What do you subscribe to?

racehorse · 02.11.2008, 10:02 AM

Hello all,
I'm thinking of sorting out a couple of subscriptions to magazines/journals, specifically contemporary art/music/culture/political periodicals but i'm not too fussy, and I need some ideas.
What do people on here subscribe to?
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sonicl · 02.11.2008, 10:09 AM

I used to subscribe to The Wire, but I let it lapse because I'd find that some issues there would be nothing at all in there that interested me. You get some good CDs though.

I've also allowed my subscription to Rock-A-Rolla (http://www.rock-a-rolla.com/) to lapse, but if you're into "avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental sounds" (their phrase - I call it "Ipecac-type stuff") that's pretty good. Cover stars so far have been Khanate, Jesu, Melvins, Subtle, Mike Patton, Sunn0))) - twice, Wolf Eyes, Dalek, Battles, Dillinger Escape Plan.

Toilet & Bowels · 02.11.2008, 10:19 AM

The only thing I have a subscription for in the Ptolemaic Terrascope, but they haven't put out a new issue in about 4 years, so I wouldn't recommend taking one out yourself.

floatingslowly · 02.11.2008, 10:33 AM

Scientific AMERICAN.

HaydenAsche · 02.11.2008, 10:44 AM

Erowid Extracts

!@#$%! · 02.11.2008, 11:48 AM

netflix.

you dont have than in france do you?

how about this

but is it la merde? cos netflix actually has a great selection.

i tried the wire for a year. i almost died of envy.

oh! i get arthur too.

what else. a bunch of business things.

oh. do you get this? my god, it appears puke-worthy.

best wishes. i don't really know.

Everyneurotic · 02.11.2008, 11:52 AM

subscriptions are expensive.

sonicl · 02.11.2008, 11:58 AM

But they're still cheaper than buying every issue from the newsagent. And you get to receive something nice in the post every month (in addition to the fortnightly pile of CDs

)

!@#$%! · 02.11.2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic

subscriptions are expensive.

they beat paying retail.

█████████ · 02.11.2008, 12:21 PM

i like to get printed matter from local record stores and artsy cafés, they usually give away interesting local stuff and you can read/get second hand editions like the wire etc.

the dentist is good to steal old pink press magazines

Phlegmscope · 02.11.2008, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

But they're still cheaper than buying every issue from the newsagent.

Yes but you don't necessarily want to buy every single issue.
I don't have any subscriptions at the moment. Our school library has quite many magazines, which would be difficult and / or expensive to subscribe.

Also with internet these days, a lot of the same stuff is online anyway.

racehorse · 02.11.2008, 12:48 PM

thanks for all the ideas - i'd forgot about the WIRE, i will look into that.
ARTHUR looks quite interesting as well.
shame about the USA netflix - looks fantastic though i'm sure there is a similar service in the UK. i will look into it.

!@#$%! - incidently, though probably a francophile, (especially with france being a 6.5 mile swim away,) i'm well & truly british (Îles de la Manche)
Thanks again!

!@#$%! · 02.11.2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by racehorse

thanks for all the ideas - i'd forgot about the WIRE, i will look into that.
ARTHUR looks quite interesting as well.
shame about the USA netflix - looks fantastic though i'm sure there is a similar service in the UK. i will look into it.

!@#$%! - incidently, though probably a francophile, i'm well & truly british (Îles de la Manche)
Thanks!

ooooooooooh. isn't that where victor hugo took refuge?

ha ha, anyway, i didn't know, i thought you were french!

well...

look at this [ps- looks like cinema paradiso would be the way to go]

and in the u.k. you have the awesome New Scientist. hot damn, that magazine is incredible. must. get. it.

stu666 · 02.11.2008, 12:59 PM

i subscribed to ROCK-A-ROLLA on saturday and at the moment you get 2 back issues free and 1 or 2 cds aswell as it being cheaper than normal, my first 3 issues arrived today

m1rr0r dash · 02.11.2008, 01:05 PM

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racehorse · 02.11.2008, 01:16 PM

do you mean this?
http://www.vmagazine.com/
it looks quite nice if you stay away from the fashion nonsense.

racehorse · 02.11.2008, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ooooooooooh. isn't that where victor hugo took refuge?

ha ha, anyway, i didn't know, i thought you were french!

well...

look at this [ps- looks like cinema paradiso would be the way to go]

and in the u.k. you have the awesome New Scientist. hot damn, that magazine is incredible. must. get. it.

yeah, cinema paradiso looks the best out of those. Tesco? Pah!
CP certainly has some great titles, it's a good system, and it's very cheap. i think i'll take out a sub to that later tonight. thanks!

m1rr0r dash · 02.11.2008, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by racehorse

do you mean this?
http://www.vmagazine.com/
it looks quite nice if you stay away from the fashion nonsense.

no, i mean this

although i don't really subscribe to it on account of it's defunct, i would like to start collecting back issues. maybe this belongs in the other thread....

mangajunky · 02.11.2008, 01:28 PM

Subscriptions are for suckers. get in the industry and get your mags for free.

!@#$%! · 02.11.2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mangajunky

Subscriptions are for suckers. get in the industry and get your mags for free.

oh yeah mr. cool. "the industry"

02.11.2008, 10:02 AM	#1
racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	Hello all, I'm thinking of sorting out a couple of subscriptions to magazines/journals, specifically contemporary art/music/culture/political periodicals but i'm not too fussy, and I need some ideas. What do people on here subscribe to? t __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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02.11.2008, 10:09 AM	#2
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I used to subscribe to The Wire, but I let it lapse because I'd find that some issues there would be nothing at all in there that interested me. You get some good CDs though. I've also allowed my subscription to Rock-A-Rolla (http://www.rock-a-rolla.com/) to lapse, but if you're into "avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental sounds" (their phrase - I call it "Ipecac-type stuff") that's pretty good. Cover stars so far have been Khanate, Jesu, Melvins, Subtle, Mike Patton, Sunn0))) - twice, Wolf Eyes, Dalek, Battles, Dillinger Escape Plan.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,282	The only thing I have a subscription for in the Ptolemaic Terrascope, but they haven't put out a new issue in about 4 years, so I wouldn't recommend taking one out yourself.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	netflix. you dont have than in france do you? how about this but is it la merde? cos netflix actually has a great selection. i tried the wire for a year. i almost died of envy. oh! i get arthur too. what else. a bunch of business things. oh. do you get this? my god, it appears puke-worthy. best wishes. i don't really know.
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	But they're still cheaper than buying every issue from the newsagent. And you get to receive something nice in the post every month (in addition to the fortnightly pile of CDs )
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█████████ expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,736	i like to get printed matter from local record stores and artsy cafés, they usually give away interesting local stuff and you can read/get second hand editions like the wire etc. the dentist is good to steal old pink press magazines
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02.11.2008, 12:48 PM	#12
racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	thanks for all the ideas - i'd forgot about the WIRE, i will look into that. ARTHUR looks quite interesting as well. shame about the USA netflix - looks fantastic though i'm sure there is a similar service in the UK. i will look into it. !@#$%! - incidently, though probably a francophile, (especially with france being a 6.5 mile swim away,) i'm well & truly british (Îles de la Manche) Thanks again! __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,505	i subscribed to ROCK-A-ROLLA on saturday and at the moment you get 2 back issues free and 1 or 2 cds aswell as it being cheaper than normal, my first 3 issues arrived today __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	do you mean this? http://www.vmagazine.com/ it looks quite nice if you stay away from the fashion nonsense. __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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mangajunky expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Englewood, NJ Posts: 1,247	Subscriptions are for suckers. get in the industry and get your mags for free. __________________ -Franky Don't let yer meat loaf.
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