Sinister: Re: jane, sassy, mary jo, etc
<< every so often i get the urge to lug out all my old school sassy magazines .... i was outraged when it turned into another ym clone.. i decided to buy -jane- magazine.. ergg, not as good as sassy>> too right!!! I LIVED for Sassy as a 15 year old (yeah i know, it was a small town, friends were scarce)... always dreaded the day i would get "too old" to be seen reading it and all. Then it all went horribly wrong when they were bought out by some LA publication and by that time i didn't care. but in the halcyon days of 1990 or so, they had brilliant bits from the likes of Kim Gordon and Evan Dando, whose best story ever was that his friend Polly Noonan was looking for a man with the surname of "Knight" so she could name her firstborn Morning Noonan Knight. (aack I guess you had to be there) Also, does anyone remember the "win a Date with Spike Jonze" contest? and only about 3 people entered, but mind you this was before he was *the* Spike Jonze. Jane magazine, however, is... how you say? merde. Relieved that I'm not the only who saved my issues of Sassy... can we call you teri underwear now? sorry;-) taralulala ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Tara Widmer wrote:
too right!!! I LIVED for Sassy as a 15 year old (yeah i know, it was a small town, friends were scarce)... always dreaded the day i would get "too old" to be seen reading it and all. Then it all went horribly wrong when they were bought out by some LA publication and by that time
I kept reading after I was "too old" (you know, like 16?), but became disgusted when Christina Kelly, THE Jane Pratt, Jacinta, and all the other staffers were replaced. The magazine was never as informative and funny. I still follow the advice of one particular article called "How To Keep From Ralphing at your First Keg Party." This advice served me well my first year of college.
but in the halcyon days of 1990 or so, they had brilliant bits from the likes of Kim Gordon and Evan Dando, whose best story ever was that his friend Polly Noonan was looking for a man with the surname of "Knight" so she could name her firstborn Morning Noonan Knight. (aack I guess you had to be there) Also, does anyone remember the "win a Date with Spike Jonze" contest? and only about 3 people entered, but mind you this was before he was *the* Spike Jonze. Jane magazine, however, is... how you say? merde.
Also, the wonderful DEAR BOY column, in which Thurston Moore once answered questions. One girl asked if this guy who was always punching her liked her. Thurston responded that this guy sounded like a prepubescent retard, then pleaded, "Please do not become involved with anyone who is physically abusive." Genius, pure genius. Thurston has been my crushiest person for as long as I can remember.... I don't think Jane is that terribly bad. It just has too many advertisements, giving it the appearance of over the top corporate sponsorship. And the fiction, not unlike some of that of Sassy, is pretty bad. -Kristen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------
I kept reading after I was "too old" (you know, like 16?), but became disgusted when Christina Kelly, THE Jane Pratt, Jacinta, and all the other staffers were replaced. The magazine was never as informative and funny. I still follow the advice of one particular article called "How To Keep From Ralphing at your First Keg Party." This advice served me well my first year of college.
Could somebody explain who Ralph is, and what a keg party is? I know what a key party is; is it a typo? Is Ralph the dull bloke that none of the girls want to end up with? We never had that kind of party at college here. Of course, now I do it all the time..... ;) C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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