I’ve concluded that I no longer enjoy reading audio production magazines, if I ever did. I’ve read dozens of them now, and the articles just repeat themselves after a while — secrets of EQing this, secrets of compressing that, 10 ways to get that XYZ sound the pros use — and lean as much toward advertisement as information. I enjoy learning new techniques, but these magazines somehow leech joy from the production process. It’s not songwriting in the least, just techspeak garble-farble.

Instead, I got a subscription to Juxtapoz, and while I’m not as into graff as they are, it’s still a great dose of current art and culture, with lots of pretty pictures that I can clip out and paste on my wall. It’s a good connection to my art roots. And I don’t mind the gallery ads as much as I do gear ads.