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I love magazines. Like, any magazines. Some, I need to read, and some I read if I come accross them, but I always enjoy it.
My personal favourites are
Jane (http://www.janemag.com/2001/),
The Walrus (http://www.walrusmagazine.com/),
Utne (http://www.utne.com/),
"O" (http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/omag_landing.jhtml),
British Cosmo (http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/),
French (http://www.vogueparis.com/) and
Spanish (http://www.vogue.es/) Vogue and
Adbusters (http://www.adbusters.org/home/).
These are the only magazines I would pay for. Most of them are read at least occasionally by some member of my immediate family or another, so I don't usually have to pay. All the other magazines I read are from the library, or borrowed from a friend; while I enjoy reading Seventeen, it takes me an hour, max, to get through it. Hell if I'm gon pay for that, eh?
What are your personal favourites? Anything that you think I should be reading?

Donald Duck

most of my magazine subscriptions have lapsed. sigh

the atlantic
maxim
vanity fair
card player
cowboy and indian
scientific american
the economist
in style

Me, I read PCExtreme.

Wanky title, but a good mag.

Best I can find, anyway.

1. Wired
2. 2600: the hacker quarterly
3. US News & World Report
4. Paste: Signs of Life in Music, Film, and Culture
5. The Linking Ring (industry magazine for magicians)

most of my magazine subscriptions have lapsed. sigh

the atlantic
maxim
vanity fair
card player
cowboy and indian
scientific american
the economist
in styleMaxim rocks my socks. Did you read the article in that issue with Pammy on the cover about why Americans should "stay home". Makes fun of other countries, but it was hilarious.

1. Wired
2. 2600: the hacker quarterly
3. US News & World Report
4. Paste: Signs of Life in Music, Film, and Culture
5. The Linking Ring (industry magazine for magicians)Wired is awsome too. I have all the back issues. My dad gave them to me when he was cleaning out the garage.
My question? Why were they in the garage???
He's such a hoser sometimes.

I love magazines. Like, any magazines. Some, I need to read, and some I read if I come accross them, but I always enjoy it.
My personal favourites are
Jane (http://www.janemag.com/2001/),
The Walrus (http://www.walrusmagazine.com/),
Utne (http://www.utne.com/),
"O" (http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/omag_landing.jhtml),
British Cosmo (http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/),
French (http://www.vogueparis.com/) and
Spanish (http://www.vogue.es/) Vogue and
Adbusters (http://www.adbusters.org/home/).
These are the only magazines I would pay for. Most of them are read at least occasionally by some member of my immediate family or another, so I don't usually have to pay. All the other magazines I read are from the library, or borrowed from a friend; while I enjoy reading Seventeen, it takes me an hour, max, to get through it. Hell if I'm gon pay for that, eh?
What are your personal favourites? Anything that you think I should be reading?

the only magazine i buy = The economist.
Great for knowing whats going on in the world and the only magazin i've read of this type that actually admits when its been wrong.
Costs €4.70 but its worth it.

the only magazine i buy = The economist.
Great for knowing whats going on in the world and the only magazin i've read of this type that actually admits when its been wrong.
Costs €4.70 but its worth it.My dad buys it. I steal it.
I'm a commie, so I'd feel bad paying for it. It's bad enough that I like to read it so much.
I like Harper's, too, but only for that list near the front.

Maxim rocks my socks. Did you read the article in that issue with Pammy on the cover about why Americans should "stay home". Makes fun of other countries, but it was hilarious.
i like maxim's unapologetic male attitude. very cheeky, very funny.


dont you find the models in the vogue magazines to be creepy? i dont ever see the french and spanish ones but the american vogue that i glance through while in line at the store has some pretty creepy looking women in it.

i like maxim's unapologetic male attitude. very cheeky, very funny.


dont you find the models in the vogue magazines to be creepy? i dont ever see the french and spanish ones but the american vogue that i glance through while in line at the store has some pretty creepy looking women in it.Check the links I put in my original post. European Vogue magazines are all better than the American Vogue.

I read ESPN,Streetball,Slam.

And Sometimes I read Gamepro to see the new games comin out.

I have a subscription to Läkartidningen (Journal of the Swedish Medical Association) (http://www.lakartidningen.se). It comes once a week and I usually only have time to skim through it, unfortunately, so I don't buy any other magazines, since it would end up being the same with them...

Anyway, it had a very interesting article about the use of a lactate dehydrogenase iso-enzyme in uteral aspirates as a potential marker for endometrial cancer. OK, so it's not that interesting for laypeople, but it's a good magazine otherwise.

PC Format (ex-subscriber)
The Economist
New Statesman (sometimes)
New Scientist (when there's something interesting on the cover)
Digital Camera Magazine (every now & then)

The Economist, although not on a regular basis as I use the library's copies.

And the TV guide.

I have a subscription to Läkartidningen (Journal of the Swedish Medical Association) (http://www.lakartidningen.se). It comes once a week and I usually only have time to skim through it, unfortunately, so I don't buy any other magazines, since it would end up being the same with them...

Anyway, it had a very interesting article about the use of a lactate dehydrogenase iso-enzyme in uteral aspirates as a potential marker for endometrial cancer. OK, so it's not that interesting for laypeople, but it's a good magazine otherwise.
I know what you mean. I had a copy of the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics sitting in the living room. My wife picked up the thing and started looking at the papers that were published in that issue. She dropped it back on the table and asked my why I read 'such boring stuff'.

I don't regularly read any magazines. I'm a news junkie and I get my "fix" from the daily news program on the German public channel ARD :D.
I am currently reading Der Stern (http://www.stern.de/), though, because it has a series about how sex and love are being practised all around the world. I read PM (http://www.pm-magazin.de/de/) and Spiegel (http://www.spiegel.de) too, but usually only when they have topics that interest me or when I'm at the doctor's. There's usually a bunch of magazines lying around...

I know what you mean. I had a copy of the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics sitting in the living room. My wife picked up the thing and started looking at the papers that were published in that issue. She dropped it back on the table and asked my why I read 'such boring stuff'.

I still think it's better when people do that than when they take interest, because they start bugging you with stupid questions afterwards.

The Times' Magazine and "The Economist", mainly. I'm not really a magazine man.

Who wants to pay for subscriptions? Any news you need you can get off news Internet sites.

Who wants to pay for subscriptions? Any news you need you can get off news Internet sites.

Magazines aren't about news, thats what newspapers are for. Magazines are for the articles, the commentary, the investigative reports, the analysis, and in some cases the photography or artwork.

I have subscriptions to the following:

1. Reason Magazine (http://www.reason.com)
2. Scientific American
3. Writer's Digest
4. Computer Graphics World
5. PC Photo
6. The Liberator

I still think it's better when people do that than when they take interest, because they start bugging you with stupid questions afterwards.
You're right, of course. I still don't think my wife knows exactly what I do at work. I'm not sure my boss understands more a little either, but he's happy enough with it that he keeps signing the paychecks. He's entitled to ask the stupid questions, though.

American Vogue.
(sometimes) British Vogue
(rarely) Australian Vogue
Glamour...

and to add a bit of contrast,

The Economist.

No subscriptions, but I read Private Eye, New Internationalist and The Economist every now and then, plus I intend to check out Red Pepper.

I reads: Bizarre (not as good a it used to be, but still interesting)
Fortean times (only just started with this, it's alot more rigorous in it's analysis than I'd been expecting!)
New scientist

Let's see:

Rump Shakin' Beauties
Pyrotechnics for the Freelance Roadie Weekly
Quantum Mechanics and Practical Jokes Journal
Monkeys Who Look Like Celebrities Illustrated
Rump Shaking Beauties, International Edition

I read peruse and use for reference and inspiration the following magazines:
1. Juxtapoz
2. Sculpture (I.S.C.) (http://www.sculpture.org)
3. World Sculpture News
4. Sound On Sound
5. Future Music
6. New American Paintings
7. McSweeney's
8. Hobby Japan

I stopped reading books awhile ago and my magazine consumption tripled. I can only afford McSweeney's now and again, and New American paintings is steeply priced too, but it's bi-monthly. The visual arts and especially the music magazines I use for reference, so I'm willing to pay for them.

Monkeys Who Look Like Celebrities Illustrated

I imagine they have hundreds of issues dedicated to Bushalikes. :D.

Private eye. *laughs maniacally*

Game Informer, to which I currently subscribe.

I used to get PC Gamer, but my subscription ran out long ago... I haven't found the time to renew it since.

I like

PC Computing
PC Magazine
Cosmopolitan
The Economist
Woman's Day
Modern Bride
Bride's

I rarely read magazines...I steal Cosmo off my mum, and occassionally I buy Q, New Scientist, or Rock Sound.

Occasionally i'll buy music mags (mostly guitar ones, I buy them for the tablature, but occasionally i'll read Rolling Stone or Q)...and less often, i'll get a computer games mag.

I have a subscription to all these:

Automobile
Road & Track
Car and Driver
National Geographic
Popular Mechanics
PC Gamer
Fortune

...and I read these, but don't buy them, on a regular basis:

Businessweek
Time
Newsweek
Reader's Digest
Popular Science

Atlantic Monthly (great, great articles but I'd buy it if they printed roast-monkey recipes in Esperanto, as long as they also keep printing new P.J. O'Rourke articles)
PC Gamer
Computer Gaming World
Time
Newsweek
The Week
Soldier of Fortune (but less and less now that they've bone insane and I've reached that level of maturity that makes me less likely to drool over pics of guns... at least not at the newsstand)
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science
Wired
The Economist

And of course the trade mags, Security Systems Integrator, Locksmith Ledger, CSO, Emergency Management, Sixty Five Pages of Glossy Photographs Bookended by What Appear to be Unbiased Articles and Reviews but are Actually Thinly Disguised Advertisements.... there seems to be new trade mags every month, and as all these people have my business address I can't figure out how to stop them sending it all to me. My mail carrier hates me.

Oh, well, at least we have new mags to spread out in the company lounge every month.

Oh boy.. here we go...

PC Magazines/Technology:

PC Gamer (http://www.pcgamer.com)
Wired (http://www.wired.com)
Computer Shopper (http://shopper.cnet.com)

Gay and Lesbian Magazines:

Advocate (http://www.advocate.com)
Out (http://www.out.com)
XY Magazine (http://www.xy.com)
Genre Magazine (http://www.genremagazine.com/)
Young Gay America (Relatively new)

Economy and Politics:

US News and World Report (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm) (Right leaning)
The Economist (http://www.economist.com) (Libertarian Right - They defended gay marriage)

I can't believe no ones said it but...

Playboy :D

Hey, it has good... articles.

The Economist
The New Republic
Reason
The Spectator
National Review
Whips and Leather Monthly

I can't believe no ones said it but...

Playboy :D

Hey, it has good... articles.

Hahaha. I was waiting for that. I was surprised when looking through the list and seeing that not one person mentioned a porno.

I don't regularly read any magazines. I'm a news junkie and I get my "fix" from the daily news program on the German public channel ARD :D.
I am currently reading Der Stern (http://www.stern.de/), though, because it has a series about how sex and love are being practised all around the world.It sounds like an awsome magazine, and the website was very interesting...
But hell if I'm ever going to find it here in Canada. :(

Christian Science Monitor
Mormon Life Magazine
Hustler

-snip-

I like Popular Mechanics too (and popualar science, for that matter), but I like the back issues most of all. I bought a huge stack of mint condition Popular Mechanics from 1953-1961 for a dollar a while back. A dollar for all of them.
These magazines have step-by-step instructions on how to do things like build a cottage from the ground up. It is soooooo cool!

I can't believe no ones said it but...

Playboy :D

Hey, it has good... articles.I actually do like playboy for the articles...


Hahaha. I was waiting for that. I was surprised when looking through the list and seeing that not one person mentioned a porno.Oh, I love gay porn mags, but I don't have any particular preference. I just get the one with the hottest guys that month.

i read the NME.

1. The New Yorker
2. Economist
3. Anime Insider
4. Newsweek

Political Science Quarterly (http://www.psqonline.org/)
The Middle East Journal (http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_journal.html)
Reason Magazine/Reason Online (http://www.reason.com)

Political Science Quarterly (http://www.psqonline.org/)
The Middle East Journal (http://www.mideasti.org/programs/programs_journal.html)
Reason Magazine/Reason Online (http://www.reason.com)
You know, when I saw your name on the 'latest post' to this thread, I bet myself I'd see Reason in there. I was not disappointed :D

Linux Magazine
Linux security report
CPU


Popular Science
Popular Mechanics

I think National Geographic is the only subscription I still have going right now--just moved, so I let a bunch of stuff lapse, most notably Playboy and Wired. Oh--it doesn't really count as a magazine, since it's only a tri-quarterly, but I also get The Missouri Review.

You know, when I saw your name on the 'latest post' to this thread, I bet myself I'd see Reason in there. I was not disappointed :D

Actually, I don't read the magazine that much. When I do, it's usually for the cartoon (http://www.reason.com/bagge/baggebio.shtml) and maybe an article or two. I do lurk around the Hit and Run (http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/) blog a lot, however.

Actually, I don't read the magazine that much. When I do, it's usually for the cartoon (http://www.reason.com/bagge/baggebio.shtml) and maybe an article or two. I do lurk around the Hit and Run (http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/) blog a lot, however.
Yeah, I'm the same way. It's a good rag though.

Subscriptions:
The Economist
Mad Magazine

Read Regularly (monthly):
Japanzine (http://www.japan-zine.com/)
Kansai Time Out (http://kto.co.jp/)
(both free local mags)

Read Fairly Regularly (several times a year):
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Wired
National Geographic

Read Occassionally:
The Atlantic
Scientific American
Nature
Popular Science
Popular Mechanics

the only magazine i buy = The economist.
Great for knowing whats going on in the world and the only magazin i've read of this type that actually admits when its been wrong.
Costs €4.70 but its worth it.

Yes, yes, and yes. :)


Who wants to pay for subscriptions? Any news you need you can get off news Internet sites.

Magazines aren't about news, thats what newspapers are for. Magazines are for the articles, the commentary, the investigative reports, the analysis, and in some cases the photography or artwork.

Plus, some of us actually enjoy reading a real magazine (or newspaper). Current technology also is incappable of making an online source that is as portable, cheap, and convenient as a magazine.

Plus, some of us actually enjoy reading a real magazine (or newspaper). Current technology also is incappable of making an online source that is as portable, cheap, and convenient as a magazine.Not to mention that your eyes start to hurt after staring at a computer screen for a while.

PSM
Time
National Geographic
US News

White Dwarf
Rock Hard
Gamestar

Ocassionly PC Gamer, the official Man Utd magazine or MATCH! For all them kiddies out there!

I read the Evo (www.evo.co.uk), and for info Die Zeit (www.zeit.de) when I can get it.

The Economist is rather right-wing the way I see it, they tend to prefer Chicago-style economists, so they aren't really a fair representation of the discipline as a whole.

The Economist is rather right-wing the way I see it, they tend to prefer Chicago-style economists, so they aren't really a fair representation of the discipline as a whole.

Hahahah... keep dreaming.. they are very representative of the facts and the reality.

Scientific American and National Geographic.

I'm trying to get my mom to subscribe to them for me again. I'm old enough to actually understand them now :D

New Internationalist and CUBE magazine.

It (Der Stern) sounds like an awsome magazine, and the website was very interesting...
But hell if I'm ever going to find it here in Canada. :(
Spiegel is fairly similar and has an website-section in English.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/
But I have no idea how good it is.

none.

not really a magazine..

but i go here.. www.rabble.ca

Spiegel is fairly similar and has an website-section in English.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/
But I have no idea how good it is.Thanks for the link.

The only mag that I read right now is AMP mag, the BEST mag ever! (American Music Press)
Kinda punk, kinda metal, kinda HC, kinda political.

I subscribe to Science News and Scientific American, although not for much longer since I can't afford to renew my subscription. :(

I read Newsweek and National Geographic whenever I'm in waiting rooms, and would subscribe to them if I were wealthy enough to subscribe to four things.

I'm also addicted to old issues of short story magazines, particularly Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Analog/Astounding, the older the better.

I read, in order of how long I've been subscribed to them:
National Geographic(Anthropology/sociology/science.)
Game Informer(Video games.)
Discover(Science/technology.)

I don't read magazines as much as I did when I had free access (go figure)-but when I did I read:

Road & Track Particularly Peter Egan's Side Glances
Car and Driver I like thier 'silly' road test or comaparison that's in almost every issue, like when they did a side by side comparison of the Dodge Intreped and the USS Intreped.
Motorsport
Classic and Sports Car
Autosport
Cause I like sports cars more than I like muscle cars. And the history is pretty cool.
The Onion Still read that, it's a given. But mostly on-line these days...
I used to read Ad Busters until it degenerated into whining graphic artists instead of commentary.
Filmmaker
American Cinematographer
etc
I have to work...

That's all that comes to mind. Though with free access there where things like Toyfare in there for Twisted Mango Theater...

New Statesman
Private Eye
Fortean Times
MacUser
Computer Shopper
Mojo
The odd issue of one of the other music magazines

weekly world news (for a laugh,you'd have to be a crazy redneck to believe the bs they spew)

TENNIS magazine :cool:

Weird NJ- link (www.weirdnj.com)
Scientific American
FHM
sometimes American Scientist, but often it's a little too dry and complicated.