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Founder and publisher Jann S. Wenner's brainchild remains the standard by which rock & roll magazines are measured, though even its most fervent boosters would concede there've been some growing pains for RS as it's strived to remain relevant through the decades. The erstwhile baby-boomer bible mixes fleshy covers of today's alluring celebs with coverage of graying rockers from the magazine's heyday. In addition to celebrity interviews, stalwart features such as CD reviews and Random Notes (the mag's long-running gossip section) provide familiar reading for older readers, as does the publication's superior political and cultural coverage. But the bulk of Rolling Stone's features are aimed at the younger pop-culture set. --Steven Stolder
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 They should of quit in the 90's
They use to be the source for anything in the Pop/Rock culture but they are nothing now. The new magazines out that have replaced them are Mojo, Q, Uncut and maybe Blender. I wish the three mag's I mentioned were out a lot earlier they are what Rolling Stone never was but Rolling Stones was good for starters back in the 70's
 Nothing left but a chorus
I have subscribed off and on to Rolling Stone for decades, and while I missed the golden era, it used to be the undisputed champ of music magazines for a reason. It was usually ahead of the curve, the photos were amazing, and the reviews and interviews often soared into the realm of profound. It was a magazine for people who truly loved music. My father, an old jazz musician, used to steal my copy. It was what you read if you wanted to know what was good, especially if you'd never heard of it. Now it's what you read if you want to know what's fashionable with the mainstream, and believe me, it's always something you have heard of for years. Rolling Stone is now way behind the curve, and it breaks my heart watching them struggle to retain a readership by reprinting nostalgia from their own heyday and then topping it off with a teen idol on the cover pulling his or her shirt up. They can't make up their minds whether they want the grandpas or the grandkids, and in trying for both, they neglect the readers who are neither retired nor pubescent. When it comes, I read Random Notes, which sometimes has glimpses of the people they should be writing about partying backstage with people they do. Two stars to represent my eternally crossed fingers that both this magazine, and Rock will someday return from the living dead.
Downhill
After a long hiatus from my subscription expiration from the college years, I re-subscribed to RS what with my daughter entering the ages where she may appreciate what was the quintessential music and freedom mag. What a disappointment. The magazine that used to be all about music, with in-depth insightful articles from all angles; espousing freedom and anti-establishment---this mag has now turned into what reads like a Democratic Party National Committee publication with some music industry news. No more P.J. O'Rourke, just a party line complete with name calling and self identified with the "blue state" label of the Dems. Can get music news elsewhere. Maybe check you out in another 15 years.
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