NME being handed out free....

[Grassland Blue]

Some fucking crafting magazine. She likes them and can't get out so I usually pick her one up if I spot them. They're normally a fiver a pop and I grumble about that, but a tenner is just taking the piss.

It's expensive just to stabilise a wobbly table!

 

[Barcon]

I used to read it, and then sniffin glue came out.

 

[journolud]

They've ceased the print edition altogether now:


Shame, was an avid reader when I was a teenager.

It's been a long time coming. A pale imitation of the glory days.

I used to enjoy the free albums from sounds and I think it was nme that did the c86 cassette

 

[taleofbluehalves]

Sad but I’ve not read it for years and years.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Story on the radio from ex-editor Danny Kelly about having a screaming argument with then co tributor Steve Lamaq about who went on the cover. Lamaq kicked Kelly's desk so hard he broke his leg, lol.
That's passion.

 

[OB1]

I used to read it, and then sniffin glue came out.

Now that definitely wasn't my cup of tea.

 

[Swordfish7]

What about Smash Hits? Is that still going?

 

[PinkFinal]

In 1980 the NME wasn't published for a few weeks due to a strike. Some of its writers brought this out.

 

[Manc in London]

At university (mid 1990s) I remember so many students would simply 'get into bands' because they were on the front cover. Sad bastards.

I used to buy it but some of the writers were so pretentious. I remember one reviewer describing a Throwing Muses album as 'like seahorses in a pack of quavers'. I still haven't worked what that was supposed to mean.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

It's been a long time coming. A pale imitation of the glory days.

I used to enjoy the free albums from sounds and I think it was nme that did the c86 cassette

Yes the NME did the C86 cassette (I have it on album)
They also did a great Sg Pepper covers album which had the Fall doing A Day In The Life. Worth it just for that!