So, yeah, it looks like Mess+Noise, inarguably the finest free music mag devoted to Australian content, will no longer exist in printed form. It’s a shame; not only because I’d just recently started contributing but rather as the physical form has always seemed to me to carry a sort of reverence, I guess in some way linked to disposability.
Talk is there will be a substantial boost to online content and, hell, it ain’t even official yet (and may not even be the full story). This supposed move does speak volumes for the lure of the Internet though. Music criticism and journalism, if you’ll allow it to be known as such, are so integral to the culture cycle that it’s always a shame to see a genuine outlet fall by the wayside. And I’m sure you can bring the whole ‘online democracy’ debate into this mystifying episode but truth is anyone can blog, anyone can review. But I, for one, don’t want to read it all. Anyway, I’m sure M+N will maintain the high quality product it has become known for.
I’ve got fond memories of trips to Sydney degenerating into hunt for M+N goose-chases, and it’s true that, 15 bi-monthly issues in, my coffee table will never look the same again. It’s not the end, in any case. You can always print your own copy, right?
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