"Jason Birchmeier" <jasbir@allmusic.com> wrote:
quoted 5 lines Why can't there be more high-brow magazines out there that don't focus on 17>Why can't there be more high-brow magazines out there that don't focus on 17
>year old ravers with E-fried brains as their primary demographic? These
>mailing lists are cool and all, but I still enjoy the feel of a magazine and
>all it's glossy pictures. Unfortunately, I still haven't found anything
>worthwhile. I want a Red Herring for electronic music, not a Maxim.
One major reason: There simply aren't enough people into "high-brow"
music to support such a glossy mag. I'd like to know how
The Wire survives putting such obscure figures on its cover.
Perhaps a multimillionaire philanthropist with excellent musical taste
funds it.
Music-magazine publishing is a cut-throat business;
dozens of publications are angling for a finite amount of
consumer dollars/pounds/deutschemarks, etc. Lowest-common-denominator
content attracts the most readers; more readers equal
higher ad rates/more money. Magazines (shock!) are in business
to make money.
Of course, I'd love to see somebody start a magazine, put, say,
Phthalocyanine
on its cover and thrive in the current climate, which I think
is the worst in pop-culture history since the early 60s (I'm talking
mainstream music here).
It'll take a nation of trust-fund kids with loads of
time on their hands to manifest this scenario. That said,
the new issue of Grooves is pretty damn slick-looking. Where does the money
come from?
Kudos to them if they can keep it going.
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux
Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST [www.wcsb.org]
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