french_disko Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Did anyone see "Inky Fingers : The NME Story" last night on BBC4? Quite interesting & a it really showed up the current magazine as being nothing more than a Smash Hits-for-Indie-Kids. The NME of the 70s with Hynde/Kent/Burchill/Parsons, of the 80s with Penman/Morley makes the current writers look like nobodies.Personally, I gave up on it when it got "glossy" and you didn't need to wash your hands after reading it - the early 90s (Grunge / Madchester, even as far as Britpop) will be my "golden period". Anyone out there still actually reading it? Does it hold any relevance to anyone? Has the internet rendered i obsolete & powerless? What's everyone's opinions? Anyway the documentry is repeated a few times in the next couple of weeks - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/nme.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I never used to buy the NME on a regular basis at all but over the past year have got into the habit of buying it every week. I'm really not sure why as it seems to be practically the same shite in it every week, waste of near 2 quid. Think I just need to stick to my copies of Uncut every month, much better mag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Can't kick the habit! Anyway, how else would I know about who's on at TITP? All they seem to have done is used the last 6 months issues to compile their line-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Still buy it, mostly just for gig listings and announcements though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I buy it from time to time... I find it a bit tiresome, all very predictable. It's lazy journalism, but I still from time to time think, "maybe... just maybe it'll be alright" there are usually 1 or 2 readable articles... never that many though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 like most magazines, it's full off "articles" that suck up to the band, and only really give the impression that the "writer" is kewel, cos he's hanging with the band...resulting in no factual info what so ever.if you had writers with cred, then the band would probably give more away, or something interesting, anyway.can't be doing with bullshit zines.the web is my source of reviews / listings etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted July 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Still buy it' date=' mostly just for gig listings and announcements though.[/quote']That was the habit I ended up still buying it for. But the internet (www.nme.com, here, etc) is much quicker & more informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I`ve been buying it since 91The Music Week is the best publication but it is the trade paper so I guess it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zeenat Aman Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I buy old ones from 1969 - 1970 on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I buy old ones from 1969 - 1970 on ebay. Ha Ha Ha...Min! That's cheered me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I stopped buying it regulary a while ago, but i still flick through it in the shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 my girlfriend has an copy from the 70s dismissing led zeppellin as an annoying passing fad. It's always been pish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted July 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I buy old ones from 1969 - 1970 on ebay. I have to confess to still buying the NME Originals series.I've got NMEs from 1991 - 2003 somewhere in the loft & also Melody Makers from 1991 - 2000. I'll put them on ebay eventually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 i buy it every week to see how pete doherty is getting on...Well, i don't. I buy NME to anger up my blood, and to do the crossword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummerOfIntenseEvil Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I`ve been buying it since 91The Music Week is the best publication but it is the trade paper so I guess it would be.Can normal people (ie those not strictly in the music biz) get that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 nme is wank.Kaisers this, razorlight that, pete docherty uses tesco's own bog-roll, blah blah......*snore* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Fanzines are more reallike most magazines' date=' it's full off "articles" that suck up to the band, and only really give the impression that the "writer" is kewel, cos he's hanging with the band...resulting in no factual info what so ever.if you had writers with cred, then the band would probably give more away, or something interesting, anyway.can't be doing with bullshit zines....[/quote']That will be why Maple have contributed songs to FUDGE FANZINE then? surely you don't think FUDGE is nae bullshit? holy mackerel I'm getting confused with all this double negative stuff...perhaps I will become a writer on the NME and write meaningless shite more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Commander Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Did anyone see "Inky Fingers : The NME Story" last night on BBC4? Quite interesting & a it really showed up the current magazine as being nothing more than a Smash Hits-for-Indie-Kids. Didn't need a programme to tell me that. I stopped buying it around 1996, when I realised all it does is bulid up a band for a while, then knock them down. THe reviews were not really reviews, more a serious of jibes and put downs, unless it was of a band of the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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