THE WORST NME COVER OF ALL TIME

It has been since the week before "the Boosh" got their first cover the week beofre series three. Can't remember why I was snooping around his page. He should have it set to private.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/in-the-mix-the-rebirth-of-the-mixtape-866759.html

I owe my life to a mix tape. I was in sixth form in Bradford, and I was aware that there was a world of music beyond Prince and Sting, but I didn't know where to start. I did, however, have one friend called John Shanks who listened to John Peel a lot, and he offered to make me a tape.

It was indie – The Stone Roses, a bit of Primal Scream I'm sure – and one track set my synapses firing – The Charlatans' "The Only One I Know". This was what I'd been hearing on the radio, this was the music I was looking for, and now here it was for me to play again and again.

When I screwed up my A-levels and entry into Cambridge, I was secretly delighted. I applied to Manchester University – I wanted to be in the same city as the Smiths and the Mondays and to go to the Hacienda. While I was screwing up my degree, I DJed, played in bands, ran a small magazine and met my wife. That tape reset my brain. I lost it while I was at university, which is a pity because I'd treasure it now.

Conor McNicholas is the editor of 'NME'

a new generation of music lovers is falling for the romance of the C90

So not an old generation of music lovers whose teenage kids have taught them how to work computers, then

so the secret of Conor Mc's success is to not have a brain? right

He'd been hearing it on the radio but was unaware of what it was/how to get it?

It's important to the publishers that the editor of the NME is someone that is in love with alternative but mainstream music. Stuff that is difficult to find or listen to or understand if all you have is a tape recorder and an old C90.

Don't IPC pay him enough that he has to go prostituting himself in broadsheets all across the land?

MEMO TO ALL MUSIC WRITERS*: NO MORE MEMOIRS OF MIXTAPES OR ANYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH YOUR FUCKING MEDIOCRE PAST

*exceptions subject to my discretion

I mean you didn't have Percy Dickins going on about his mixtapes back in the day when the NME was a world renowned etc. did you?

As I mentioned on my blog, there's 158 songs in this article, and none of them are rap music. This is just two weeks after the Indie was full of "People who don't like rap music - GET WITH THE PROGRAM GRANDAD" articles in celebration of Jaz-O's weed carrier headling some music festival or other.

Broadsheets don't like blogs, you know that. Why, there was a four-page lead piece about it in the Observer Review yesterday.

Also, they only pretend to like hip hop for a week at a time. Knife crime shock horror youth cult probe innit.

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yeah, they really needed to do two of those

probably couldn't guarantee KOL availability so had to have back-up

Mighty Boosh can always be relied upon to be unfunny in whichever publication comes calling.

which one did grout get?!?!

Obviously there is no crossover between Mighty Boosh fans and Kings of Leon fans in the NME's readership.

"It's weird when everybody loves you ..."

How would they know?

"Heather Mills reviews the singles of the year" if I read that right. OMG, rushing out to buy my copy now!

don't forget that Lily Allen wants babies

My Indie Christmas TV Guide? Why, thank you.

OH MY GOD THE FUCKING DOTS.

OH MY GOD THE FUCKING DOTS DOLTS.

also features Charlie Brooker, Bloc Party and Oasis

When did the NME start using the same design fonts as the supermarket tabloids? Those covers are ugly and cluttered. I remember when they used to actually be well designed.

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Do they just not care anymore?

that's got it's flaws too e.g. if i was Costello i'd be annoyed

How would not changing their fonts in 30 years = "caring"?

One's a paper for adults and one's for kids - there's really not much more to it than that

snmesh hits

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def contender for worst strapline ever

there is not a single appealing thing on that cover

Is Skins the British OC? God I hope it is

You know, I'm not really one to join in NME hating, but MON DIEU!

That cover makes me hate music. It really does.

I don't watch Skins, but guy on the end's head has to be photoshopped on, right? Unless he has giganticism.

"The" "Gay" "Blades"? Seriously?

haha totally right about the shop

but the real question: what exactly was the verdict on the lily allen album

http://www.nme.com/reviews/jay-z/10071

dunno, but this is some solid writing right here.

The Gay Blades, the band tipped for big things by Sheffield Wednesday supporters' websites.

I flicked through this in WHSmiths yesterday lunchtime as per but forgot to read it closely enough to see how they backed up that "made music better" thing - like I don't even know what that might mean, unless there are that many people so insecure about their taste that they need to see Foals playing on a teen TV drama before they could commit to them

worked for crystal castles in the last series

It all begs the question how much of the NME's "brand" would be altered if they actually put out a non-disfigured magazine.

Well, Skins did manage to make Wolf Eyes the household name they are today, so that's something.

dunno, but this is some solid writing right here.

― special guest stars mark bronson, Thursday, 5 February 2009 10:11 (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Yeah, I remember how keen the British left were on the Kosovan war. Good writing all round.

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God that cover looks bad.

Tempted to suggest a "extrapolate NME cover design to the year 2013" photoshop competition.

'Fix You'. Utterly wonderful. I shed a real tear. Lovely lovely lovely.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7910631.stm

Oasis have been named best British band at the NME Awards in London.

The Manchester band were nominated in a record seven categories, but picked up just one. Noel Gallagher also scooped a gong for best band blog.

A host of artists gathered the capital's Brixton Academy to see The Killers, from Las Vegas, given the title of best international band.

Muse were the biggest winners at the annual awards, picking up three prizes, voted for by the magazine's readers.

The Devon trio were named best live band for the second year in a row and were given the award for best album artwork for HAARP, their live album recorded at two gigs at Wembley Stadium during summer 2007.

Singer Matt Bellamy also won on of the more frivolous awards of the night, being named sexiest male.

Indie rock legends The Cure were presented with the Godlike Genuis award after 33 years together.

Nashville rockers Kings of Leon, who picked up two Brit Awards a week ago, followed on that success, winning best album for Only By the Night.

New-wave New Yorkers MGMT did a double, picking up best new band and best track for Time to Pretend.

Villain of the year

US pop band the Jonas Brothers also won two awards, though are unlikely to celebrate being crowned worst band and worst album.

Glastonbury won the top festival award, while best venue was won by London's Astoria, which closed in January and faces demolition to make way for a new cross-city rail link.

New US President Barack Obama was named hero of the year, with former commander-in-chief George W Bush winning the villain of the year for the sixth year running.

The show also featured live performances by Mercury Prize winners Elbow, Scots bands Glasbogus and Franz Ferdinand and ended with a 30-minute performance by The Cure.

Hosted by comedian Mark Watson, the 2009 awards will be broadcast on Channel 4 on Friday.

Ha ha, apparently Oasis were booed, but they don't report that, do they?

woah what muse are still going?

Noel Gallagher also scooped a gong for best band blog.

Haha what

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