Rolling Stone magazine.

[NYLIBUD]

I stopped reading Rolling Stone magazine back in the early 2000s.After Britney Spears made the cover.But I’m at the book store the other day.I had to buy the newest issue,with Ozzy(of course)on the cover.The cover price is now about $15.What a rip off…..RIP Ozzy.🙏

Edited Tuesday at 08:10 AM by NYLIBUD

[TonyK]

Great picture of Ozzy with Halloween coming up. 😄

[Dragline]

RS hasn't been relevant in 30 years. Put another way, Hit Parader had better content a great deal.of the time and that was a rag. Sorry if I don't spout all lathery but it was captured by ideologists a long time ago. And while I get that art and all that are humanities, the bent was far too one way for my liking. That and blatant lying are what take it off the table for me. Good news is I have a pair of earbuds labeled RS and they are primo. The only good thing to come with that name attached in decades.

Edited Monday at 11:25 PM by Dragline

[bobss396]

I used to buy it when it came folded up small, all pulp printed. Then it got too political... no thanks.

I still have some old ones I liked, with reviews of concerts I attended. 

[1972coronet]

All of the Rockers / Hessians in my high school read Hit Parader (mostly). 

I've purchased maybe a couple of issues of R.S. in the ensuing decades. Last one was an issue on Lou Reed ; prior , the issue on Syd Barrett. 

[Volzfan59]

I gave up on Rolling Stone decades back. Used to be a good music paper before they decided to go political.

 

RIP Ozzy

Edited Tuesday at 03:00 PM by Volzfan59

[NYLIBUD]

Yea I only bought it cause the coverage on Ozzy,and Black Sabbath.

[Monty]

5 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

All of the Rockers / Hessians in my high school read Hit Parader (mostly). 

I've purchased maybe a couple of issues of R.S. in the ensuing decades. Last one was an issue on Lou Reed ; prior , the issue on Syd Barrett. 

I'm familiar with the original definition of Hessian; what did it mean during your high school years?

During mine, I used to read a friend's copies of Creem magazine, which is where I first came across the expression "Boy howdy!".  I still say it occasionally to this day. 

[Matt Bacon]

6 hours ago, Volzfan59 said:

Used to be a good music paper before they decided to go political.

You mean before 1967 ;-P? When has Rolling Stone ever not had opinions or been afraid to voice them? If you mean “Before I got old and stopped agreeing with them…” then we’ve all been there, some time, with some folks we used to believe in/idolise/trust…

best,

M.

[Volzfan59]

1 hour ago, Matt Bacon said:

You mean before 1967 ;-P? When has Rolling Stone ever not had opinions or been afraid to voice them? If you mean “Before I got old and stopped agreeing with them…” then we’ve all been there, some time, with some folks we used to believe in/idolise/trust…

best,

M.

HA, I don’t disagree at all.

[1972coronet]

6 hours ago, Monty said:

I'm familiar with the original definition of Hessian; what did it mean during your high school years?

I'm sure that there's some none-too-far-removed nomenclature lineage ( haha ).

"Hessians" were what everyone called long hair Rockers ; the folks into Heavy Metal. 

Prosaic truth is that I've never seen any differences between Rock, Punk, Metal, Country, Western, Folk, Blues, R&B, etc., etc., other than fashion choices. Heck, I used to get teased by my peers in elementary school for my wearing of cowboy boots, yet talking about how cool the latest episode of Soul Train was.