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Post by Music Fan on Feb 10, 2006 10:44:09 GMT -5
Anyone got it yet? I saw it on eBay. Is it true there's nothing in it about being the last edition because it was too late to add anything before it was printed? Pathetic!
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Post by Becky on Feb 10, 2006 10:52:44 GMT -5
I didnt think it was out until the 13th.
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Post by Maureen on Feb 10, 2006 10:56:25 GMT -5
Out on Monday, no?
It won't say anywhere in it that it's the last issue, but I have heard that a retrospective book is in the offing, as well as PJ's Book of Condolence.
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Post by lowculture on Feb 10, 2006 11:26:53 GMT -5
This week's Holy Moly mailout reveals that HM and Popjustice offered Emap £300,000 for the Hits. But they said no.
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Post by Music Fan on Feb 10, 2006 13:01:08 GMT -5
Oh yes the one one eBay I saw was actually the current issue - I've told the seller to rename his auction.
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Post by Popjustice.com on Feb 10, 2006 13:14:06 GMT -5
Subscribers to Smash Hits both got their issues in the post today.
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Post by Kirkland on Feb 10, 2006 13:58:48 GMT -5
I have found a massive clutch of back issue Smash Hits in the local library and got them for next to nothing. Pure bliss.
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Post by vasilios on Feb 10, 2006 15:22:09 GMT -5
Can I have them when you're done reading them? Are they pre-1987 ones?
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Post by Becky on Feb 14, 2006 9:13:37 GMT -5
Well I bought the last ever issue today, although I'm not opening it up. £2.50 though?? No wonder no one buys it anymore. Looks like theres only about 20 pages in it.
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Post by Maureen on Feb 14, 2006 9:47:30 GMT -5
It's easy to see why it got the chop, but I do think Emap could have put a bit more effort into the most recent redesign. Singles reviews were limited to one column. What a shower of shit. The real 'Smash Hits' died for me over a decade ago.
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Post by PP on Feb 14, 2006 9:49:49 GMT -5
EMAP turn everything to shit.
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Post by Rage* on Feb 28, 2006 9:27:30 GMT -5
are you sure thats the last one?
cos Newsround said the last issue was out on the 20-something of February.
unless they stopped selling it fortnightly...
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Post by flufff on Feb 28, 2006 17:57:48 GMT -5
I'll buy a retrospective book if it's like the best Smash Hits annual EVER!!!
But who should be on the cover? Probably Kylie as the main cover star.
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Post by Adem on Feb 28, 2006 18:07:57 GMT -5
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Post by Adrian on Mar 1, 2006 11:43:23 GMT -5
Those articles are really interesting and quite funny, seeing as we know so much about them now. I love Cheryl's (surely) over-reaction to hearing Duncan from Blue fancies her - and just why doesn't she mention Ashley Cole? (presumably nobody in Oz knows who he is).
And I really want to know why Cheryl & Nicola call Nadine 'Nelk' and what they saw in Sweden?!
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Post by crazyboy on Mar 1, 2006 13:05:48 GMT -5
Cheers for those scans, but this interview seems ages old, Blue split agest ago now (newsflash! haha) and Cheryl is getting married? I dont understand how she can talk bullshit like that, any fans in the land of Oz could easily find out all about her on the internet. |
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Post by Adem on Mar 1, 2006 19:17:11 GMT -5
The interview is very old, around the release of 'No Good Advice' was when it appeared in the UK Smash Hits...  I'm guessing Smash Hits Aus wanted to get a story and interview out on them in time for their promo tour without actually having to do any work. |
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Post by Adem on Mar 1, 2006 19:32:06 GMT -5
Just saw Mr PJ bring up the Australian cover on the main page - yep, all popstars on the COVER, but inside it's a different story. Posters of My Chemical Romance, The Used, Yellowcard, Hilltop Hoods (a hip hop act), The Living End and Kisschasy are closely followed by the hilarious 2 page spread on "THE A TO Z OF INDIE"...
Thank goodness for the nice and large Girls Aloud poster.
Ironic that a pop magazine still does well here, but the actual pop - not so much.
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Post by Maureen on Mar 2, 2006 4:48:07 GMT -5
Yes, Adem, but at least they are actually music stars. The UK edition of Ver Hits turned into a TV/ celeb type mag, with very little actual 'pop' or indeed 'music'.
The original 'Smash Hits' wasn't just about the 'pop' that's championed on these boards; it was all about whatever was in the charts at the time. I guess it's that whole 'James Blunt is/ isn't pop' argument in a slightly different form.
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Post by Popjustice.com on Mar 2, 2006 5:06:50 GMT -5
Just saw Mr PJ bring up the Australian cover on the main page - yep, all popstars on the COVER, but inside it's a different story. Posters of My Chemical Romance, The Used, Yellowcard, Hilltop Hoods (a hip hop act), The Living End and Kisschasy are closely followed by the hilarious 2 page spread on "THE A TO Z OF INDIE"... Thank goodness for the nice and large Girls Aloud poster. Ironic that a pop magazine still does well here, but the actual pop - not so much. Sorry, what I meant was 'music stars' (thanks Maureen), rather than people off The OC and so on. And I would imagine that rather than being laziness the reproduction of the UK interview was down to a) No access and/or b) No budget for a new one. |
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Post by Adem on Mar 2, 2006 5:43:07 GMT -5
Ah, I understand now, sorry!
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Post by Adrian on Mar 2, 2006 6:38:48 GMT -5
the Australian cover on the main page Doesn't Nadine's head look like it's been stuck on to someone else's body? A |
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Post by Music Fan on Mar 7, 2006 12:53:15 GMT -5
Doesn't Nadine's head look like it's been stuck on to someone else's body? A Only before she goes into makeup. I'll get my coat... |
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