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Jul 08
Periodical Printed Word
Part of the reason I’ve neglected the two piles (plus) of unread books which has become my bedside table (seriously, two stacks of books with an alarm clock and a glass of water on ’em) are the plethora of magazines which arrive on a seemingly daily basis that would satisfy Brother Mouzone. At present, the subscriptions include:
- The Wire I’ve been subscribing to the “Rolling Stone for music snobs” for around ten years now; definitely expanded my tastes and knowledge in music. The Wire Tapper CDs are a fantastic series, too (subscription only). The editors and writers also host a weekly radio show on London’s Resonance FM which lets you hear a lot of the material covered in their pages.
- Harper’s Great writing. Great ideas. Nice to see Lapham still pops by now and again. You should subscribe to their weekly e-mail, too. ‘Nuff said.
- Good It’s like all the stuff I liked about Adbusters, without the high-falutin’-ness. Again, great ideas with a social bent. A+++ Would renew again.
- The New Yorker Need I say more?
- MAD Magazine Yes, I’m still a twelve-year old at heart. And by “heart”, I mean maturity-wise, too.
- Wired Another one of those that I’ve had a subscription to for ages. I threw out close to eight years’ worth of ’em just before my daughter was born as space was becoming a premium around these parts. I kinda wished I’d saved ’em now so I could go back and re-read stories of browser battles from days of yore.
- Mental Floss Someone has to take on the role of Cliff Clavin when the boys get together to tip a few jars.
- The Walrus Not to give a back-handed compliment, but it’s the Canadian version of Harper’s. Editor, Ken Alexander, runs a nice, tight ship.
- MAKE I used to love tinkering with electronic stuff when I was a kid (c’mon, who didn’t build a Morse Code oscillator for their Science Fair project in grade school?). Sadly, I’m only reading the mag at the moment (time permitting) rather than actually making stuff. Although, I do own a soldering iron…
I used to subscribe to The Economist, but more than one weekly periodical is too much. Same goes for Macleans, which was also gradually leaving a sheen of right-wing on my brain.
So, what’s been showing up in your mailbox lately?
UPDATE: I totally forgot about Geek Monthly, which I’ve subscribed to since issue one.
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Jul 08
Happy Canada Day!
And so marks the half-way point of the year. Yes, already. It’s off to scrounge for parking, fight the throngs, watch the fireworks, drink tea, watch some Season Three of Battlestar Galactica, listen to a podcast or two, read an article or two and call it a day.
