What the

4F**K


          is this one about?

	        by 2RokDaZone/INFECT1

3(slightly  loosing  his  thin red line
here)1

Have   you  ever  looked  upon  titles
inside  a  menu  in  various diskmags?
Have  you  ever  imagined  what people
like  us, editors get through to catch
your - oh, humble reader!  - eyes?

Sometimes  it  might  turn  out  to be
quite  weird  to  find an name for the
particular  article.   A name, fitting
into  21  letters  (or slightly more),
whilst  telling  the  content  of  the
article perfectly.

I  must  admit  that  nowadays,  every
diskmag  is  easy  and fast to be read
due  to the excellent attitude towards
titles.   Just let  us take an average
diskmag and - no, not criticism from a
R.A.W.   co-editor  again!   -  have a
look  on  the  way 2a reader treats the
mag...1

First of all the editorial or tutorial
or  whatever  we  might  call it.  The
first   words,   obligatory  following
after  the  titlepic, are clicked away
after two seconds in which one decides
if  2the  color and the font1 of the mag
are suitable.

@IPpanicC









Then  some  seconds  of  consideration
about  the  music  -  which  mostly is
regarded at as 2daft1 and therefore most
people  soon get their amplifiers roar
to  create  a  fitting  mood  for  the
attraction   of   light   entertaiment
whilst reading (preferably any kind of
metal or dancefloor).
The  first  real  highlight  is yet to
come;  3The menu!1  One starts to scroll
through  it without much regard to see
how  many  articles  are in there.  If
the   number   is  2lower  than  100  =
A+A+CTRL1  is  the sure reaction (might
this  be a reason for the "Editorial +
Credits" part of nowadys diskmags have
the  same  amount of articles than the
whole advertising-sections?).

After  the  first overview, news ("Old
and    false!")   and   advertisements
("Lamers!")  get  overflown.   Nothing
special since now.

Now over to the other, minor contents:
The  articles...  The titles - as said
before  -  are  well chosen, since one
knows  from the first moment what will
await one in there.  To be more exact,
one  REALLY  knows  what  will  be  in
there...    another  essay  about  the
normal undelightful topics.

@IPlogofejC














For  the conclusion is mostly drawn in
the title, however, there is no use to
read  through all of those 10 articles
about   parties,   8   articles  about
diskmags,  5  articles about charts, 3
articles  about  "lamers  vs.   elite"
(getting   boring,   dudes,   eh?),  2
articles  about  swappers  and  thirty
articles  about all those topics mixed
up  plus  fuzzes  about design, packs,
etc.

So,  after  no  one  really reads this
kind   of   thing,   what   is   left?
2Shortstories?1   Man  alive!   There is
only   one  diskmag  with  highquality
shortstories   and  poems  and  that's
3ABNORMALIA1   so  forget  about  almost
anything else.

2Musicreviews?1  Oh, dear!  Who the heck
is interested in the fact that someone
really loves 3METALLICA1 and thinks that
their  latest record is best one ever?
Same for videos...

Reviews  of  sceneproductions are much
better,  but  not  as long as they are
handled  like  the  reviews  mentioned
above   and  those  are  standard,  so
another hope wiped off.

Partyreports  are only interesting for
the  2organizers1  and  some  dudies who
hope  to  find their name somewhere in
there (since they've attended too) - a
leech   that  of  course  isn't  being
fulfilled.

3Humour?1  Naaaw...

So,   what  makes  the  reading  of  a
diskmag enjoyable?  When most articles
are  smashed and no one likes the news
nor  the  adverts - what remains?  How
can  mags  get  votes  if no one reads
them?   I'm  sure it's the 2titles1 that
decide  over  a  mags worth...  3nooot!1
The competition is growing, air at the
top  gets  thinner.  The top mags kill
eachother,  R.A.W.   doesn't  care  at
all  (at  the  moment) and the smaller
mags  copy  like  hell.  Hereby a warm
thanks  from  me to the editors of 2THE
JUNGLE1   who   fill  their  issues  by
commenting  most articles in R.A.W.  -
therefore  stressing  its  position at
the top.

Now  what are editors out to look for?
Right.   Sarcastic remarks about other
writings  and  seldomly  found  pearls
like  the  one  of  2WOLFMAN/BALANCE1 in
3UPSTREAM#6.1   If I was the one to give
away   the   3SPANDIMERDA   AWARDS1   of
ABNORMALIA,  Mr.WOLFMAN  would get the
one  for  the  most overratingly early
article,  published  in  issue  6.   I
don't  want  to state that the article
was  bad  or  that his points were not
right,   but...    2a  REVIEW  ON  1993
published  in  a mag relased 30th JULY
1993?!?1  I refuse futher commentary.