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Favorite Magazines (past and present)...
What are your favorite magazines currently and which ones did you enjoy in the past that either you lost interest in for some reason or is no longer published?
My two current favorite magazines are Men's Health and 2600. Men's Health has tons of short and to-the-point articles and info so I can read it in whatever time I have available whether its 30 seconds or 30 minutes. And it passes the acid test: I keep the old ones. I think its the best "guy" mag out there. 2600 is a hacker mag and I don't understand about half of it (I'm not really interested in actually hacking anything) but its very interesting. Its also very political and while its very liberal, I find much common ground in its positions against government intrusion. Its only the 2nd mag I have ever subscibed to (only because its hard to find - not available anywhere and tends to sell out quickly). Growing up, I read Omni religiously but, around 1980 or so, it went the way of Albert Bell so I quit reading it. |
The old Sports Afield was great, before it was co-opted by a bunch of whiny, latte-sipping city boys.
Speaking of that, my latte's ready. |
Past: Omni
Present: Skeptic |
I always thought that Skeptical Inquirer did a better job than Skeptic, although I haven't looked at the latter in a couple years ...
Whistleblower America's First Freedom Woman's Outlook past? Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction ... oh, and Omni, before the UFOnuts took over ... and Scientific American. (I still buy a SciAm from time to time, but don't subscribe any longer.) |
a blast from my past
When I was in Junior High School, I would pick up the Scientific American magazines at my friend's house. They were not his, but his dad's. I was always intrigued by their descriptions of how stuff works, and the broad range of topics meant that there was something (or two) each month that really interested me. I found that I could always read the introductions and opening parts of all the articles, and the conclusions but most of the time the heavy duty math or biology or whatever in the middle was just so far over my head that I would skim ahead to the end or the next article.
I kept up with SciAm through the years with various subscriptions, though it's lapsed at the moment. I am pleased that I can read the magazine now cover to cover and understand all of it, even if I can't "do the math". I can follow what is discussed and it gives me a satisfying sense of understanding about some things that I would probably never have come across. Some of my favorite parts of the magazine were the mathematical puzzles at the end by Martin Gardner--they always kicked my ass. I have solved only a handful in over 25 years. Speaking of years, the other favorite part is the section titled "Scientific American -- 25, 50 and 100 years ago" (the timeframe changed as there was more history to cover). They would have a paragraph for a given story from the magazine from 100 years ago! It was really cool to hear about Thomas Edison's "newfangled" light bulb or whatever. Once in a while there would be an editor's note drawing attention to some stark contrast, like, radium is not used for tooth fillings anymore :eek: . Maybe for my birthday I'll have my subscription renewed. I could stand to learn a few things. |
tach it up!
Car and Driver
Brock Yates and crew drove all the rigs I wanted to! There were considerable vicarious g-forces enjoyed as I roared through those pages! I think this is where I learned what four wheel drift was. Road & Track Far more studious than Car and Driver, R&T had exceptional statistics and, better still, applied the same metrics to all the cars they tested so I had DOCUMENTATION for which car would whip yer ass, cause I had both issues in which they were reviewed. By the way, for the longest time, I lusted after the Lamborghini Countach. Those crazy doors, and I'm only talkin about the ones before the S model with all the glued on plastic bodywork. Look like they drove through Pep Boys with a magnet. Ewww. Motor Trend Boring, but I was obsessive in my desire to know everything about the cars, and this let me cross reference what I'd read in the other mags. |
I used to buy Entertainment Weekly and eat it over lunch during the 90s. It was exactly what a popular culture magazine should be. Don't know if it still is.
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I used to have a pile of SciAms from the 60s ... Had to ditch them in a move before there was ebay. (I had a complete set of Omni from issue one through about the next five or six years also.)
I really hate moving. |
Heh. I don't remember if I just wanted to be colorful with that word, or if it was just a simple mistaek.
I'll go with the color. |
Transworld -Skateboarding was better than
Thrasher - but i read them both in my younger years Maxim - when it first came out George - for a short time i don't read any these days, i don't even know what is on the market. |
I used to get SciAm but. I dunno... I cancelled it because it just wasn't interesting anymore.
I currently get the New York Review of Books, Premiere, and Maxim. It is possible that I'm the only individual who subscribes to all three of these publications. |
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Your mention of collections reminded me that I also avidly read and reread Heavy Metal. I have several years worth in binders from Vol 1 Issue 1. Dunno if there's some ebay value to them. They've been read, but lovingly so. Especially the ones with the naked robots. Naked, oh yeah. Who can forget National Porno--I mean--GEOgraphic? Ok, I really liked the stories about the animals too. Some of the most conisistently IN-credible photography ever. |
I subscribed to Outdoor Photographer for several years, as well. When Galen ...Rowell (i think) died, i kind of lost interest. his photos and articles were always the best.
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mad magazine
fungus boy fangoria national geographic (mmm) can we count comic books? is so! new mutants flaming carrot the tick tnmt (before they god kidified) beautiful stories for ugly children x-men (pre issue 300.. damn if you can find it issue 152 is a f*cking riot for long time readers) green lantern and i do loves me some batman! |
yes, Mad Magazine!
spy vs spy and the tri-fold back cover |
Strange as it may sound, I will always have a fond association with Newsweek. My father had a subscription throughout my childhood, and from the time I learned to read I would browse through it, always going first to the Perspectives section to try to figure out why the quotes were funny or ironic. It was my first introduction to the idea that there was a whole world beyond my school and neighborhood, with crazy things happening pretty much all the damn time.
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Dynamite Magazine
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Oh my, how could I forget Mad Magazine! I would spend hours upon hours trying to redraw all the Don Martin (rip) cartoons when I was in jr. and high school. What talent they had on that staff back in the early 70s: Jack Davis, Sergio Aragones, Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Dave Berg, Dick De Bartolo, Al Jaffee... and, of course, the Usual Gang of Idiots :)
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I've never been a big one for consuming periodicals, but I do enjoy a SciAm on occasion, as well as some Photography stuff when my fancy is tickled.
A few years back there was a UK-based science magazine called Frontiers that kicked many flavors of ass. It just sort of disappeared from the Barnes and Noble racks after I'd been reading it for about a year, and I couldn't find anything about it online... stupid fucking entropy. |
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Maxim (not currently subscribed)
Motorcycle Cruiser (also lapsed) Omni (defunct) Consumer Reports (lapsed) Navy Times (currently subscribed) Flying (occasional reader) Guns and Ammo (occasional reader) Popular Mechanics (read mostly in barbershops) Mad Magazine (RIP) This is an incomplete list but that's all I can think of right now. I miss the Omni puzzles the most. Brian |
Current subscriptions:
Guns & Ammo Shooting Times American Rifleman Growing up, we always had a subscription to National Geographic which piqued my interest in photography....the, uh, animal pictures. Yeah, that's it. I also loved National Lampoon and had kept every issue. My mother tossed them all out when I joined the Army. :mad: |
Current Subscriptions;
Car & Driver Smithsonian National Geographic Rodder's Journal Custom Rodder Past Subscriptions; Fine Homebuilding Fine Woodworking Popular Science Popular Mechanics Consumer Reports Time Life Saturday Evening Post Watchtower Hot Rod Rod & Custom Yankee Mad Playboy Penthouse Pennsylvania Brooklyn Several NRA, 4-H, NHRA and other organization Rags plus too many car magazines to list. :eyeball: |
Games Magazine
Remember the photo quiz? Several extreeeemely close up thumbnails of ordinary things. Good variety of puzzles, including some I could solve. |
OMG BigV- I had EXACTLY the same 3 in mind- I was such a car Freak from the age of 12 to 22, I could tell you the stats about any production car from a Lada to a Countach, including the options available. I read those 3 mags from cover to cover, except for the rims ads...
And I also thought that the Countach was the coolest car of all time. The Anniversary Edition was a little tacky, but hey- I was in a dealer in Montreal who had six of them lined up in his basement, brand-new, only driven on and off the loader. The pictures of the Countach do NOT do it justice to standing beside it (Then on the other side of the garage were 6 Diablos- 'tis to dream....). I still think of that day (it was '95) like it happened yesterday! Each Countach and Diablo were an even $350,000 CDN. I also went through quite a phase of reading that mucho-expensive homes mag- I can't remember the title, but it was the one that had Kenny Rogers' estate for $9m in '96 or so- Maybe "DuPont Registry"? Now I read those three a bit but I now read Guitar Player and Guitar World a lot. |
I have been reading and subscribeing to Outside for years ,
I'll pick up a Guns + Ammo , Shotgun news , Amreican rifle man , or Mortor cycle , or Car and driver every now and then . I had a LARGE comic book collection , but my mother trashed them when i joined the USMC , she stoped throwing out my mags when she stumbled onto my Porn stash , I had gotten 3-4 guys hords when they got married , a whole LARGE steamer trunk of stuff ( I never did figuer out HOW she got that lock open ) , She made me burn it in the back yard . |
Damn, Zip, what is it with Mom's throwing out your cherished possessions when you go join the military? Not only did my Mom toss my National Lampoon collection, she chucked my mint condition entire set of 1969 baseball cards. (To this day I can't bring myself to investigate what those would have been worth now. :( )
Mom also sold all my darkroom equipment at a tag sale for dirt cheap. She did all that in the name of cleaning out old stuff and making room. :eyebrow: |
I hadn't considered this thread in terms of current and past magazine subscriptions ...
CURRENT America's First Freedom Women's Outlook Field and Stream (got this free because I ordered stuff from somewhere, won't be continuing) Whistleblower (wnd.com's magazine) NewsMax (yeah, they have a monthly print version) National Review TV Guide (I don't think I've actually really read this since I got digital cable with the onscreen program guide. I do enjoy Cheers and Jeers.) PAST (Many of these I will still pick up as single copies, but don't subscribe) Games Dell Crossword Puzzles (several of their monthlies) Guns and Ammo McCalls Needlework Magic Crochet Crochet on the Go Hooked on Crochet Annie's Crochet Just Cross Stich Beadwork Bead and Button Road and Track Motor Trend Scientific American Discover Smithsonian Starlog Consumer Reports Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Analog Omni Fantasy and Science Fiction Realms of Fantasy Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Elfquest Magical Blend Circle Network News Green Egg UTNE Reader Mother Jones Soldier of Fortune Spin Rolling Stone People Entertainment Weekly Newsweek Time Archeology Dog Fancy Funny Times National Lampoon Mad (never subscribed, but faithfully purchased every month) Vietnam (military history magazine) Dungeon Skeptical Inquirer |
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In the past it was Omni and Sassy.
Now it's Bitch and Discover. |
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I don't really follow the card collecting stuff, but with rosters like this... wow!
American League Mike Andrews Sal Bando Paul Blair Rod Carew Ray Culp Bill Freehan Jim Fregosi Mike Hegan* Frank Howard Reggie Jackson Davey Johnson* Harmon Killebrew Darold Knowles Mickey Lolich+ Carlos May Sam McDowell Denny McLain Dave McNally Don Mincher Blue Moon Odom Tony Oliva* Rico Petrocelli Boog Powell Brooks Robinson Frank Robinson Ellie Rodriguez+ Johnny Roseboro Reggie Smith Mel Stottlemyre Roy White Carl Yastrzemski National League Hank Aaron Matty Alou Ernie Banks Glenn Beckert Johnny Bench Chris Cannizzaro+ Steve Carlton Roberto Clemente Larry Dierker Bob Gibson Randy Hundley Grant Jackson+ Cleon Jones Don Kessinger Jerry Koosman Juan Marichal+ Lee May Willie Mays Willie McCovey Denis Menke Felix Millan Phil Niekro Tony Perez Pete Rose Ron Santo Tom Seaver+ Bill Singer Rusty Staub+ |
Too bad most magazines these days are 90% ads and inserts. 99%, I think, if you count "Popular Science" as a magazine since the articles themselves are advertisements. Suck.
Does 2600 count as a magazine? |
That's quite a line up of some truely great players, huh? Boy, does that bring back some memories! And I'd bet not one of them took steroids.
(well, maybe Pete Rose...) |
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