Plan B Magazine R.I.P.

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It was Miss AMP who introduced me to Frances Morgan.

(You can find the rest of this entry at my new blog here.)

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22 Responses to “Plan B Magazine R.I.P.”

  1. Tim Footman Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 2:56 pm | Reply

    You really didn’t do so bad. Take several bows.

    And in 20 years’ time, there’ll be a nostalgic TV show and you can all talk wonderfully contradictory nonsense about like they do about Oz and Modern Review and NMEWhenItWasn’tShit.

  2. bunnyrabble Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 3:24 pm | Reply

    I’m still all waaah this morning, but thank you – that feels a bit better.

  3. JB Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 3:50 pm | Reply

    Thrive online

  4. everetttrue Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 5:04 pm | Reply

    If that was going to happen Tim, I’d already be doing it! I’ve been around a fair while y’know…

  5. Shaun Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 5:11 pm | Reply

    Vale. I enjoyed it thoroughly when I was in the UK. Best wishes to all involved.

  6. kicking_k Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 5:56 pm | Reply

    aww…we were a force for good for half a decade. not many can say that. thx for the opportunity, everett, it’ll always be appreciated. yr presence in the Plan B office has been missed –

    i think it’s time you took on the oz scene – a mag filtering the world for that audience, and hopefully seeding a new wave of bands wd be a hell of a challenge – and an achievement.

    also: props to David McNamee, who did a lot to make Plan B into what it was.

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    May 22, 2009 at 6:28 pm | Reply

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  9. Richard Davis Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 7:40 pm | Reply

    This is indeed a sad day. I know I work for another magazine, but I don’t enjoy the prospect of have one less decent music/arts mag out there. I’ve always been a fan of Plan B (even applied for a job there once!), and will miss it.

  10. everetttrue Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 7:43 pm | Reply

    Thanks all. Please go over to the Plan B forum as well and let them know how you feel. Re: kicking_k’s comment – absolutely. David was there right at the start with a suitcase full of great ideas (and, as ever, great writing). I’ve amended the post to acknowledge this.

  11. Frances Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 7:44 pm | Reply

    Thanks ET – very kind of you. To clarify, as it happens, my first interview for you was actually with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion about a month before that. First off I asked them if people still came to their gigs these days, and if so, who exactly? Then we had a disagreement about whether werewolves were American or European in origin. It was really fun to write up afterwards, but maybe it’s best that you skipped straight to the Sonic Youth piece. :-)

    I’d just like to second Kick’s mention of David McNamee. He defined the character of Plan B in its early days as much as I did.

    Thanks everyone else for your nice comments and props.

    FMx

  12. everetttrue Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 7:49 pm | Reply

    Damn. You’re quite right. Sigh. There goes a great story.

  13. Arthit Says:
    May 22, 2009 at 11:54 pm | Reply

    2004-2009 Plan B R.I.P.
    Bought the first issue at Virgin Megastore in Chicago and never miss any issue. This is a sad day in music.
    Arthit (perhaps the only subscribers in Bangkok).

  14. Tim Footman Says:
    May 23, 2009 at 12:24 am | Reply

    Still use the story. Remember what John Ford said: when in doubt, print the legend.

  15. Frances Says:
    May 23, 2009 at 7:58 am | Reply

    Yeah…I suppose I just feel odd about it because by that point I’d written professionally for some other places, and was a working sub-editor also. But yeah, what really matters is this: I probably wouldn’t have got much further without the awesome support of ET and the community of like-minded sorts on CTCL. It was certainly the first time I was given the chance to find and use my own voice, and I will always be eternally grateful for that. So in that sense, it’s the perfect story. It also illustrates something very important about CTCL and Plan B: that new writers were encouraged. It didn’t matter ‘who’ you were: if we felt instinctively that someone was the right person for job, we got them to do it.

    Anyways – I can’t wait to see what everyone does next.

  16. Frances Says:
    May 23, 2009 at 8:07 am | Reply

    Sorry, that’s not meant to sound in the least bit churlish or ungrateful for the incredibly generous stuff said about me in the post – I do appreciate that. I think I’m just crap at accepting praise!

  17. stephen pastel Says:
    May 23, 2009 at 8:12 am | Reply

    i felt so sad to hear of this today. for me, plan b has always had the kind of flawed brilliance i associate with fanzines – passion, mistakes, personality, taking chances; sometimes shining a light, and sometimes being a bit what the fuck. but at its best it gave importance to a lot of music that is either unregarded or on the margin of the margins. i always really looked forward to an issue.

    and i suppose i will always associate it with you, et, although you had a great team there who were able to move things forward even when you weren’t around. i think it was a much greater achievement than getting in on nirvana early on, but then i will always prefer the legend fanzine to creation records. ego’s ok sometimes but there was great community in this. i’m really proud to have been a contributor to the magazine and i wish geographic had tons of money for advertising so that we could have supported it more. anyway, well done. for a moment (five years), it was something great.

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  20. Will Munn Says:
    June 2, 2009 at 5:42 pm | Reply

    It’s a sad day when any music publication meets it’s untimely demise and after coming to terms with the early death of Careless Talk Costs Lives and Comes With A Smile among others, I thought Plan B would continue to fill that left of centre hole, now we’re going to be left with pages of so-called “buzz acts” via the mainstream music press and have to rely on word of mouth to discover the more interesting acts out there.
    It’s a grim day for music in general but thanks to everyone at Plan B for supply us, the readers with hours of enjoyment whilst it lasted.

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