Rolling Stone (1-year auto-renewal)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Rolling Stone magazine provides readers with in-depth coverage of music, politics, film, and more. As one of the leading entertainment publications in the country, each issue features a number of images of celebrities, and some of the covers even won awards. From reviews of films and songs to interviews with the hottest singers and actors, each issue provides hours of entertainment.

Designed for younger readers with an interest in music and film, Rolling Stone magazine steps outside of the box with coverage of politics, technology, and other issues modern readers can relate to. Every issue includes a breaking news section with coverage of the best new artists and new songs, and the charts section documents the hottest songs on the Billboard and iTunes charts. The Smoking Section is one of the best known in the issue because it shows you what life is like behind the scenes of popular musicians.

Rolling Stone magazine boasts multiple reviews in each issue with reviews on new television shows, albums, songs, and films. If you want to stay on top of the music industry, you can flip to the Rock & Roll section, which focuses on breaking news and information about upcoming releases. Each issue also includes a photo collage that shows you the top names in the music industry, with small notes about their careers and their contributions to the music world.

A subscription to Rolling Stone magazine lets you stay hip by giving you updates on the best new and old artists as well as the top songs.

Product Description

This magazine is edited for young adults who have a special interest in popular culture. Its regular features include state-of-the-art audio and electronics columns, record reviews, reader correspondence, interviews and photojournalism features.

See all Product Description

Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Wenner Media
• ASIN: B002EDTNXQ
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (396 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #2 in Magazines > Entertainment > Music
This magazine subscription is provided by Synapse

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

278 of 323 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not As Good As it Used to Be July 12, 2002

By The Groove

Subscription Term Name:1 year

I have been a faithful subscriber to RS for almost twenty years, and I have witnessed the magazine slowly transform from a credible rock and roll journal to the music equivilent of Tiger Beat. In the 1980s, Rolling Stone's passion was music, and it often gave well-deserved nods to artists that were on the cutting edge: U2, Prince, REM, the Smiths, and so on. These days, its attempts to sell copies are getting more desperate as they feature people like Britney, NSYNC, and BSB on their cover sometimes as much as twice a year. I have nothing against teen pop; after all, RS gave Duran Duran a cover story in the 1980s. But it's troubling to see a magazine follow trends when they used to create them.

The record reviews are, for the most part, dubious. Rob Sheffield is one of the usual suspects. Three-and-a-half stars for Britney and Destiny's Child? More trustworthy critics include longtime writer David Fricke, Anthony DeCurtis, and Barry Walters. These guys seem to know what they're talking about when they review records.

The only section of the magazine worth reading is the movies section by Peter Travers, a critic I may not always agree with but one I do respect. Travers has enough heart to go against the grain of public opinion by trashing shallow, self-important, corporate driven, Holllywood movies. It really seems that he is criticizing the very hype machine the rest of Rolling Stone seems to embrace.

All in all, RS has its moments, but its getting disappointing within recent years. Here's hoping it can regain the edge it once had back in the 1970s and 1980s.

131 of 160 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars I cancelled my subscription after 18 years - RS is dead August 23, 2002

By fair_deal_guy TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Subscription Term Name:1 year

You might as well read Vibe, People or Spin--they're all the same editorially as the current shell that is called Rolling Stone. The quality that used to define RS as a distinguished platform for thoughful cultural reflection is gone.

98 of 119 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars They've lost it August 30, 2003

By Ben Collins

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Two years ago, Rolling Stone and MTV teamed up to create a list of the "top 100 pop songs of all time." According to that list, the number 10 song OF ALL TIME is, I kid you not, "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. It was then that I started to suspect the once-great Rolling Stone was losing it.

In 1967, Rolling Stone started with a simple idea: a "real" music magazine to counteract trendy teenage fluff like "Tiger Beat." As the years wore on, they stayed true to their mission despite the inroads of disco and the MTV pretty boys of the '80s. Sure, artists like Duran Duran appeared on a few covers, but on the whole Rolling Stone worked hard to maintain its credibility, giving much-needed exposure to then-cutting-edge acts like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2 and Nirvana.

Then, through a series of mergers and acquisitions, Rolling Stone eventually became part of the Vivendi Universal empire. Soon, pressure to increase circulation and "appeal to a younger audience" escalated. The people at Vivendi, a French water company that knows nothing about entertainment, seem to think "a younger audience" doesn't want to read anything about artists they've never heard of. In fact, "a younger audience" probably doesn't want to read at all; they just want to see a sexy pinup photo of Britney's boobs or Justin's pecs, whatever you prefer.

Now here's where I lost my last shred of respect for RS: All those Britney/boy band covers and the MTV Top 100 fiasco were bad enough, but what gave them the nerve to put CLAY AIKEN on the cover?! Any magazine with a reality-show contestant on its cover instantly loses all "music" credibility. They might as well hold their own "American Idol"-style contest to pick their next cover boy/girl. (You can see where that kind of strategy has gotten Vivendi; now they're desperate to sell off their entertainment assets so they can get back to what they know best, preventing cholera and dysentery among the French.)

In its heyday, Rolling Stone was a rallying point for those who truly appreciate great music. Today it's a glorified pinup fanzine with slightly better writing and production values than "Tiger Beat." Come on, Clay Aiken on the cover? Imagine the Rolling Stone of 1967 with an Ohio Express cover.