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Conference quark::mennotes-v1

Title:Topics Pertaining to Men
Notice:Archived V1 - Current file is QUARK::MENNOTES
Moderator:QUARK::LIONEL
Created:Fri Nov 07 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 26 1993
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:867
Total number of notes:32923

215.0. "Favorite Magazines" by XCELR8::POLLITZ () Wed Mar 02 1988 13:07

        What are your favorite magazines? 
    
        Do you find a sufficient variety of magazine selections in
    bookstores that suit your interests? 
    
        Which magazines do you find lack seriousness - or find offensive?
    
        My favorites include US News and World Report and Harpers.
    
    
                                                      Russ
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215.1RANCHO::HOLTRobert A. HoltWed Mar 02 1988 14:5911
    
    I read _The Economist_ for news analysis, 
    Unix World, Digital Review, Mechanical Design,
    Scientific Computing, and Unix/World for work,
    Wooden Boat and Kitplanes for kicks,
    and Time & Newspeak for laughs. 
    
    Whatever to Bill Gaines and MAD? I loved that
    rag when I was in HS...
    
    
215.2nice to see a lighter topicCOLORS::MODICAWed Mar 02 1988 15:1010
    
    	Mt favorite magazines offer me an escape from the daily grind.
    	Since I hope someday to get my 53 Caddy running again I subscribe
    	to:
    
    		Cars & Parts
    		Nostalgia Cars
    		Hemmings, etc. 
    
    	I also enjoy National Geographic, Penthouse, and Organic gardening.
215.3MONSTR::PHILPOTT_DWThe ColonelWed Mar 02 1988 15:4524
215.4WAV12::SOHNAngry Tuxedo?Wed Mar 02 1988 16:293
215.5Another view...BLITZN::LITASISherry LitasiWed Mar 02 1988 17:068
    
    Ms., Executive Female, Consumer Reports, National Geographic, Fine
    Homebuilding.
    
    For fun and dirt, I read People while waiting for Doctors and while
    my hair is under the dryer at the beauty shop.
    
    	Sherry
215.6Will the real Men's mags please stand upXCELR8::POLLITZWed Mar 02 1988 17:317
    re .4   I used to read "M" but ads now flood its pages like GQ.
    
            Esquire is not like it once was and Mayfair seems to 
            have gone downhill too.  Can't have everything I guess.
    
    
                                                      Russ
215.7QUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineWed Mar 02 1988 18:305
    I read MAD every month...
    
    What does this have to do with MENNOTES?
    
    				Steve
215.8XCELR8::POLLITZThu Mar 03 1988 11:1113
    re .7   Steve,
                   I was going to entitle it "Men's Magazines" but felt
            that such title might be too exclusive.  
    
              I'm curious to see what our noters like to read and if
            they are satisfied with the magazines that are available.
    
              In time I may form some prejudices about the literacy
            level of some people, but feel that such ideas are best
            kept private.  :-)
    
    
                                                     Russ
215.9SPICE1::CHARBONNDWhat a pitcher!Fri Mar 04 1988 09:468
    Favorites :
    
    US News & World Report
    Combat Handguns
    Readers Digest
    Deer & Deer Hunting
    
    Silliest I've ever seen : People
215.10What do the simple folk read?BLITZN::LITASISherry LitasiFri Mar 04 1988 13:0014
    My other choices at the beauty shop include Ladies Home Journal
    (I read "can this marriage be saved"), Woman's day, Redbook,
    and equally disgusting hair design and other boring mags.
    
    People is for my "inquiring mind".  Plus it keeps me in touch
    with how Madonna and Sean are getting along.  I can check up
    on all my favorite sex symbols.
    
    I always think I'll bring along some work to do, but never do.
    The beauty shop is a place to escape and pretend I'm going to
    be beautiful when I get done spending $65...but that's another
    topic.
    
    Sherry    who_gets_her_hair_perm'd_4_times_a_year
215.11Mix 'N MatchCSC32::S_HALLTANSTAAFL.....Fri Mar 04 1988 13:5414
    
    
    	Aero
    	Plane and Pilot
    	Offroad
    	Reason
    
    	So I like flying, my 4wd, and free-market thought ? 
    
    	I guess I like American Photographer, too, as I'm a frustrated
    	magazine photographer.  Along those lines, I buy one issue per
    	year of Sports Illustrated, and it's not the NFL preview issue...
    
    Steve H
215.12QUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineFri Mar 04 1988 14:1114
    Ok, I'll go along with the game...
    
    Favorite magazines:
    
    		Air and Space Smithsonian
    		Smithsonian
    		MAD
    		Analog
    		Travel and Leisure
    		Road & Track
    
    I get a lot more for my interests in video and audio, plus Newsweek.
    
    					Steve
215.13GNUVAX::BOBBITTTea in the Sahara with you...Fri Mar 04 1988 14:1514
    National Geographic
    Natural History
    Scientific American
    Heavy Metal
    Shape
    Writer's Digest
    Games
    The Uncanny X-men (not a fanatic, just read 'em when I can)
    
    
    variety is the spice of life!
    
    -Jody
    
215.14A reading fanatic speaks...XCELR8::HARDYWhat, no wiseacre comment?Sat Mar 05 1988 11:1931
    
    	Favorites: (read vociferously)		National Review
    						Chronicles
    						The Atlantic Monthly
    						U.S. News and World Report
    						Whole Earth Review
    
    	Regulars:  (read whenever...)		Digital Review
    						DEC Professional
    						Hardcopy
    						Esquire
    						Harper's
    						The Economist
    						Heavy Metal
    						Science
    						The Writer
    						National Geographic
    
    	Least favorite:  (used for kindling)    People
    						Time
    						Newsweek
    						Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler
    						Mademoiselle
    						Cosmopolitan
    
    	Bookstores with good selections are few and far between around
    	here;  best selections I have found are at Henry's newstand
    	in downtown Worcester, and the famous subway newstand in Harvard
    	Square, Cambridge...I need to check out the B.U. Bookstore in
    	Boston (I'll need to use about a week's vacation time to cover
    	everything, I think, as is the case with the Harvard Coop...)
215.15AKOV04::WILLIAMSMon Mar 07 1988 16:0017
    Read on a regular basis:
    
    	Consumer's Report
    
    Read when I'm waiting for the Dentist/Doctor/etc.:  
    
    	National Geographic
    
    That's it.  I will read a recommended article in any magazine provided
    I don't have to purchase the magazine (borrow from a friend, find
    it in the local library, etc.).
    
    I do read newspapers - at least four every weekday and three on
    Sunday.  Saturdays are a day of rest if the week's newspapers are
    finished.
    
    Douglas
215.16 FSLENG::HEFFERNreally decxps::cjacquesWed Mar 09 1988 09:2410
    I read TV guide faithfully everyweek.  Think I spend more time reading
    that than watching TV.  I like their interviews.
    
    Other than that, no real time for mags, I do like and photography
    magazines.  The perfect opportunity to just "look at the pictures"
    and not have it mean that I'm lacking interest.  I like to imagine
    I actually took some of those shots. 
    
                                             cj
    
215.18I can read the articles & look at the pictures!SAHQ::CARLSONColour the WindFri Apr 01 1988 16:118
    - National Wildlife
    - Smithsonian
    - Elle
    
    Have subscriptions, ever try finding Smithsonian on a newsstand?
    
    
    theresa.
215.19Books too!FDCV30::CALCAGNIA.F.F.A.Fri Apr 29 1988 01:0510
    
    Easyrider
    Supercycle
    Muscle and Fitness
    Prevention
    Berkley Health
    Newsweek
    
    Cal.
             
215.20Here's my 3...BUFFER::PCORMIERNo good deed goes unpunishedFri Apr 29 1988 15:008
    
    	* Playboy  (since '72)
    
        * Easyriders (since '74)
    
        * Boston (since '83?)
    
    Paul C.
215.21Changes in National News Mags: Good or Bad?MCIS2::POLLITZTue Jun 14 1988 04:5519
       In recent years, magazines like Time and Newsweek seem to be
    more and more resembling 'People' magazine. 
    
       There are more 'feature' articles.
    
       Some Newsweek contents include 'The Arts' and ' Lifestyle'.
    
       These 'Entertainment' sections are expanding with time.
    
       Do you think that a National News magazine like these 2 
       should focus on 'real' news more?  
    
       Are they 'selling out' to boost sales to an entertainment oriented
       Society?
    
       Or do you like the changes?  And if so which ones?
    
    
                                                        Russ P.