http://www.mediapost.com/publications/ Fresh magazine reviews -- a mix of old standbys and new -- with plenty of bias. en-us Copyright 2010 MediaPost Communications http://www.mediapost.com/rss Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:11:49 EST As a regular, some would say obsessed, theater-going New Yorker, I wonder why anyone would wake at dawn and wade waist-deep into freezing waters for bass? The answer, judging from Fly Fisherman, is the sheer joy of it, a Zen connection with the outdoors. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=123254Fern Siegel <>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:00:09 ESTMaking a baby may be fun, but it isn't always simple. Conception isn't just a woman's issue; it takes two to make an heir. And because infertility is evenly divided between the sexes, Conceive addresses everyone with user-friendly, highly informative content. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=121817Fern Siegel <>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:00:20 ESTAmid all the how-to diagrams in recent issues of Field and Stream -- on parking cars before pheasant hunting; tinkering with the trigger to resuscitate an old rifle; using a transducer cord for ice fishing -- there are some shoots of amusement inside the ancient publication. Of course, those stand in sharp contrast to the deadly (pun intended) serious. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=121136David Goetzl <>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:30:12 ESTLately, it seems far too many magazines can hear the clock ticking. A few good ones have even run out of time. But for one, a clock counting down the minutes left to its doomsday has actually been a good thing -- if you can call the thing it has been keeping time on, "good." The publication is called The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and the "doomsday clock" that graces its homepage (formerly its cover -- the print edition was suspended in 2008) has been counting down the minutes left to a nuclear Armageddon ever since the birth of the atomic age and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120664Joe Mandese <joe@mediapost.com>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:30:43 ESTPaging Scrubs. It's not a clinical work; it's a lifestyle magazine and terrific Web site geared to the 3 million RNs in the U.S. The new pub has all the hallmarks of a traditional women's magazine with less cloying sentimentality and more heart. It pays tribute to a noble profession whose practitioners suffer from chronic overload and nationwide shortages. And it's a reminder that nurses, like cops, are a subculture that face specific challenges. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120544Fern Siegel <>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:16:02 ESTOne glance at the cover features confirmed WWII History magazine was for me. They had me at "Patton's Tactical Air Support"; I was even more intrigued by "Red Sea Naval War," which I've always wondered about. Down at the bottom there were some teasers: "The Real English Patient, D-Day's Dangerous Weather, German Hybrid Vehicle and much more!" Pretty impressive: even by the standards of military history geeks, this was some obscure subject matter, and that's just what the editors put on the cover! This magazine was arcane, in the most complimentary sense. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120158Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:00:42 ESTMany people who don't run marathons or need a GPS on their Asics probably pigeonhole Runner's World as a niche offering -- a publication slotted in the newsstand next to Sport Fishing. A quick glance at RW's December issue may not dissuade them. For example, blurbs exclaim that beet juice increases nitrate levels and builds endurance. But give the mag a 26.2-mile examination, and it becomes clear: Runner's World does an admirable job of serving as both an enthusiast and general-interest publication. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=119199David Goetzl <>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:21:40 ESTEarlier this year I was bemoaning the death of Condand#233; Nast's shelter book Domino, while also wondering if I could find a replacement pub for my monthly design fix. My subsequent search helped me define the X factors determining whether a shelter book merely rates a cursory look-through, or becomes a keepsake pub (at least for me; feel free to propose contrary views in the comments). http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118833Phyllis Fine <>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:34:22 ESTEgrets, I've had a few. Also macaws, warblers and cardinals. All make up the extraordinary world of our avian friends; there are 600 North American species alone. For amateur and professional ornithologists alike, the bird world is a source of endless fascination. Such is Audubon's turf; this beautifully produced magazine believes, like Emily Dickinson, "hope is the thing with feathers." http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118441Fern Siegel <>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:00:45 ESTYou could write thousands of words about how Star magazine both reflects and contributes to the inexorable decline of civilization, but I will skip all that in the hope of being a savvier media consumer than my dad, who once expressed indignation on finding "Boogie Nights" "a rather lewd movie" (Mom: "We thought it was about disco dancing"). Celebrity mags are what they are -- trash -- and if you don't like it, you're free to go read Tolstoy or Rick Warren, or maybe just take a nap. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118074Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:00:57 EST