No, it won't.

I miss the way it was when it first came out. Literally hundreds of CD reviews, spanning most genres. Then it gradually got more fluff pieces and interviews that had nothing to do with music, at the expense of the reviews. And it's been gradually getting smaller. Last issue couldn't have been more than 60 or 80 pages. I'll tip my cap but I'm not surprised at all.

He was the best part of Futurama.

Dreadstar: I miss the way it was when it first came out. Literally hundreds of CD reviews, spanning most genres. Then it gradually got more fluff pieces and interviews that had nothing to do with music, at the expense of the reviews. And it's been gradually getting smaller. Last issue couldn't have been more than 60 or 80 pages. I'll tip my cap but I'm not surprised at all.

Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem. The fluff (e.g. pop culture crap) was a result to keep the advertising dollars rolling in to keep the magazine afloat. Really unfortunate, but I hear what you saying. I miss what Blender was, not what it became to stay afloat.

It was fluffy but fun, I always enjoyed keeping it handy in the restroom. Pretty good article on Dhani Harrison in the new issue, and the Geddy Lee Q&A from readers was fun, too. I researched a lot of new music because of it and downloaded some stuff I've come to like.

I have no idea why, but I got the last two issues in the mail. I certainly didn't subscribe.

My first thought was a Bender joke ... Then I wondered why the CGI program Blender was being shelved. Then I read TFA and thought to myself, there was a magazine named Blender?

I really hope they do bring back Futurama (as a network series).

dillenger69: My first thought was a Bender joke ... Then I wondered why the CGI program Blender was being shelved. Then I read TFA and thought to myself, there was a magazine named Blender?

It even hosted the Fark Music Tab for a while like Yarkbarker is the Sports Tab right now.

I remember getting the first two issues on CD-ROM, back when the hip magazines thought that was the wave of the future. Then being disappointed when I realised that paying $25 per issue for...well...Pitchfork was a stupid thing to do.

Never bought another issue after that.

NYCVidit: Dreadstar: I miss the way it was when it first came out. Literally hundreds of CD reviews, spanning most genres. Then it gradually got more fluff pieces and interviews that had nothing to do with music, at the expense of the reviews. And it's been gradually getting smaller. Last issue couldn't have been more than 60 or 80 pages. I'll tip my cap but I'm not surprised at all.

Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem. The fluff (e.g. pop culture crap) was a result to keep the advertising dollars rolling in to keep the magazine afloat. Really unfortunate, but I hear what you saying. I miss what Blender was, not what it became to stay afloat.

I never understood this. The mag does the fluff to bring in the ad dollars, the ads are bought on the premise that people are reading the magazine. The fluff pieces turn away the target audience, thus reducing the number of readers, and making the advertisements worthless, and yet the whole thing keeps repeating itself.

I know Fark hates Blender, but I thoroughly enjoyed it for the year or two (2004-2005) my girlfriend bought me a subscription. Lots of music and hot chicks, but with a sense of humor.

emocomputerjock: dillenger69: My first thought was a Bender joke ... Then I wondered why the CGI program Blender was being shelved. Then I read TFA and thought to myself, there was a magazine named Blender?

It even hosted the Fark Music Tab for a while like Yarkbarker is the Sports Tab right now.

Now that you mention it, I realize I hadn't noticed they don't host it anymore until now.

(Ad Age) RIP Blender, you will be missed

I can't believe RIP magazine is done. There is no way I'll be able to get enough E'Nuff Z'Nuff info without them!

NYCVidit:
Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem.

Shouldn't this indicate that printed matter is not the way of the future? I have trouble feeling bad for the periodicals that are shutting down; they should have been slowly moving away from printing physical matter as soon as the internet became popular 10-15 years ago.

ThatGuyGreg: No, it won't.



yeah, this.

Got a free subscription to it. Last issue was pretty cool (had articles about Lemmy and Ron Asheton), but the one before, the one that spawn the "Wentz = Douche" meme, was farking terrible. It pretty much ripped off Spin's format page for page and instead of being about up-and-coming bands, it was about douchebags you hate anyway.

Blender used to be cool, but its scope became way too limited to pop.

Blender sucks, but Rolling Stone sucks even more. I just got an issue in the mail with my name on it, and I certainly didn't ask for it. God, what a terrible rag.

eliminating about 30 jobs

What a big hit to the economy this will be.

Probably why the music page is no longer Blender sponsored?

jiaxiaobo: NYCVidit:
Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem.

Shouldn't this indicate that printed matter is not the way of the future? I have trouble feeling bad for the periodicals that are shutting down; they should have been slowly moving away from printing physical matter as soon as the internet became popular 10-15 years ago.

Yeah, but it won't completely vanish. There is something tangible about being able to bring a mag in while on the crapper... that said, many devices now offer the same portability, so yes, print is old media now, and it is dying. Then again, television did not entirely kill radio, did it? It remains.

"Blender" was just a watered-down version of "Rolling Stone". Now that "RS" is a watered-down version of its former self, "Blender" has no purpose.

NYCVidit: jiaxiaobo: NYCVidit:
Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem.

Shouldn't this indicate that printed matter is not the way of the future? I have trouble feeling bad for the periodicals that are shutting down; they should have been slowly moving away from printing physical matter as soon as the internet became popular 10-15 years ago.

Yeah, but it won't completely vanish. There is something tangible about being able to bring a mag in while on the crapper... that said, many devices now offer the same portability, so yes, print is old media now, and it is dying. Then again, television did not entirely kill radio, did it? It remains.

You can't exactly put a stack of websites on your coffee table or in your bathroom for your company to thumb through.

Good night funny man. *sniff*

srhp29: eliminating about 30 jobs

What a big hit to the economy this will be.



Oh man, that is the wrong way to look at it. I mean, sure people think the publication sucks, but there were some cool cats and good people there that are now out of work because of this ishty economy. 30 adding to the millions seems like a drop in the bucket, but with the way things are going, really hate to see any more people caught up in this mess. Maybe I am being a farking sap, but... yeah, just sucks.

I remember Blender back in 1994 or something.

/I'm old skool

bail them out!

ThatGuyGreg: No, it won't.

Done in one

emocomputerjock: dillenger69: My first thought was a Bender joke ... Then I wondered why the CGI program Blender was being shelved. Then I read TFA and thought to myself, there was a magazine named Blender?

It even hosted the Fark Music Tab for a while like Yarkbarker is the Sports Tab right now.

...and that's what killed it.

NYCVidit: Dreadstar: I miss the way it was when it first came out. Literally hundreds of CD reviews, spanning most genres. Then it gradually got more fluff pieces and interviews that had nothing to do with music, at the expense of the reviews. And it's been gradually getting smaller. Last issue couldn't have been more than 60 or 80 pages. I'll tip my cap but I'm not surprised at all.

Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem. The fluff (e.g. pop culture crap) was a result to keep the advertising dollars rolling in to keep the magazine afloat. Really unfortunate, but I hear what you saying. I miss what Blender was, not what it became to stay afloat.

FEELS YOUR PAIN

jiaxiaobo: NYCVidit:
Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem.

Shouldn't this indicate that printed matter is not the way of the future? I have trouble feeling bad for the periodicals that are shutting down; they should have been slowly moving away from printing physical matter as soon as the internet became popular 10-15 years ago.

Oh, they saw it coming (new window). They just didn't know what to do about it.

"When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you got a problem."

'Bout sums it up.

THE HELL YOU SAY....



/oh

Madbassist1:

FEELS YOUR PAIN

Just had to rub it in, right? *cries* Meanie!
lol.

jiaxiaobo: NYCVidit:
Nearly all print publications are suffering from the same problem.

Shouldn't this indicate that printed matter is not the way of the future? I have trouble feeling bad for the periodicals that are shutting down; they should have been slowly moving away from printing physical matter as soon as the internet became popular 10-15 years ago.

Too much duplication and specialization. Do we really need anything more than a couple magazines on general subjects? I'd give examples but hopefully my point is clear.

ThatGuyGreg: No, it won't.

Perfectly said. Blender was a light-weight waste of trees that simply took what sucked most about Rolling Stone and built a crappy mag around that concept - i.e. call yourself a "Music" publication for the sole purpose of running cheesecake shots of Christina Aguilera et al.

Good riddance.

The best and really, the only good music IMHO magazines are MOJO & UNCUT. Both are expensive imports, but feature really great writing & a broad spectrum of music. PASTE & the other US mags pale in comparison. Rolling Stone sucks.

Partial credit. It never seemed to know what it wanted to be, but it also never managed to be even for a moment what I wanted it to be.

I miss Trouser Press, Creem, Rock Scene, Timmy Yo's Maimumrockandroll, Spin in the 80s and early 90s, Alternative Press in the 90s but Blender? Not so much.

Had to re-read headline. RIP Bender made me sad and slightly confused. Blender, not so much.

Oh man, that is the wrong way to look at it. I mean, sure people think the publication sucks, but there were some cool cats and good people there that are now out of work because of this ishty economy. 30 adding to the millions seems like a drop in the bucket, but with the way things are going, really hate to see any more people caught up in this mess. Maybe I am being a farking sap, but... yeah, just sucks.

I was just kind of joking with my "economy" comment because it seems so minor compared to the companies that lay off thousands.

Magazines are dying with or without a bad economy though. This may have happened even in a thriving economy.

nitroglycerine: Alternative Press in the 90s

sweet jesus, this too. God that magazine is horrible now. It was decent until about 2002, but then it took a sudden emo turn soon after. Now, as near as I can tell, it covers almost no genre but that whereas it used to be pretty all-encompassing of the term "Alternative".

There's a magazine about blenders??

/hot as a Tombstone summer

srhp29:
I was just kind of joking with my "economy" comment because it seems so minor compared to the companies that lay off thousands.


Yeah, and I can be emo about things, lol, so pay no mind to the idiot in the corner.

Let this be a lesson to yardbarker and sbb.

NorCalLos: (Ad Age) RIP Blender, you will be missed

I can't believe RIP magazine is done. There is no way I'll be able to get enough E'Nuff Z'Nuff info without them!

They're playing across the street from me next week so I'm getting a kick out of this reply.

Annnnnnnnnd it's gone.

ThatGuyGreg: No, it won't.

Bingo, no one will care. I particularly found this line amusing:

"Since 2001, Blender has provided unmatched music coverage and entertainment news in its unique voice to a profoundly dedicated audience of music enthusiasts,"

Blender is the worst music magazine ever, it was horribly written and horribly edited with shiat stories. There is a reason why its dead.

emocomputerjock: dillenger69: My first thought was a Bender joke ... Then I wondered why the CGI program Blender was being shelved. Then I read TFA and thought to myself, there was a magazine named Blender?

It even hosted the Fark Music Tab for a while like Yarkbarker is the Sports Tab right now.

That would be why "Fark.com/sports/" is now in my bookmarks....

Oh...And Flipside. What a great rag.

kth: They're playing across the street from me next week so I'm getting a kick out of this reply.

Car dealership grand opening?