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SPIN  | 40% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Spin Catalog: Magazine Release date: 2001-11-23 Media: Magazine Format: Magazine Subscription First issue lead time: 6-10 Number of issues in one year: 12 Magazine focus: Consumer magazine Number of issues: 12 Subscription length: 365  Tip: compare prices with similar magazines |
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 Written on December 8, 2003 Summary: Redundant and predictable Once upon a time, Spin was the hip and insightful alternative to the backward-gazing Rolling Stone. While RS would reminisce about the heddy days of 60s and 70s rock, Spin exposed the exciting and original artists of the 80s and 90s. Today, Spin reads like a stilted and biased advertisement for corporate rock. Nothing is fair and balanced here: If Spin slammed you a decade ago, you'll be slammed with every mention in the future. Conversely, Spin would have you believe that Radiohead and Coldplay were the Second Coming with they way they're exalted with every breath. No pun intended, but Spin plays like a broken record.  Written on July 30, 2003 Summary: Lost its edge I started reading this magazine about 5 years ago. In that time, it has most definitely lost its edge. While it is admitedly the best mainstream music magazine out there, it no longer has the biting attitude that it once had. You can survey the downward progression as simply as reading last page of every issue, where they traditionally feature what they consider an 'edgy' comic. It has now degenerated into a boring comic strip about the 'secret lives of celebrities'. At least it's not Rolling Stone, I guess. Written on June 5, 2003 Summary: Pretentious ... This is a magazine with so much potential, it doesn't know what to do with itself. It's music reviews and focuses are so narrow and fleeting that it's hard to keep track of what they think is "cool" this week. Also, it has bashed many of the groups that I like (Puddle of Mudd, Staind, etc.) because they are not flavors of the month. Overall, a waste of 10 bucks.  Written on May 31, 2003 Summary: ehhh... The writers are damn funny. I love the caustic sense of homor. They don't really do anything truly revolutionary, but they entertain me about the kids I already know. Hey, it beats rolling stone... Written on May 16, 2003 Summary: The Best (in print media), but getting worse... Spin circa two years ago was a pretty good read. The articles were written with that nice, biting sarcasm (not VH1 eunich-sarcasm, mind you). The reviews, while relying heavily on name-checking, were pretty damn on-target. Even the incessant name-checking was done in a self-lacerating, self-aware fashion that was entertaining (eg, FUGAZI was once mentioned in a Wu-Tang review... yeah). Whey th' hell you gone, SPIN (can I say that)? A recent issue gave Hootie and the GD Blowfish a "B+"!! Ugh. No further comment needed. Also, a promo piece for Madonna hanger-on Ali G. lamely joked about how England was our millitary ally but still "unleashed" him on our culture...shut up. I love you, Spin, you convinced me to buy Ornette Coleman's 1971 jazz masterpiece Science Fiction. If you get any lamer, though, you'll be just another [junk] music mag (What?! Rolling Stone? Did someone say Rolling Stone?!). Bleak, huh? Hey, don't worry, kid, haven't you heard? The i-net is usurping all sorts of mad cred from the print world. |
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| Release date | 2001-11-23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Media | Magazine | Magazine | Magazine | Magazine | Magazine | Magazine |
| Format | Magazine Subscription | Magazine Subscription, Print | Magazine Subscription, Print | Magazine Subscription, Print | Magazine Subscription | Magazine Subscription, Print |
| First issue lead time | 6-10 | 4-6 | 6-10 | 4-6 | 6-10 | 4-6 |
| Number of issues in one year | 12 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Magazine focus | Consumer magazine | Consumer magazine | Consumer magazine | Consumer magazine | Trade magazine | Consumer magazine |
| Number of issues | 12 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Subscription length | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 365 |
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