has that happened before?
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 24 September 2015 19:44 (eight years ago) link
Been like that for a while, certainly since the last christmas 'double issue'
― Mark G, Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:02 (eight years ago) link
.. The last two I bought were the christmas one and the 'farewell to yr money' one
― Mark G, Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
'express' would be fitting if you're picking it up to read on the train
― Hector Ringtone (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 24 September 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
mark e - my colleague brought one in from temple meads stn.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Friday, 25 September 2015 09:26 (eight years ago) link
how does it compare to any of the other free music papers? just looking at the cover makes me think there's not a lot of content in there
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 25 September 2015 09:32 (eight years ago) link
actually makes me nostalgic for stool pigeon r.i.p.
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 25 September 2015 09:33 (eight years ago) link
dl : ah. fair enough.
thats a fair old trek from my workplace to do there and back in an hour, and its not like i need a copy.
xp : i loved stool pigeon.
― mark e, Friday, 25 September 2015 09:35 (eight years ago) link
Meant to be able to get it on campus. Can't see where. Oh well. No great loss.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 25 September 2015 12:00 (eight years ago) link
Much less content than The Skinny. Although at least NME pay their writers.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 25 September 2015 12:18 (eight years ago) link
I would imagine that, if other free mags are anything to go by, the amount of content and possibly distribution will increase once advertising and pagination go up? I'm guessing they're running this on as low an overhead as possible right now.
Doesn't mean it'll be any good, mind.
― Matt DC, Friday, 25 September 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
saw this on Ned's facebook.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPvdoduWgAAjWFp.jpg
― piscesx, Friday, 25 September 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link
house invented by european white dudes everybody
― Ray Chard (NickB), Friday, 25 September 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
hahahahahaha
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 25 September 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
doesn't stool pigeon exist anymore?
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 25 September 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
Not for a couple of years.
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Friday, 25 September 2015 14:49 (eight years ago) link
https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/the-nme-guide-to-dance-music-genres
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 25 September 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
How hard is it not to fuck up a brief guide to house music? FFS
― impossible raver (Re-Make/Re-Model), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
You have to actually have listened to house music first, though
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Friday, 25 September 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
i am normally "who gives a fuck about idiots?" but that is almost rage-inducing
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Friday, 25 September 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
NME's History Of Reggae.
The Trailblazer - Paul Nicholas.The Breakthrough - MadnessThe Cool One - The Clash
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 25 September 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
wait, does Baines = Dwight Yorke?
― soref, Friday, 25 September 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
yes
― Hector Ringtone (DJ Mencap), Friday, 25 September 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
article analyzing the cultural demise of the NME over the last 15 years
NME: HOW A MUSIC MAGAZINE TOOK INDIE INTO THE MAINSTREAMhttp://noisey.vice.com/blog/nme-how-a-magazine-took-indie-into-the-mainstream
― djmartian, Saturday, 17 October 2015 12:22 (eight years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUD3dBVLTOA/T7KuqkPXwUI/AAAAAAAAJaw/5aISdxYYpxw/s1600/GazCoombes.jpg
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 17 October 2015 12:52 (eight years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-of-the-best-debut-albums-of-2015
Lol.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 November 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
ithappens already dropped this nugget on this thread :
OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?
― mark e, Thursday, 5 November 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
Holy shit.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 5 November 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
Never thought I would feel sad for the NME but this is actually depressing in a whole new way.
― the tune was space, Friday, 6 November 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
If only it were written in crayon.
― billstevejim, Friday, 6 November 2015 06:50 (eight years ago) link
Down down, deeper and down
― un-ironic, earnest racist manning remains to be rehabilitated (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 6 November 2015 11:23 (eight years ago) link
Nauseating Marketing Express.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 6 November 2015 11:42 (eight years ago) link
nearly literally lolled at work when I saw that piece
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 November 2015 13:33 (eight years ago) link
That's amazing.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 6 November 2015 13:37 (eight years ago) link
can't even remember a single one of the records they mentioned, just windows 10
― djp HOOS clouds (NickB), Friday, 6 November 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
but i guess compared to some of the garbage they've ridden for over the years, microsoft isn't the worst
ts: windows 10 vs pearl jam ten
― djp HOOS clouds (NickB), Friday, 6 November 2015 13:40 (eight years ago) link
The equivalent of your best mate pulling your mum - NME gets burnt by branded contenthttp://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2015/11/06/equivalent-your-best-mate-pulling-your-mum-nme-gets-burnt-branded-content
― djmartian, Friday, 6 November 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
it's not that I am pouring one out for the lost integrity of NME or whatever but because of the ongoing cultural downgrade in importance of music itself as just one stream of cultural activity that gets bottlenecked through the web, devices, and social media. So this is sad as a symptom of an ongoing redistribution of our focus, and it literalizes the way that those devices and media leverage the concept of access and participation in order to cloud the encounter with artwork with the corporate squid ink of branding. The present is gross.
― the tune was space, Friday, 6 November 2015 15:00 (eight years ago) link
otm
― thwomp (thomp), Friday, 6 November 2015 15:19 (eight years ago) link
That Drum article is as embarrassing as the NME one. I'd rather be forced to weave Windows 10 references into every shitty thing I ever wrote - especially now that the Start menu is back and better than ever - than try to keep a straight face producing this kind of garbage: Personally, I’d love to see NME and Microsoft come together and produce something truly unique to music and both brands. NME was never one to lie down and take a beating and I’m not sure why that should start now. After all it’s often a brand’s heritage that can save it from the abyss.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 6 November 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
it's not that I am pouring one out for the lost integrity of NME or whatever but because of the ongoing cultural downgrade in importance of music itself as just one stream of cultural activity that gets bottlenecked through the web, devices, and social media.
It's actually more illustrative of the crisis in print publishing/consumer media in general I think.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 November 2015 15:48 (eight years ago) link
Personally, I’d love to see NME and Microsoft come together and produce something truly unique to music and both brands. NME was never one to lie down and take a beating and I’m not sure why that should start now. After all it’s often a brand’s heritage that can save it from the abyss.
This man is Part Of The Problem imo.
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Friday, 6 November 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
Aha just saw your post Eyeball. We are on the same page I believe.
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Friday, 6 November 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
"Richard Armstrong is the former drummer from the rock band Gay Dad founder of content marketing agency Kameleon."
Guessing he might have a vested interest here.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 November 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
it was funny to see some of the same people who'd been mocking this yesterday pay attention to the j*** l**** xmas advert as a serious and significant cultural event
partoftheproblempartoftheproblempartoftheproblem
― lex pretend, Friday, 6 November 2015 17:00 (eight years ago) link
http://uxrepo.com/static/icon-sets/ionicons/svg/checkmark-circled.svg
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 November 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
The missing link is Oasis, which goes to show how tiny the gap is between NME and Middle England festive retail mawk these days.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 November 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
I thought it was proven by science that only soulless automatons would fail to weep copious tears at a retailer's cartoon of a penguin giving a mouse a bubble bath or whatever
― Tell The BTLs to Fuck Off (wins), Friday, 6 November 2015 17:44 (eight years ago) link
Just turn it over the second it comes on.
― Caput Johannis in Disco (Tom D.), Friday, 6 November 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link