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‘Such adept cover stars’: why dogs are taking over fashion in the ‘AI face’ era
By Ellie Violet Bramley

Cute, egoless canines offer a break from a world that feels dominated by ‘nepo babies’ and ‘Maga lady aesthetic’

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/aug/21/adept-cover-stars-dogs-fashion-ai-face-era-vogue-dogue

#Fashion #Vogue #CondNast #Media #Magazines #Newspapersmagazines #Dogs #Pets #Lifeandstyle #NicoleKidman #RichardGere #BadBunny #LenaDunham #TheGuardian #EllieVioletBramley

Is it the editor's curse to be worried about not having enough material in the weeks before flatplanning, and then actually having too much once stuff starts being slotted into place?

It certainly feels that way with each issue of BLAG and if it was in any way financially or physically feasible I'd make the magazine quarterly.

#Magazines #Editing #Flatplan #Editorial

Layouts I Love 77 • Popeye Whole City Catalog https://ksawyerpaul.com/2026/08/14/layouts-i-love-76-anime-herald-2-2/ #Fashion, #Japan, #Magazines, #Popeye

Ed Gein Fun Fact of the Day

— found in the June 1983 issue of 3-2-1 Contact magazine.

#science #magazines #vintage #trivia #biology

Australian Guitar #169 is on sale now, featuring David Bowie, Plini, Angine de Poitrine and more

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.guitarworld.com/music-industry/magazines/australian-guitar-169-is-on-sale-now-featuring-david-bowie-plini-angine-de-poitrine-and-more

Layouts I Love 76 • Anime Herald #2 https://ksawyerpaul.com/2026/08/10/layouts-i-love-76-anime-herald-2/ #Anime, #Digital, #Japan, #Magazines

#QuestionOfTheDay what's the worst media purchase you've ever made/regret making? (This can also include movie tickets, musicals, concerts, subscriptions, etc)

#books #boardgames #ttrpg #CCGs #music #musicals #videogames #gaming #comics #anime #manga #movies #film #TV #television #magazines #software

Hey, I've got all the #Neural.it printed #magazines from edition #28 in 2008 to #48 in 2014. They're in good condition. I feel it's a piece of New Media / Digital Art history. But not sure what to do with them. They're around #Brussels. Is that interesting to anyone around?

“The Japanese government, allergic to Western influences, banned the publication of #detective #stories - especially in #magazines, the very venue aspiring new #writers depended upon to access the reading public.” open.substack.com/pub/millersb...

He Sold 55 Million Books, but ...

If you’re interested in the eight previous issues, then there are introductions to each of these on the back issues page at bl.ag online: https://bl.ag/backissues.

There you'll also find links to buy any that are still available in print, bonus content, and digital copies of issues 01–07 for online reading.

Thank you to everyone that has been a part of my work on the magazine, and helped to keep it going for so long: contributors, sponsors, patrons, and paying members around the world.

Join the adventures in sign painting at https://bl.ag/join and get more from BLAG while also supporting independent, advertising-free publishing.

#SignPainting #Indie #Magazines #Thanks

New(ish) at bl.ag online, ‘What’s Inside Issue 09 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)?’, with my guided tour of the articles and features that fill the 80 advertising-free pages of our latest adventures in sign painting:

https://bl.ag/whats-inside-issue-09-of-blag-better-letters-magazine/

As always, the designers at UTILE have reworked the masthead/logotype with reference to the cover photo, hence my new profile pic — ’tis the season for chrome I guess.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing lots of bonus content in this issue’s digital companion, most of which is exclusive to the paid members around the world that keep BLAG running and free of all that pesky advertising.

You too can be one of those good folks by signing up at https://bl.ag/join 😊

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #BLAG #Magazines

Jazz lossless styles
Джазові стилі, Джазовые стили, сжатие без потерь, лосслесс, отвлечёмся на минутку, джаз, музыка, music
#Jazz #lossless #styles
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/448

Jazz lossless
Джаз без потерь, Джаз без втрат
#Jazz #lossless
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/447

Jazz 24/96
Jazz, hi-fi, джаз, музыка, music, музика
#Jazz, #hi-fi-fi, #джаз, #музыка, #music, #музика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/445

zx spectrum books & magazines
книги и журналы zx spectrum
книги та журнали zx spectrum
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/443

zx spectrum music alphabetically mp3 (letter E, буква е)
музыка zx spectrum в алфавитном порядке, музика ZX spectrum в алфавітному порядку, электронная музыка, electronic music, електронна музика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/441

zx spectrum music alphabetically mp3
#zx spectrum spectrum #music #mp3
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/440

zx spectrum music mp3 L-Z
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/439

_zx spectrum
компьютер, электроника, ретро, computer, electronics, retro, комп'ютер, Електроніка, ретро,
#zx spectrum
#компьютер, #электроника, #ретро, #computer, #electronics, #retro, #комп'ютер, #Електроніка, #ретро,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/438

humanitarian
Гуманітарні науки, гуманитарные науки, humanities
#humanitarian
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/437

go-books, игра Го
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/436

Banned books, Запрещенные книги, Заборонені книги
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/435

filatelia, philately, філателія, филателия
почтовые марки каталог
#filatelia, #philately, #філателія, #филателия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/434

sound music Magazines
музичні журнали, музыкальные #журналы
#sound #music #Magazines
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/431

‘Buffet Style!’

Source: ‘Mystery in Space’ comic. ‘The Space age waitress’ (Dec. 1952)

#DCComics #MysteryinSpace #1950s #comics #comicbooks #cartoons #GoldenAge #magazines

‘Cheesy!’

Source: ‘Nifty’ magazine (Mar. 1947)
Original artist: R.C. Dell

#RCDell #Nifty #Mouse #Cheese #magazine #comics #comicbooks #pinup #1940s #PostWar #Cartoons #GoldenAge #Magazines

Retro Gaming Ads Blast – Part 45

Welcome back readers, fellow geeks and electronic gaming fans!

In this edition of the Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) series, we will take a look at another batch of retro gaming print ads from the 1980s to the 1990s.

For the newcomers reading this, Retro Gaming Ads Blast (RGAB) looks back at the many print ads of games (console, arcade, computer and handheld) that were published in comic books, magazines, flyers, posters and newspapers long before smartphones, social media, the worldwide web and streaming became popular. To put things in perspective, people back in the 1980s to the 1990s were more trusting of print media for information and images about electronic games and related products.

With those details laid down, here is the newest batch of retro gaming print ads for you to see and enjoy…

1. Tron Arcade Flyer

Remember how dazzling the 1982 movie Tron was when you first saw it? That film had groundbreaking computer-generated graphics and the filmmakers worked very hard to tell a story covering both the real and digital worlds. Along the way, the movie had strong video game vibes which resonated with gamers at a time when arcade gaming was wildly popular in America. Believe it or not, an official arcade game of Tron was released the same year as the movie and it was a massive success. The arcade flyer perfectly captured the vibe and look from the movie and the machine itself had a control stick the same with what was shown to viewers. This old flyer is still great to look at.

2. Green Beret Japanese Arcade Flyer

Konami was a highly prolific game publisher in the 1980s and it had lots of games that became huge blockbusters. During the decade, their game developers were strongly influenced by both Hollywood action movies and the Cold War. In 1985, Konami released the militaristic game Green Beret in Japanese arcades and to promote it, they created an arcade flyer featuring a very stylish artwork highlighting military images of soldiers (including a guy smoking) and warfare. This ad still looks great and it was not surprising it helped the game achieve huge commercial success. Green Beret was released in America as Rush’n Attack.

3. Darius Japanese And North American Arcade Flyers

Released in arcades worldwide in 1987, Darius is a 2D side-scrolling shooter game from Taito which had a science fiction concept of the starship Silver Hawk (piloted by players) which sets on a mission to destroy an evil empire before it could destroy the world called Darius. The game was successful, most notably in Japan and it eventually led to sequels being released later. What I find intriguing is how the arcade game was promoted in Japan and in North America. The Japanese arcade flyer had this intriguing artwork that reflected a blend of sci-fi with a touch of horror. The North American flyer had a strong sci-fi touch with a male and female model wearing costumes (that made them look futuristic) standing beside the Darius machine. Which flyer looks more appealing to you?

4. Data East’s Arcade Alley Print Ad

There is nothing like porting arcade hits to computer systems for gamers to enjoy. In 1988 there in Europe, U.S. Gold released Data East’s Arcade Alley for computer systems and it included ports of popular Data East games like Kung Fu Master, Express Raider, Breakthru, Tag Team Wrestling, Last Mission and Karate Champ. U.S. Gold’s print ad showed a guy in the middle of a video arcade looking on both sides to pick which game to play which strongly emphasized the essence of the game collection (offered in cassettes and disk). This old ad is still amusing to look at.

5. Blasteroids European Print Ad

Blasteroids, the third entry in Atari’s popular Asteroids games series, was released in European arcades by Image Works and eventually landed on computer systems there. For Europe, the ad makers came up with artwork showing a creepy, green space monster surrounded by a few spaceships to emphasize the game’s concept. The said monster eventually appeared on the game covers of the computer ports of Blasteroids later. This ad shows creative adjustments taken to promote games in different parts of the world.

6. Dream Team USA Japanese Print Ad

Remember how wildly popular the Dream Team (Team USA in Olympic basketball) was in 1992? With NBA legends Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton and more representing America in the basketball tournament of the Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain, the Dream Team (a media-led reference for the team) was easily the main attraction not only for basketball fans worldwide but also those who craved for excitement in international sports events. That said, Electronic Arts secured the license to make an official video game about the Dream Team and actually released the game Team USA Basketball within 1992 for the Sega Genesis. As basketball is popular also in Japan, EA released the game there titled as Dream Team USA and came up with a Japanese print ad to seriously capture gamers’ attention. This ad is still effective in delighting both basketball and video game enthusiasts.

7. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back And Return Of The Jedi Print Ad

Back in the 1990s, there was a resurgence of the original Star Wars trilogy across different forms of media. Apart from the VHS re-releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, there was a slew of video games of Star Wars released during the decade and the fans had new stuff to entertain themselves with. Along the way, the company THQ secured the rights to Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for re-release to coincide with the 1997 “Special Edition” theatrical releases of their respective movies. THQ’s print ad simply used official images of Return of the Jedi and inserted a tiny bit of The Empire Strikes Back, and they did not show any screenshots that could have been helpful for Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and Game Boy users. Still, it was smart for THQ to print two excerpts of game reviews to sell the games.

8. Super Mario RPG North American Print Ad

Remember back in the 1990s when Nintendo and role-playing game giant SquareSoft had a very healthy business relationship that proved successful? Before their eventual breakup (related to Square signing with Sony for PlayStation development), the two companies joined forces to make a fully featured role-playing game for the SNES featuring Super Mario and related characters…Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. To promote the game, Nintendo (the publisher) created a mesmerizing 2-page print ad highlighting their characters while emphasizing the role-playing and fantasy aspects of the game. At the time of its release, Super Mario was often identified with platform games and the Super Mario RPG print ad was a serious attempt to lure fans into RPGs which the SNES was already rich with. This ad, which I first saw in gaming magazines in 1996, still looks great.

9. NBA Shootout ’97 Print Ad

If there is anything I miss about 1990s console gaming, it is the fact that there were a lot of NBA-licensed video games that were offered to players with different tastes in basketball gaming. Sony had its own exclusive NBA games series called NBA Shootout and they were pretty aggressive selling its own basketball games along with the PlayStation going up against the likes of Electronic Arts (NBA Live), Sega and others. This is reflected in this 2-page print ad of NBA Shootout ’97 which was a PlayStation-exclusive release. They featured a photograph of Lakers’ Eddie Jones about to dunk and showed screenshots as well as the descriptive text written with excitement. Since it first started, NBA Shootout was basketball in full 3D polygonal graphics backed with motion-captured moves and dunks that players could enjoy only PlayStation. This ad is a reminder that Sony used to make official NBA games and there is a lack of variety and players’ choice of NBA gaming in today’s world.

10. Legend of Legaia North American Print Ad

There was a time when Sony produced Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) exclusive for PlayStation consoles. One of them was Legend of Legaia which had a combat system that emphasized martial arts and it had an interesting fantasy concept. For its 1999 North American release, Sony came up with a very bizarre 2-page print ad that had digital artwork with a very strong horror vibe and the visual designs within the three screenshots shown were clearly not related with it. How this ad was made remains unclear. This is easily one of the most misguided gaming ads of the 1990s.

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#Memory works like a furnished room which expands to a full building.

The method of loci, also known as “the memory palace” is a technique for organizing your experience as if you are designing and decorating rooms.

When you picture a place you know well, where you could reach any corner with your eyes closed, you found the perfect storage for the memories you want to preserve.

Open the drawer and remember that romantic dinner seven years ago. Look through the window and see yourself playing with your childhood friends. See that box on the counter? That's your twentieth anniversary party.

This works so well because we are innate storytellers. But as stories go, they can alter the facts. It's hard to resist to make your version of them, especially when our brains are hardwired to find meaning — or even create it.

Nevertheless, our subjective experience is the only way to know the world, at least according to #phenomenology.

Philosophically, even #physics seems to agree, through the measurement postulate of the quantum world.

Metaphorically speaking, phenomenology is a coordinate system for experience. It doesn't ignore it, it contextualizes it in a frame that allows for a rigorous analysis, with formal methods or at least attempts at that.

I find myself lately reading more #magazines and #essays than #books, so I've put together three #articles I would like to share.

Read my short musings on them in The Gradient #blog & #newsletter

https://www.thegradient.xyz/the-memory-palace-the-mist-of-history-and-the-phenomenal-quantum-world-what-to-read-along-books/

“For many in the #counterculture, the #SummerofLove was an accident precipitated by the widespread consumption of #music, #television, and #magazines.” daily.jstor.org/the-summer-o...

The Summer of Love Wasn't All ...

‘Topless modelling never aligned with me’: inside Everyone’s Seen My Tits, the play by a former page 3 model
By Anya Ryan

As she brings her memoir to the Edinburgh festival, Keeley Hazell talks about trauma, exploitation, the hollowness of the high life – and her new career as a writer on Ted Lasso

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul/28/topless-everyones-seen-my-tits-page-3-model-keeley-hazell-ted-lasso

#Stage #Comedy #Theatre #Edinburghfestival2026 #Edinburghfestival #Media #Magazines #Newspapers #Comedy #Culture #Newspapersmagazines #TheGuardian #AnyaRyan

“When Ian Fugett began promoting his new magazine, the pub, he quickly realized that he wasn’t alone.

‘I would be hanging flyers, and someone would come up to me, like, ‘Oh, you started a publication. We just started a publication,’’ he says. ‘It feels like you’re not cool in the city unless you’re starting a publication.’”

https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/analog-indie-magazine-revival/
#Chicago #print #magazines #zines

To a pilot, the world is a checklist.

(found in Flying magazine, July 1958)

#vintage #magazines #midcentury #aviation #flying

Update from my partner (who you should totally follow)

Reblog via joelle

I’m just going to type out a quick update here for the sheer hell of it. There has been a lot going on in my personal and professional life at the moment, and I am deep in the process of Getting My Shit Together. Because of this, it is difficult to have the spoons for things like blog posts and writing of my own. My job is in the category of social work and social services. It is emotionally demanding and requires a lot of physical work as well. I go in at 3pm and get back home anywhere from 10 to 11 pm. Sometimes I collapse in a heap on the bed. Other times I have enough energy to play some video games.

I really enjoy playing Final Fantasy XIV, the MMORPG one. It provides me with enough escapism to last a whole week if I can fit in a hefty play session. Lately, I have even had a few people to play with – including my beloved partner. I have also been playing a bit of Palworld and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC (second chapter). I believe Palworld will have enough longevity to justify the purchase (it’s a meaty game). I know I will get my money’s worth from The Legend of Heroes series as a whole. Pokemon is a series I have largely grown out of though. It is interesting to hear how so many adults around me continue to find joy in it, Gamefreak must be doing something right. But for me I would rather be playing something like FFXIV or Palworld (or the open world Zelda games) which feel like there are less barriers to having a chill time. Being a working adult has changed my gaming habits over time. It is a death by a thousand cuts situation which has killed off my interest in most video games that I used to enjoy.

To fill the void left by Total Devotion to Gaming, I have picked up some books and magazines again. I also go to a weekly film club type thing at a local theater. I am (finally) working my way through Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and have progressed to about the halfway point. I have also subscribed to Harper’s and invested in a membership at Barnes & Noble which gives me access to other magazines. Today I picked up the newest issue of The Atlantic and a special magazine that covers the history of Goth/post punk music and the subculture around it(surprising no one who knows me). I look forward to diving into these this weekend. This maturation into a “Magazine Adult” feels uncomfortable to me, as someone who always cast aspersions at such people when I was younger. Nonetheless I have accepted that I am a cultured and reading person who needs to keep that part of my brain fed and happy or it will become unruly and difficult to manage.

This is my current lifestyle. My partner and I just finished watching through all of The Wire, which is still my favorite TV show of all time. After a rewatch, I have some nitpicks but it manages to balance a lot of spinning plates at once. The landing at the end of the series is rocky, but it’s fitting for a show that covers early 21st century American life. It goes hand in hand with Infinite Jest quite well too, I recommend experiencing both alongside each other.

I am off to work but should have more to say soon. Until then, don’t neglect your media diet. Consuming blindly leads to disappointment. Just because you played the last six Resident Evil games the year they came out, doesn’t mean you have to plunk down $70 out of obligation in 2026. Question your hobbies and interests, spending the time the way you really want to.

That’s what I tell myself these days.

‘Every sentence will be put under pressure’: how we make our Long Reads unputdownable
By Gautam Malkani

From plot twists to stunning visuals, our flagship long-form journalism can be as gripping as any beach read. To mark the publication of the summer issue of the Guardian Long Read magazine, we look at the craft that goes into making the stories so compelling

https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2026/jul/24/every-sentence-will-be-put-under-pressure-how-we-make-our-long-reads-unputdownable

#Magazines #Newspapersmagazines #Journalismbooks #Media #Digitalmedia #TheGuardian #GautamMalkani

The boxing gloves are a nice touch.

#waltdisney #disney #magazines #vintage #antiques

If you won't employ humans to write your stories, don't expect humans to read those stories.

#AI #GenAI #PopBitch #MarieClaire #TakeABreak #Magazines

Why has Britain’s oldest political magazine become such a rabid cheerleader for Islamophobia? | Nesrine Malik
By Nesrine Malik

A report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything else

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/20/islamophobia-spectator-britain-oldest-political-magazine

#Islamophobia #TheSpectator #Politics #Islam #Religion #Magazines #Media #Newspapersmagazines #UKnews #TheGuardian #NesrineMalik

It’s a corker! Blended French wine is giving burgundy a bruising | The Observer – newspaper https://www.diningandcooking.com/2733777/its-a-corker-blended-french-wine-is-giving-burgundy-a-bruising-the-observer-newspaper/ #AndroidMagazine #BestMagazine #DigitalMagazines #francais #france #FreeMagazine #FreeMagazines #French #FrenchWine #IpadMagazine #magazine #MagazineSubscription #magazines #MagazinesForSmartphones #magzter #OnlineDigitalMagazine #OnlineMagazine #OnlinePdfMagazine #PdfForSmartphones #PdfMagazine #Wine

RE: https://c.im/@mlupica/116934844066287818

I made #zines for the first time in the 1970/80s because I was fascinated to produce #minibooks or #magazines with simple materials. I restarted not long ago as a personal protest against being robbed by AI corporations, against AI slop. I wanted to do something simple outside of hype culture.

Well, seems to be a trend now. 😉 And I like it. I like that human explosion of #creativity!

#zinester #zinemaker #fanzines #ZineAesthetic #art #bookstodon #artbooks #music