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Magazines: Download This

Posted: October 13th, 2008 | Author: kamau | Filed under: fashion, globalization, magazine, music, street art | 2 Comments »

blackgirlsrule
TRACE: Black Girls Rule! Issue. Lately, Claude Grunitsky’s has moved Trace towards upscale fashion and away from the underground “transcultural” scene that originally made the magazine so unique. However, I still like their annual “Black Girls Rule!” issue for showcasing, um, Black women in positions to inspire or lead in other areas of life away from the runway or studio. I haven’t been able to track down a physical copy of this year’s edition (guest edited by Spike Lee), but there’s a link to a free downloadable PDF copy of the magazine right here

shookissue2
SHOOK: I still miss Straight No Chaser that brilliant magazine that chronicled the global underground music scene from “ancient to future”. Shook picks up where it left off (including the hard to read typography). I am yet to see Shook on the newsstand, like SNC, it is hard to find (although one can mail order it from Dusty Groove). Downloadable PDFs of Issues 1 and 2 are available right here.

2 Comments on “Magazines: Download This”

  1. 1 Ntwiga said at 10:06 pm on October 13th, 2008:

    Thanks for awesome links.

    You are right, my first look into Trace says it will be impossible to read this on the screen. Maybe I can print it and read it on the bus.

    Shook magazine has proven quite complicated to get at: these file hosting sites make us jump thought more and more loops each day.

    - Steve

  2. 2 sci-culturist said at 2:48 pm on October 26th, 2008:

    asante – i concur with ntwiga – fab links. i feel some inspiration stirring from some of what i’ve seen :-)