Favorite Magazines...

[Brwn_eyes0511]

EVER!

I have to say that one of the best magazines I have ever read was George! Too bad it is now defunct.

I also really enjoy People and Premiere magazines...

What about you guys...

[sparky]

EVER!

I have to say that one of the best magazines I have ever read was George! Too bad it is now defunct.

I also really enjoy People and Premiere magazines...

What about you guys...

I subscribe to the following...

Architectural Digest
Emmy (pro journal)
Set Decor (pro journal)
Entertainment Weekly
Details
Men's Fitness
Rolling Stone
Dwell
Bird Talk
Los Angeles


I ditch AD every year or so because it gets REALLY boring. How many Cape Cods, Manhattan apartments, and Malibu Moderns does one need to see ? It helps for work, but I prefer Dwell. Rolling Stone frequently annoys me, but when they do a great story, it is really great. I have subscribed since I was 13.
All of these are favorites, as I am still paying for them :laugh: Never wrote them all down before. It's kind of a lot.

[David]

The New Criterion, Roger Kimball's puppy, is my favorite.

[Richard B]

Bird Talk
I haven't seen Bird Talk in a long time. I used to have a subscription. What are the odds? How random.

I subscribe now to:
Paper
Swindle
Juxtapoz
The Book L.A.
LA Weekly (free but I read it weekly)
Hollywood Reporter (for work)

[GateandGarden]

I love looking at magazines but don't read any with any regularity.

In high school I subscribed to Seventeen and YM and all that crap. That's just odd now because I couldn't relate to that crap but I wanted to so much.

I used to subscribe to Poets & Writers and Psychology Today but lost interest.

When I first came out I was obsessed with Advocate, Curve, Out and some of the others but I eventually lost interest in buying gay magazines just for the hell of it.

I'm always interested in seeing what's in Performing Songwriter, though I rarely actually buy it. I love me some Koi World, which is just an annual publication.

[vermicious knid]

I get Consumer Reports. When I was a kid, I used to get a magazine called "Zillions" which was Consumer Reports for Kids. Did anybody else used to get that? It was cool.

I was going to buy a Vanity Fair of off a rack and use the insert to buy a subscription, but Paris Hilton was on the cover. I was not going to have my first issue have her on it.

[JazmenFlowers]

the only ones I buy religiously:
Cargo (my favorite)
Men's Health
People
US Weekly
Life & Style
Ocean Drive
Vegas
Star

[stargazer99]

I have to admit, celibrity gossip is my vice! I live for Fridays when my People magazine arrives! And if it's late, god help my family because I'm unbearable until it arrives! That's the only magazine I currently subscribe to. I don't really have the time for anything more. In the past, I've had the following subscriptions:

US
Parenting
Self
Rolling Stone
Soap Opera Digest (a looong time ago... I'm still embarassed to admit it!)

There may be more, but these are the only ones I can think of right now that I've subscribed to as an adult.

I also occasionally buy Newsweek or Time magazine when I have some additional time on my hands.

[Jessica Leigh]

i love Jane magazine... they are so funny and sarcastic and they play the most wicked practical jokes on people while talking about sex and dating and all that other cosmo ****... everything a woman in her 20s wants to read.

i'm a little concerned about what is going to happen now that jane pratt has been pushed out of her EIC position.... :(

[GypsySorcerer]

The only magazine I subscribe to is Premiere. I also receive some journals from a few communication organizations to which I belong.

I pick up the occasional Newsweek, People, etc, as well.

[GypsySorcerer]

In high school I subscribed to Seventeen and YM and all that crap. That's just odd now because I couldn't relate to that crap but I wanted to so much.


I read Seventeen and Teen in high schol some. I never subscribed but read my friends' copy; or else bought one at the newsstand. I always thought they were lame, because what they described was nothing like my high school experience. They would say to increase your popularity, be friendly and approachable. At my high school, if one wanted to increase her popularity, she blew the football team. :laugh:

[catinthedark]

No one else reads New Yorker? It is, bar none, the best magazine published today. I read it cover to cover - the profiles and news articles are so interesting. Some of my favourite journalists today I discovered through New Yorker. The "Letter from New Orleans" was the best article about what happened during katrina that I read anywhere. It moved me to tears. I read profiles of people I'd normally think, "who?" Or, "why would I care about him/her?" And yet - I do. The short fiction is also always amazing.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I don't suscribe to any magazines because most of the information I can find on the internet.

I do pick up an occaisonal National Geographic and Wild Wonderful West Virginia magazines for the beautiful pictures.

[crylove77]

Gah! I suscribe to 8 magazines. When I wrote them all down, it does kinda seem like a lot.

Period Living and Traditional Homes
Scottish Life (quarterly)
Time
People
Cosmopolitan
Reader's Digest
Our State
Preservation NC (quarterly)- not so much a magazine as it is a very large newsletter trying to save historic homes. It shows all the old houses in the state that are for sell through Preservation NC. Usually about 30 pages.

[ragandbone]

I subscribe to The New Yorker and The Nation.

I have a few other magazines that I really like, but I don't subscribe, so I probably read a third of their yearly issues: Harper's, The Sun, BrainChild, Mothering, Bust, No Depression.

I read my first issue of Paste magazine the other day, and I might get it again.

[GateandGarden]

I read Seventeen and Teen in high schol some. I never subscribed but read my friends' copy; or else bought one at the newsstand. I always thought they were lame, because what they described was nothing like my high school experience. They would say to increase your popularity, be friendly and approachable. At my high school, if one wanted to increase her popularity, she blew the football team. :laugh::laugh: :laugh: Those magazines had no concept of reality. The more I look back,the more I wonder if the people who write for them even went to high school. I always loved the "How to Get Him to Like You" lists, quizzes, etc. because although I admittedly didn't try all that hard, I could tell that none of that **** would work.

[markolas]

Magazines are expensive, and generally a waste of money and natural resources, IMO. :distress: The only one I ever subscribed to was The Progressive, when I was...20 or 21. They put me on a bunch of mailing lists, including one for the Socialist Party USA. :laugh:

Recently, I found out that my 82-year old grandfather (my dad's dad) subscribes to both The Progressive and The Nation. I laughed for weeks after that, because my dad practically worships Bill O'Reilly.

[David]

No one else reads New Yorker? It is, bar none, the best magazine published today. I read it cover to cover - the profiles and news articles are so interesting. Some of my favourite journalists today I discovered through New Yorker. The "Letter from New Orleans" was the best article about what happened during katrina that I read anywhere. It moved me to tears. I read profiles of people I'd normally think, "who?" Or, "why would I care about him/her?" And yet - I do. The short fiction is also always amazing.I think the New Yorker has had its ups & downs over the decades, but in general I tend to prefer it from the days of editors Ross & Shawn. By the time Tina Brown came in, the thinking seemed to be, "Let's be more like Entertainment Weekly."

[David]

I have a few other magazines that I really like, but I don't subscribe, so I probably read a third of their yearly issues: Harper's, The Sun, BrainChild, Mothering, Bust, No Depression.Harper's runs good stuff from time to time. Some years back, it had an interesting cover story on the Shakespeare/Bacon/DeVere thing, with all sorts of critics, including Harold Bloom, chiming in.

Visually, Smithsonian has always been good, & National Review at least had a decent film column back when my hero was on staff.

[dissention]

I subscribe to the following...

Architectural Digest
Emmy (pro journal)
Set Decor (pro journal)
Entertainment Weekly
Details
Men's Fitness
Rolling Stone
Dwell
Bird Talk
Los Angeles


I ditch AD every year or so because it gets REALLY boring. How many Cape Cods, Manhattan apartments, and Malibu Moderns does one need to see ? It helps for work, but I prefer Dwell. Rolling Stone frequently annoys me, but when they do a great story, it is really great. I have subscribed since I was 13.
All of these are favorites, as I am still paying for them :laugh: Never wrote them all down before. It's kind of a lot.

If my Saffron wasn't already housetrained, I'd use Architectural Digest for doggy papers. I get it in the mail and pretty much just throw it out these days because it's so bad. I took your advice and subscribed to Dwell. Other than that, I get Entertainment Weekly, The Nation, Variety, The Economist, The New Yorker, Details (other than the Anderson columns, it's soooooo bad, I can't wait for the subscription to run out), and Premiere.

[SuzeQuze]

No one else reads New Yorker? It is, bar none, the best magazine published today. I read it cover to cover - the profiles and news articles are so interesting. Some of my favourite journalists today I discovered through New Yorker. The "Letter from New Orleans" was the best article about what happened during katrina that I read anywhere. It moved me to tears. I read profiles of people I'd normally think, "who?" Or, "why would I care about him/her?" And yet - I do. The short fiction is also always amazing.

My doctor has that in her office and I always mean to look into a subscription because I always enjoy reading it. It's an intelligent magazine, something I would think is an oxymoron.

Magazines I subscribe to are:

O
Psych Today
Reader's Digest
Budget Travel

[johndoe]

I get:

Rolling Stone
Newsweek
Time
Entertainment
Boston Globe
Photography

[sparky]

If my Saffron wasn't already housetrained, I'd use Architectural Digest for doggy papers. I get it in the mail and pretty much just throw it out these days because it's so bad. I took your advice and subscribed to Dwell. Other than that, I get Entertainment Weekly, The Nation, Variety, The Economist, The New Yorker, Details (other than the Anderson columns, it's soooooo bad, I can't wait for the subscription to run out), and Premiere.

Dwell is pretty cool. Details is OKAY, the sub was very cheap, and they are not so damned hetero. Men's Fitness is so full of pictures of almost naked women and articles about vaginas that I may not renew that one. It is morphing into Maxim. With a couple arm workout articles.

[sparky]

I haven't seen Bird Talk in a long time. I used to have a subscription. What are the odds? How random.


Do you have birds ?

I suppose that might be a no brainer but I had to ask.

[strandinthewind]

If my Saffron wasn't already housetrained, I'd use Architectural Digest for doggy papers. I get it in the mail and pretty much just throw it out these days because it's so bad. I took your advice and subscribed to Dwell. Other than that, I get Entertainment Weekly, The Nation, Variety, The Economist, The New Yorker, Details (other than the Anderson columns, it's soooooo bad, I can't wait for the subscription to run out), and Premiere.

I think for looking at pics of pretty houses, etc, AD is okay. But, the fluffy "look at me" articles are utter cr*p and it is essentially 3/4 ads. Plus, the politicing that goes into getting in that mag is utter cr*p as well.

I like The Economist, Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road and Track, Art and Antiques, Newsweek, Time, a few local rags as well as People, US, and all those trashy ones. I read on the Stairmaster - so shoot me :laugh:

[Richard B]

Do you have birds ?

I suppose that might be a no brainer but I had to ask.
Actually, no birds at this time. But at the time, I had a Moluccan Cockatoo for 10 years. He was a wild caught and was left in a pet shop and was treated harshly because he was mean and hissed at everybody (workers, customers). The pet shop owner had him for over a year and I made a very low offer to take him off his hands, which he accepted. Turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.
I tamed him down in no time, got him talking, and taught him several parrot tricks. He loved to perform. He was such a big ham. I never realized just how affectionate Moluccan Cockatoos are. He loved to be hugged and petted. The smartest pet I ever owned. He was a handful, but we got along like bread and butter. How he loved french fries. Anyway, after 10 years I started not to have the necessary time to give him, so I donated him to a breeding farm in Napa, where he is happily getting laid.

I also hand fed a Green-Wing Macaw from a hatchling to a fledgling. Also a super rewarding experience.

So Bird Talk came in real handy. I also used to show my Moluccan at Exotic Bird Shows. He was a really good looking cockatoo and would take home huge ribbons (including a judge's award) and of course lead crystal trophies.

Birds are really cool. What do you have?

[markolas]

I don't like pet birds. I was bitten by my cousin's parakeet as a child. :distress:

[sparky]

Actually, no birds at this time. But at the time, I had a Moluccan Cockatoo for 10 years. He was a wild caught and was left in a pet shop and was treated harshly because he was mean and hissed at everybody (workers, customers). The pet shop owner had him for over a year and I made a very low offer to take him off his hands, which he accepted. Turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life.
I tamed him down in no time, got him talking, and taught him several parrot tricks. He loved to perform. He was such a big ham. I never realized just how affectionate Moluccan Cockatoos are. He loved to be hugged and petted. The smartest pet I ever owned. He was a handful, but we got along like bread and butter. How he loved french fries. Anyway, after 10 years I started not to have the necessary time to give him, so I donated him to a breeding farm in Napa, where he is happily getting laid.

I also hand fed a Green-Wing Macaw from a hatchling to a fledgling. Also a super rewarding experience.

So Bird Talk came in real handy. I also used to show my Moluccan at Exotic Bird Shows. He was a really good looking cockatoo and would take home huge ribbons (including a judge's award) and of course lead crystal trophies.

Birds are really cool. What do you have?

Awesome that you helped out that neglected Moluccan. Cockatoos love affection. I had an Umbrella for about 4 years - an older bird I rescued. He was a total clown. Unfortunately he passed away in May of 2004.

Right now I just have two little guys. A peach faced Lovebird and a Blue Mutation Parrotlet. They are more than a handful and have personalities like the big birds. No big birds for me for a bit. Maybe some time in the future. I like to give them a lot of time and attention and if I got another, they wouldn't get so much.

[GODDESS6]

i don't subscribe to any, but i buy people & rolling stone regularly~

[Richard B]

Awesome that you helped out that neglected Moluccan. Cockatoos love affection. I had an Umbrella for about 4 years - an older bird I rescued. He was a total clown. Unfortunately he passed away in May of 2004.

Right now I just have two little guys. A peach faced Lovebird and a Blue Mutation Parrotlet. They are more than a handful and have personalities like the big birds. No big birds for me for a bit. Maybe some time in the future. I like to give them a lot of time and attention and if I got another, they wouldn't get so much.
That is so great...we both rescued cockatoos. Again, so random. Umbrellas are the big clowns. Such sweet personalities too.

Birds are quite the handful, especially the big birds. If I had the time, I would have one in a heartbeat. They are just amazing companions and so intelligent. And yes, they need a lot attention and time.

I've never seen a Blue Mutation Parrotlet. Got a pic?

[sparky]

That is so great...we both rescued cockatoos. Again, so random. Umbrellas are the big clowns. Such sweet personalities too.

Birds are quite the handful, especially the big birds. If I had the time, I would have one in a heartbeat. They are just amazing companions and so intelligent. And yes, they need a lot attention and time.

I've never seen a Blue Mutation Parrotlet. Got a pic?

The little guy. 4 inches, 26 grams. Relentless personality. 25 word vocabulary.

http://usera.imagecave.com/casparky/Banjo.jpg

[strandinthewind]

The little guy. 4 inches, 26 grams. Relentless personality. 25 word vocabulary.

http://usera.imagecave.com/casparky/Banjo.jpg

OMG - that is just adorable :nod:

Can the bird fly?

[Richard B]

The little guy. 4 inches, 26 grams. Relentless personality. 25 word vocabulary.

http://usera.imagecave.com/casparky/Banjo.jpg
I love the little bad ass. He looks so mischievous.

[Richard B]

Can the bird fly?
You mean take to the sky like a fine skylark...

[strandinthewind]

You mean take to the sky like a fine skylark...

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, if La Nicks would only wear that color blue!!!!

[Richard B]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, if La Nicks would only wear that color blue!!!!
Strand.....so true!!!

[SuzeQuze]

Kyooooooooooot!!!

[markolas]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, if La Nicks would only wear that color blue!!!!

Yuck. :eek: :(

[strandinthewind]

Yuck. :eek: :(

Well, she has worn it before - she refered to the dresses and the Easter Egg dresses and one was Robin's egg blue.

[sparky]

Can the bird fly?

Not too far. His wings are trimmed. He floats to the ground in about 4 feet.
My house is almost all windows - hazardous for a bird.

I love the little bad ass. He looks so mischievous.

That he is. He used to try and attack the Cockatoo. He is an aggressive little beast. But, rub his beak and he about passes out. My favorite thing he says ?

"Here kitty kitty kitty."

[markolas]

Well, she has worn it before - she refered to the dresses and the Easter Egg dresses and one was Robin's egg blue.

When was this? I haven't seen this...

I don't imagine it could be worse than that floral sundress she wore during...Street Angel, was it?

[catinthedark]

I think the New Yorker has had its ups & downs over the decades, but in general I tend to prefer it from the days of editors Ross & Shawn. By the time Tina Brown came in, the thinking seemed to be, "Let's be more like Entertainment Weekly."

You should give it a try again - it's definitely not Entertainment Weeklyish at all anymore. I think you'd like what David Remnick has made it. Brilliant writing, excellent coverage and commentary on current affairs, great GREAT profiles, and consistently strong short stories.

[ragandbone]

You should give it a try again - it's definitely not Entertainment Weeklyish at all anymore. I think you'd like what David Remnick has made it. Brilliant writing, excellent coverage and commentary on current affairs, great GREAT profiles, and consistently strong short stories.

I agree, it has been consistently good with David Remnick in charge. When Tina Brown was editor my mother would regularly call to complain that she would NOT be renewing, an admirable, if useless little gesture. I can never keep up with my New Yorkers, and often give them away, or freeze my membership. I have had a subscription continuously since I was 18 (40 now) but that is only because my mother gave me one when I moved to San Francisco, and she continues to give me a subscription every year - whether I want it or not!

[catinthedark]

I can never keep up with my New Yorkers, and often give them away, or freeze my membership. I have had a subscription continuously since I was 18 (40 now) but that is only because my mother gave me one when I moved to San Francisco, and she continues to give me a subscription every year - whether I want it or not!

The trick: you have to read it constantly!! :laugh: I read it everyday, and only rarely do I finish it before the next issue arrives. I'm somewhat anal about it, so I read from start to finish - I never jump ahead. If I do finish it, I read a few pages of whatever novel I'm working on, but as soon as the next issue arrives, it's like Christmas all over again. :)

[strandinthewind]

Not too far. His wings are trimmed. He floats to the ground in about 4 feet.
My house is almost all windows - hazardous for a bird.



That he is. He used to try and attack the Cockatoo. He is an aggressive little beast. But, rub his beak and he about passes out. My favorite thing he says ?

"Here kitty kitty kitty."

OMG that is ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!

Also, have you ever had a lush over who walked into the windows :eek:

[ragandbone]

The trick: you have to read it constantly!! :laugh: I read it everyday, and only rarely do I finish it before the next issue arrives. I'm somewhat anal about it, so I read from start to finish - I never jump ahead. If I do finish it, I read a few pages of whatever novel I'm working on, but as soon as the next issue arrives, it's like Christmas all over again. :)

I know, and I used to do that - even reading the art listings - but I have a toddler, I work at home, and I have been spending an inordinate amount of time on a very addictive online forum (;) ) so something had to go. I always read the film reviews, the short story, and at least one of the longer articles. I also do sonething super-dorky: if I read a particularly great issue, or an amazing sotry or article, I sharpie "save" on the cover, and write down the reason I am saving it. I have a stack of these from way back.

[dissention]

I can never keep up with my New Yorkers, and often give them away, or freeze my membership. I have had a subscription continuously since I was 18 (40 now) but that is only because my mother gave me one when I moved to San Francisco, and she continues to give me a subscription every year - whether I want it or not!

Child, you should see my library of New Yorker's. My grandmother subscribed for years and gave them to me when she was finished reading them. I used to rip them open and race to the pages containing Pauline Kael's reviews. That was one of the joys of my childhood. Kael was my crack, even though I didn't know what she was talking about half the time considering my age. But I've still got them all for the most part, only I cut out her reviews and have them in notebooks.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Child, you should see my library of New Yorker's. My grandmother subscribed for years and gave them to me when she was finished reading them. I used to rip them open and race to the pages containing Pauline Kael's reviews. That was one of the joys of my childhood. Kael was my crack, even though I didn't know what she was talking about half the time considering my age. But I've still got them all for the most part, only I cut out her reviews and have them in notebooks.

One of my English professors subscribed to the New Yorker. We were actually friends so I used to borrow hers and read it...I got addicted kind of.

[ragandbone]

Child, you should see my library of New Yorker's. I used to rip them open and race to the pages containing Pauline Kael's reviews. That was one of the joys of my childhood.
Once, when visiting my mother, in the 80's, she showed me that she had purchased "Purple Rain" because of Pauline Kael's obsession with this movie. My mother the mystery. Oh yes, and she has a garage full of New Yorkers. If I am at her house for the next earthquake, I look forward to reading through all of them. In the ruins of LA, I will put on her embroidered denim pantsuits from Joseph Magnin's circa '76 (also in a box in the garage) and I will empty her cabinet or cordials.

[David]

Once, when visiting my mother, in the 80's, she showed me that she had purchased "Purple Rain" because of Pauline Kael's obsession with this movie. My mother the mystery.Your mother the mystery, indeed!

Kael didn't like "Purple Rain" & certainly wasn't obsessed with it ... :confused:

[estranged4life]

none.

Havent felt like renewing my subscription to Guitar Player (Among others).

[David]

If I am at her house for the next earthqauke, I look forward to reading through all of them. In the ruins of LA, I will put on her embroidered denim pantsuits from Joseph Magnin's circa '76 (also in a box in the garage) and I will empty her cabinet or cordials.Better than reading old New Yorkers, get this instead:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089480118X/102-2855579-5900938?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

This is one of the best magazine parodies of all time. You will be howling with laughter that literally hurts your stomach & possibly breaks or at least bruises your ribs.

If you can't find a copy, I can mail you this copy if you promise to mail it back after reading it!

[ragandbone]

Your mother the mystery, indeed!

Kael didn't like "Purple Rain" & certainly wasn't obsessed with it ... :confused:

Owee, that smarts!:(

I should have framed my story to indicate that my mother felt that PK was oddly interested in Prince. I think she was surprised that Pauline Kael would even pay attention to the film, and that it would be reviewed in the New Yorker. I don't think I indicated whether or not Pauline Kael liked "Purple Rain". I don't recall if she did but if you do recall, or if you have the review, then I will take your word for it. The review was in 1984, and I don't have a copy, although I remember my mother showing it to me.

The only references I found online are (predictably) not verifiable; one quoted Kael as having compared Prince to James Dean, but not for his acting ability, and another had Kael calling Prince a "cutie" when he danced. If those comments are indeed part of Kael's review then I can see why my mother was intrigued, especially by a comparison to James Dean.

The mystery of mom is in the randomness of her tastes. She liked classical music, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan when I was a kid, and she mostly disliked my music. I dont know why, but she loved Purple Rain. My mother is a voracious reader, she lists Alice Munro, and Thomas Mann as her favorites. There is no theme, except she seems to be something of a romantic voyeur.

[ragandbone]

Better than reading old New Yorkers, get this instead:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089480118X/102-2855579-5900938?v=glance&n=283155&v=glance

This is one of the best magazine parodies of all time. You will be howling with laughter that literally hurts your stomach & possibly breaks or at least bruises your ribs.

If you can't find a copy, I can mail you this copy if you promise to mail it back after reading it!

Thanks, that is generous of you, but I think I can find that at the library.
I am especially intersted in the "Annals of Sand" series.:lol:

I always found their used of the editorial "we" in the Talk of the Town amusing - I sort of miss it.

[ragandbone]

Harper's runs good stuff from time to time. Some years back, it had an interesting cover story on the Shakespeare/Bacon/DeVere thing, with all sorts of critics, including Harold Bloom, chiming in.


I missed that. How interesting! Do you have an opinion on the Shakespeare authorship issue?

It is usually the cover story, or the name of a short story author I like, that will get me to pick up Harper's, but I always enjoy reading the index and I see now that it is online:
http://www.harpers.org/HarpersIndex2005-10.html

[rbs3676]

Vanity Fair (If, for nothing else, Dominck Dunne's diary entries)
Architectural Digest (Yes, Sparky it does get lame from time to time...)
The Advocate
Out
Rolling Stone
Gourmet

I also subscribe to THE BANNER which is the Provincetown, MA weekly paper...

rbs

[David]

Owee, that smarts!:( Don't be sad. I was being David-witty.
I should have framed my story to indicate that my mother felt that PK was oddly interested in Prince. I think she was surprised that Pauline Kael would even pay attention to the film, and that it would be reviewed in the New Yorker.Kael was like that: very at odds with the urbane genteelism at the New Yorker. Her editor, Shawn, sometimes kept her from reviewing things that she wanted to write about, like "Deep Throat." She & the magazine were a very weird fit, but ultimately an amazing one.
I don't think I indicated whether or not Pauline Kael liked "Purple Rain". I don't recall if she did but if you do recall, or if you have the review, then I will take your word for it. The review was in 1984, and I don't have a copy, although I remember my mother showing it to me.The review was anthologized in "State of the Art" in 1985 or '86. Kael liked a lot of Prince music, but said the movie was a "mawkish fictionalized bio" & "pretty terrible": "The narrative hook is: Will the damaged boy learn to love?"
The mystery of mom is in the randomness of her tastes. She liked classical music, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan when I was a kid, and she mostly disliked my music. I dont know why, but she loved Purple Rain. My mother is a voracious reader, she lists Alice Munro, and Thomas Mann as her favorites. There is no theme, except she seems to be something of a romantic voyeur.Your mom sounds a lot like Pauline Kael!! :wavey:

[David]

Thanks, that is generous of you, but I think I can find that at the library.
I am especially intersted in the "Annals of Sand" series.:lol: You will love it. All the New Yorkerish quirks & mannerisms are lampooned by expert parodists. Naturally, the more familiar you are with the magazine's past & general style (& specific features & all the various names of writers & editors over the years), the funnier you'll find "Snooze."

[ragandbone]

Your mom sounds a lot like Pauline Kael!! :wavey:
She might be, in her eccentricities, but she is unable to articulate what it is she likes about any art, music or literature, or even the television and radio she consumes, so she would never be a critic.

I don't think she would enjoy a pardoy of the New Yorker as much as I am sure I will.

:wavey:

[DavidMn]

High Soceity:laugh: :laugh: At least when I was a teenager and sorta liked looking at girls.....:p

[diamondsnake]

The only one I subscribe to is GQ. I like Details a little more though because that magazine is so completely politically incorrect and inappropriate! I love it!


Umm. I always read the celebrity gossip magazines at the bookstore, but I never buy them or subscribe to them. I just like to flip through them to see who lost weight, gained weight, etc.