Cake hole is a newer term. I heard an East Coast Yankee say "Shut yer Clam Hole! In that heavy accent, was pretty funny.
Hey Jim...for what it's worth, I just picked up the new issue today, and it looks like a good one to me. Yeah, it's a bit thinner than some, but every mag goes through that. I have no doubt that once show season ramps back up, R&C will flesh out some again. And Ryan, I sure hope that whatever stupid ****s would stoop to sending you death threats (or hell, even really *****y PMs) are put on some permanent blacklist in regards to all things HAMB-related. I know I can be an ***hole when it's necessary, but I can't begin to fathom spewing that kind of **** over the HAMB. Great as it is, it's a ****ing internet message board! **** 'em...**** 'em all.
I don't judge my mags by thickness, but by content. Its not too hard to "ignore" adds, its like changing the chanel or clicking the "back" ****on. I will allways read R&C and Hot Rod because thats what I grew up reading. I figure if they "stray" it will just broaden my horizons. Vans with bubble windows and volks-rods are kinda neat. The best thing about the new R&C was thereader's rods. Mort and Don were'ent "too cool for school" and I for 1 was thrilled to see those two *****en rods in the haloed pages. GMB
Jim I have never said anything about your work ever ??? How could i comment about your last job I never read the magazine except the issue you gave me ?? I have said things in the past about the goodguys and you took them personal. Now you are doing the same here. And I just said it was a light issue and I am droping all my mags if that helps. As for my work the only 2 jobs you could have seen were Terrys moms and Terrys both are soon to be repeat customers ??? And I belive are happy with my work as I have received referals from them . I know that there are better painters than me but I try my best to do the best job i can. And at the end of the day I am truly happy and proud of my work.I never had a job till I was 33 years old I sold drugs for a living and was mostly homeless in the last ten years since i kicked my habit and went legit I have completely changed my life and no one can take that from me. I hope we are still freinds I am still waiting for the carbs and old hotrod mags you told me you were going to send for helping you out with those parts sincerly John Zen.... Rumblers SF
Hey, that frickin magazine ****s... that's why I buy it. All jokes aside, how much does one of those Ed Whitney Gennies cost with or without a core utilizing the 8ba version and a wide pulley? Thanks
No complaint was ever implied. Content was not an issue. And 'whine' implication is just that. A p***ing observation of a much favored magazine's thickness.
Hey, you never know... the next issue might be much thicker. That's the way it works in publishing. Usually when a magazine is printed, it is printed in 'signatures' of 16 pages... some times there's not enough advertising to fill up the remaining parts of a signature, and an article or two might be cut because of it due to printing and production costs. Much as I love the 'net I still love fipping through a magazine. Easier to take with you when you are in the waiting room at the doc's or something like that. Heh, now THERE's a visual I didn't need. LOL
I like R&C a lot. This board rocks! But i don't have a lap top so i need to have something to look at while i'm on the bowl. HEHEHE keith
Hatch, I think they say that in Detroit too BTW Ryan it's hard to believe that we get those sick basterds on here. I can't imagine anyone doing that. That's really sad.
I've read post after post of monthly magazine reviews. I regularly buy Street Rodder, Rod and Custom, Custom Rodder, etc... <p>Sure, some issues are better than others, but if I get one idea from an issue, I consider it a worthwhile purchase. Who can honestly say they have not picked up Rod and Custom and seen something in an article or on a feature car that they thought was cool; an idea that could be used or tweaked a little to use on your own car? Nobux
First off, how do I ditch the quote part when replying? Secondly, Sam's got it right, but we do need mags and the HAMB for inspiration. You can't get inspired driving down the road, well you can, but it's not like you see bunches of hot rods and kustoms on 1-4. I liked the new issue of R & C, I really dug the '58 Poncho wagon and the Ego-Rama, I might be dumb, but I can't figure out who won. And yeah the magazine's thin, but nowadays thin's in, if the Olson Twins gained 20 lbs they might lose some of their popularity.
R&C is thinner because 16 pages, or two print sheets, worth of billet advertisers read all the *****ing and moaning from you guys about their products even being in the pages of my all-time favorite printed magazine, and they just quit buying space. SO shut the **** up, you can't have it both ways. And ALL the articles this month were first cl***! (Even Jim's!)
John, I was being sarcastic, that's why I immediately removed it. I was just making a point point again that people criticize magazines, but magazine guys DON'T come over to your job and pick it apart (a joke, just not a funny one). I don't hear a lot of other general complaints like "I'm never eating at McDonald's again because that last cheesebuger ****ed", but it seems to be a weekly ritual for people to shout to the world their displeasure with a certain magazine. I also added Tex Smith's Shoebox customizing book to the pile of stuff I have for you. I'm bad at getting stuff sent. PM me your address again. Thanks Jim
Go back to the little pages. I miss the go-kart and minibike coverage. The ads for water injection and those propellers that go under your carb to help atomize the fuel. And I REALLY miss those for sale pages in the back with the $200 deuce coupes and chopped & channeled A's for $150.
I never complain about the food I get from McDonalds, because I'll never buy anything from that ****hole.....ever. Maybe if there was no where else to go.
Ryan is confused. He doesn't get death threats, he gets numerous marriage proposals from men throughout the world. His ability to quell his inner homo has lead him to view those as death threats.
For what it's worth I thought the Mag was on the thin side to. I still look forward to getting it, it's reading material in the ****ter, and it still has glossy photos to look at. I think the HAMB and maybe others like it is the future, but pages are still in my future. Besides i was looking forward to seeeing the coverage of how Loudpedal made out. I was disapointed that wasn't a bigger part of the issues coverage.
I do believe that the esteemed DrJ has hit the nail squarely on the head. Magazines has a formula of ads to copy. If the sales folks don't sell enough ad space, the editors have to cut copy. Same as with a weekly newspaper. I think Jim A is doing OK there. My pal Pigpen says the ads should be in the back of the book. That'd be nice but we'd just tear the back off and pitch it in the trash, so that won't happen. As for me, I like to look back a few years and see what was in style as far as the magazine people's take on what's hot. Lots of time the reaction is "what the hell were thay thinking?"
Yes, Dr.J did knock that one out of the park! You can't have it both ways- big book with no ads- CAN'T happen. Also- you think they could sell ads on a TV show if they were all at the end in one big group? So if you want R&C to stay "pure" it's not going to be the biggest book in the rack. Thankfully all the people at R&C right now are very traditional and that will become more apparent with future stories. But again YOU can always help with tech stories and ideas.
Jim, now Primedia needs to put car people in the art department. I know that I'd NEVER caption a chevy smallblock as a flathead or a 3 window as a 5 window. There aren't very many vintage rides in the art department parking lot. People need to be p***ionate about it. The editors can't do everything, but they WILL be blamed for it all.
Hey, that would be great, but that's something out of our control. A mistake slips through once and a while but hopefully when we write it we get it right at that point. After 2 1/2 years of writing 400 captions a month by myself for the Goodguys Gazette I can only remmber once getting the caption wrong about the car and it was a highly modified '40s Plymouth I called a Dodge. There's a lot fewer captions to get wrong in R&C.
I like R&C. It's the only subscription I have renewed other than RJ. You want to talk about a **** magazine, let's talk about Hot Rod. I had a tree year subscrition that thankfull just ran out. I've just been throwing it away like junkmail for a year.
But dude, you are the hero of the new issue! Bad timing, it should have run out next month. The editorial points out how they've ridden all the trends from vans to imports with nostalgia being the "flavour de jour". What will they be on to next?
Hey, I tried to get a job there. The only job they had at the time was some Gun magazine. I was ready to move to SoCal and everything!
Huh? Is Billetproof in the new issue? If it is there's your proof about how ****py it is. The 2003 coverage in Street Rodder last month was pretty funny.
YES! And you and Johhny D. are quoted as the New Messiahs and amb***adors of retro with Billetproof and Garage Grown. Spoke too soon KIRK! Check it out. Kirk Jones pull quotes and all!!!
Jim A is back? hahahaha That's funny. Magazines will always rule cause you can actually hold them. This internet stuff doesn't seem real to me, so I don't take it too seriously. People are wierd. The internet makes them wierder. The Hamb is the Hamb, it has developed it's own personality, and soul..... But the internet is still gay. So are the Goodguys. Haha It amazes me sometimes the power the intenet has, It's crazy. Creeps everywhere. If I think about it, it scares me. Jim A is a crossdresser. haha
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