tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post5088844964582332751..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: What the pop papers say: NME new all over againSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-40275532324722456822008-05-13T21:27:00.000+00:002008-05-13T21:27:00.000+00:00Glossy paper was the beginning of the end for the ...Glossy paper was the beginning of the end for the NME. It allows the focus to be more on style than substance.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-7778256685719830372008-05-13T11:14:00.000+00:002008-05-13T11:14:00.000+00:00Nice piece, but they have to charge £2.20 for the ...Nice piece, but they have to charge £2.20 for the glossy paper, and without advertising, no magazines would exist. Ever.<BR/><BR/>I agree that the mag is crap, however.Luiza Saumahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420280405374843148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-71936145490287901612008-05-12T08:55:00.000+00:002008-05-12T08:55:00.000+00:00i'm not a fan of the comments (there are two here)...i'm not a fan of the comments (there are two here) that seem to take this piss out of the 'average teenager'. the average teenager today would be the same average teenager who bought the nme in 1976 (for 70p or whatever). so you've got no place in attacking the readership as being dumb. the readership is the readership, essentially the same as it ever was - teenagers into gigs and music. there might not be as many these days, but thats not the point.<BR/><BR/>it's wrong to use them as a scapegoat for why the mag is failing, when in reality it's the industry itself, lack of decent writers and complete lack of direction the mag seems to have now that is fucking things up. hence the coldplay cover this weekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-85161467808030546452008-05-11T21:53:00.000+00:002008-05-11T21:53:00.000+00:00Bless them, they're so keen on that youth market t...Bless them, they're so keen on that youth market that they now redesign their magazine with the same frequency that your average teenager changes their MySpace wallpaper. Bloody Nora though, £2.20? It was 70p when I first bought it. And I've got a 1980s copy of the Beano that cost 8p too, and it had none of that nonsense about Dennis the Menace riding a skateboard either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-4063484081760113042008-05-11T21:36:00.000+00:002008-05-11T21:36:00.000+00:00Given that McNicholas, for all his random thrashin...Given that McNicholas, for all his random thrashing around and relaunches, doesn't have the slightest idea what he's doing, why hasn't he been relieved of his duties, and replaced with someone competent?ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462118851964861754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-8673859671647271272008-05-11T21:20:00.000+00:002008-05-11T21:20:00.000+00:00It must be really tricky getting the deckchairs to...It must be really tricky getting the deckchairs to stay in position, what with the deck being at such a rakish angle...<BR/>I think you've hit the nail on the head- there's very little in the NME that makes you believe that they actually care about the music, much less are able to write about it. Either that, or they assume that their readership has a very short attention sp- hey look! shiny thing!Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104724375635557366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-89597605460513973552008-05-11T20:40:00.000+00:002008-05-11T20:40:00.000+00:005p for each page of content? I've seen places that...5p for each page of content? I've seen places that charge less than that for photocopying.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087425113165750888noreply@blogger.com