Mr Mojo risin (Mojo)

Member Name: JCMilner

Product:	Mojo
Date:	15/08/00 (75 review reads)
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Advantages: About real music for real music fans

Disadvantages: Only comes out once a month

Mojo is now the only music magazine I can be bothered to read. That's mainly due to the fact that it's the only music magazine that still believes that music should be made by musicians and not poseurs, accountants or the latest electronic sampler.
There's no doubt that the best and most original music you'll ever hear was made many years ago and it's doubtful that there'll be anymore true classics that can realistically sit next to such milestones as Who's Next, Dark Side of The Moon, Brothers In Arms and Bridge Over troubled Water. These are the type of artists and music you'll read about in Mojo with the emphasis firmly on retrospection.

It seems that there's a lot of music writers out there who have a lot of interesting stories to tell about the sixties, seventies and eighties when musicians had to work their arses off to convey their talent and work their product without the assistance of CD singles, MTV and overdubbing. Writers who sweated with the artists to tell a realistic story of what went on behind the scenes and in the public eye.

The vast knowledge in the minds of these writers coupled with their obvious love of real music and a real knack of being able to convey an image in words is what makes me look forward to Mojo dropping through my letterbox every month. Articles that cover perhaps 9 pages, often including unseen photos, that read almost like mini biographies of artists. I don't just read about the artists i'm familiar with and on more than one occasion i've been persuaded to delve into the catalogue of an artist I previously may have overlooked simply because I feel i've become a fan just by reading and absorbing the articles ritten in Mojo.

I find it an education and as someone who has an undying and perhaps obsessive passion for music I find Mojo to be THE most essential literary purchase I make every month. Not only are the articles informative but the magazine
is also a fine reference point for current and forthcoming back-catalogue re-issues.

Most genres of music are covered in the reviews section and you can be certain the reviews will be an honest opinion on the music and not a review that's based on how trendy the particular artist is.

You won't find any anally retentive letters in Mojo from people who are feeling suicidal because last month's Oasis review was pessimistic. Mojo readers and the writers who contribute to the magazine appreciate that everyone has their own individual opinion on music and that it's more fulfilling to listen to and discuss people's opinions than to slag them off because they differ from someone elses. To me, reading someone else's view on music is an education. What would be the point in reading about what I already know. Listening to what other people have to say is the best form of education (why else would you be a member of dooyoo if you don't want to read opinions!).

To put it simply, if you're a fan of the days when musicians knew how to use musical instruments and could sing live without prancing about like they've got a bunch of bananas stuck up their backsides then you'll get a kick out of Mojo. If, however, you think that real music is about ifeminite boys, rude little white rappers and Britney Plastic Tits, then buy Q.

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