BEATLES VS STONES
The Beatles and Stones issue is all about the divisions that define us. Are humans born with certain predilections? Or do we take on tribal identifications purely to give ourselves something to rail against? Some of our contributors take sides, while others prefer to umpire the great conflicts of our time: Sydney vs Melbourne; Mac vs PC; book vs film. Still others imagine fantastical battles or strange hybrids that elimininate the need for competition once and for all. And being a rock’n’roll edition, we also give you musical love advice, reveal the Beatles’ hip pad from Help (with some Stoney interlopers), and pass on some wise words about musical genres. And given that the Queen has knighted both Sir Paul and Sir Mick, are the Beatles and the Stones so different? After all, we get by with a little help from our friends. Let’s spend the night together.
~ From this issue ~
3000, 2000 – Why Can't We Be Friends?
BY Diana Jenkins
Diana Jenkins on the old Sydney/Melbourne feud. READ ON →
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
Game On by David Hewitt
Screamadelica by Richard Hebden
Sir Paul vs Sir Mick by Ray Edgar
Marvel vs DC by Martyn Pedler
Diagnosis: Mac or PC? by Paul Bugeja and Mel Campbell
Now You See It by Lucy Modra
Letters by Faux Fender
Keep the Change? by Kelly Blainey
Adaptarama! by Claire Wiltshire; Esther Van Doornum; Stuart Geddes
I'm So Me In This by Jackie Wykes
We Shall Drink Them On the Beaches by Kane Daniel
Etymologies by Emah Fox
Subcultural Apocalypse! by Doug Hendrie
Walt and the Warners by Alvin Kumar
Cured Meats by Basil Basilovec
Cog People by Peter Smiley
Friday September 26, 2008
No more Is Not Magazine! Ever!
Well, it’s been almost a month since Is Not Magazine officially wound up. We’re all enjoying our new jobs, new creative projects and most of all, having our leisure time back again. We’re still running our regular internet video screening, YouTube Tuesday, as long as it remains fun and people still want to come. It’s on the second Tuesday of every month at LOOP in Meyers Place, Melbourne. Screening begins around 6:30pm or whenever Jeremy decides to rock up.
We continue to check our Is Not Magazine email addresses with varying regularity, and we’re happy to make ourselves available for advice, interviews, enquiries on pending orders, &c. But we are not in a position to sell or post any more magazines or merchandise. No exceptions. Is Not Magazine is over now. Long live Is Not Magazine!
Wednesday August 20, 2008
Fire Sale - your final chance to buy Is Not Magazine!
If you’ll be in Melbourne on Thursday 28 August or Saturday 30 August, well lucky you! This means you can seize your absolute final chance to get your hands on a copy of Is Not Magazine. We have been advertising the Fire Sale since May, and now it’s finally happening!Over two days, we’ll be selling our final bumper three-sheet Issue #11, “All That Glitters Is/Not Gold” ($30), as well as assorted mint-condition back issues ($20), Take-Aways ($5), slightly battered back issues (cheaper, POA) and extremely rare back issues we thought were sold out (more expensive, POA).
There will also be CLOTHING, OFFICE FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT and IS NOT MAGAZINE COLLECTIBLES, plus ENTERTAINMENT consisting of mulled wine for sale, delicious baked goods and short stories written and emailed to you on the spot by an Is Not Magazine editor. Come and hang out with us, have some drinks and laffs, and bring your wallets…
Thursday 28 August, 5pm-9pm
Saturday 30 August, 12pm-6pm
Level 5, Vesta House, 1 Carson Place, Melbourne
After the Fire Sale, Is Not Magazine will be officially wound up and we will be unable to sell, let alone post, any more magazines or merchandise. So if you’ve ever wanted the warm feeling of supporting a foolhardy yet lovable independent publication that still owes money to its printers, BEEEEE THEEERRRRRE!
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Is Not Retrospective Exhibition on now!
Well, we are filled with a swelling pride when we look around the gallery and see every single issue of Is Not Magazine hanging there. Our debut issue with the overpowering ink smell. The ahead-of-its-time fluoro pink of Issue 3. The Merce Cunningham special we did for last year’s MIAF. And of course, the final, ginormous three-sheeter Issue 11, which you’ll also find posted on Melbourne’s streets, right now.
If you’re in Melbourne, come down and check out the show. It’s at 37 A’Beckett Street in the city, open 12-8pm every day until Saturday 26 July. This is also your second-last chance to buy a copy of the final issue, as we are only selling them in person for $30.
Oh, and don’t you forget about our Senior Prom, our final party to raise the necessary capital to pay those printers once and for all. It’s this Friday, 25 July.