Magazin’ man: I guess if people still see Elvis at truckstops, I shouldn’t be surprised that Rick Nelson is alive and well (except for that little food magazine-addiction problem) and living in Minnesota.
Side note: Rick’s article mentions another magazine movie that I have added to my collection of movies with magazine-connections. His contribution: “The 1957 musical Funny Face. In the film’s opening scene, Quality magazine editrix Maggie Thompson (the scene-stealing Kay Thompson, doing a pedal-to-the-metal parody of celebrated fashion infanta Diana Vreeland) proclaims to her staff that, ‘A magazine must be like a human being. If it comes into the home it must contribute. It just can’t lie around. A magazine must have blood. And brains. And ‘bizzazz’ .” For this contribution, I’ll invite Rick to the next Garden Party I throw.
Covered up: “The pioneer of adult entertianment from women” is 30 years old. I predict it will be covered up in Utah.
Good moral-keeping seal of approval: According to the BYU student newspaper (which, apparently, Google News indexes), local businesses in Utah Valley are taking steps to cover-up morally questionalbe magazines covers (like Good Housekeeping, if the photo from the paper is any indication).
Quote:
“We’re not taking away people’s First Amendment right by covering a magazine. People can still buy the magazine,” said Rebekah Strain, a mother who lives in Layton, and a member of Citizens for Families. “But if it is covered my children do not have to see it.”
I am torn. I think the effort is silly and results in, well, the cover of Good Housekeeping being masked. On the other hand, I’m a big fan of citizens (and the marketplace) letting their voices be heard. And Mrs. Strain is correct, this is not about freedom of the press. A store can choose which magazines to sell and how to display them.
Blog-free zone: Real-job duties and demanding editors are preventing me from posting all the goofy magazine news that is landing in my in-box today. Guess you’ll need to check back tonight.
