The freetards piece is a bit too long, but Q is at least now doing some proper journalism after years of just packaging everything into lists. A year ago that feature would have been "The 100 biggest freetards in music." With an inexplicable John Mellencamp interview in the middle of it.
Everything about Q feels better: headlines, captions, front section. Feels like it's being done by people who enjoy both magazines and music, which hasn't been the case for a while.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Thursday, 10 May 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
also people who enjoy the word "freetards"
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 May 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
I decided to bin all Qs post 2002. So should this be purchased? That recent Kasabian cover was one of the worst things to ever happen
― Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
The Kasabian cover was an all-time low. I had a Gillian Welch interview in that issue and when I saw the cover I thought, well there go any readers who might possibly want to read a Gillian Welch interview.
― Get wolves (DL), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
um "freetards"? really? um.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
we have a long way to go.
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I don't like the word but it's pretty common, no? Q didn't make it up.
― Get wolves (DL), Saturday, 12 May 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
by coincidence i was just talking to a friend today about how widespread "retard" still is, inc among kids who know racist/homophobic slurs are not ok, and he brought up the Q cover. it was part of my vocabulary until a few years ago, it's something i've had to consciously eradicate, and while i wouldn't say i take huge offense when i hear people use it, it's not something i expect to see emblazoned on the front cover of a national music mag, just like i wouldn't expect a hilarious pun on, idk, "faggot" or "slut" to be there either
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Hope it doesn't go pop, it's been really great for the last few years. Are we talking about this on another thread? My bad if so.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
Who do the British seemingly hate Q Magazine?
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 03:20 (three years ago) link
Stay tuned... pic.twitter.com/cOwLZSpPt8— Q Magazine (@QMagazine) November 15, 2023
a digital version to be (re)launched ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 17:49 (five months ago) link
Ted Kessler on X/Twitter: "An American publisher has leased title. No former staff or freelancers involved."
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Thursday, 16 November 2023 01:19 (five months ago) link