanks for that info Dirk! Really great.
>
> Can you tell me, in terms of paper quality, is it close to what XLR8R
> looked like a few months ago (before they recently started using this
> new really high quality, thick, shiny paper inside)? I mean,...if
> it's easier, what magazine out there (doesn't have to be a music mag)
> resembles it in the paper quality?
>
> Would you say it's better than Wax Poetics? Or are these just two too
> different in their content to compare?
>
> And is Straight no Chaser still using that very cheap looking b&w
> paper inside?
>
> thanks for all the info. great help!
> Sakurai
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