“Fashion Rocks” Serves Up Anna Wintour’s Vision Of A Music Magazine [Rock-critically Correct]

Tristan sends us:
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of…

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“Vibe” Just Wants To Celebrate (Itself) [Rock-critically Correct]

Interesting:
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of…

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“Rolling Stone” To Shed A Little Of Its Page Width [Shrinkage]

This is interesting:
Mailboxes and newsstands will feel a little emptier come Oct. 17, when a slimmed-down version of Rolling Stone hits the newsstands. The magazine’s dimensions will be shrunk down from its current 10″…

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Late-’70s Marvel Comics Rocks The Youth Dollar [Nostalgia]

Found this:
A few years ago, writing a story about art-comics publishers Fantagraphics, I was intrigued to learn that Gary Groth, who runs the Seattle comics publishing house, had gotten his start in print by…

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“Blender” Gives It Up For Lil Wayne Once Again [Rock-critically Correct]

Came across this today:
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of…

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“Blender” Finally Fixes That Crack On Its Front Page [Revamps]

Came across this today:
Our man on the mag beat will provide a more thorough once-over of the new Blender, but I figured it was worth noting the revamp of the cover, which is a bit overly reminiscent of Details, porn star…

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“Paste” Goes Global [Rock-critically Correct]

This is an interesting post:
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of…

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Everybody Wants A Piece Of The Jonas Brothers’ Action [This Is An S.o.s.]

Here’s a great post:
The Jonas Brothers! They’re everywhere, and they’re going to be in even more places very soon, what with their recent booking on the MTV Video Music Awards and their Tiger Beat-ready mugs gracing the…

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“Vibe” Jerks Between The Past And The Present [Rock-critically Correct]

Christine told us about:
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of…

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“Paste” Goes The “World” [World Music, So-called]

Frank wrote to us about:
Just two days after pondering the idea of “world music” via The Believer’s new music issue, I ran across an actual music mag jumping into the same pool. The August issue of Paste is dubbed “The…

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