| Paste | |
|---|---|
Issue 19 of Paste magazine (December 2005/January 2006), featuring Fiona Apple.
|
|
| Editor | Josh Jackson |
| Categories | Music magazines |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Publisher | Tim Regan-Porter, Paste Media Group |
| First issue | July 2002 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | pastemagazine.com |
| ISSN | 1540-3106 |
Paste is a monthly music and entertainment magazine published in the United States by Paste Media Group LLC. Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture." The magazine, headquartered in Decatur, Georgia, was founded as a quarterly in July 2002 by Josh Jackson, Nick Purdy, and Tim Porter. It switched to a bimonthly format amid increased popularity and the addition of Joe Kirk to the managing team, and continued to grow in 2005 when Paste fulfilled remaining subscriptions for competing magazine Tracks, which had ceased publication of its print edition. Paste became a monthly with its August 2006 issue. In late October and November of 2007, following the lead of the band Radiohead with its release of the album, In Rainbows, Paste offered U.S. subscribers the opportunity to "name their price" for a year's subscription, allowing consumers to sign up for a subscription for as little as $1.00.[1][2] Paste's focus is music, covering a variety of genres with an emphasis on adult album alternative, Americana and indie rock. "Film" was added to its tagline with the December/January 2004 issue, which featured a cover story on filmmaker Wes Anderson. In 2005, Paste was listed at #21 on The Chicago Tribune's list of "50 Best Magazines." Paste was also named Magazine of the Year by the PLUG Independent Music Awards in both 2006 and 2007. The June/July issue of Paste featured The 100 Best Living Songwriters, with #1 Bob Dylan on the cover. With the following issue in August 2006, Paste increased frequency to monthly with a cover story on Radiohead's Thom Yorke. Each issue of the magazine includes a CD music sampler or a DVD containing short films, movie and game trailers and music videos; some issues include both. Artists who have appeared on the "Paste" sampler CD and DVD include Coldplay, Aimee Mann, Blackalicious, Arcade Fire, Paul McCartney, Norah Jones, R.E.M., Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie, Van Morrison, Fiona Apple, The Ramones, The Decemberists, Mark Heard, Johnny Cash, Woven Hand, and The Postal Service. A history of Paste cover subjects:
- (2007) The National (Best of 2007), Ryan Adams, Iron & Wine, White Stripes, Can Rock Save the World?, Parker Posey, Summer Festival Preview (The Hold Steady), Modest Mouse, Norah Jones, The Shins
- (2006) Christopher Guest, Beck, Zach Braff, New Orleans (Elvis Costello, Allan Toussaint, Irma Thomas, The
Neville Brothers), Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, The 100 Best Living Songwriters (Bob Dylan), The Flaming Lips, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- (2005) Fiona Apple, Cameron Crowe (illustrated by Joni Mitchell), Death Cab for Cutie, Billy Corgan, Ben
Folds, Bright Eyes
- (2004) Wes Anderson, The Roots, Wilco, Los Lobos, Patty Griffin, These Kids are Alright (Josh Ritter, Erin
McKeown, Kathleen Edwards and Sondre Lerche)
- (2003) Sarah McLachlan, Rufus Wainwright, Pete Yorn, The Thorns, Best of 2002
- (2002) Aimee Mann, Victoria Williams and Mark Olson
Other media
The staff of Paste also produces the following:
- Paste Picks, a CNN Headline News segment hosted by Paste editors that showcases new music and film
- Paste Magazine Culture Club, a weekly podcast.
- Paste Radio, an Internet radio stream.
- Paste Recommends, a listening station program for independent music stores in the U.S.
- Paste Rock' n 'Reel Festival, an independent music and film festival.
References
- ^ Paste Staff, "Paste Invites Readers to Choose Own Subscription Price", pastemagazine.com, October 29, 2007
- ^ Elliott Van Buskirk, "Paste Magazine Lets Readers Name Their Price for One-Year Subscription", Wired blog, October 29, 2007
