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jamiemartin721 Reading 07 Jul 15 1.41pm
Quote Hoof Hearted at 07 Jul 2015 11.07am Never saw the point of these pretentious music rags telling me and others who was cool and who to listen to. I just used my ears and got about London to hear bands and make my own mind up. Useful in the days before interwebs for information and spurious articles about bands. After all, it would have been hard to know just how much of a c**t Morrisey was without NME or MM, or when something was coming out etc, or what Essentially its like football journalism, largely devoid of any real journalism or valuable information. A classic example of an entire industry growing out of the provision of gossip and egos. "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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Quote Hoof Hearted at 07 Jul 2015 11.07am

Never saw the point of these pretentious music rags telling me and others who was cool and who to listen to.

I just used my ears and got about London to hear bands and make my own mind up.

Useful in the days before interwebs for information and spurious articles about bands. After all, it would have been hard to know just how much of a c**t Morrisey was without NME or MM, or when something was coming out etc, or what

Essentially its like football journalism, largely devoid of any real journalism or valuable information. A classic example of an entire industry growing out of the provision of gossip and egos.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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richard shaw (og)65 my minds eye 07 Jul 15 2.06pm
I have still got my old NMEs from mid 1976 to 1979 , had a few of them framed and hung in the house . that period of the magazine was its most influential , burchill and parsons , nick kent and lester bangs , big influence on me as a teenager . I have still got a couple of old sniffin glues as well Edited by richard shaw (og)65 (07 Jul 2015 2.10pm) interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?" iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "
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I have still got my old NMEs from mid 1976 to 1979 , had a few of them framed and hung in the house . that period of the magazine was its most influential , burchill and parsons , nick kent and lester bangs , big influence on me as a teenager .

I have still got a couple of old sniffin glues as well

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iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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richard shaw (og)65 my minds eye 07 Jul 15 2.08pm
Quote Jimenez at 06 Jul 2015 3.04pm Yes I used to look forward to Thursdays when this came out & to a lesser degree The Melody Maker. I also used to buy The Face (is that still going?)& probably have the first few copies somewhere in a suitcase in the loft.... the face was a great barometer of what was going on , if you have them in good nick they are worth a few bob interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?" iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "
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Quote Jimenez at 06 Jul 2015 3.04pm

Yes I used to look forward to Thursdays when this came out & to a lesser degree The Melody Maker. I also used to buy The Face (is that still going?)& probably have the first few copies somewhere in a suitcase in the loft....

the face was a great barometer of what was going on , if you have them in good nick they are worth a few bob

interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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