Comments on: The 100 best magazine articles ever http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DoctorDoak http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847875 DoctorDoak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847875 I know best-ofs are never going to please everyone, but there's a serious lack of women on this list. Interesting too to see "men's magazines" like Playboy (admittedly before it became purely a skin-mag), GQ and Esquire represented, whereas women's magazines aren't... I know best-ofs are never going to please everyone, but there’s a serious lack of women on this list. Interesting too to see “men’s magazines” like Playboy (admittedly before it became purely a skin-mag), GQ and Esquire represented, whereas women’s magazines aren’t…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-1000708 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1000708 http://essayist.tumblr.com/ has well selected classic articles, and some more niche stuff from outside the US http://essayist.tumblr.com/ has well selected classic articles, and some more niche stuff from outside the US

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847880 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847880 http://longform.org/ http://longform.org/

]]> By: chip http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847882 chip Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847882 Really great stuff. While journalism as the AP thinks of it is on its way out, this sort of well-crafted, long form article will (hopefully) always have a place in the world. Blogs handle newsbites and opinion better than the syndicates ever could, but short-story-length investigative pieces like this can only be written by professionals. Note to the magazine conglomerates: There is not much I am willing to pay for on the everything-is-free intarwub, but I would pay a regular subscription fee for access to collections of current, long form articles like this. Stick all the one-off, in-depth articles from your various magazines in one place, and you'll have my money. Really great stuff. While journalism as the AP thinks of it is on its way out, this sort of well-crafted, long form article will (hopefully) always have a place in the world. Blogs handle newsbites and opinion better than the syndicates ever could, but short-story-length investigative pieces like this can only be written by professionals.

Note to the magazine conglomerates: There is not much I am willing to pay for on the everything-is-free intarwub, but I would pay a regular subscription fee for access to collections of current, long form articles like this. Stick all the one-off, in-depth articles from your various magazines in one place, and you’ll have my money.

]]> By: hogan44 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847884 hogan44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847884 after a quick look at the list (many wonderful authors!) there seems to be no worthy articles printed outside the USA? none in Canada or England or Ireland or... after a quick look at the list (many wonderful authors!) there seems to be no worthy articles printed outside the USA? none in Canada or England or Ireland or…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848141 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848141 From NYTimes Magazine: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/12/magazine/the-dirt-in-the-new-machine.html (The article on tantalum from 2001) From NYTimes Magazine:

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/12/magazine/the-dirt-in-the-new-machine.html

(The article on tantalum from 2001)

]]> By: The Rizz http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847887 The Rizz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847887 Actually, <I>Adaptation.</I> was based on the book <I>The Orchid Thief</I>. Actually, Adaptation. was based on the book The Orchid Thief.

]]> By: loonquawl http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847892 loonquawl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847892 Of course not. This is about _newspapers_ and _magazines_. You need to look at _international newspapers_ if you want stuff from Britain or SriLanka or... . International papers are somewhat like the Paralympics, though, and you need to explicitly ask for _international and US papers_ if you want a truly global overview. Of course not. This is about _newspapers_ and _magazines_. You need to look at _international newspapers_ if you want stuff from Britain or SriLanka or… . International papers are somewhat like the Paralympics, though, and you need to explicitly ask for _international and US papers_ if you want a truly global overview.

]]> By: misadventures213 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847900 misadventures213 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847900 "Mother Earth, Mother Board: Wiring the Planet" is positively...epic. “Mother Earth, Mother Board: Wiring the Planet” is positively…epic.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847906 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847906 Wasn't The Orchid Thief an expansion of her New Yorker article? Wasn’t The Orchid Thief an expansion of her New Yorker article?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848676 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848676 Thought of: Henry Stimson- "Decision to use the Atomic Bomb" that was published in Harper's Magazine- February 1947. http://www.aasianst.org/eaa/stimsonharpers.pdf Thought of:

Henry Stimson- “Decision to use the Atomic Bomb” that was published in Harper’s Magazine- February 1947.

http://www.aasianst.org/eaa/stimsonharpers.pdf

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847911 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847911 "I understand you're pretty funny as a dee-jay and, well, comedy is kind of a hobby of mine. Well, actually, it's a little more than just a hobby, Reader's Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes." “I understand you’re pretty funny as a dee-jay and, well, comedy is kind of a hobby of mine. Well, actually, it’s a little more than just a hobby, Reader’s Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes.”

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847912 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847912 "Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of the 100 greatest long-form magazine articles ever published." Shouldn't this read "Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of his 100 favorited long-form magazine articles ever published."? “Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of the 100 greatest long-form magazine articles ever published.” Shouldn’t this read “Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of his 100 favorited long-form magazine articles ever published.”?

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847913 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847913 Sorry. "Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of the 100 greatest long-form magazine articles ever published." Shouldn't this read "Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of his 100 favorite long-form magazine articles ever published."? Sorry. “Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of the 100 greatest long-form magazine articles ever published.” Shouldn’t this read “Kevin Kelly has compiled a list of his 100 favorite long-form magazine articles ever published.”?

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847914 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847914 I would respectfully like to add one more article to this list. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2002/10/0079354 If you are willing to read, give this one a read. I would respectfully like to add one more article to this list. http://www.harpers.org/archive/2002/10/0079354 If you are willing to read, give this one a read.

]]> By: hadlock http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847926 hadlock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847926 Throwing another Harper's article into the ring. "The Radioactive Boyscout": http://www.harpers.org/archive/1998/11/0059750 Throwing another Harper’s article into the ring. “The Radioactive Boyscout”:

http://www.harpers.org/archive/1998/11/0059750

]]> By: Doc Tourneau http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848951 Doc Tourneau Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848951 As with most others here, I'm glad to see Neal Stephenson's epic piece about the laying of cable included in this list. It was the first article that occurred to me. The second article that occurred to me was something from Vanity Fair; Nick Tosches' tale of high and low adventure "Confessions of an Opium-Seeker." Imagine a hugely literate Indiana Jones relating his quest for the last opium den, and you'll be somewhere close to how amazing this article reads. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/09/opium-dens-200009 As with most others here, I’m glad to see Neal Stephenson’s epic piece about the laying of cable included in this list. It was the first article that occurred to me.

The second article that occurred to me was something from Vanity Fair; Nick Tosches’ tale of high and low adventure “Confessions of an Opium-Seeker.” Imagine a hugely literate Indiana Jones relating his quest for the last opium den, and you’ll be somewhere close to how amazing this article reads.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2000/09/opium-dens-200009

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847937 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847937 uuum ... they're only 'international' if you live in the states. uuum … they’re only ‘international’ if you live in the states.

]]> By: Ted8305 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848203 Ted8305 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848203 Excellent points. I never meant to defend the list of "best" articles, just point out that quality female (and male) authors are published in rags that may not have even been considered. So yeah, there's a strong male geek bias to the list. This is the internets, after all. Excellent points. I never meant to defend the list of “best” articles, just point out that quality female (and male) authors are published in rags that may not have even been considered.

So yeah, there’s a strong male geek bias to the list. This is the internets, after all.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847948 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847948 this would make for an hell of a book and I would buy it in an instant. this would make for an hell of a book and I would buy it in an instant.

]]> By: mathewzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847956 mathewzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847956 the articles listed here are mostly brilliant http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-greatest-magazine-articles-of-all-time-part-1/ the articles listed here are mostly brilliant

http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-greatest-magazine-articles-of-all-time-part-1/

]]> By: skabob http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848213 skabob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848213 First article that came to my mind when I was thinking of long form magazine articles was Neal Stephenson's "Mother Earth, Mother Board: Wiring the Planet" . Glad to see it there. As far as the list being limited... is there a person who's read every long form article from around the world since Gutenburg? Let's ask that poor soul then and be done with it. First article that came to my mind when I was thinking of long form magazine articles was Neal Stephenson’s “Mother Earth, Mother Board: Wiring the Planet” . Glad to see it there.

As far as the list being limited… is there a person who’s read every long form article from around the world since Gutenburg? Let’s ask that poor soul then and be done with it.

]]> By: Muscato http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847961 Muscato Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847961 Gorgeous list, albeit parochially U.S. and exclusively post-Second War (no Janet Flanner, no Alexander Woollcott, no...). My addition would have to be Kenneth Tynan's <i>New Yorker</i> profile of Louise Brooks, "The Girl in the Black Helmet", a piece that not only helped place Brooks as a rediscovered phenomenon, but rekindled interest in G.W. Pabst, early German films, and silent movies in general. Gorgeous list, albeit parochially U.S. and exclusively post-Second War (no Janet Flanner, no Alexander Woollcott, no…).

My addition would have to be Kenneth Tynan’s New Yorker profile of Louise Brooks, “The Girl in the Black Helmet”, a piece that not only helped place Brooks as a rediscovered phenomenon, but rekindled interest in G.W. Pabst, early German films, and silent movies in general.

]]> By: mathewzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847967 mathewzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847967 If you want to see something else on the list submit a suggestion http://www.kk.org/cooltools/submittool.php If you want to see something else on the list submit a suggestion

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/submittool.php

]]> By: Shmoe http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-847979 Shmoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847979 The fact that Hunter Thomson's (brilliant) Kentucky Derby piece is not in the top five is a shame. The fact that you bastards use it as an illustration for your little "post" (or whatever you wonks call them) is a goddamn crime! Having read everything on this list I would have to say that the top five should consist entirely of Hunter S. Thomson and DFW (though the Susan Orlean piece was quite good). To be more specific, I would nominate Hunter's beautiful elegy written on the occasion of Nixon's death. The fact that Hunter Thomson’s (brilliant) Kentucky Derby piece is not in the top five is a shame. The fact that you bastards use it as an illustration for your little “post” (or whatever you wonks call them) is a goddamn crime! Having read everything on this list I would have to say that the top five should consist entirely of Hunter S. Thomson and DFW (though the Susan Orlean piece was quite good). To be more specific, I would nominate Hunter’s beautiful elegy written on the occasion of Nixon’s death.

]]> By: loonquawl http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848748 loonquawl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848748 DoctorDoak and Flying_Monkey put it nicely - Superlatives are to be handled with care, BB has enough literacy to come up with a headline that is both enticing and correct. DoctorDoak and Flying_Monkey put it nicely – Superlatives are to be handled with care, BB has enough literacy to come up with a headline that is both enticing and correct.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-849289 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-849289 The creator of the list clearly states that it is a "work in progress." Did you expect him to have read every single article ever written before attempting to compile the list? In the time you spent whining you could have actually contributed and sent him a couple amazing articles and made the list more complete. You only live once. Why not make yourself useful? The creator of the list clearly states that it is a “work in progress.” Did you expect him to have read every single article ever written before attempting to compile the list? In the time you spent whining you could have actually contributed and sent him a couple amazing articles and made the list more complete. You only live once. Why not make yourself useful?

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848016 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848016 i actually have a copy of that sinatra one - it is really fantastic. i actually have a copy of that sinatra one – it is really fantastic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-856724 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-856724 Great list, but you missed a great one. Climbing the Redwoods, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, February 14 & 21, 2005. Great list, but you missed a great one.

Climbing the Redwoods, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, February 14 & 21, 2005.

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2010/07/29/the-100-best-magazin.html#comment-848025 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848025 Glad to see he included DFW's "Host," Wallace's profile of conservative radio talk show host John Ziegler. It's a fascinating look at both a certain mindset and the talk-radio business in general. Glad to see he included DFW’s “Host,” Wallace’s profile of conservative radio talk show host John Ziegler. It’s a fascinating look at both a certain mindset and the talk-radio business in general.

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