From: Dr. Axel Barcelo Aspeitia -- Investigador (abarcelo_at_minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx)
Date: 2003-07-17 00:05:46
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
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>
>
> -----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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