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A.M. Thomas

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What magazines do you read?
« on: December 18, 2008, 04:24:11 PM »
I'm looking for good writing/culture/music/film magazines to read or subscribe to, but I have no idea where to start.  I bought the last few issues of Yeti and liked them.  A friend also recently got me into ANP Quarterly, but I'm really looking for something more substantial.

What do you read?  Is print really dead?

*The idea for this thread came after reading Yesno's post about the psycho dandy.  The Chap actually looks like it could be an interesting read.
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John Junk 2.0

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2008, 04:26:34 PM »
Harper's

ArtForum (except not really)

BookForum (really)
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Martin

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2008, 04:34:51 PM »
I subscribe to two magazines: Offside and Filter.

They're both Swedish so this post is absolutely useless to you.
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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2008, 04:36:17 PM »
The Believer has good content -

http://www.believermag.com/
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Emily

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2008, 04:46:28 PM »
All of them!
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erika

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2008, 04:52:32 PM »
National Geographic and Real Simple.

(Emily is acting like an Alaskan...)
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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2008, 05:19:11 PM »
I used to read Electronic Gaming Monthly. I still get it because somehow my subscription was for like, 5 years, and it's running out in February. I get it, browse through it, realize it's absolute garbage, and put it in a pile in the corner of my room.
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yesno

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2008, 05:22:34 PM »
Resisting.  Urge.  To make.  Obvious.  Joke.


I used to buy anything that looked interesting.  I always return to the Economist, The Wire, New York Review of Books, and general interest science magazines.

I really like the idea of The Week, which just summarizes other magazines.

Now, I just subscribe to a bunch of feeds (good list of magazines with stuff online here: http://www.aldaily.com/#magazines) and read random articles that seem interesting based on their headlines.  NetNewsWire and now Instapaper have changed how I read stuff off screens.

aldaily.com, wood's lot (web.ncf.ca/ek867/wood_s_lot.html), polymeme.com, 3quarksdaily.com, and givemesomethingtoread.com are pretty good aggregators that have links to more substantial features.   I'm especially glad for the latter 3 because aldaily and wood's lot tend to feature and refeature kinds of articles that their editors approve of ideologically.

I wish I read fewer articles and more books.  
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Emily

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2008, 05:26:13 PM »
Quote from: erika on December 18, 2008, 04:52:32 PM
National Geographic and Real Simple.

(Emily is acting like an Alaskan...)

Since you're a reader of National Geographic, I'll take your word for it.   


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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2008, 05:30:34 PM »
Entertainment Weekly
The Atlantic
New Scientist
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Sarah

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2008, 05:43:38 PM »
None of them!
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Jack from Arkansas

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2008, 06:16:18 PM »
Here's what you're gonna want to do; check out the avclub, salon and slate on the internet.  At your newstand try New York magazine, The New Yorker, Time Out New York, The first 12 pages of Harpers, Nut and Volts, Gourmet, Fine Woodworking and The Onion. 
                             your friend, Jack
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jbissell

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2008, 07:24:16 PM »
Stop Smiling usually has some interesting interviews but I think they're only quarterly.
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yesno

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2008, 08:04:08 PM »
Also allow me to recommend the Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law.  A fun read, let me tell you.
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JonFromMaplewood

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Re: What magazines do you read?
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2008, 09:25:22 PM »
Harper's
New Yorker
Entertainment Weekly

Which one of these things does not belong?
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