Is This The New Smash Hits?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=122193692

Popworld Pulp, launching in a couple of weeks as a new music WEEKLY (v bold).

Looking at its MySpace it doesn't seem to be offering anything hugely compelling though.

Does anyone here still buy print music media, out of interest?

Comments

Re: dancing about architecture again

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The broad-church thing seems frustratingly destined to fail all the time - it's what I hoped Plan B would be, and what it was intended as (Kelis was going to be the first cover star! and only wasn't because of her schedule!), but as soon as it discovered its niche it started catering very specifically to it.

Re: dancing about architecture again

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think also it's easy from within a niche to fool yrself that it IS terribly important and significant and really believe in this stuff - I always used to get a lot of belief and passion out of Careless Talk, but it seemed so misdirected!

Re: dancing about architecture again

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Is there any difference between Plan B's niche and Careless Talk's? The Plan B website forum may not be representative, but if it is then it suggests that the things I like about Plan B (electrostuff with girls in, writing that does't try to pretend the author isn't a character in the piece) are at best tolerated by many of the readers, who are really there for the Hack And A Hacksaw interviews...

Re: dancing about architecture again

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It is/used to be/was intended to be different but when it comes down to it probably isn't. The Plan B forum is populated by roughly five people, all weirdos, all out of step with even the indiest Plan B staff (who tend to be pretty open-minded re pop and so on!)