Japan and Terry Richardson are two of my favorite things. So of course I wanted to review FOIL Magazine when I saw Terry demonically grinning at me from underneath a bed of Japanese text. FOIL Magazine is one of two magazines published by Japanese art book publishing house Little More. FOIL fancies themselves “the first magazine in Japan which consists of only visual contents and has no fixed form in size, price, pages, designers and logotype”. I love this entire concept, especially the idea of rotating content and guest designers. (more…)
March 27th, 2007
MAG.NIFICENT is now on Myspace! Yes, that’s right, we’ve joined the wonderful world of cleavage pics and band spam. Drop by the page for news and schmoozing with other magazine hounds. I really hope Terry Richardson let’s me add him to my Top 8.
March 26th, 2007
I am always a sucker for first issues of any magazine. I like knowing that if I pick it up, I could someday own every issue of what could inevitably become the next Face. So, of course when I saw issue one of a new publication the other day titled powerHouse magazine, I nabbed it with a quickness. Little did I know it would confuse me for the next three consecutive days.
With possibly the best editorial photography i’ve ever seen in a hip, cultural magazine, a varnished cover and only about 10 ads in the entire issue (all placed at either the front or back of the magazine), I couldn’t believe it was only $10! Even the content of powerHouse was unique; stark photos were juxtaposed against real-life tales of a specific moment or event in the writer’s life. (more…)
March 21st, 2007
And by French boys, I mean the team behind Clark Magazine. Being an avid Fluokids’ hound, I kept finding snippits of Clark, but had zero success in obtaining it. How could this amazing magazine that hosted weekly parties and had a shoe collaboration with Le Coq Sportif in the works be so difficult to get my greedy paws on? I pondered this and came to two conclusions. Either 1) Clark is fairly obscure in France or 2) The U.S. is again, culturally behind. At any rate, I finally convinced a nice French internet lad to send me a copy. I think I will make it my personal mission to get Clark carried on U.S. soil. (more…)
March 19th, 2007
People are always asking me for my links. Clothes, shoes, furniture, magazines whatever. I feel like a bitch, but I hate giving out my lil’ secret treasure trove of hot shit. I only give my goods to a select few (and you three people know who you are). But I’d like to use my grand entrance to the blog world to finally share with my loyal fanclub. So here are some magazine-related treats for you all:
GAWKER
Yes, I know you have been to Gawker before. But do you read it in depth, or do you just skim the headlines? The Gawker girls are the O.G.’s of the blog game. They are snarky, sassy and if you have a decent knowledge of media, mags and the like, then every post is chock full of snide-inside jokes aimed at the likes of Wintour and the media moguls with the corner offices. Gawker is the first blog I read when I sit down at work each morning.
MOB LIVING
Meet the ladies of Married to the Mob. These chicks are like me (if i was hotter and grown up in NYC). Their blog began as a tie-in to rep their clothing line, but in my opinion its now its own entity worthy of a separate url and bookmark. I love reading about their world of hot kicks, badass boys and blunts. They are the super exclusive girls club you were never cool enough for in high school, but still knew everything about. Oh, and sometimes they blog about fashion magazines (ahem, hence the tie-in).
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March 12th, 2007
I remember the first time I discovered BUTT magazine. It’s pink paper and simple B&W photos beckoned me from the lonely rack at the gay bookshop. It only took one glance to realize I’d discovered a true original.
I’ve spent a good amount of time working and living amongst The Gays. I have deduced that American gays are really quite annoying, campy, and entirely too obsessed with the GAP. Netherlander’s Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom, the Creators and Publishers of BUTT are the polar opposite; real-life Tom of Finland’s. (more…)
March 11th, 2007
Newspapers tell you about the world. Magazines tell you about their world.
Graydon Carter, self-proclaimed Bigshot Editor of GOOD Magazine wins the magazine war. I’m 100% sure his magazine collection puts mine to shame, and his knowledge of magazine history makes me look like a pre-schooler in comparison (though I’m willing to bet he’s got a good decade on me, agewise). Finally, at long last, I have something to aspire to.
Take a looksee at his list of The 51 Best Magazines Ever *Smartest, Prettiest, Coolest, Funniest, Most Influential, Most Necessary, Most Important, Most Essential, etc. His list spans a full century, marking the notable achievers of the game. (more…)
March 10th, 2007
Add mag.nificent as your new flickr contact to take a closer peep at the ongoing collection of featured items!
And if you are a diligent little flickr junkie like myself, you just might even get to peep some of the content before it’s posted here. 
Add mag.nificent!
March 10th, 2007
No, I am not going to write about porn. Ok well I’m sure I will, soon, but not in this post. Craphound is far better than fake titties anyhow. Originally debuting in 1994, Craphound is the insane brainchild of zinester Sean Tejaratchi. Like a clip art book gone insane, its filled with page upon page of high contrast black & white art taken from vintage catalogs, advertising, obscure books, and found ephemera.
Apparently Craphound has
been around forever. Death, Telephones & Scissors is a reprint of a 1997 issue. Unfortunately, in 1997 I was not one of the cool kids in the know. In 1997 I was pretty much as far from cool as you could get; I went to the Lilith Fair for fuck’s sake. (more…)
March 9th, 2007
**Disclaimer: This subject matter is not for everyone, and many will find it disturbing.**
As I have mentioned before, I am endlessly fascinated by various deviant subcultures of society. I have no desire to be a participant, but rather I prefer the role of the voyeur; observing and studying the people hiding within the fringe.
It is with that preface that I bring you Larry W. Green’s artzine Women Without Limbs. I found this publication hidden (literally!), under stacks of other zines at my local emporium of choice.
As I sat on the floor and thumbed through every issue, I felt like a sicko fuck. But all I could think about was how i had to have it and wondered what this author of dark-sided festishes was like.
Mr. Green, under the guise of an artist, is my first encounter with a real-life Devotee. The proper term for a Devotee is an Acrotomophiliac. In short Acrotomophilia is characterized by sexual arousal from being with an amputee.
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March 8th, 2007
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