i’ve recently been looking at different magazines, trying to find one which suits my tastes. i’ve tried out Monocle, which is a mix of global affairs (very good), business (yawn), culture (cool) and design (..alright). the problem is, there are a ton of advertisements, all of which point to $10,000 watches and such stuff. It’s a little TOO businessy. their podcast is all ‘lah-dee-dah’: “Sorry, I was late gents, I just got off the plane from Mauritius. So, I’m off to New York tomorrow, are you coming with me, Co-Host? Or are you ONLY going to be hanging around some slum in France doing a report on how the economic crisis has actually done quite some good for subsistance farmers who supply flax to the Indian fashion industry?” But the world affairs journalism seems really good, though their culture section isnt really edgy enough. And there’s very little on music (or media, but i dont expect anyone to really care about that apart from me).
So I looked through Vice UK instead. It’s much more on the other side of things, VERY edgy with lots of music and culture… but a little obsessed about taking drugs. Which is probably why it’s called Vice, but still, it’d be nice if I could have a magazine which combines the world reporting of monocle and combined it with the non-druggy culture sections of vice.
Next up, there’s a bilingual magazine called Style and the Family Tunes – interesting name for a magazine btw – interesting articles on culture and art/design, but the fashion section is a bit out of my league. Im not a fashionista, but whilst it’s nice to see good design, also with regards to fashion, some of it seems to be catwalk style, which ive always found a bit weird. But at least it has some non-pervy naked photos in it, and i like the mix of topics it covers.
Can we get these magazines to merge, or do i have to buy all three and read a third of each?
P.S.: I’m starting to realise how much I hate irrelevant advertising. I feel like such a consumer whore whenever i see ads for expensive watches and cool clothes. But yet without advertising, most media wouldn’t exist. I still acknowledge its importance, but the less manipulative the better. “Buy this or you’re not cool” or “look at this guy, he’s sexy because he’s wearing our brand” is something that is starting to irritate me, especially as I realise theyre aimed at me. Can’t we just have nicer advertising? Please? No? Ok.
