Re: UKNM: Subscriptions

[Chris Heathcote]

At 7:58 pm +0100 on 14/6/99, Stefan Magdalinski wrote:


>I used to buy Time Out. I use www.thisislondon.com


Interesting one this.


Try finding out where, say Supergirly are performing this week 

(tomorrow evening at the Two Brewers in Clapham, my 

friend-with-no-taste informs me :) ).


In the deadwood versions of Time Out or Hot Tickets, this is easy.


Impossible in the free on-line versions. Why? They don't include any 

of the slightly more specialist information in any depth.


The reason I buy Time Out or read Hot Tickets is for the listings. My 

tastes aren't normally mainstream, so I can't get the information for 

free.


thisislondon is weird, cos there is actually a lot of information 

there, they just make it wading-thru-glue difficult to find (and then 

get a vital piece of info, like the venue, wrong).


>I used to have an A-Z. I use www.multimap.com


And then the site goes down and you're stuck.


It's also not very useful when out and about and lost (and, no, 

getting my PalmPilot, GSM adapter, and mobile phone out in the middle 

of Brixton at 4 in the morning isn't an option :) ).


>I used to buy newspapers. I read about 20 news sites from around the

>globe.


Newspapers are good if they're completely online. I care a tiny 

amount for the front page news. The main bulk of useful information 

is hiding in the odd columns here and there.


>I used to read Adbusters, now I've got UKNM.


isn't this Bannerbusters? I'll get me coat ;)


>content is getting cheaper by the day, by the hour, by the minute.


Depends what you're looking for.


c.

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