Has the net killed the fanzine?
Posted by: Top Cat on 04 October 2002
Short and sweet, I notice a decline in the traditional fanzine - it seems that they're dropping like flies. Is this due to the net?
TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."
TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."
Posted on: 10 October 2002 by Roy T
My weblog says "yes".
Posted on: 12 October 2002 by Not For Me
The papar fanzine is dying - Why produce a thousand staped A4 leaflets, and find a way of distributing them when you can put a web page up and get many more thousands of hits?
However places like Rough Trade, and Smallfish still carry a few 'zines.
Another factor is the mass market music publication moving glossy - the weekly inkies seem to be dying out as well, and shelves are bulging with dance music journals like Musik, Mixmag, DJ, iDJ, Jockey Slut (an ex-fanzine). Mixmag, Ministry, Touch, The knowledge etc. etc.
Only certain type of music seem to be covered by the paper 'zine world - it is something to do with the punk rock ethic, or dance DIY culture. Perhaps the death of conventional rock means the single artists 'zines do not flourish.
DS
ITC Merbow - Promotion Man
However places like Rough Trade, and Smallfish still carry a few 'zines.
Another factor is the mass market music publication moving glossy - the weekly inkies seem to be dying out as well, and shelves are bulging with dance music journals like Musik, Mixmag, DJ, iDJ, Jockey Slut (an ex-fanzine). Mixmag, Ministry, Touch, The knowledge etc. etc.
Only certain type of music seem to be covered by the paper 'zine world - it is something to do with the punk rock ethic, or dance DIY culture. Perhaps the death of conventional rock means the single artists 'zines do not flourish.
DS
ITC Merbow - Promotion Man
Posted on: 12 October 2002 by Roy T
I heel that the weblog and other such screen based methods of distribution will never be able to replace the feel and smell of a publication fresh off of the news stand. A collection of browser book marks will not be able to replace a pile of publications under the bed or those held on sidplay in a nice neat wall mounted rack system. From the economic side of things I think the cost of production and the reach of the net may well mark this a the way to go for say a small startup type of production and for those who may finance a problem. But remember it is the content that rules and makes it possible for a web site or a paper publication to attract and capture potential viewers.
Posted on: 23 October 2002 by Roy T
I saw this strip starting October 21 2002 covering the rise of the blog http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.cfm?uc_full_date=20021021&uc_comic=db&uc_daction=X an electronic fanzine I think. Worth watching for a few days. Does anyone know of any music related blogs worth viewing?
Posted on: 19 November 2002 by Roy T
It looks like they are alive and well at least in the USA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7895-2002Nov18.html
I found this in the washingtonpost via the www.metafilter.com blog. . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7895-2002Nov18.html
I found this in the washingtonpost via the www.metafilter.com blog. . .