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Originally Posted by Glice
But that's why we like the Wire, isn't it? Because it doesn't do what a magazine should? And they put Radiohead on the cover and, get this, actually ask them questions about music. And they talk about Derek Bailey like everyone knows him. And very often make me think very bad albums are actually quite good. And, more often than anything else, they tell me about music that I haven't heard of which actually changes something quite important in my appreciation of music. For all the cack, a world of greatness.
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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
i got tired of reading it last year and haven't bought it in ages, the people who write for it are all too old & serious if you ask me, and it's so po faced.
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I'm with T&B on this. I had a subscription to The Wire for about four years, but I found I just wasn't enjoying reading it any more so I cancelled it. Even bands that I love, the coverage wasn't really inspiring me. The only bit I was interested in was the reviews, and even then only sporadically. I still have a flick through it each month, but I only buy about one issue in three these days.