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Publisher: Wenner Media
Category: Magazine
List Price: $117.00
Buy New: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  201 reviews
Sales Rank: 59
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 26
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 26
First Issue Lead Time: 4-6 Weeks
ASIN: B00005N7SJ
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks
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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Who Reads Rolling Stone?
Rolling Stone is written for a reader who's interested in entertainment, including music, movies, television, technology, and national affairs. It combines its significant entertainment reviews with cultural and social commentary, featuring articles on politics, celebrities, and more.
What You Can Expect in Each Issue:
- Rock & Roll: The latest music news on those who continue to rock us.
- Smoking Section: In-depth, exclusive looks at the rock star lifestyle.
- Random Notes: A photo collage of who's who in the music biz, and what they're up to.
- Breaking: A look at the hottest new artists, or old artists with something new.
- Charts: Billboard's top ten, iTunes top ten, local favorites, and the top 40 albums at issue release.
- Reviews: Star-rated reviews of new releases, across media.
Past Issues: Special Issues Through the Year: - Spring Music and Festivals Previwe: From indie rockers to the year's best bands, Rolling Stone's "more than a sneak-peak" look at the season's most anticipated releases and music festivals.
- The Best of Rock: What band has the best drummer? Who puts on the best show? What's the best online music service? A useful guide to the best that music has to offer.
- Live Issue: Mapping out the best places to experience live music from coast to coast--must-see tours, festivals and more.
- Fall Fashion/10 Bands to Watch: The latest must-have looks that will rock fall fashion, plus profiles of the most hype-worthy bands.
- Year in Review: The best moments of the year in pop culture, from the most noteworthy albums and artists to the most off-the-wall moments.
Magazine Layout One of the hallmarks of Rolling Stone is its excellent photography. From the cover image through to the last page, photos are what drives much of the graphical nature of this magazine. Articles are accompanied by photographs or illustrations, and the overall tone of the magazine is visually impactful. Awards 2007 National Magazine Award For General Excellence, ASME. Editorial excellence honors in reporting and photo essay categories, ASME 2006. Since the inception of ASME, Rolling Stone has earned over 50 nominations and 12 wins.
Product Description
This magazine is edited for young adults who have a special interest in popular culture. Its regular features include state-of-the-art audio and electronics columns, record reviews, reader correspondence, interviews and photojournalism features.
Abstract
The music lovers magazine! Rock & Roll, national affairs, feature stories, reviews, classified ads, and the music charts. Find out where your favorite group stands in the ratings
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| Customer Reviews: Read 196 more reviews...
 I never received the magazine July 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I subscribed over a month ago and have not received the magazine. Service typical of everything I order from Amazon. This time I will keep my promise to myself and NEVER do business with Amazon again. I waited two months for an in-stock book on my last order. I have learned my lesson.
Keep that freakin liberal off of your website! July 15, 2008
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
Keep that freakin liberal off of your website! I'm sick of seeing his face!
 A mixed bag July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For a long time Rolling Stone has been one of the most popular magazines when it comes to music, politics, and popular culture in general. There's a lot of good things about it. For example, they often have some really great writers (I mean, this is the magazine that brought us Hunter S. Thompson). And then on the other hand, well, I don't know the most eloquent way to put this, but there's a lot of things about this magazine that kinda suck.
One of the things that's really weird about Rolling Stone is that you can't really tell who it's written for. It seems like they're trying to write the magazine for everybody, but it just ends up seeming like it was written for nobody. They do cover stories on a lot of tween garbage like High School Musical and Fall Out Boy and then there will be stuff about these old dinosaur bands. It seems like it's very rare that there's a cover story about something that's both new and good.
And speaking of older bands, the magazine pretty much worships them. That's fine in some ways, but they really overpraise the work of older musicians who are no longer doing anything musically interesting while ignoring a lot of great new stuff. The most popular example is when they gave three stars to Nirvana's Nevermind when it came out. And then they hilariously made a couple of additional reviews later on where they backpedal and gave it a higher score. They do that with their end of the year music lists too. "Oh woops, we gave that Of Montreal album three stars, but it's pretty popular so let's put it in our Top 50 of the year list." And those aren't the only two examples of that. From what I've seen, if Rolling Stone gives an album a three star rating, you should just assume that it's going to be awesome. And if they give an album a five star rating, you should just assume that it's by Bob Dylan.
Also, some of the praise given to really weak bands or bands that are really established makes me question the magazine. You have to wonder where the criticism stops and where the magazine just becomes a promotional tool.
Some of the political writing in here is pretty good. It skews heavily to the left and that might bother some people, but the writing is often very well done.
I've noticed that there's frequently these really kind of tabloid-y stories in here. That sounds bad, but the writers have a knack for keeping up with stories that read like they should be in the most awesome tabloid paper ever. For example, there was a story in here about an underage gay porn actor that was linked to the murder of his producer. There's often one story like this per issue and I really love that stuff.
Reviews for film and TV are usually a little more in touch with the present than their music reviews. They usually give praise to stuff that is actually good.
So yeah, there's a lot of problems with the magazine, but at the end of the day, you have a pretty decent amount of good reading material here for a very cheap price. On a scale of one to ten, I rate it "something to read on the toilet."
Forget It June 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not the Rolling Stone mag it used to be by ANY means. No Thanks, I won't be renewing.
They will threaten your credit rating if you decide to cancel June 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The poor content of this magazine is the least of your worries. Think: credit rating. Once you put your mark on that little subscription card, they will hound you, threaten you to keep those checks coming. If you even think about canceling your subscription, a deluge of threatening letters will come your way. Don't even think about it ... stand back at least 500 feet.
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