Magazines / Quick Mag Update

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Here's a quick update of the magazines I have acquired recently. I'll just post a proper mag review/preview later when I get all the mags I've been waiting for/meaning to buy. It's nice to blog about a mag as soon as I get it but doing that takes a lot of my time/effort/powers, hehe. And besides, I don't have 100++ hungry readers waiting for my every post noh, so my dear three readers, here's a quick preview of my recent mags!

Magazines / Mag Rack: August 2009 / Uno, Flow, Preview, Garage

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As usual, Rogue's always the last one to appear at the stands. But if, like me, you want to see the new covers ASAP, go directly to the site (or here!).

• UNO / I never really planned on buying Uno again, but upon seeing the stuff inside (via an open copy at the store), I gave in to the temptation and got one. Interesting eds and features, though it's quite bitin. And ohyeah, the JC-super-raw-burnt-sepia-effect/style plus the squat pose? IMHO it's kindof getting tired na. But a nice issue, overall. I esp. liked the illustrations on the "bombshell" feature. (I just hope they would reconsider a soft redesign to make Uno look less Rogue-ish.)
• FLOW / Very very very nice. And quite unexpected too. When I found about who this issue's curator was (Cesar Gaupo), I thought I was in for some fierce shoe/fasyon surprise. Not! I like how they avoided the Cesar-Gaupo-let's-feature-shoes-and-fashion formula and offered us something different (though I would def not mind if they included a pair or two, hehe). I just noticed that it used the same paper all through out (compared to past issues where different papers are used) and that it did not have any page numbers (interesting move although I'd love to ask why because somehow I find it confusing).
  
• PREVIEW / I think the cover is quite static. Which is probably the point? Cause the healine says "back to basics"? It's okay looking but ok looking is not something I'd use to describe Preview, esp its covers. The past six, seven issues all had the wow covers save for this one. But inside, bravo. I like. Just bitin, as usual. More eds, please! :-) Let's all hope that the September ish would be something thick and heavy.
• GARAGE / Happy birthday! Garage turns one with this issue. This is also the male fasyon mag equivalent of Preview's best dressed issue. I loved all the eds, the features, and the new design which looked solid and polished. I liked everything about it except for one thing: the section openers that looked part-Elle, part-Vogue Paris. Also, just a humble word of advice: it's nice to see Garage's design getting better issue after issue but redesigning over and over is quite tiring, no. Also, I think that the foil blocking could be better. Nice move there but IMHO, it just looked quite sad (I checked all the copies, they're all the same..). Look at Preview's foil-blocked title, it's flawless. Still, this is something worth buying esp. now since it's Garage's anniversary issue. Again, happy mag birthday!
  

Magazines / Mag Rack: June 2009 / Uno, Rogue, Roam, Homestyle, Fully Booked Zine

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Last week, I planned to buy only one mag on my way home. I guess it wasn't a good time for me and my wallet to have visited bookstores at the end of a haggard week cause I got all these faster than you can say "empty wallet" :-).

• Ch-ch-ch-changes! Uno, reborn. iLove! Just exactly the kind of cover that makes me grab and go.
• Rogue's annual State of the nation issue. Last year's cover is def better IMHO (the Joey Mead one) but this one's not bad, just tamer than last year's. As always, top notch. Especially this issue's must-see Style Guide!
  
• Too bad I missed Roam's Issue launch last 12 June. But I made sure I'd get Roam 2. iLike! Definitely not your usual travel mag, this one's more for the adventuruous and artsy type.
• Homestyle's gone bi-monthly. We're in tought times, indeed. But a really nice issue anyway. If UZ were a mag, then this would be it.
• James Jean on Fully booked zine! My fave FBZ ish yet. Indeed, some of the best things in life are for free.