From: Velanche Stewart (vstewart@calpoly.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 13 2002 - 02:14:03 CET
XLR8R is still worth subscribing to. I'm currently a subscriber and I've
been pleased with its content, for the most part.
Straight No Chaser, based in London, is an essential. I don't think it's
too much of an overstatement to say that it is "the bible" for those of
us into the similar styles of music that we collectively feel here.
I haven't read it yet, but I've been hearing good things about a new mag
out of NY called Wax Poetics. The record buyer at the local record store
that I'm well-acquainted with swears by it. You can find more info at
http://www.waxpoetics.com.
The later two magazines, by the way, are quarterly.
Hope this helps.
Velanche
P.S. I've picked up a couple of two of Urb within the last few years,
and I do agree that the overall quality has eroded. It has its uses, but
not enough to justify a subscription IMO.
Pedro Cevallos wrote:
>
> I think I want to subscribe to some magazines as an X-mas present to
> myself. I used to get XLR8R but my subscription ran out. Is it still
> worth subscribing to? I know that URB has been progressively weaker and
> thinner in terms of content. Any other magazines out there you guys
> would recommend? I don't mind if they are in the UK -- especially if
> you get free music with every issue. Any and all leads are greatly
> appreciated...
>
> Pedro Cevallos
> --
> "...beginning in the fourteenth century, the clock made us into
> time-keepers, and then time-savers, and now time-servers. In the
> process, we have learned irreverence toward the sun and the seasons, for
> in a world made up of seconds and minutes, the authority of nature is
> superseded."
> -- Neil Postman --
> http://www.geocities.com/mr_cevallos/
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