On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Ben Browett wrote:
quoted 2 lines Are there any decent UK publications?> Are there any decent UK publications?
>
As much as it gets slagged, I find the Wire to be a great magazine. Sure
they go off the deep end occasionally, but that is more the fault of the
individual authors. In general they do a fantastic job of covering the
full breadth of experimental and obscure music in all genres. They
write about difficult music and bring out the beauty of it's extremity.
If you feel like complaining about the Wire, pick up the Rolling Stone
or Spin. I'll take pretentious twats talking about Anthony Braxton
over corporate dick-sucking any day...
Saddest decline is Jockey Slut, which had a brilliant year and then
turned into just another club culture clusterfuck. They do an OK job
of covering the dancefloor end of things in the review section, but the
articles are generally full of stupid shit. It's all very 'knees up',
'knackered', 'bollocks,' and 'lush trainers.' I've even caught them
referring to England as 'Blighty.' I'm sure it's just the thing for
the fine young British E-tard, but it used to be something special.
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