Not too much in it this week, but next weeks issue looks promising, an "in-depth" interview ranging from Joy Division days till now.
This'll be the first time I've bought it two weeks on the trot since the late 90's!
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I rememer buying it for 16 years without missing a week, wish I'd kept em, be woth a fucking fortune now 
I collected almost ever one from January 89 till late 97. Kept my JD/NO and Madchester cuttings, everything else had to go.
Shunter, do you have the 'freely distributed' music recording magazine featuring Steve Morris on the cover sporting a fairly elaborately designed T-shirt - circulated around '89?
It was a very relaxed interview, quite extensive covering about four pages (of tabloid size) where Mr. Moorhen shared knowledge on some of the trinkets used throughout the popular album Techincal Lego. It was in essence an article discussing the drumming on the album.
'Twas a time when such things were scarce I tell thee, I say scarce.
I recall picking up two copies (they were free after all); one for archiving and one for decorating the apartment.
Originally posted by Digital Mike I rememer buying it for 16 years without missing a week, wish I'd kept em, be woth a fucking fortune now
I've got 1988-95 in my attic. Intact apart from about 3 issues.
Before the Internet, the NME (and sometimes Melody Maker) was the 99% of the music info I had. It was fantastic until 1993. I remember the excitement of discovering all those shoegazing bands... Then Britpop came and started to hate the most of it. There were still some features I liked but I stopped buying it anyway after some events: 1 Internet connection 2 Ridiculous cover price rise 3 Britpop ending but leaving only ruins behind it. The current music scene has not recovered yet and for years we've had basically retro bands on the cover. Even today, these bands are not inspired anymore by the 60s, but by the music we like, from Joy Division to Gang Of Four, but they're so frighteningly inferior to their influences that's not really worth the effort. 4 Uncut is a good magazine for an old fart like me. It's monthly and has a free CD, and still features reviews to discover eventual records I'm missing on the Internet. 5 The current NME small format is horrible, it was a pleasure to read back in the days, now it wouldn't be anymore.
The British music press used to be fantastic: I remember when I started reading NME & MM & Sounds circa 1987, and the first two in particular were wildly pretentious (recall a review of the first Public Enemy album with references to Gramsci, Baudrillard, Foucault, etc!!) but they made pop music seem important, essential even.
The NME today, by contrast, is written for 5 year olds. And I hate that smug little cunt that edits it and who is always on the telly - much preferred it when fat unphotogenic people like Danny Kelly were in charge!!
Agree that "Uncut" is the only music mag worth reading these days, although even that is let down every week by massive 'rock classicism' articles on the likes of (yaaaaaaaawn) Hendrix, The Who, Pink Fucking Floyd and so on...
I stated buyin Melody Maker in 1988 (still have my first one, Tracy Chapman on the cover). I bought that and my mate bought NME and we swapped. Between 88 and about 92 I read them both religously and I have to say that MM was always head and shoulders above NME during that era anyway. And you got to read about guitar pedals and portastudios for the last dozen pages!
i started buying nme sounds and melody maker circa 1985, unfortunately over the years and a few house moves later i now have none of them left apart from a couple of new order related ones. i had hundreds of them and i just have to keep telling myself they were worth nothing financially. i hope that is the case.
Bought the NME in 1971 onwards until about 1995.Thrown all of them apart from a few GEMS including the FRED FACT PAGE-remember anyone.Only just got rid of 15 years of Q and 15 years of THE FACE.I also used to buy MM and SOUNDS for the HEAVY METAL!Strange how so little mags get my attention NOW(arf arf).But i do remember that it was the ONLY source if INFORMATION on NEW ORDER.Now if you log on 2 hours LATE you have OLD news.
Originally posted by Rocket Mick Bought the NME in 1971 onwards until about 1995.Thrown all of them apart from a few GEMS including the FRED FACT PAGE-remember anyone.Only just got rid of 15 years of Q and 15 years of THE FACE.I also used to buy MM and SOUNDS for the HEAVY METAL!Strange how so little mags get my attention NOW(arf arf).But i do remember that it was the ONLY source if INFORMATION on NEW ORDER.Now if you log on 2 hours LATE you have OLD news.
Was that the one that was assigned a FAC no.? If so I think it was the first one I bought. My mum lashed it. Grrrrrrr!
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Originally posted by Rocket Mick Bought the NME in 1971 onwards until about 1995.Thrown all of them apart from a few GEMS including the FRED FACT PAGE-remember anyone.Only just got rid of 15 years of Q and 15 years of THE FACE.I also used to buy MM and SOUNDS for the HEAVY METAL!Strange how so little mags get my attention NOW(arf arf).But i do remember that it was the ONLY source if INFORMATION on NEW ORDER.Now if you log on 2 hours LATE you have OLD news.
Was that the one that was assigned a FAC no.? If so I think it was the first one I bought. My mum lashed it. Grrrrrrr!
Yes something like FAC 227 or 228.They also did a double week of JOY DIVISION and NEW ORDER records.It was this that triggered the compulsion to get both CEREMONY covers and different tracks.Very late on to START collecting seriously.But along with THE TECHNIQUE STICKER for CASSETTE which i gave to my son,then got another COPY years later, these turned out to be the best items.Also got the CASSETTEs with the odd JOY DIVISION and NEW ORDER track.These seemed so cool then when you couldn't download everything weeks before a GENUINE release.FUN times are going for oldies like me!
Originally posted by Huntsman Shunter,do you have the 'freely distributed' music recording magazine featuring Steve Morris on the cover sporting a fairly elaborately designed T-shirt - circulated around '89?It was a very relaxed interview, quite extensive covering about four pages (of tabloid size) where Mr. Moorhen shared knowledge on some of the trinkets used throughout the popular album Techincal Lego. It was in essence an article discussing the drumming on the album.'Twas a time when such things were scarce I tell thee, I say scarce.I recall picking up two copies (they were free after all); one for archiving and one for decorating the apartment.
It sounds familiar, was there a picture of Steve on front cover in his loft studio down at the barn? State Of Electronics or something like that the article was called? Me cuttings are in the spare room, if I find half an hour before the Chelski Barca game I will have a loowk. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the magazine though, I always cut out the neworder bits and tossed the rest away without a moments thought.
If I am wrong here, and yer decorating went wrong, you can always send me that other copy;)
Next weeks article in NME talks of a secret History, I am lucky to have a sneak insight;
Barney was once a woman, who could remember words
Hooky was a Trainspotter
Gillian loved FLOPPYS
Steve ate my Hamster
Ian was a MOD
read it and weep, the dead mans hand again nah anha nananannahnahnahnn
In NEXT WEEK's NME NEW ORDER From Joy Division to GODLIKE GENIUS Their astonishing secret HISTORY
This is advertised on the inner back page.
Originally posted by Rocket Mick Bought the NME in 1971 onwards
* Bloody hell mate, how old are you then?! Thank you, you're making me feel young in comparison... Anyway your posts don't show your age, they seem like written by a much younger man, not by a fiftysomething... I bet you could have listened to The Beatles with my dad... ;) Well, good for you, Uncle Rocket, you've seen more good music than I have... having started following music in the mid-80s and then witnessed the last 12 years of music which were almost totally useless I wish I was born 12 years earlier at least, so I could have seen punk from the start etc...
Originally posted by Mick Aneworderfan Originally posted by Rocket MickBought the NME in 1971 onwards* Bloody hell mate, how old are you then?! Thank you, you're making me feel young in comparison... Anyway your posts don't show your age, they seem like written by a much younger man, not by a fiftysomething... I bet you could have listened to The Beatles with my dad... ;)Well, good for you, Uncle Rocket, you've seen more good music than I have... having started following music in the mid-80s and then witnessed the last 12 years of music which were almost totally useless I wish I was born 12 years earlier at least, so I could have seen punk from the start etc...
Mind you - being around at the time, you might just as well have become a fan of gay disco music and gotten mugged by a gang of thuggish punks. ;)
Originally posted by ShugZV© > Originally posted by Huntsman> Shunter,> do you have the 'freely distributed' music recording magazine featuring Steve Morris on the cover sporting a fairly elaborately designed T-shirt - circulated around '89?> > It was a very relaxed interview, quite extensive covering about four pages (of tabloid size) where Mr. Moorhen shared knowledge on some of the trinkets used throughout the popular album Techincal Lego. It was in essence an article discussing the drumming on the album.> > 'Twas a time when such things were scarce I tell thee, I say scarce.> > I recall picking up two copies (they were free after all); one for archiving and one for decorating the apartment.> >
It sounds familiar, was there a picture of Steve on front cover in his loft studio down at the barn? State Of Electronics or something like that the article was called? Me cuttings are in the spare room, if I find half an hour before the Chelski Barca game I will have a loowk. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the magazine though, I always cut out the neworder bits and tossed the rest away without a moments thought.
If I am wrong here, and yer decorating went wrong, you can always send me that other copy;)
I think it was called 'Music Maker'. There was a bank of hi-tech wizadry behind him on the cover, perhaps studio gear.
If I stumble across a duplicate copy you are welcome to it - I've made a mental note (and believe me, it is mental).
Cool.
On hindsight, probably. But that's the power of hindsight isn't it.
I just can't think like a bee, fiddle-de-dee.
But a wasp, of caus (course).
