Plan B Magazine to go (3 Viewers)

[theoootini]

i'm sure. however that once was like dragging my eyes through rancid treacle .

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

q: whats a tautology?

Haha. Exactly.

i read it once and vowed never to read the magazine again. horrible "voice" or whatever the editorial equivalent is (is there such a thing?)

House style?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

shut up mitchum!

Mitchum, like print, is dead.

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

long live mitchum.

 

[sweetoblivion]

House style?

yep

 

[cunt]

There was also a real emphasis on the personal aspect to it - the articles were very subjective. In one way I love that as it really brings across the enthusiasm and love the writers have for the bands/music.
But on the other hand, in many cases it put up this wall between the writer and reader.

I think there's a fine line between injecting some subjectivity and it becoming a vanity project. I find the same with a lot of music blogs. Just tell me about the music already...I don't give a fuck what occurred to you while you were swimming earlier on.

 

[lympog]

long live mitchum.

mitchum's dead??? holy shit!!

 

[Pantone247]

mitchum's dead??? holy shit!!

he's locked in no.7's basement

 

[Charlie Bucket]

above all they always introduced the reader to so many new bands that they were genuinely passionate about, rather than bands who were the new 'in' thing or whatever...some of the bands on their covers would never ever get to be on another magazine cover. Sigh.

i dunno about that - they had that whole "tastemaking" thing about them which meant that they were always a little ahead of the curve with stuff that was gonna cross over anyways or had been bubbling under for a while - cover stars i remember of the top of my head - joanna newsom, the gossip, css, yyy's....and old hands like sonic youth, silver jews and the breeders. i found it occasionally impenetrable (just like the wire sometimes) and the afforementioned "house style" could be offputting but as an old fan of Everett True I always like his writing - even when it was maddenlingly "i'm with the band"!. Then again he did have the first ever release on Creation Records and "invented" grunge so maybe he is cool

I'm sure it'll continue as a webzine?

 

[dudley]

I'm sure it'll continue as a webzine?

doesn't look like it. plan is to archive all the back issues online for free, and try and keep the forum going, but that'll be that

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/04/plan-b-magazine-remembered

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

http://planbmag.com/

all issues in pdf form for free download!

 

[Space]

http://planbmag.com/

all issues in pdf form for free download!

Nice one Mister Lovebeach.