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ok so i cant find an xlr8r question. basically, im in the UK and am hankering after a decent dance music magazine. i said in the Plan B thread that I really wanted a translated de:bug, but thinking about it, all that I've heard about XLR8R makes it sound really good! they seem to feature people that i wannw know about, and seem far more on the pulse than british dance mags, which still harp on about old dinosaurs and tall trees and stuff. so is XLR8R any good? is there anywhere in the UK that sells it? would it be worth subscribing? if XLR8R is better than UK dance mags, why is an american magazine (where dance music is nothing like as firmly ensconsed in the mainstream) leading the pack?

― ambrose (ambrose), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

it's pretty ok. virtually impossible to find in the uk, but bearing in mid the strength of the pound agaisnt the dollar you could probably get a subscription for the price of a pint.

― stelf)xxx, Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:50 (twenty years ago)

it's kinda just alright... there was a time when it was really good, but the features are really tiny most of the time. that's not to say the writing's not good, cuz they've got some really good ppl working for em, but sometimes it's a bit fluffy.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

their word limits took a hell of a tumble a while back

― stelf)xxxx, Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

One of the Syrup Girls is the ed:

http://sfj.abstractdynamics.org/archives/005783.html

― PappaWheelie II, Thursday, 11 August 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

they're good kids over there at XLR8R, but yeah it seems a bit fluffy recently. that said, they still provide a better resource on dance and electro than most US mags.

they're website looks nice these days and can put you in touch with some good ideas.

― b b, Thursday, 11 August 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

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