tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post6697404406545333389..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `Strong Writers with Quirky Minds'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-28852319674925767712009-07-18T05:06:56.536-05:002009-07-18T05:06:56.536-05:00Oops. Gay Talese.Oops. Gay Talese.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-65263448112360661612009-07-18T04:56:00.635-05:002009-07-18T04:56:00.635-05:00If Brookhiser is correct, editors must edit with t...If Brookhiser is correct, editors must edit with the lightest hand possible, a rarity.<br /><br />Playboy, in its heyday, did just that and attracted writers as diverse as Mailer, Pynchon, Tom Wolfe, Gay Tallese and, if memory serves, even Updike.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-26502319930989481692009-07-17T14:53:02.413-05:002009-07-17T14:53:02.413-05:00A good blogroll is now the equivalent of the 1950s...A good blogroll is now the equivalent of the 1950s New Yorker, i guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-66277877853975190162009-07-17T13:02:18.052-05:002009-07-17T13:02:18.052-05:00Cabinet magazine is the only magazine that I read ...Cabinet magazine is the only magazine that I read cover to cover and TLS is usually worthwhile.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452367263722647460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-46886926624652402682009-07-17T12:17:46.813-05:002009-07-17T12:17:46.813-05:00For years now I have only bought one magazine fait...For years now I have only bought one magazine faithfully and that's <i>SFX</i>. I don’t count the TV Guide although I've bought that for much longer. I used to buy a lot more science fiction magazines but I found that all you need to do is stick with one faithfully and eventually they'll cover what you want to read. Other than that I bought <i>MOJO</i> when Blondie reformed and when Kate Bush released <i>Aerial</i> but that's it. I think the Internet was the final nail in the coffin for me. All I needed were bullet points. I didn’t have time for anything else. <br /><br />My family never bought magazines except maybe the <i>Exchange and Mart</i> which was the 1960s equivalent of E-Bay so it wasn't till I was earning my own money that I got to dip into that world. The only one I stuck with for any length of time was <i>The Listener</i> which was basically a supplement to the <i>Radio Times</i> both titles reflecting the fact that they came into existence when there was no television. I also bought <i>Melody Maker</i> or <i>New Music Express</i> most weeks but they were really newspapers I suppose if we're being picky. <br /><br />I've always been disappointed with magazine writing. I only stick with <i>SFX</i> for, as I've said, the bullet points; I scan most it. But it's the one hour in the month where I sit down and do something that is purely for me – no one is expecting me to write a review of it in three days.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com