Robbie Robinson ([email protected])
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 23:17:41 -0800
I'm in the same boat you are Sharon. Many years ago I use
to buy every Rolling Stone without even checking to see who
was on the cover. At least half the stories were sure to
be good if not great. Now I buy maybe 2 a year at the most.
I've always been a fan of rock journalism and over the past
15 years or so, American rock journalism has slowly gone down
the drain in my opinion. I was really down about it until
I discovered a source for British music magazines like
Q, Vox, Mojo, Select, NME, Melody Maker, etc. and Hot Press
from Dublin. Maybe they aren't as great a Rolling Stone was in
it's glory days but they're better that what's being put out
here now. They cost more than the American ones because of
the high postage, but they're worth it if you want to read
about what's going on in music. The writers in these publications
on the average know more about music and are better writers
than the ones here, who seem to be- all too often -hacks that
were assigned to do the articles and don't have a clue about
what the bands are really on about. (I can't tell you how
disgusted I got last year reading reviews of U2 concerts
where the critics couldn't even get the names of the bandmembers
right). Anyhow, you other good rock magazine deprived Americans
out the, try out a Brit magazine, Q would be a good start. A lot
of the big book store chains like Boarders now carry it and I
see it at Tower all the time. You can be cooler than all your
other friends, too. You'll find out about a lot of bands
they've never heard of ;) The only drawback I've found is that
you end up having to order a lot of import albums by bands you
discover when you start reading european rock mags.
Robbie
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