Magazines

I'm a bit of a compulsive magazine buyer, but always looking for anything else interesting.

I regularly get Edge international version which is pretty cool for the new tech stuff, and some top articles, few reviews etc. Also subscribe to Hyper which isn't as great really but good for a flick through.

I'm thinking about subscribing to empire too...

I'll always pick up Knowledge, specially if theres a good cd, got plenty of solid dnb mixes from them over the years

Lately I've been buying black and white too, has some awesome photography. This is the only mag I don't throw away after I've read it. well, that and 24 7 of course

Whats your favourite magazine? What is worth hunting down?

I don't subscribe to any mags, but I do buy them quite often.

Knowledge is awesome, just for the CD alone! How can you go wrong?

I've bought Mix Mag a couple of times. But whenever I go to my local newsagency, it's usually gone.

Computer Music is pretty good if you're into producing. It comes with a free sample CD which usually has some decent plugins.

Usually after i've finished with mags i'll just plaster any decent pics on the back of my door.

used to buy people and picture magazine religously as a horny 14 year old
no need anymore when theres internet porn!

I always buy the creativley named Linux Magazine whenever it hits the shelves, and occasionally Linux Format, but the issue has to hold some value because at $20 a pop she aint cheap

Steet Machine and Street Commodore for the posters, Ralph and FHM (same reason, when they got them) Rolling Stone, Source and occasionally kerrang for interviews etc.

Giant Robot [www.giantrobot.com] is my favourite at the moment - pretty much only borders stock it..

i try to always buy The Big Issue, the mag sold by formerly homeless people, $2 of which goes directly to the seller, it's also an interesting read [with a left bias].

occasionally knowledge, wallpaper, creative, juxtapoz

i love magazines but there hasn't been much lately that's been very interesting..

the 80's early 90's were great for mags - Face, iD, Mondo 2000, but i think mostly to do with the intarwebs it's easier to get up to date info more quickly..

i used to collect black and white, have issues 00 - 15
also emigre which is a specialist design mag though i haven't seen it for a few years.

OOh good thread Tim!!
When I was young Smash Hits was my thing- every time the mag came out I would go to my Grandmas and use her envelopes and stamps and enter ALL of the competitions! I got some really cool stuff.. won about 5 times I reckon!

When I got into teenage-hood I was an avid fan of DOLLY and I still have the stash!! EEP!

Now I find it REALLY hard to buy magazines- I dont give a shit about soap stars or movies stars and their lives.. I do buy the odd Better Homes & Gardens but then I get pissed off with not having enough of a 'house' to do anything from the mag!! hahaha

Now though I have found a really great magazine called 'Bead Style' but for $12 or something per mag it gets a bit pricey!!

//end whinge!!

QUOTE (t23 @ Jun 26 2005, 02:41 PM)

Giant Robot [www.giantrobot.com] is my favourite at the moment - pretty much only borders stock it..

Looks kinda cool, might have a look at that one

QUOTE (Jim @ Jun 26 2005, 12:32 AM)

I don't subscribe to any mags, but I do buy them quite often. Knowledge is awesome, just for the CD alone! How can you go wrong? I've bought Mix Mag a couple of times. But whenever I go to my local newsagency, it's usually gone. Computer Music is pretty good if you're into producing. It comes with a free sample CD which usually has some decent plugins. Usually after i've finished with mags i'll just plaster any decent pics on the back of my door.

Forgot to add the free ones which I pick up:

Out 4 Fame. Has some decent interviews and pics in there every now and again (depends what you're into..)

VICE. Kinda wierd, but has some pretty interesting/funny articles. Awesome quality, considering it's free.

i think national geographic is really nice for photography/geography/science

QUOTE (Jim @ Jun 26 2005, 04:16 PM)

Out 4 Fame. Has some decent interviews and pics in there every now and again (depends what you're into..) VICE. Kinda wierd, but has some pretty interesting/funny articles. Awesome quality, considering it's free.

woo VICE mag is the best!! do u get online mags too Jim? i love out4fame also.. altitude and the fashion journal are also good reads

i love street press!

if i had the money, i would buy Cream mag all the time. and Zen magazine also.. but alas, i am a pov student

and muffs, yeah empire is a great mag to subscribe too! filmink is also good, its more australian and technical...and for the science and scifi fans out there, who like to look at the big questions in science and philosophy.. Cosmos Mag is the way to go!

This post has been edited by trashy_chica on Jun 26 2005, 07:24 PM

I have almost every issue of Ralph there is plus a sizeable collection of FHMs too.

I used to buy Future Music religiously, until Computer music i found just started including better tutorials which were extremely useful.

I've lost count how many brilliant mix cds I've collected from the Mixmags

I have also kept as many Onion magazines as possible over the years and have a box of about 50 MAD magazines somewhere

This post has been edited by DJ Ben on Jun 26 2005, 07:41 PM

QUOTE (~*gEm*~ @ Jun 26 2005, 03:03 PM)

When I got into teenage-hood I was an avid fan of DOLLY and I still have the stash!! EEP!

haha me too! I still have every single issue i ever bought....probably over 100 of them stashed away in the shed

I only buy the airfrieght editions of Mixmag (always have wicked cover CD's)

Autosalon for car stuff... they actually have well written articles with great tech info unlike what you'd think coming from the car shows.

used to be subscribed to GQ, UK monthly edition.. funniest articles ever and SHIT loads of content compared to the american and australian versions. ended up being sick of paying so much for such a thick magazine that was bent and folded n trashed by the time it got to my letterbox

I work in a servo so when its quiet i just read all the mags, even the porn! Its awesome, i never have to pay for magazines again. Ha and even if theyre in a sealed plastic cover i slit it open at the bottom, read it then sticky tape it back up when im done

QUOTE (NotSoFastPunk @ Jun 27 2005, 02:23 AM)

I work in a servo so when its quiet i just read all the mags, even the porn! Its awesome, i never have to pay for magazines again. Ha and even if theyre in a sealed plastic cover i slit it open at the bottom, read it then sticky tape it back up when im done

and what else do you do them while you're reading them?

Imagine buying a porno in a 'sealed' plastic cover and then finding some of the pages stuck together

used to do all the marketing for crane cams, holley, NOS, lunati, wieand etc so used to get in zoom, street machine, drags, fast and hot 4s, etc etc, about 12 a month which was good.

i buy ralph, fhm etc on occasion.

thats about it

Used to be a big sci fi nerd (now I'm just a nerd ) and would get mags from sci fi stores all the time - mainly anything X Files in them. Then, I started collecting any mags that had X Files at all - TV Weeks, NW, Who (all with their made up stories and blurry paparazzi pics ) Still got quite a collection - folders and folders full of them...

Now, I just don't have the cash to be buying mags or even the time to read them, and I only ever buy Cosmo or Cleo or something equally as trashy when I go on long bus or plane flights. Something to fill in my time and have a bit of a laugh at

The occasional FHM magazine when im bored and time to kill which is not a lot lately.

In the last year have subscribed to "SLAM" and "SKATE", both Aust Sk8 mag's.

But in the day, Hot 4's and Fast Four's.. I have a pile of car mag's way taller than me.. but i'm not that tall..

Heaps and F%#k'n heaps of FHM and the odd RALPH...

It's all about Vice! top quality mag, piss funny, produced in three seperate countries, quality articles and it's free!

go here for an example

www.viceland.com

check out the do's and don'ts!

This post has been edited by hex on Jul 6 2005, 08:14 PM

QUOTE (Rainbow_Brite @ Jun 27 2005, 01:20 AM)

QUOTE (~*gEm*~ @ Jun 26 2005, 03:03 PM) When I got into teenage-hood I was an avid fan of DOLLY and I still have the stash!! EEP! haha me too! I still have every single issue i ever bought....probably over 100 of them stashed away in the shed

i remember seeing old dollys and cosmos from the 80s.. ben t and ben n had piles of em at their old house! a tip for people who enjoy old mags.. going to the tip can be a lot of fun! sounds grtoss, but really so many people dump mags that way..

QUOTE (hex @ Jul 6 2005, 09:12 PM)

It's all about Vice! top quality mag, piss funny, produced in three seperate countries, quality articles and it's free!

its also all about www.viceland.com/

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 6 2005, 08:14 PM)

QUOTE (hex @ Jul 6 2005, 09:12 PM) It's all about Vice! top quality mag, piss funny, produced in three seperate countries, quality articles and it's free! its also all about www.viceland.com/

haha i just edited to include that!

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 6 2005, 08:13 PM)

QUOTE (Rainbow_Brite @ Jun 27 2005, 01:20 AM) QUOTE (~*gEm*~ @ Jun 26 2005, 03:03 PM) When I got into teenage-hood I was an avid fan of DOLLY and I still have the stash!! EEP! haha me too! I still have every single issue i ever bought....probably over 100 of them stashed away in the shed i remember seeing old dollys and cosmos from the 80s.. ben t and ben n had piles of em at their old house! a tip for people who enjoy old mags.. going to the tip can be a lot of fun! sounds grtoss, but really so many people dump mags that way..

Always knew you were a Cosmo girl Anna!!! LOL

Hmm teenage-hood i remember spending many of my classes reading an old surf mag called "Waves".
It used to have a wikid little comic strip starring the one and only "Gonad Man"
He was a guy with the hugest nuts u'd ever see. Anyone else remember?

QUOTE (hex @ Jul 6 2005, 09:15 PM)

QUOTE (trashy_chica @ Jul 6 2005, 08:14 PM) QUOTE (hex @ Jul 6 2005, 09:12 PM) It's all about Vice! top quality mag, piss funny, produced in three seperate countries, quality articles and it's free! its also all about www.viceland.com/ haha i just edited to include that!

haha, snap! vice mag is the funniest, i am ordering the DOs and DONTs book asap haha

mixmag all the way

a tad expensive, but quality

Onion mag is the magazine that does it for me. It's free, and has loads of information in it. Whats on during the month etc.

Oh, loved the VIP:A Mag from fresh, great cross word puzzle!!

colorblind is a wikkid new adelaide streetrag too.. keep an eye out for it!