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13 reasons why Gonzo is still a hard copy magazine ...
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6,341,458,169 websites (& counting) and just 1 printed
independent, Dutch-written magazine on experimental music.
You can read Gonzo on the train, without looking extremely silly, sitting
there with your satellite-connected laptop. And without ending as a violent
crime statistic (see under "Property theft of an IT instrument involving
a baseball bat").
The in-print Gonzo and Mind the Gap compilation cd are a boost to numerous
business entities. Each Gonzo provides a steady stream of revenue for actors
as culturally diverse as a Belgian printing company, a German cd pressing
plant, an American self-storage facility and Holland's plagued postal services.
Instead of whining on an on about a global e-economy, we support real people
trying to make a living.
As a way of presenting content, paper beats pdf anytime. As a bonus, you
don't need several obnoxious pieces of crappy software (update your stupid
acrobat reader now!) to enjoy Gonzo.
Pictures look better in print than on a computer screen. Ever attended
a photography exhibition with bloody plasma screens on the wall?
If you affectionately pat or stroke your favourite paper magazine, you
are forgiven for being a sentimental bibliophile. If you make physical
contact with your beloved on-line mag, you're a sick nerd with a sticky
screen.
It is nicer to see your name in print than on-screen. Any idiot with a
keyboard can make himself appear in google within a few days. To be able
to enter a newsagent or a hip record shop and point out your name (hey,
that's me ... again) to a bewildered stranger is one of life's little pleasures.
The packaging of Gonzo is performed by volunteers, as is most everything
else in Gonzo's production cycle. Besides an act of superhuman self-sacrifice
(getting up early on a Saturday) and an amazing feat of coordination (a
sequence of complicated logistic operations involving a dazzling array
of envelopes, stamps and cardboard boxes), this is the kind of selfless,
community-growing grass-root activity that should be subsidized in its
own right!
Gonzo has existed in print for 15 years. To honour any tradition - and
especially the noble tradition of printing - is an act of insubordination
in this fast-paced society in which the number of blogs quickly outpaces
the number of meaningful statements.
Twenty years from now, your back issues of Gonzo will sit comfortably
in an attic corner. If by then, government exerts full control of the internet
(as it surely will) and any manifestation of creativity without a clear productive
function is outlawed, you can still sneak upstairs once in a while to indulge
in the subversive pleasure of reading about the Arts.
Gonzo's visually provocative magazine covers inject your otherwise lifeless
living room with a vibrant splash of colors!
Computers crash and bookmarks go to hell. The odds of a residential fire
consuming your precious collection of Gonzos are infinitely smaller. Don't
trust Bill Gates, trust your local firemen.
You can put Gonzo on your coffee table to impress (and then instruct)
ignorant friends. By the way: if you're a guy, an issue of Gonzo is a real
**chick magnet**. (If you're a real chick, you probably have better things
to do than read about Armenian trash metal heads with a Marcel Proust fixation.) |