1. because THE BELIEVER is an awesome magazine and everyone should check it out.

2. because for xmas, my sweetie got me a year's subscription to it, and i got my first issue today, and i wanted to be a big show-off.

3. because the current issue comes with a DVD of neeto short films, and for a measly eight bucks, you get a cool DVD and a magazine full of really interesting writing and funky photography and illustrations, not to mention it's gotta be one of the best designed magazines out there right now.

4. cuz, mark my words, i'm gonna get published in that damn rag one day.

so there!

anyone else ever checked this magazine out? it's kinda hard to find, but definitely worth the hunt.

Gotta admit I was wondering...

Sounds like you got a great gift.

What type of mag is it?

good magazine, I used to get it when I lived in Oberlin, and then my friend would send it to me after I moved, but the book store there stopped carrying it so ive been outta the believer loop for a while now

Nothinbutjoy said:

i've had friends refer to it as "the 'new yorker' for generation x" - it's kind of a hip, writerly, funky, quirky magazine just full of STUFF. kinda like that 70s kids' mag 'dynamite', only for grownups. nick hornby has a monthly book review column in it, they do lots of cool (and very long) interviews with people like ?uestlove, david byrne and amy sedaris, and they have monthly columns where they profile different weird inventions, different kinds of animals, different kinds of light fixtures (told you it was weird) and also they profile a kid in each issue...just because. i look forward to the new issue every month.

Nothinbutjoy said:

http://www.believermag.com/


its a literary magazine kinda sorta

ella731 said:

oops, good call with the URL there, ha...even their web site is cool lookin'. it's pretty much what every issue of the magazine looks like.

Sounds interesting. I've never heard of it.

ella731 said:

yeah, sorta - it's definitely for book lovers, but it has so much more in every issue. politics, music, film, whatevs - they have a literary journal that they publish too, called mcsweeney's quarterly. it's really fun, too:

www.mcsweeneys.net

Anxiety said:

well I didnt know how to explain the magazine really but thanks

ella731 said:

it's hard to describe. i went to their retail store in brooklyn and they had it set up as a superhero supply warehouse, where you could buy capes and costumes and "alter ego disguises" and utility belts and all kinds of funky superhero gadgets. and when you bought stuff, you had to make up a superhero name for the cashier before you could buy anything.

Hippie!

sag10 said:

SUPER-hippie!!!

Anxiety said:

SQUILLION-hippie!

Anxiety said:

seriously!! thats great, next time im in brooklyn ill have to check that out, i better start thinking of a super hero name

ella731 said:

better hurry...they change the design of the shop pretty frequently...the time before last when i visited, they had it set up like a victorian ferret supply shop. they're freakin' weird.

Anxiety said:

yea i kinda guessed that much im up for the challenge

I've just had a look at their Web site and this magazine seems to deal with books, which is something I generally frown upon. I did, however, learn that Morrissey has e-mail!

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

I used to subscribe to Dynamite as a Kid. That was a good magazine. I recall the Lisa Welchel Interview

superspaceboy said:

that was back in the days before she became godwoman and discovered "hot saucing".

ok

althom said:

I dont like the avatar
because...

1. im not good with change
2. ive never heard of the believer
3 the lion was sexy to look at

ThreadCula said:

i'm bad with change, too. either i don't give enough back or i wind up screwing myself out of a quarter or something.

What's up with the avatar change? It looks like a book or something.

ReturnOfDOOK said:

ReturnOfDOOK said:

Tell me about it. Books, schmooks... Bring on the porn!

Ace said:

you see, The Believer is something you'd buy at the bookstore along with your copies of Oui and Hustler, so the cashier won't think you're a TOTAL chronic masturbating perv.

At least with the lion it reminded me of s and I could jerk to that.

Anxiety said:

Sorry...is it a poster or something? An album cover?